103rd Legislature

Interim study to examine the various Nebraska agricultural products used in the production of craft beer and distilled spirits

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Exempt military retirement benefits from taxation as prescribed

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Change asset and income limitations for certain programs of public assistance and change eligibility redeterminations relating to a child care subsidy

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Require training for case managers as prescribed

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Prohibit use and distribution of vapor products and other products derived from tobacco as prescribed and provide an exception and provide penalties

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Provide for deficit appropriations

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Eliminate fees for the issuance of certain license plates

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Change provisions relating to the enforcement and servicing of real estate loans

Sponsor: Dan Watermeier

Provide for psychology internships and change duties of the Behavioral Health Education Center and adopt the Nebraska Mental Health First Aid Training Act

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Define a term with respect to cities of the first class police officers' and firefighters' retirement

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Change land bank, tax sales, liens and security interests, nonresident vehicle registration, ethanol facilities, Department of Revenue powers and duties, and taxation provisions

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Change provisions of the Early Intervention Act, the Medical Assistance Act, the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act, and the Special Education Act

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Provide funds for career education programs

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Authorize the Governor to execute a compact for prevention and control of forest fires and provide employment status for certain volunteer firefighters

Sponsor: Al Davis

Change provisions for formation and operation of cemetery associations

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Provide for changing the hours for sale of alcohol

Sponsor: John Murante

Provide for the position of state school security director and require training on school security, suicide awareness and prevention, and tornado preparedness for school personnel and provide for a concussion protocol

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Provide for disclosure of a decedent's financial information as prescribed

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Exempt separately stated postage charges from sales and use taxes

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Require insurance coverage for screening for amino acid-based formulas

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change and rename acts, a register, and an advisory committee relating to children and young adults and require case manager training as prescribed

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Create a fund and appropriate and transfer funds for the Game and Parks Commission

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Create and provide duties for the State Ward Permanency Pilot Project

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Adopt the Nebraska Mental Health First Aid Training Act

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Change allocations from the Education Innovation Fund

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Change and transfer provisions on prescriptions and controlled substances

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Change provisions relating to bond elections, county surveyor elections, school board elections, administration and conduct of elections, vacancies, presidential electors, and threshold amounts under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

Sponsor: John Murante

Change motor vehicle provisions relating to farm vehicles and drivers transporting agricultural commodities or farm supplies

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change Nebraska Construction Prompt Pay Act provisions

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change provisions relating to juvenile facilitated conferencing and funding

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Eliminate a termination date for insurance coverage for anticancer medication and provide insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder and funding for amino acid-based elemental formulas

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Change balloting and vacancy provisions for presidential electors

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Adopt the Education Compensation Transparency Act

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change provisions relating to future advances on mortgages or trust deeds

Sponsor: John Wightman

Authorize additional sources of funding for the Commission on Indian Affairs Cash Fund

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change a limitation on appropriations for special education programs and support services

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Transfer funds and create and eliminate funds

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Eliminate integrated practice agreements and provide for transition-to-practice agreements for nurse practitioners

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Change provisions relating to controlled substances, prescriptions, and certain assault provisions

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Eliminate a termination date on coverage requirements for anticancer medication

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change the compensation for members of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change provisions and penalties relating to unlawful intrusion

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Provide a hearsay exception for certain documents and data kept in the regular course of business

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Change provisions relating to the sale of natural gas by metropolitan utilities districts and exempt certain purchases of energy and fuel from sales tax

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change provisions relating to education

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Change provisions relating to cemeteries and alcohol sales, prohibit sales to and use of vapor products and alternative nicotine products by minors, prohibit certain sales of tobacco products, and adopt by reference provisions of the National Electrical Code

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Provide for appointment of a student achievement coordinator

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Change provisions relating to municipal occupation taxes

Sponsor: Revenue Committee

Change provisions relating to accountant licensing examination accreditation, education funding, compensation of members of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, education regulation, teaching, early childhood education programs, distance education programs, and postsecondary institutions

Sponsor: Education Committee

Change provisions relating to disposition of human remains, offenses related to the person, sexual exploitation, labor and sex trafficking, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and driving under the influence

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Eliminate certain firearms provisions no longer authorized by federal law

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change petition requirements for general election ballot

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change the Angel Investment Tax Credit Act and the Business Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

