NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

 

 
NADC FORM D
 
  • Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
  • Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
  • Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.
ITEM 1
NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

2025

ITEM 2
NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL
LOBBYIST

Edwards Westerhold Moore  

(402) 476-1440 

1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201 

Lincoln 

NE 

68508 

PRINCIPAL

Union Pacific Railroad  

(402) 544-0162 

1400 Douglas Street STOP 1560 

Omaha 

NE 

68179 

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.
Identify bill or resolution number Identify amendment or procedural matter Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter Position taken
LB7    Change provisions relating to real estate and the Foreign-owned Real Estate National Security Act  Neutral
LB8    Change provisions relating to the tax credits under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Act  Neutral
LB28    Provide for an income tax adjustment for tip income  Neutral
LB30    Provide for an income tax adjustment for income received from overtime compensation  Neutral
LB37    Adopt the Railroad Safety Act  Oppose
LB47    Change provisions of the Business Innovation Act and the Small Business Assistance Act  Neutral
LB50    Change provisions relating to the distribution of the nameplate capacity tax  Neutral
LB75    Change provisions of the Wage and Hour Act relating to tipped employees and provide for complaints, prohibited actions, and liquidated damages  Neutral
LB79    Provide for dismissal of certain civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles  Neutral
LB81    Define a term and change tax credit provisions under the Nebraska Property Tax Incentive Act  Neutral
LB94    Adopt the Digital Skills Empowerment Act and change the use of the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund  Neutral
LB97    Change provisions relating to deferred judgments, the State Boat Act, the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund, the Uniform Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act, the Motor Carrier Services Division Distributive Fund, and the State Treasurer  Neutral
LB100    Adopt the Business Innovation and Startup Act  Neutral
LB107    Provide an income tax credit for renters and change provisions relating to a property tax credit  Neutral
LB115    Increase the income tax credit and change the qualification criteria under the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act  Neutral
LB117    Provide a sales and use tax exemption for electricity, natural gas, propane, and sewer utilities  Neutral
LB128    Change provisions relating to the investigation of railroad accidents  Oppose
LB130    Change provisions relating to General Fund net receipts and transfers to the Cash Reserve Fund  Neutral
LB131    Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits  Neutral
LB135    Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies  Neutral
LB144    Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment  Neutral
LB151    Adopt the First-Time Homebuyers Savings Account Act and provide income tax adjustments  Neutral
LB152    Create a homestead exemption  Neutral
LB157    Adopt the Child Tax Credit Act  Neutral
LB161    Redefine formula students under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act   Neutral
LB163    Create the Office of Climate Action  Neutral
LB164    Adopt the Urban Development Incentive Act  Neutral
LB169    Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions and impose sales and use tax on certain services  Neutral
LB171    Change provisions relating to individual and corporate income tax rates  Neutral
LB174    Change provisions relating to garnishment of wages for medical debt  Neutral
LB175    Provide duties for the successor in interest of a railroad  Neutral
LB182    Change provisions relating to the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act and the Child Care Tax Credit Act  Neutral
LB189    Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act  Neutral
LB197    Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law  Neutral
LB199    Change the statute of limitations for personal injury actions, include administrative proceedings within the Nonrecourse Civil Litigation Act, require disclosures by consumers under such act, and provide for discipline against civil litigation funding companies  Neutral
LB200    Provide for exemptions under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act  Neutral
LB204    Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law  Neutral
LB205    Provide requirements for admissibility of evidence relating to medical expenses, require disclosures by plaintiffs seeking damages for such expenses, and provide a cap on noneconomic damages in certain civil actions against commercial motor vehicle carriers  Neutral
LB207    Provide a registration fee under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act for certain commercially registered alternative fuel vehicles  Neutral
LB208    Change provisions relating to sales tax collection fees, confidentiality of sales tax information, the streamlined sales and use tax agreement, a sales tax database, and certain income tax credits  Neutral
LB209    Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain veterans and a property tax exemption for certain facilities  Neutral
LB215    Require the establishment of a program to provide second chance relief for eligible committed offenders  Neutral
LB226    Provide for setting aside convictions and expunging records for convictions and adjudications for concealed weapon offenses, provide a private cause of action for violations of the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act, waive sovereign immunity, and provide for retroactivity  Neutral
LB228    Change provisions of the Legislative Performance Audit Act  Neutral
LB234    Redefine economic redevelopment area under the Urban Redevelopment Act  Neutral
LB241    Provide immunity from liability for cybersecurity events  Neutral
LB242    Change the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act and the School District Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, municipal occupation taxes, and property tax statements  Neutral
LB254    State legislative intent to transfer funds for workforce housing  Neutral
LB256    Adopt the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact  Neutral
LB258    Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act  Neutral
LB260    Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations  Neutral
LB261    Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021  Neutral
LB264    Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs  Neutral
LB271    Provide a penalty for the offense of interference with railroad infrastructure, equipment, and personnel  Support
LB272    Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses  Neutral
LB288    Change provisions of the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act  Neutral
LB290    Change provisions relating to grant funding for a business park under the Economic Recovery Act  Neutral
LB297    Change provisions relating to the combined tax rate under the Employment Security Law  Neutral
LB302    Eliminate daylight saving time  Neutral
LB303    Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act  Neutral
LB304    Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program  Neutral
LB311    Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications  Neutral
LB315    Provide a sunset date for required biennial reports of and occupation taxes on domestic and foreign corporations  Neutral
LB331    Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions  Neutral
LB342    Adopt the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act and provide a gambling exception for conducting or participating in fantasy contests  Neutral
LB363    Adopt the Apprenticeship Grant Act  Neutral
LB389    Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units  Neutral
LB391    Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments  Neutral
