Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jul 11, 2025

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)

For Calendar Year of

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Lyons, Liz

Phone

(402) 216-5302

Address

1630 K Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

HB Strategies

Office Phone

(402) 434-8040

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1630 K Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

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
LB4		Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act	Neutral
LB8		Change provisions relating to the tax credits under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Act	Support
LB17		Prohibit certain fees by residential landlords and require notices and disclosures of consumer reports	Support
LB35		Change provisions relating to the requirements for certain exemptions for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities	Support
LB37		Adopt the Railroad Safety Act	Oppose
LB77		Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing	Oppose
LB77	AM1187	Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing	Support
LB79		Provide for dismissal of certain civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles	Support
LB109		Prohibit certain provisions in insurance policies and health plans relating to clinician-administered drugs and change provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers	Oppose
LB129		Prohibit restrictions on the provision of certain energy services	Support
LB131		Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits	Support
LB132		Change provisions relating to admissibility of evidence of use of an occupant protection system or a three-point safety belt system	Support
LB140		Require school policies relating to use of electronic communication devices by students	Neutral
LB158		Provide requirements for health carriers or pharmacy benefit managers regarding out-of-pocket maximums and cost-sharing requirements	Oppose
LB169		Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions and impose sales and use tax on certain services	Oppose
LB170		Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks	Neutral
LB171		Change provisions relating to individual and corporate income tax rates	Oppose
LB176		Require resolutions of project support from political subdivisions under the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act	Oppose
LB191		Change provisions relating to unlawful interference with telecommunications under the One-Call Notification System Act	Support
LB198		Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act	Oppose
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	Support
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	Support
LB204		Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law	Oppose
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	Support
LB207		Provide a registration fee under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act for certain commercially registered alternative fuel vehicles	Support
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
LB210		Provide for fees and assessments for participation and use of the prescription drug monitoring program and the designated health information exchange	Oppose
LB229		Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law	Support
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	Support
LB247		Change provisions relating to fees and distribution of proceeds under the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act and uses of and transfers from the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Cash Fund	Neutral
LB253		Provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing	Oppose
LB254		State legislative intent to transfer funds for workforce housing	Support
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
LB265		Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board	Support
LB280		Require audits of authorized gaming operators and provide powers and duties for the Auditor of Public Accounts	Oppose
LB292		Provide for a grant to study prefabricated housing	Neutral
LB306		Change provisions relating to admission to elementary and secondary schools, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, and the Door to College Scholarship Act and require a database of financial information regarding school districts and reporting regarding funding from foreign adversarial sources	Oppose
LB309		Adopt the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act	Support
LB311		Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications	Support
LB317		Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal	Neutral
LB326		Change provisions relating to the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act, the Nebraska Property and Liability Insurance Guaranty Association Act, and mutual insurance holding companies and eliminate the provisions of the Health Insurance Access Act and the Health Care Purchasing Pool Act	Support
LB333		Change provisions of the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act relating to hazardous materials endorsements	Support
LB338		Prohibit the use of genetic information for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance	Oppose
LB342		Adopt the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act and provide a gambling exception for conducting or participating in fantasy contests	Oppose
LB344		Change provisions relating to ground water allocation	Neutral
LB357		Change provisions relating to the State Racing and Gaming Commission, the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act, racetrack enclosures, and racing and gaming funds	Neutral
LB362		Transfer and eliminate provisions of the Emergency Telephone Communications Systems Act and the Enhanced Wireless 911 Services Act and change provisions of the 911 Service System Act	Neutral
LB364		Change provisions relating to legislative approval of an indication of intent to incorporate land into the state park system	Support
LB372		Eliminate provisions relating to grain inspections, the Nebraska Origin and Premium Quality Grain Cash Fund, and labeling requirements for honey	Support
LB374		Adopt the Licensed Midwives Practice Act	Neutral
LB383		Adopt the Parental Rights in Social Media Act, rename the Child Pornography Prevention Act, and prohibit conduct involving computer-generated child pornography	Oppose
