Nebraska Bills

Appropriation Bill

Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act

Require the Legislative Fiscal Analyst to prepare economic impact reports for regulatory actions

Change and eliminate reporting requirements involving certain government agencies and preparation of the state executive budget, require the provision of copies of certain contracts to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and eliminate the Suggestion Award Board and the state employee suggestion system

Authorize music bingo under the Nebraska Bingo Act and change provisions relating to special event bingo and prizes that can be awarded under the act

Require school policies relating to name, image, and likeness rights for high school students

Adopt the Nebraska Public Housing Preservation Trust Act

Change provisions of the Business Innovation Act

Include prescription antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anticonvulsants on the preferred drug list under the Medical Assistance Act

Change provisions of the Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance Coverage Act relating to stacking of coverage

Provide requirements for cities, villages, and counties relating to accessory dwelling units

Change provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act relating to grounds for civil commitment and inpatient treatment and allow for interested parties to file petitions

Prohibit school resource officers and security guards from using corporal punishment

Change provisions relating to school funding and property taxes

Change provisions relating to negotiations and agreements between the Governor and federally recognized Indian Tribes relating to the collection and dissemination of any cigarette tax or certain other tobacco products tax collected on sales of such products made or sold on a federal recognized Indian tribe’s Indian country

Change Nebraska Evidence Rules to provide for consideration of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts as prescribed

Change and provide limitations on the rating system an insurer can file under the Property Casualty Insurance Rate and Form Act

Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant

Require the Department of Health and Human Services to make crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program

Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws

Require appropriations from the Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Fund and state intent regarding medicaid rates for mental health providers

Appropriate funds to the Department of Economic Development for state aid to development districts

Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities

Provide requirements for nutrient management plans and the application of livestock waste or litter

Eliminate certain exemptions applicable to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and change requirements for the construction of privately developed renewable energy generation facilities

Prohibit retirement, shutdown, cessation of operation, and alteration of operation of certain energy generation facilities

Provide for an excise tax on certain social media platform businesses

Require school districts and the State Board of Education to provide for instruction on the history of communism

Eliminate the sales and use tax exemption for zoo and aquarium admissions

Eliminate the human relations training requirement for obtaining a Nebraska substitute teacher's certificate

Change provisions related to penalties, proceeds, and distributed revenue of the nameplate capacity tax

Provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting and eliminate the requirement that courts impose probation for Class IV felonies

Provide immunity from prosecution for trespass for county assessors

Change provisions relating to prohibited expenditures by committees under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

Provide a limit on contributions made to a candidate committee under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a demonstration project waiver for traditional healing services

Redefine a term and change provisions relating to the combined tax and the state unemployment insurance tax rate under the Employment Security Law and change provisions relating to the Business Innovation Act

Change provisions relating to notice under the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Act and require the Secretary of State to create a web page and charge a fee for electronic publication of notices under the act

Change and eliminate provisions relating to names of state institutions and requirements relating to gender at youth rehabilitation and treatment centers

Provide for a lien for professional services rendered by a physical therapist

Change provisions relating to compensation for temporary disability under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act

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

Provide a right to trial by jury under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

Change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act

Change provisions relating to the amount of relief granted under the School District Property Tax Relief Act

Prohibit a landlord from keeping a security deposit when a rental agreement is not signed and prohibit nondisclosure terms in rental agreements

Adopt the Protecting Consumers and Jobs from Predatory Pricing Act

Provide for the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles between sunset and sunrise under the Nebraska Rules of the Road

Change the regulation of nonalcoholic beer under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Adopt the Renewable Energy Consumer Protection Act and provide a deceptive trade practice

Change provisions relating to filings under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

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

Change penalties for violations of domestic abuse and sexual assault protection orders

Adopt the Business Innovation and Startup Act

Congratulate Chris Bitner for being awarded the 2026 Nebraska Library Association's Outstanding Volunteer Award

Congratulate Jeff and Shae Caldwell for earning the Nebraska Business Development Center Champion of Small Business 2025 award

Congratulate Creighton University men's basketball head coach Greg McDermott on his retirement and his accomplishments at Creighton University and Wayne State College

Congratulate Drew Dawe on winning the 2026 Class D Boys State Wrestling Championship in the 138-pound division

Congratulate Brody Jensen on winning the 2026 Class D Boys State Wrestling Championship in the 132-pound division

Congratulate the Scottsbluff High School Boys Basketball Team on winning the 2026 Class B State Championship