State intent relating to funding for early childhood services

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Appropriate funds to the Department of Natural Resources

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Require reports regarding records of persons unable to purchase or possess handguns because of disqualification or disability

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change school retirement provisions and duties of the Public Employees Retirement Board

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Transfer funds from the Cash Reserve Fund to the Job Training Cash Fund and change job training grant provisions

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change homestead exemption income limitations and provide a homestead exemption for individuals with developmental disabilities

Sponsor: Revenue Committee

Change state government provisions relating to special education funding, preaudits, planning duties, reporting requirements, contracts, warrants, and vehicles

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide that health care sharing ministries are not insurance

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Adjust individual income tax brackets for inflation and exempt social security and military retirement benefits from income taxation

Sponsor: Revenue Committee

Rename the Child Protection Act and provide for alternative response to a report of child abuse or neglect

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Provide and change complaint procedures for rules and regulations

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Adopt and change provisions relating to water, irrigation, and natural resources

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Exempt certain deeds from the documentary stamp tax

Sponsor: John Nelson

Change provisions relating to land banks and tax sales for delinquent property taxes

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide for a tax amnesty program and change provisions on contracts for finding nonpayers of taxes

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act and estray provisions

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Create a fund and appropriate funds to the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change various provisions relating to administrative governmental functions

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Require a report and change complaint procedures regarding rules and regulations

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Redefine all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, and sales price, change sales and use tax provisions relating to ATV's and UTV's, and change duties of sellers in the distribution of sales tax revenue to provide funding to the Game and Parks Commission

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Provide for extinguishment of a lien or security interest as prescribed

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Amend the State Electrical Act and update the reference to the National Electrical Code

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide requirements for entering into certain ground water augmentation projects

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Require schools to have a policy relating to tornado drills as prescribed

Sponsor: John Murante

Change a certification date relating to nonirrigated acres

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change certain assault provisions

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change penalties for violation of ordinances or regulations and provisions on load contents and spillage in cities of the metropolitan class

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change asset limitation for the aid to dependent children program, child care subsidy, and the Welfare Reform Act

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Require a booster meningococcal conjugate vaccine for students as prescribed

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Adopt the Medicaid Insurance for Workers with Disabilities Act

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Change provisions relating to irrigation district elections

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Require oil and gas pipeline eminent domain condemnors to provide notice to property owners

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Allow an income tax deduction for tuition payments

Sponsor: Jim Scheer

Change a provision relating to disability retirement payments

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Redefine high elective office for restrictions on multiple office holding

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Adopt the School Purchasing Act

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Authorize series limited liability companies

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change keno time limits

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Eliminate provisions relating to increases in local option sales tax rates

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Eliminate criminal forfeiture and provide for civil forfeiture as prescribed

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Require apprentice electricians to complete continuing education

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Change permitted practice provisions for certified nurse midwives

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change provisions relating to State Patrol retirement

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to be used for services for persons with developmental disabilities

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Appropriate funds for the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Program

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change the age of majority and certain age requirements

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Prohibit rules and regulations requiring teachers to lead pledge of allegiance

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Authorize certain residency restrictions near parks under the Sexual Predator Residency Restriction Act

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Change cigarette and tobacco tax provisions

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Provide for removal of containers of draft beer from licensed premises as prescribed

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Provide an income tax credit for adoption and guardianship costs

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Exempt military retirement benefits from taxation as prescribed

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Appropriate funds for the Early Childhood Education Endowment Cash Fund

Sponsor: John Harms

Deny claims against the state

Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee

Prohibit flying lanterns

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change funding for the Municipal Equalization Fund

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Provide procedures for termination of a lease based upon clear and present danger

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Provide for adoption by two adult persons jointly

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Adopt the Nebraska Corn Promotion Act

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Exempt motor vehicle washing and waxing from sales taxation

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Correct references in school statutes

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Prohibit certain bases for discrimination relating to child placement

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change total disability income benefits under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Authorize possession of firearms as prescribed

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Memorialize Congress to support a constitutional amendment responding to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Adopt the Escort Services Accountability and Permit Act

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change income tax rates

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Change population restrictions for conducting elections by mail

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change children's eligibility provisions relating to the Medical Assistance Act

