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: May 18, 2026

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

2026

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Chaffin, Lash

Phone

(402) 476-2829

Address

1335 L Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

League of Nebraska Municipalities

Office Phone

(402) 476-2829

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1335 L 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
LB400	AM702	Provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters	Oppose
LB548	AM664, AM2072	Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas	Support
LB596	AM2282	Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, reports of abandoned property, and the Nebraska Hall of Fame and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names	Support
LB743		Change provisions relating to optional benefit forms under the Police Officers Retirement Act	Support
LB744		Include public safety communications personnel in certain provisions relating to first responders in the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and the Critical Incident Stress Management Act	Support
LB759	AM1939	Change fees and funding for solid waste management, water wells, livestock regulation, hazardous waste management, clean water regulation, and litter reduction and recycling, change membership of a board, provide penalties and enforcement provisions for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, provide for entry upon property for the Perkins County Canal, correct references to and change jurisdiction of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and require local governments to regulate operation of swimming pools, recreation camps, and mobile home parks	Oppose
LB761		Create a fund and change provisions relating to water well fees, use of funds, and powers and duties of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment	Oppose
LB768		Provide powers for the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and change provisions relating to the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act	Support
LB778		Change grant eligibility provisions under the Civic and Community Center Financing Act	Support
LB782		Change the percentage of the tax on gross proceeds submitted to the Department of Revenue under the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act	Support
LB784		Change residency requirements for sheriffs in certain counties, requirements for uniforms for sheriffs and deputies, and continuing education requirements for law enforcement officers	Support
LB797		Increase minimum bidding amount requirements for certain cities and villages	Support
LB798		Change provisions relating to the composition of the planning commission of a city of the second class or village and allow a city of the second class to elect council members by ward	Support
LB803	AM2651	Adopt the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act and change provisions relating to the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act, the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act, the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act, property tax valuation and levy procedures, homestead exemptions, and income taxes	Support
LB806		Provide for a grant to a city of the first class from the Site and Building Development Fund	Support
LB809		Prohibit political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances relating to landlords	Oppose
LB811		Change provisions relating to the municipalities that are authorized to form their own land banks under the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act	Support
LB814		Change provisions relating to the valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land	Oppose
LB819		Change provisions of the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act	Support
LB822		Rename the Police Officers Retirement Act as the Cities of the First Class Police Officers Retirement Act and change provisions of such act	Support
LB837		Provide for rounding of certain cash transaction amounts	Support
LB839		Change reporting requirements under the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act and provide requirements for projects under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act	Neutral
LB842		Authorize certain municipal contracts and agreements relating to parking facilities	Support
LB850		Authorize the use of economic development programs for certain construction or rehabilitation of housing in cities of the metropolitan class and cities of the primary class under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act	Support
LB883		Change provisions relating to the Civic and Community Center Financing Act and the Revitalize Rural Nebraska Grant Program	Support
LB891		Change provisions of the Child Care Licensing Act relating to background checks, a complaint tracking system, and staff-to-child ratios	Oppose
LB918		Change provisions relating to limitations on state assistance under the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act	Neutral
LB919		Allow for the use of durable accessible mediums for public records	Support
LB925		Adopt the Safe Parks and Public Spaces Act	Oppose
LB935	AM2743	Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting	Support
LB951		Include extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction in municipal elections and districts	Oppose
LB953		Change provisions related to eligible activities for and requirements for assistance from the Site and Building Development Fund	Support
LB968		Appropriate funds to the Military Department for grants for equipment for emergency events	Support
LB969		Establish a database of financial information from counties and municipalities	Neutral
LB982		Appropriate funds to the Public Service Commission for the Broadband Bridge Program	Support
LB988		Change provisions of the Community Development Law	Oppose
LB993		Provide a cause of action for deprivation of constitutional rights by a law enforcement officer, eliminate the defense of qualified immunity as prescribed, and change provisions of the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act and State Tort Claims Act	Oppose
