2026 Priority Bill Listing
Final Date For Priority Submissions: February 19, 2026
Senator Priority Bills
Click column header to change sort. Columns can be sorted ascending or descending.
Click column header to change sort. Columns can be sorted ascending or descending.
| Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator Andersen | LR292CA | Senator Andersen | Referral | 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 |
| Senator Arch | LB1087 | Senator Arch | E and R Engrossing | Create the Nebraska-Ireland Commission |
| Senator Armendariz | LB1089 | Senator Hughes | General File | Change enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act |
| Senator Ballard | LB997 | Senator Andersen | General File | Change provisions relating to emergency contracts in the State Procurement Act |
| Senator Bosn | LB1059 | Senator Bosn | Referral | Prohibit certain conduct relating to mobile tracking devices and change penalties for stalking |
| Senator Bostar | LB1096 | Senator Bostar | General File | Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act and the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, authorize the withholding of records relating to critical water infrastructure, and provide civil and criminal penalties |
| Senator Brandt | LR298CA | Senator Brandt | General File | Constitutional amendment to create requirements for the use of the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund |
| Senator Cavanaugh, J. | LB933 | Senator Cavanaugh, J. | Select File | Provide immunity for health care practitioners under the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act |
| Senator Cavanaugh, M. | LB958 | Senator Cavanaugh, M. | General File | Provide a requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services relating to 1915(c) waivers and define nursing facility level of care under the Medical Assistance Act |
| Senator Clements | LB468 | Senator Clements | Select File | Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers |
| Senator Clouse | LB889 | Senator Clouse | Select File | Change a penalty in the State Electrical Act |
| Senator Conrad | LB779 | Senator Conrad | Referral | Provide requirements for health care facilities and collection agencies relating to medical debt |
| Senator DeBoer | LB304 | Senator DeBoer | General File | Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program |
| Senator DeKay | LR283CA | Senator DeKay | General File | Constitutional amendment to state that only a United States citizen may be an elector |
| Senator Dorn | LB1187 | Senator DeKay | General File | Change certain fees and surcharges under the Livestock Brand Act |
| Senator Dover | LB768 | Senator Dover | Final Reading | 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 |
| Senator Dungan | LB762 | Senator Dungan | General File | Require insurance coverage of pediatric autoimmune disorders |
| Senator Fredrickson | LB929 | Senator Fredrickson | Referral | Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services relating to deductions and cost sharing for medicaid enrollees |
| Senator Guereca | LB878 | Senator Guereca | Select File | Require paid maternity leave for state employees |
| Senator Hallstrom | LB455 | Senator Hallstrom | Select File | Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act relating to injury reports and workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles |
| Senator Hansen | LB1219 | Senator Brandt | General File | Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision |
| Senator Hardin | LB1143 | Senator Hardin | General File | Change provisions relating to nursing facility rates and establish a money follows the person program under the Medical Assistance Act |
| Senator Holdcroft | LB512 | Senator Holdcroft | General File | Adopt the Chemical Abortion Safety Protocol Act |
| Senator Hughes | LB1124 | Senator Sorrentino | General File | Increase the cigarette tax and state intent and change provisions relating to the distribution of cigarette tax proceeds |
| Senator Hunt | LB966 | Senator Cavanaugh, M. | General File | Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act |
| Senator Ibach | LB815 | Senator Brandt | E and R Initial | Provide for a tax on diesel fuels, change provisions relating to refunds for motor fuel taxes and the petroleum release remedial action fee, change and eliminate provisions of the Ethanol Development Act, and eliminate the Ethanol Production Incentive Cash Fund |
| Senator Jacobson | LB525 | Senator Jacobson | E and R Initial | Adopt the Agricultural Data Privacy Act |
| Senator Juarez | LB1034 | Senator Dungan | Referral | Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant |
| Senator Kauth | LB730 | Senator Kauth | General File | 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 |
| Senator Lippincott | LB548 | Senator Lippincott | Passed | Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas |
| Senator Lonowski | LB669 | Senator Storer | General File | Change requirements for voluntary and informed consent and civil actions relating to abortion |
| Senator McKinney | LB962 | Senator McKinney | General File | Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act |
| Senator Meyer, F. | LR24CA | Senator Dorn | General File | Constitutional amendment to provide for selection of presidential electors |