LB385		Change provisions relating to the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	Support
LB390		Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to access by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to certain school library information	Neutral
LB402		Include collections relating to overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law as collectible under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and change the statute of limitations for recovery of unemployment overpayment debt	Neutral
LB413		Change provisions relating to the setting of rates by certain power districts	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	Support
LB417		Provide for administration of the Nebraska Promise Program by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, adopt the College Promise Act, and change provisions relating to the Quality Education Accountability Act	Support
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	Oppose
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	Support
LB449		Change provisions relating to the priority of projects and requirements of the state highway system plan	Support
LB463		Require school districts to develop a cardiac emergency response plan under the School Safety and Security Reporting Act and provide for grants for such plans from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund	Support
LB468		Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers	Oppose
LB489		Prohibit certain entities from operating, maintaining, constructing, or acquiring transmission lines and related facilities	Neutral
LB490		Change provisions of the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act	Support
LB501		Change provisions relating to the assessment of real property that suffers significant property damage	Support
LB503		Authorize the designation of American energy friendly counties and change provisions relating to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and the nameplate capacity tax	Neutral
LB504		Adopt the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act	Oppose
LB509		Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits	Support
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	Support
LB535		Prohibit assault on a frontline behavioral health provider or health care worker and clarify provisions relating to assault on officers, emergency responders, certain employees, and health care professionals	Support
LB536		Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization Pilot Investment Act	Support
LB542		Change and eliminate payment provisions for road construction costs relating to utility facilities	Support
LB548		Provide for political subdivisions that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas	Neutral
LB553		Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act	Support
LB554		Create the Nebraska Health Professions Commission	Oppose
LB557		Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program, provide funding to students denied option enrollment, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans	Support
LB558		Create the Infrastructure Review Task Force for the state highway system	Support
LB576		Change provisions of the Enhanced Wireless 911 Services Act relating to surcharges and public hearings	Oppose
LB593		Update references relating to automotive spark-ignition engine fuel	Support
LB594		Change and eliminate provisions relating to the use of handheld wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle	Support
LB600		Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Rules of the Road and the Automatic License Plate Reader Privacy Act	Support
LB607		Adopt the Environmental Stewardship of Batteries Act, the Extended Producer Responsibility Data Collection Act, and the Minimum Recycled Content Act, and change provisions relating to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, the Environmental Protection Act, and the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund	Support
LB608		Change insurance provisions relating to firefighters and include correctional officers, youth detention officers, certain disabled persons, and their children in the First Responder Recruitment and Retention Act	Oppose
LB615		Prohibit distributing deepfakes under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act	Oppose
LB624		Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships	Support
LB642		Adopt the Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Act	Neutral
LB644		Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data	Support
LB644		Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data	Oppose
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	Oppose
LB660		Adopt the State Building Construction Alternatives Act and the Secure Drone Purchasing Act, require agencies to submit a federal funding inventory, and change provisions relating to agency rules and regulations, state buildings, and works of art for state buildings	Support
LB664		Change the Administrative Procedure Act to require agencies to allow for public comment and submissions on proposed rules and regulations and change permissible venue for civil actions challenging rules and regulations	Support
LB667		Change provisions of the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act	Neutral
LB698		Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act	Support
LB707		Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate, the Good Life Transformational Projects Act, and the Good Life District Economic Development 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	Oppose
LR11CA		Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Oppose
LR11CA		Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Oppose
LR13CA		Constitutional amendment to prohibit the levying of an inheritance tax	Support
LR20CA		Constitutional amendment to permit an authorized gaming operator conducting sports wagering within a licensed racetrack enclosure to allow a sports wager to be placed by an individual located within the State of Nebraska at the time the individual places the sports wager by means of a mobile or electronic platform	Oppose

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Liz Lyons

Lobbyist Name

Jul 11, 2025

Date