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 20, 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

Pitts, Kathleen

Phone

(402) 438-8853

Address

PO Box 83613

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68501

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Appleseed

Office Phone

(402) 438-8853

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

PO Box 83613

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68501

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
LB304		Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program and state intent regarding funding	Support
LB723		Provide for implementation of community engagement requirements under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB730		Require schools and state agencies to designate restrooms and locker rooms based on sex and require state agencies to define an individual's sex as either male or female for purposes of rules and regulations, the enforcement of administrative actions, and adjudication of disputes	Oppose
LB732		Change provisions relating to the ability of a health care practitioner to provide cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers under the Let Them Grow Act	Oppose
LB734		Change waiver of work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program	Support
LB741		Change the membership of the Racial Profiling Advisory Committee and the Nebraska Children's Commission	Support
LB777		Provide for eligibility and reporting requirements under the medical assistance program	Support
LB779		Provide requirements for health care facilities and collection agencies relating to medical debt	Support
LB809		Prohibit political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances relating to landlords	Oppose
LB812		Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services relating to medicaid eligibility redeterminations and community engagement	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	Support
LB840		Provide requirements for multifamily housing projects under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act	Support
LB843		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waiver for refugees and immigrants	Support
LB845		Eliminate, rename, and change provisions relating to committees and councils administered by the Department of Health and Human Services	Oppose
LB854		Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require them to wear appropriate identification	Support
LB855		Adopt the Youth Early Intervention and Support Act	Support
LB859		Provide for county conflict counsel to represent certain indigent persons when the public defender is unavailable	Support
LB867		Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact	Oppose
LB870		Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions	Oppose
LB879		Adopt the Guest Worker Permit Act	Support
LB880		Prohibit residential landlords from prohibiting or charging extra fees for tenants' payments made by automated clearinghouse transfer	Support
LB881		Require law enforcement agencies, jails, and the Nebraska State Patrol to receive approval prior to entering into agreements to enforce immigration law	Support
LB884		Change provisions relating to voter registration, ballots, and poll watchers and observers	Oppose
LB886		Change provisions relating to operation of motor vehicles by persons who are not citizens of the United States	Oppose
LB906		Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require officers to wear appropriate identification	Support
LB907		Prohibit law enforcement officers from entering community safe spaces to enforce immigration law	Support
LB920		Change provisions relating to the advertisement, operation, use, and taxation of cash devices, the distribution of tax proceeds, and violations under the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act and create the Nebraska Child Care Aid Fund	Support
LB921		Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act and change provisions of the Employment Security Law, the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act, the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act, and the State Miscellaneous Claims Act	Support
LB925		Adopt the Safe Parks and Public Spaces Act	Oppose
LB926		Change provisions relating to cash assistance under the Welfare Reform Act and transitional assistance under the aid to dependent children program	Oppose
LB928		Require notifications by the Department of Health and Human Services to fictive kin of a child who has been removed from the home	Support
LB929		Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees	Support
LB929	AM2991	Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees	Support
LB931		Provide an income tax credit related to premium payments for a qualified health plan	Support
LB958		Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program	Support
LB958	AM2766	Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program	Support
LB962		Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act	Support
LB963		Prohibit agreements by state agencies relating to immigration enforcement without legislative approval and change provisions relating to the use of state prisons	Support
LB966		Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation	Support
LB980		Change provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act relating to waivers of jury trials and summonses and provide for summary judgment and expedited proceedings	Support
LB980		Change provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act relating to waivers of jury trials and summonses and provide for summary judgment and expedited proceedings	Oppose
LB988		Change provisions of the Community Development Law	Support
LB1007		Prohibit a landlord from keeping a security deposit when a rental agreement is not signed and prohibit nondisclosure terms in rental agreements	Support
LB1009		Change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Support
LB1032		Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws	Support
LB1032	AM2847	Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws	Support
LB1032	AM2961	Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws	Support
LB1034		Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant	Support
LB1045		Adopt the Nebraska Public Housing Preservation Trust Act	Support
LB1056		Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Support
LB1060		Adopt the Child Placement Services Preservation Act	Oppose
LB1061		Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions	Oppose
LB1089		Change enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act	Support
LB1089	AM2610	Change enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act	Neutral
LB1097		Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act	Support
LB1149		Require disclosure of proposed state agency contracts with private entities that have contracts with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Support
LB1150		Prohibit the approval of certain applications under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act	Support
LB1155		Change provisions relating to legislative oversight	Support
LB1174		Change provisions related to reports of condition under the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act and provide for a remittance transfer tax	Oppose
LB1189		Create a pilot program to raise awareness of the earned income tax credit	Support
LB1212		Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act and change provisions of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act	Support
LB1212	AM2477	Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act and change provisions of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act	Support
LB1212	AM2937	Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act and change provisions of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act	Support
LB1221		Provide definitions relating to community engagement and work requirements under the Medical Assistance Act	Neutral
LB1224		Prohibit children from transferring to an exempt school during certain child abuse or neglect investigations and prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from monitoring or providing instruction at such schools	Oppose
LB1249		Redefine terms, change provisions relating to the carryover of paid sick time, and repeal obsolete provisions in the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act	Oppose
LR283CA		Constitutional amendment to state that only a United States citizen may be an elector	Oppose
LR303CA		Constitutional amendment to provide for paid family medical leave	Support
LR304		Designate the Legislative Oversight Committee to review, investigate, and assess the effect of child welfare efficiency practices on child safety, quality of services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, and public and private workforce stability	Support

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

Kathleen Pitts

Lobbyist Name

May 20, 2026

Date