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change furlough and reduction of sentence provisions as prescribed

Sponsor: John Nelson

Provide signage requirements and duties for the Nebraska State Patrol under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change corporate income tax rates

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Adopt the Department of Health and Human Services Delivery Improvement and Efficiency Act

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Require instruction in certain emergency procedures as a prerequisite to high school graduation

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change court-ordered parenting plan provisions of the Parenting Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Urge the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in developing guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, to respect the primacy of Nebraska and other states and to rely on state regulators to develop performance standards

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Urge Congress to enact comprehensive health care reform

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Al Davis

Create veterans and servicemembers court programs

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change provisions relating to the sealing of records of a juvenile

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Require a recorded roll call vote by certain county boards

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Redefine treatment under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Create and provide for a Nebraska Educational Trust Fund

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Prohibit collection of interchange fees by payment card networks on certain taxes and fees

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change provisions relating to consent and parental notification and eliminate certain penalties with respect to abortion

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Adopt the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Redefine the term underground facility for purposes of the One-Call Notification System Act

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Al Davis

Provide an income tax credit for certain property taxes paid on agricultural land and horticultural land

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Require posting of signs regarding abortion

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Create an energy conservation grant program

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change provisions relating to state aid to schools

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Provide duties relating to the establishment of a Hastings Correctional Behavioral Health Treatment Center

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Create the Surface Water and Ground Water Review Board and provide powers and duties

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Constitutional amendment to provide that residential real property may be classified separately for property taxation

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change individual income tax brackets and rates and corporate income tax rates

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Require presentment of operator's license and proof of financial responsibility or evidence of insurance to a peace officer by a driver involved in an accident or impoundment of vehicle and authorize civil actions for certain expenses

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Request the federal government to reject changes to the current law governing country of origin meat labeling

Sponsor: Al Davis

Urge the United States government to support a sustainable Renewable Fuel Standard

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Change provisions for actions for recovery of title or possession of real estate or foreclosure of mortgages or deeds of trust as mortgages

Sponsor: John Wightman

Transfer cash reserve funds to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Change provisions relating to restoration of seized firearms as prescribed

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change provisions relating to an occupation tax on irrigated land

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Require employers to e-verify immigration status of new employees

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change provisions for expansion of a business improvement district

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Include certain fire and rescue departments under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Permit counties to regulate peddlers, hawkers, and solicitors by ordinance

Sponsor: John Murante

Change provisions relating to the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change provisions relating to personal property exemptions in cases of attachment, execution, or sale

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Urge Congress to reauthorize federally provided terrorism reinsurance for insurers

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Create the Public Power Task Force

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change public record provisions for withholding job application materials from the public

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Change provisions relating to parenting plans

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Adopt the Redistricting Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Provide procedures for aid to political subdivisions from the Governor's Emergency Program

Sponsor: Al Davis

Provide duties relating to integrated management plans

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Adopt the State Firearms Rights Act

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Change income eligibility provisions relating to federal child care assistance

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Require listing of employee salaries and job titles of certain private employers

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Eliminate secret ballot provisions under the Open Meetings Act

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Constitutional amendment to authorize casino gaming, provide for a local vote, and provide for distribution of tax proceeds

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Provide a permit application exemption for certain water storage reservoirs

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Change concealed handgun permit renewal provisions for members of the armed forces and their spouses

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Allow all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles to be operated as authorized emergency vehicles

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Change job training grant provisions relating to veterans

Sponsor: Tommy Garrett

Change provisions relating to learning communities

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Provide for natural resources districts to issue general obligation bonds

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change catering license fees under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change and eliminate provisions relating to classification of school districts

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Change provisions of the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act

Sponsor: State-Tribal Relations Committee

Require reports for public benefit programs delivery system

Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee

Change the amount recoverable under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Request the United States Department of Agriculture immediately withdraw its proposed rule entitled "Importation of Beef from a Region in Brazil"

Sponsor: Al Davis

Require legislative approval to move state services

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Provide for a limited bottling endorsement under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Recommend the enactment of comprehensive immigration reform

Sponsor: John Wightman

Provide for fees for copies of motor vehicle accident reports

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Change public policy provisions and findings required by the Nebraska Power Review Board relating to the provision of electric service

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Adopt the Paid Family Medical Leave Act