LB397    Eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund  Neutral
LB398    Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers, provide for Arbor Day license plates and certain trailer license plates, change fees and fee distribution provisions for license plates and records requests related to motor vehicles and motor vehicle operators, change provisions relating to commercial driver’s licenses and CLP-commercial learner’s permits, and provide duties for successors in interest of certain railroad property  Neutral
LB401    Change provisions relating to income taxes imposed on partnerships and small business corporations and notices of deficiency determinations, deficiencies, and denials of claims for refunds  Neutral
LB415    Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and the Conveyance Safety Act and provide for offset of debt owed due to the overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law against gambling winnings under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and against future benefits under the Employment Security Law  Neutral
LB416    Change provisions relating to releases, covenants not to sue, or similar agreements on joint and several liability  Neutral
LB421    Allow an authorized gaming operator to conduct sports wagering by means of an online sports wagering platform under the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act and change the distribution of taxes collected from sports wagering  Neutral
LB423    Eliminate a grant program relating to internships for job training  Neutral
LB424    Limit increases in property tax bills  Neutral
LB425    Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses  Neutral
LB427    Require the State Treasurer to establish an educational savings account for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school  Neutral
LB434    Change fees for fireworks display permits, fireworks sales licenses, fire alarm inspector certification, late submittal of remodel or construction plans, fire safety inspections, fire protection system contractor certificates, heating oil tank registration, and underground storage tank installation permits and registration  Neutral
LB438    Allow an authorized gaming operator to conduct sports wagering by means of an online sports wagering platform under the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act and change the distribution of taxes collected from sports wagering  Neutral
LB439    Adopt the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Act  Neutral
LB442    Establish a state child care subsidy program  Neutral
LB444    Require certain minimum uninsured and underinsured insurance coverage for certain motor carriers  Oppose
LB468    Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers  Neutral
LB477    Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act  Neutral
LB479    Change the distribution of sales and use tax revenue  Neutral
LB484    Redefine agricultural land and horticultural land for property tax assessment  Neutral
LB485    Provide for confidentiality for train crew members involved with railroad fatalities and access to confidential information of train crew members and exempt train crew members from being required to display operator's licenses to law enforcement  Support
LB494    Change provisions relating to the School District Property Tax Relief Act and transfers of General Fund net receipts to the Cash Reserve Fund and the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund  Neutral
LB498    Change provisions relating to foundation aid and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act   Neutral
LB500    Create the School Financing Review Commission  Neutral
LB501    Change provisions relating to the assessment of real property that suffers significant property damage  Neutral
LB509    Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits  Neutral
LB510    Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate, the Good Life Transformational Projects Act, and the Good Life District Economic Development Act  Neutral
LB526    Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations  Neutral
LB532    Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses  Neutral
LB561    Provide restrictions and change provisions related to operation of vehicles carrying raw milk  Neutral
LB564    Change provisions relating to fund transfers to the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund and the amount of tax relief granted under the School District Property Tax Relief Act  Neutral
LB566    Eliminate a sunset date relating to an income tax credit for the purchase of certain residential property  Neutral
LB582    Change provisions under the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act relating to the amount of tax imposed on cash devices and how such collected taxes are remitted and change the revenue submitted to the Nebraska Tourism Commission Promotional Cash Fund  Neutral
LB597    Change provisions relating to foundation aid, local effort rate yield, adjusted valuations of property, and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act  Neutral
LB602    Adopt the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act  Neutral
LB613    Change provisions relating to the disclosure of tax information to municipalities  Neutral
LB637    Adopt the Destination Nebraska Act and provide for certain taxing authority  Neutral
LB642    Adopt the Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Act  Neutral
LB643    Prohibit income tax deductions relating to interest or taxes paid on or maintenance of certain properties and provide exemptions to prohibited deductions  Neutral
LB647    Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and the Adoption Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, property tax request authority, municipal occupation taxes, real property assessments, the Property Tax Request Act, income tax credits, taxation of business entities, the School District Property Tax Relief Act, and the Nebraska educational savings plan trust  Neutral
LB649    Adopt the Defense Efforts Workforce Act  Neutral
LB650    Adopt the Community Development Assistance Act and change provisions relating to land banks, property tax exemptions, real property sold for delinquent taxes, sales tax provisions, and certain tax credits  Neutral
LB692    Change provisions relating to property tax request authority under the School District Property Tax Limitation Act  Neutral
LB695    Require the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District to construct a dam and provide for flood control measures  Neutral
LB698    Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act  Neutral
LB699    Change provisions relating to certain sales and use tax incentives under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act  Neutral
LB702    Adopt the Neighborhood Empowerment Act  Neutral
LB709    Adopt the Adoption Tax Credit Act  Neutral
LB710    Increase the earned income tax credit  Neutral
LB711    Change provisions relating to the new school adjustment under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act  Neutral
LR10CA    Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items  Neutral
LR11CA    Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes  Neutral
LR12CA    Constitutional amendment to impose a limit on ad valorem taxes for real property, provide a new method of valuing real property for tax purposes, provide certain exceptions, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions  Neutral
LR13CA    Constitutional amendment to prohibit the levying of an inheritance tax  Neutral
LR15CA    Constitutional amendment to prohibit the death penalty  Neutral
LR16CA    Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions  Neutral
LR24CA    Constitutional amendment to provide for selection of presidential electors  Neutral
LR25CA    Constitutional amendment to change the compensation of members of the Legislature and provide for health insurance  Neutral
LR27CA    Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms  Neutral

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Lobbyist Name

Jul 9, 2025

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