LB1030		Appropriate funds to the Department of Economic Development for state aid to development districts	Support
LB1041	AM2172	Provide requirements for cities, villages, and counties relating to accessory dwelling units	Neutral
LB1041		Provide requirements for cities, villages, and counties relating to accessory dwelling units	Oppose
LB1067		Change provisions relating to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the rate and disbursement of the documentary stamp tax, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Fund, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Fund	Support
LB1071		Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Oppose
LB1072	AM2165	Provide for and change transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to fees, funds, fund transfers, agency powers and duties, and various statutory programs	Oppose
LB1072	AM2558	Provide for and change transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to fees, funds, fund transfers, agency powers and duties, and various statutory programs	Support
LB1075		Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village warrants and vacancies in a village board, change provisions of the Election Act, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, and the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and eliminate provisions relating to initiative and referendum petitions	Support
LB1085		Change provisions relating to retail, bottle club, craft brewery, and microdistillery licenses, Nebraska Liquor Control Commission powers and duties, and penalties for violations under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act	Support
LB1093		Redefine excavation under the One-Call Notification System Act	Oppose
LB1094		Adopt the By-Right Housing Development Act and the Permitting Approval Timeliness Act	Oppose
LB1097		Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act	Oppose
LB1108		Change provisions related to contracts entered into by and bidding requirements and exceptions for joint entities and public power districts	Support
LB1114	AM2360	Adopt the Community Improvement District Act and the New Taxpayer Recruitment Grant Act, authorize community improvement districts to levy property taxes, and change provisions related to the Community Development Law, the Municipal Inland Port Authority Act, extraterritorial jurisdiction, sanitary and improvement districts, housing authorities, housing agencies, the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, and the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act	Support
LB1116		Change provisions relating to the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act	Support
LB1117		Change provisions relating to tuition waivers and provide for reimbursement to postsecondary institutions	Oppose
LB1126		Adopt the Infrastructure Development Investment Program Act and change and eliminate provisions relating to the Rural Road Improvement District Act, the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act, the Transportation Innovation Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, intrastate medicaid nonemergency medical transportation services, and wireless service surcharges	Support
LB1128		Change provisions relating to entertainment district licenses under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act	Support
LB1129		Change provisions of the Community Development Law	Support
LB1130		Adopt the Community Improvement District Act	Neutral
LB1135	AM2460	Adopt the Service Contract Reporting Act, authorize municipalities to contract regarding parking facilities, change provisions of the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act, and the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, and provide for the sale of certain waterworks, sewer systems, and water systems to Indian tribes	Support
LB1145		Change provisions relating to notice requirements for a meeting of a public body under the Open Meetings Act	Support
LB1152		Adopt the New Taxpayer Recruitment Grant Act	Neutral
LB1154		Change provisions relating to the calculation of property tax request authority under the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act	Support
LB1165	AM2504	Adopt the Grow the Good Life Act, provide an income tax credit, change provisions relating to the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Nebraska Advantage Act, and the Site and Building Development Act, and create grant programs to help employers retain or attract employees and to assist cities of the first class impacted by private entity closure or downsizing	Support
LB1168		Authorize the issuance of conduit revenue bonds under the Community Development Law	Support
LB1171		Provide for certain claims relating to sewer systems under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Oppose
LB1172		Provide requirements for electric suppliers relating to dispatchable electricity capacity	Oppose
LB1219		Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision	Oppose
LB1229		Create the Rural Health Transformation Fund	Support
LB1235	2178	Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act	Support
LB1244		Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions, impose sales and use tax on certain services, and change provisions relating to the Nebraska Job Creation and Mainstreet Revitalization Act	Oppose
LB1255		Prohibit public power suppliers from exercising the power of eminent domain	Oppose
LB1261		Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities	Support
LR292CA		Constitutional amendment to provide a new method of valuing real property for property tax purposes, provide a limit on property tax increases, provide certain exceptions, provide requirements for declared emergencies, provide for emergency bond levies, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose
LR312CA		Constitutional amendment to authorize cities and villages to incur indebtedness for residential development projects and pledge taxes for such indebtedness and to change provisions relating to redevelopment projects	Neutral
LR317CA		Constitutional amendment to limit the annual growth in the amount of property taxes levied by political subdivisions	Oppose

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

Lash Leroy Chaffin

Lobbyist Name

May 18, 2026

Date