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change the minimum wage for persons compensated by way of gratuities

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change qualification provisions under the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change provisions relating to use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Allocate funds to the Early Childhood Education Grant Program

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide for a study relating to education incentives for high-need occupations

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Adopt the Working to Improve Nebraska Schools Act

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Create an endowment fund to provide grants for a black history museum and center

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Provide for appointment of two additional members to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Adopt health insurance requirements relating to dollar limits, rescissions, preexisting conditions, and dependents

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Adopt the Emergency Contact Registry Act and provide powers and duties for the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Create the offense of false presentation of proof of financial responsibility under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Define hard cider under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change provisions relating to long-term insurance

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Prohibit peace officers from using government-issued equipment for private employment

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Require rules and regulations for mandatory water well permits in management areas

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Recognize February 10, 2014, as the 60th anniversary of the addition of the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Provide when acknowledgment is not required for contract for sale of homestead property

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change provisions relating to packers under the Competitive Livestock Markets Act

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Prohibit possession, sale, offer for sale, trade, or distribution of shark fins

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Provide for regulation of meteorological evaluation towers

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Create the Open Data Advisory Board

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Eliminate certain taxing authority of learning communities and change state aid calculations

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Change procedures relating to declarations of nuisances in certain cities

Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee

Provide an income tax credit to individuals who pay a federal health insurance penalty

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Adopt the Nebraska 911 Act and create the Next-Generation 911 Advisory Council

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change provisions relating to sexual assault of a child in the second and third degree

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Change duties of the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education relating to transfer-of-credit policies

Sponsor: Jim Scheer

Change provisions relating to procedures for acquiring private property for public use

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change provisions relating to wrongful death actions

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Terminate metropolitan utilities districts on January 1, 2015

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Redefine terms under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Provide an income tax credit for property taxes paid

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change provisions relating to asbestos regulation

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Change and eliminate procedures for filling vacancies and removal of certain gubernatorial appointees

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change election provisions to authorize provisional ballots and require identification for certain voters

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land for property tax purposes

Sponsor: Thomas Hansen

Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Real Property Appraiser Act

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Provide for disposition of a tenant's personal property upon death

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Change reporting provisions under the Child Protection Act

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change provisions relating to operator training for underground storage tanks and provide funding

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Create the Nebraska Sesquicentennial Fund

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change provisions relating to the collection of sales and use taxes on credit and debit card transactions and change sales and use tax collection fees

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Create the Task Force on Expanded Learning Opportunities for School-Age Youth

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Transfer cash reserve funds to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Change the Nebraska Optometry Education Assistance Contract Program

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Terminate the inheritance tax

Sponsor: Thomas Hansen

Constitutional amendment to change signature requirements for initiative petitions

Sponsor: John Murante

Provide for partisan ballots for unaffiliated voters at primary elections

Sponsor: Al Davis

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change provisions relating to explosives and destructive devices

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Adopt the Nebraska Patent Abuse Prevention Act

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change provisions relating to sexual assault, child abuse, sexually explicit conduct, and child pornography and to provide for forfeiture of property as prescribed

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Change provisions relating to military parents under the Parenting Act

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Adopt the Recognition and Enforcement of Tribal Court Civil Judgments Act

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change filing and enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Interim study to examine the role of Nebraska state government in establishing and implementing standards of performance for existing carbon dioxide emissions from public power plants within the state

Sponsor: Natural Resources Committee

Change provisions relating to anatomical gift donation designations on drivers' licenses and state identification cards

Sponsor: John Harms

Change provisions relating to unlawful possession of a firearm at a school

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Congratulate Thomas D'Aquila on his selection as an alternate winner in this year's Letters About Literature program competition

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Designate April 22, 2014, as Earth Day in the State of Nebraska

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide an exception for motorcycles to certain vehicle light requirements

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Require an affidavit relating to radon levels at a child care location

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Congratulate Doug McDermott for an outstanding 2013-14 basketball season and an exceptional college basketball career

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Congratulate Eythan Ingle Strope on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Change provisions relating to the Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act of 2006

Sponsor: John Murante

Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Appraisal Management Company Registration Act

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School speech team on winning the 2014 Class C-2 state championship

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Exempt social security benefits from state income taxation