| Senator Meyer, G. | LB988 | Senator Meyer, G. | Referral | Change provisions of the Community Development Law |
| Senator Moser | LB1261 | Senator DeKay | Select File | Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities |
| Senator Murman | LB978 | Senator Storer | Referral | Provide for civil actions for conduct relating to obscene material, child sexual abuse material, and child sexual exploitation devices |
| Senator Prokop | LB1091 | Senator Bostar | E and R Initial | Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program |
| Senator Quick | LB720 | Senator Quick | Passed | Create a temporary event license for body artists under the Uniform Credentialing Act |
| Senator Raybould | LB1000 | Senator Prokop | Referral | Change penalties for violations of domestic abuse and sexual assault protection orders |
| Senator Riepe | LB1212 | Senator Riepe | E and R Initial | Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act |
| Senator Rountree | LB839 | Senator Rountree | Select File | Change reporting requirements under the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act |
| Senator Sanders | LB538 | Senator Hardin | Select File | Require the State Board of Education to develop a model policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, require school boards to adopt a policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, and provide for Title VI coordinators |
| Senator Sorrentino | LB1100 | Senator Sorrentino | General File | Modernize language in a civil procedure statute |
| Senator Spivey | LB1067 | Senator Hallstrom | Final Reading | 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 |
| Senator Storer | LB1083 | Senator Storer | General File | Adopt the Transparency in Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act, create a fund, and change provisions relating to records which may be withheld from the public |
| Senator Storm | LB938 | Senator Hallstrom | General File | Adopt the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act and provide for income tax adjustments |
| Senator Strommen | LB258 | Senator Raybould | Passed | Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act |
| Senator von Gillern | LB1165 | Senator von Gillern | E and R Initial | Change provisions relating to the Key Employer and Jobs Retention Act, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, and the Site and Building Development Act and create a grant program to help employers retain or attract employees |
| Senator Wordekemper | LB400 | Senator Wordekemper | General File | Provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters |
Committee Priority Bills
| Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Committee | LB894 | Senator DeKay | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to the Grain Dealer Act and the Grain Warehouse Act |
| Agriculture Committee | LB948 | Agriculture Committee | Passed | Change provisions of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act, change fees under the Pesticide Act, rename and change provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act, eliminate the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act, terminate a fund, and eliminate provisions relating to certain associations and societies |
| Appropriations Committee | LB1209 | Senator Clements | E and R Initial | Appropriate funds for the Legislative Council |
| Appropriations Committee | LB1210 | Senator Clements | Select File | Eliminate an obsolete transfer relating to the Cash Reserve Fund |
| Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | LB838 | Senator Jacobson | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable or senior adults, rules and codes of procedure, decedents' estates, inheritance taxes, deceptive trade practices, the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, the Equipment Business Regulation Act, the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act, and the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code and provide for rounding of certain cash transaction amounts |
| Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | LB967 | Senator Jacobson | E and R Engrossing | Change provisions relating to insurance fees, licensing, and trade practices, pharmacy benefit managers, mutual insurance holding companies, the Population Health Information Act, the Health Information Technology Board, and the Site and Building Development Act and adopt the Nebraska Protection of Seniors from Insurance Exploitation Act |
| Business and Labor Committee | LB847 | Senator Kauth | E and R Engrossing | Adopt the Nebraska Registered Apprenticeship Act, change provisions relating to funds, child labor, the Business Innovation Act, the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Employment Security Law, and the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, and transfer administration of student internships to the Department of Labor |
| Business and Labor Committee | LB921 | Senator Ibach | E and R Initial | Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and change certain employer duties under the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act |
| Education Committee | LB1050 | Senator Murman | E and R Initial | Amend the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act to limit advancement to grade four |
