Nebraska Bills

Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships

State intent regarding appropriations

State legislative intent regarding appropriations and provide for transfers from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund

Adopt the Neighborhood Revitalization Act and authorize certain civil actions relating to real property

Appropriate funds for certain communications equipment

Provide for cities of the primary class and certain counties to receive grants relating to certain highways

Deny claims against the state

Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act

Provide for enforcement of red light violations using automatic license plate reader systems

Prohibit distributing deepfakes under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

Require the state to pay fifty percent of the operational costs of county courts

Adopt updates to building and energy codes

Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a medicaid waiver amendment for memory care rates

Adopt the Environmental Stewardship of Batteries Act, the Extended Producer Responsibility Data Collection Act, and the Minimum Recycled Content Act, and change provisions relating to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, the Environmental Protection Act, and the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund

Change provisions regarding initiative and referendum petitions

Change provisions relating to care management units under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act

Adopt the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act

Clarify provisions relating to motions for a new trial in a criminal case

Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Rules of the Road and the Automatic License Plate Reader Privacy Act

Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity

Provide funding to school districts to cover extraordinary increases in limited English proficiency student expenditures, change provisions relating to the elementary site allowance and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and reimbursement for special education programs and support services, and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund

Change provisions relating to foundation aid, local effort rate yield, adjusted valuations of property, and certification dates under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

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

Change and eliminate provisions relating to the use of handheld wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle

Change provisions relating to when licenses are required and provide powers to certain licensees relating to affiliates under the Nebraska Installment Loan Act

Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs and support services and require school districts to provide special education staff with professional leave

Require the maximum level of monthly assistance to be tied to the annual inflation factor for aid to dependent children

Change provisions relating to tenants' remedies under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

Provide assistance for voters who are unable to vote in person and who are residents of or housed in certain facilities

Change provisions relating to distribution of aid under the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program

Change sentencing provisions for crimes committed by a person younger than eighteen years of age

Change provisions relating to the rate and disbursement of the documentary stamp tax, the Child Care Grant Fund, child care grants, the Military Installation Development and Support Fund, the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Innovation Hub Cash Fund, the Economic Recovery Contingency Fund, and the Health Care Homes for the Medically Underserved Fund

Change provisions under the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act relating to the amount of tax imposed on cash devices and how such collected taxes are remitted and change the revenue submitted to the Nebraska Tourism Commission Promotional Cash Fund

Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services

Appropriate funds to the Department of Environment and Energy

Prohibit charging a fee for public records requests by members of the Legislature

Change provisions relating to compensation and employment of jail and prison inmates and disbursements of such funds and require payment of the minimum wage for inmates and government employees

Change provisions of the Enhanced Wireless 911 Services Act relating to surcharges and public hearings

Change provisions relating to the Property Tax Request Act and property tax levy limits

Adopt the Meat and Poultry Workers and Contractors Protection Act

Authorize a school district to exceed its budget authority for stipends paid to a student teacher and change the applicability of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act

Require cost-of-living adjustments for retirees for any public power district that operates a defined benefit plan

Provide for scholarships for nursing students

State intent regarding appropriations for medicaid assisted-living facilities

Change duties of the Board of Emergency Medical Services

Authorize school policies relating to community engagement

Provide and change requirements relating to agency guidance documents

Change provisions relating to fund transfers to the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund and the amount of tax relief granted under the School District Property Tax Relief Act

Provide for permanent trailer license plates for commercial fertilizer trailers

Require medical facilities and mortuaries to comply with requests for blood draws relating to certain deceased persons

Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program, provide funding to students denied option enrollment, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans

Change jurisdiction of juvenile courts and adult criminal courts and change provisions relating to detention and hearings under the Nebraska Juvenile Code

Provide for assistant funeral directors under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act

Create the Nebraska Health Professions Commission

Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act

Prohibit public postsecondary educational institutions from having a diversity, equity, and inclusion office and taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment

Require school districts to adopt a policy that excuses students to attend a course for religious instruction

State intent regarding appropriations for medicaid rates for mental health providers

Allow a school board to employ a chaplain, including in a volunteer capacity, at a school