Nebraska Bills

Provide for a mitigation bank or an in-lieu fee program relating to the incidental taking of threatened or endangered species habitat

Provide for Arbor Day Plates and the Home of Arbor Day Plate Cash Fund and change provisions relating to license plates

Eliminate a sunset date relating to an income tax credit for the purchase of certain residential property

Change provisions relating to permits and stamps issued by the Game and Parks Commission

Provide for offenses relating to skimmer devices and criminal enterprises involving financial offenses

Change and eliminate provisions relating to handgun purchase requirements

Provide an exception to the requirement that buildings constructed with state funds comply with the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code

Appropriation Bill

Change provisions relating to motor vehicle homicide, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child, tampering with an electronic monitoring device, controlled substances violations, adult and juvenile probation, detention of juveniles, motorists passing stopped vehicles or vulnerable road users, and speed limits

Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class

Change provisions relating to the distribution of the nameplate capacity tax

Appropriation Bill

Change provisions relating to the Water Recreation Enhancement Act

Establish a Family Resource and Juvenile Assessment Center Pilot Program

Classify tianeptine as a controlled substance

Change and eliminate provisions relating to installment sales and installment loans and the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act, rename the Nebraska Installment Sales Act, transfer provisions of and eliminate the Nebraska Installment Loan Act, and change provisions of the Medicaid Access and Quality Act

Change provisions of the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act

Change provisions of the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act

Change provisions relating to regional behavioral health authorities and the Behavioral Health Services Fund

Change provisions relating to notice and certification requirements for electric generation facilities, transmission lines, and privately developed renewable energy generation facilities located near military installations

Change provisions relating to the Public Employees Retirement Board

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

Change provisions relating to interventions in paternity proceedings

Authorize the court to extend the term of probation on joint application of the probation officer and the probationer

Change provisions relating to income taxes imposed on partnerships and small business corporations and notices of deficiency determinations, deficiencies, and denials of claims for refunds

Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers, provide for Arbor Day license plates and certain trailer license plates, change fees and fee distribution provisions for license plates and records requests related to motor vehicles and motor vehicle operators, change provisions relating to commercial driver’s licenses and CLP-commercial learner’s permits, and provide duties for successors in interest of certain railroad property

Appropriation Bill

Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments

Adopt the Parental Rights in Social Media Act, rename the Child Pornography Prevention Act, and prohibit conduct involving computer-generated child pornography

Change provisions regarding program integrity, ground emergency medical transport, and mental health and substance use disorder services under the Medical Assistance Act and provide duties for the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care

Require that each public or private two-year or four-year college or university provide a report to the Attorney General relating to certain funding from a foreign source

Change and eliminate programs and services administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, eliminate various reporting requirements, and change and eliminate powers and duties of the Board of Emergency Medical Services, the Division of Children and Family Services, the Nebraska State Patrol, and the Director of Motor Vehicles

Adopt the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act, provide for the Home Weatherization Clearinghouse and for mitigation of incidental taking of threatened or endangered species habitat, change provisions relating to the Water Recreation Enhancement Act, ground water allocation, and permits and stamps issued by the Game and Parks Commission, and create the Research Excellence Cash Fund

Change provisions relating to the requirements for certain exemptions for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities

Eliminate conditions on the issuance of securities by common carriers

Change provisions relating to ground water allocation

Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program

Include nurse anesthesia practice and dietitian nutrition practice under the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act

Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications

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

Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

Appropriation Bill

Provide for the Division of Legislative Oversight, the Director of Legislative Oversight, and the Legislative Oversight Committee and change provisions relating to the Public Counsel, the office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare, and the office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System

Change provisions relating to the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, the State Employees Retirement Act, the Spousal Pension Rights Act, and the Public Employees Retirement Board

Appropriation Bill

Change provisions of the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act

Change provisions of the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act

Provide for regulation of housing authorities by ordinance, change provisions relating to sanitary and improvement districts, and provide requirements relating to bed bugs under the Nebraska Housing Agency Act

Allow operation of registered motor vehicles with either one or two license plates

Change requirements for certain insurance policies and contracts

Appropriation Bill

Require the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility

Change requirements under the Child Care Licensing Act for liability insurance coverage and inspections and investigations

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

Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs

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

Change licensure and scope of practice provisions regarding marriage and family therapy and occupational therapy and licensure requirements under the Child Care Licensing Act

Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act and the Weights and Measures Act

Provide requirements for life insurance policies

Adopt the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, regulate nitrous oxide, and change the Uniform Controlled Substances Act