| Education Committee | LB937 | Education Committee | Select File | Adopt the Prior Learning Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, deadlines, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, and the College Pathway Program Act |
| Executive Board | LB634 | Senator Hansen | Referral | Adopt the Legislative Sunset Review Act and eliminate the Legislature's Planning Committee |
| Executive Board | LB1237 | Executive Board | Select File | Prohibit bringing weapons or prohibited substances into the State Capitol |
| General Affairs Committee | LB1001 | General Affairs Committee | Passed | Change and eliminate provisions relating to licensed racetrack enclosures, licenses and wagering on horseracing, assistance to problem gamblers, bingo, lotteries, raffles, gift enterprises, the Nebraska Commission on Problem Gambling, the Charitable Gaming Division of the Department of Revenue, keno at licensed racetrack enclosures, and the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund |
| General Affairs Committee | LB1235 | General Affairs Committee | Final Reading | Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act |
| Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | LB596 | Senator Sanders | Select File | 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, and reports of abandoned property, and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names |
| Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | LB1075 | Senator Sanders | E and R Initial | Provide requirements for certain village warrants, change various provisions of the Election Act, and change election provisions for exceeding a school district's property tax authority |
| Health and Human Services Committee | LB912 | Senator Hardin | Select File | Adopt the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, the Athletic Trainer Compact, and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, change provisions relating to child care licensing and the practice of athletic training, respiratory care, massage therapy, medical radiography, nurse practitioners, pharmacy, and pharmacists, and provide for liens for physical therapy services and automated pickup kiosks for certain prescription medication |
| Health and Human Services Committee | LB867 | Health and Human Services Committee | E and R Initial | Change and eliminate provisions relating to programs and services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services |
| Judiciary Committee | LB935 | Senator Bosn | E and R Initial | Provide for the award of costs and attorney's fees in certain actions involving political subdivisions |
| Judiciary Committee | LB965 | Senator Bostar | General File | Prohibit sexual abuse of a probationer or problem solving court participant; prohibit sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or child welfare service provider; provide for administration of naloxone by probation employees; and change conduct constituting the offense of incest |
| Legislative Oversight Committee Committee | LB1155 | Senator Dorn | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to legislative oversight |
| Legislature's Planning Committee | LB1179 | Senator DeBoer | Referral | Change provisions relating to the Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee, and Transportation and Telecommunications Committee of the Legislature |
| Natural Resources Committee | LB759 | Senator Brandt | Final Reading | 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 |
| Natural Resources Committee | LB1010 | Senator Brandt | Select File | Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers |
| Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | LB820 | Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | Select File | Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems |
| Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | LB1101 | Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | Final Reading | Change provisions of the Judges Retirement Act |
| Revenue Committee | LB803 | Revenue Committee | General File | Change provisions relating to the listing of taxable tangible personal property |
| Revenue Committee | LB901 | Revenue Committee | Final Reading | Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act, change provisions related to the confidentiality of shared information, the distribution of certain tax revenue, contracts between the Tax Commissioner and collection agencies, the collection and enforcement of delinquent income tax claims, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act, and the Nebraska Advantage Research and Development Act, provide for fees, provide an excise tax on kratom, eliminate certain personal property and sales and use tax exemptions and a tax credit, and terminate the Department of Revenue Miscellaneous Receipts Fund |
| State-Tribal Relations Committee | LB1032 | Senator DeBoer | General File | Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws |
| Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | LB972 | Senator Fredrickson | Select File | Adopt the Recreational Vehicle Industry Regulation Act and change provisions relating to parking spaces for handicapped or disabled persons, certain license revocations, the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act, the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, and the State Boat Act |
| Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | LB1126 | Senator Moser | Select File | 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, and intrastate medicaid nonemergency medical transportation services |
| Urban Affairs Committee | LB1114 | Urban Affairs Committee | E and R Initial | Adopt the Community Improvement District 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 |
| Urban Affairs Committee | LB1135 | Urban Affairs Committee | Select File | Adopt the Service Contract Reporting Act authorize municipalities to contract regarding parking facilities, and change provisions of the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act, and the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act |
Speaker Priority Bills
| Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker Arch | LB727 | Senator Kauth | Final Reading | Authorize law enforcement agencies to obtain, maintain, and possess epinephrine autoinjectors and nasal epinephrine for use by a law enforcement officer and require training |
| Speaker Arch | LB758 | Senator von Gillern | Select File | Change provisions relating to nontestamentary transfers on death, and evidence of ownership to obtain a certificate of title and provide a method for a beneficiary charitable organization to receive property or information |
| Speaker Arch | LB764 | Senator Holdcroft | E and R Initial | Provide for certain Department of Correctional Services employees to be law enforcement officers |
| Speaker Arch | LB781 | Senator Ballard | E and R Initial | Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers |
| Speaker Arch | LB787 | Senator Sanders | Select File | Change provisions relating to the Commission on Military and Veterans Affairs and eliminate provisions relating to veterans homes |
| Speaker Arch | LB819 | Senator Hallstrom | General File | Change provisions of the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act |
| Speaker Arch | LB826 | Senator DeKay | General File | Change provisions relating to late applications for homestead exemptions |
| Speaker Arch | LB835 | Senator Jacobson | Final Reading | Change and eliminate provisions relating to fees of the Secretary of State, notices of liens under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act and the Uniform State Tax Lien Registration and Enforcement Act, the central filing system, effective financing statements, the master lien list, and filed records under the Uniform Commercial Code |
| Speaker Arch | LB852 | Senator Spivey | E and R Initial | Provide for the recapture of funding distributed from the Convention Center Support Fund to certain recipients |
| Speaker Arch | LB866 | Senator Ballard | Referral | Change distribution of the Nebraska Opioid Recovery Trust Fund, create a fund, and provide for drug detection activities |
| Speaker Arch | LB888 | Senator Clouse | General File | Change enforcement provisions for violations of the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, and certain rules, regulations, and orders |
| Speaker Arch | LB904 | Senator Arch | E and R Initial | Change provisions relating to Chinese military companies under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act |
| Speaker Arch | LB905 | Senator Arch | E and R Initial | Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate |
| Speaker Arch | LB914 | Senator Hardin | General File | Eliminate physician liability for negligence of physician assistants |
| Speaker Arch | LB955 | Senator Hardin | E and R Initial | Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants |
| Speaker Arch | LB985 | Senator DeBoer | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators |
| Speaker Arch | LB986 | Senator Bostar | E and R Initial | Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act |
| Speaker Arch | LB1029 | Senator Conrad | E and R Initial | Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities |
| Speaker Arch | LB1048 | Senator Arch | General File | Change and eliminate reporting requirements for certain government agencies and preparation of the state executive budget and eliminate the Small Business Advisory Council, the Suggestion Award Board, and the state employee suggestion system |
| Speaker Arch | LB1057 | Senator Ballard | E and R Initial | Redefine adult day service under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act |
| Speaker Arch | LB1086 | Senator Dover | General File | Change eligibility requirements for community college gap assistance |
| Speaker Arch | LB1181 | Senator Bosn | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to the rights of victims of certain crimes |
| Speaker Arch | LB1205 | Senator Clouse | Final Reading | Require the Department of Economic Development to award grants under the Business Innovation Act |
| Speaker Arch | LB1236 | Executive Board | Select File | Change provisions relating to publication, printing, and distribution of legislative journals, session laws, and statutes and publication of the Constitution of Nebraska |
| Speaker Arch | LB1240 | Senator Murman | Final Reading | Change provisions relating to state recovery under the achieving a better life experience program |