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Change tax provisions

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Congratulate Michael Barth on winning first place in Poetry Interpretation at the 2014 Class C-1 state speech championsip

Sponsor: Al Davis

Encourage Nebraska high schools to offer hands-only CPR training

Sponsor: Jim Scheer

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Require radon resistant construction for residential construction and create a building codes task force

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Adopt the Taxpayer Investment Program

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Provide requirements for precious metals dealers

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change interstate simulcast facility license requirements

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Change employment provisions for persons committed to the Department of Correctional Services

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Change and eliminate provisions relating to occupant protection systems

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Provide requirements for dual-enrollment courses

Sponsor: John Harms

Change motor vehicle liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Provide for coverage of children's day services under medicaid and social services

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change the eligibility determination for homestead exemptions

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change provisions relating to deductions of refunds from municipal sales tax receipts

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Change provisions relating to powers of personal representative with respect to a decedent's Internet sites

Sponsor: John Wightman

Adopt the Elementary and Secondary Educational Opportunity Act and provide for income tax credits

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Appropriate funds to the Nebraska Tourism Commission

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Change inheritance tax rates

Sponsor: John Wightman

Change display of credential and advertisement provisions under the Uniform Credentialing Act

Sponsor: John Wightman

Change valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Change provisions relating to homicide

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Change distribution of certain sales and use tax revenue

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Change provisions relating to surcharges for 911 service

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change provisions of the juvenile justice system

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Constitutional amendment to require that any bill that imposes or increases a tax be approved by a majority of the members of the Legislature plus four

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Provide for the distribution of administrative fines and costs and forfeited property

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Provide an income tax deduction for corporate dividends

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

State intent relating to appropriations for the rural health provider incentive program

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Appropriate funds to the Department of Economic Development

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Adopt the Health Care Freedom of Conscience Act

Sponsor: John Nelson

Provide for a report on education credentials and workforce needs

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Authorize inspection and regulation of staff secure juvenile facilities

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change provisions relating to the cigarette tax and the tobacco products tax

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Provide for preregistration to vote for 16 and 17 year olds

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Provide immunity from liability for providing shelter during a weather event

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change provisions relating to grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change provisions relating to approval of electric generation facilities and transmission lines

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Change the commission allowed to stamping agents for the cigarette tax

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Create the Group Health Trust Fund and provide for investment and provide duties for the State Treasurer

Sponsor: Bob Krist

State intent relating to appropriations for Public Health Aid

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to fund the Dental Health Director

Sponsor: John Nelson

Prohibit use of credit information for insurance and repeal a model act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Require insurance coverage for cochlear implants

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change provisions relating to sales and use tax with respect to the sale of a business or stock of goods

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Change provisions relating to net metering

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change product liability action statute of limitations

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change provisions relating to grandparent visitation

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Prohibit motorcycle passengers less than eight years old

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change texting enforcement provisions

Sponsor: John Harms

Provide for notification of eligibility for an associate degree as prescribed

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act medical guidelines and independent medical examiner provisions

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Require notice for natural resources district subcommittee meetings

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Change funding for the Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment Fund

Sponsor: John Nelson

Change provisions relating to a property tax exemption

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change domestic assault provisions

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Change Nebraska Juvenile Code provisions relating to reimbursement by parents for costs of care and treatment

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Provide for an expedited concealed handgun permit process for applicants who are victims of domestic violence

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Create a fund to provide funding for medicaid services and change distribution of premium tax revenue

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Adopt the Nebraska Technology Entrepreneur Act to provide sales and use tax refunds to certain businesses

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Require insurance coverage for certain food formulas as prescribed

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change authorized transfers to the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change preferred drug list provisions under the Medical Assistance Act

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change fence dispute provisions

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Prohibit participation in extracurricular and co-curricular activities as prescribed

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Appropriate funds for the Nebraska Wind Applications Center

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change and provide criminal sanctions regarding animals and animal facilities

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change mental injuries and mental illness compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

State intent to appropriate funds for upgrade of an electronic data collection system related to child welfare and other economic assistance programs

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Adopt the Livestock Growth Act and change provisions of the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Change certain condemnation procedures

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Adopt the Nebraska Firearms Freedom Act

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Change a duty of county assessors relating to real property valuation

Sponsor: Scott Price

Urge Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution and submit it to the states for ratification

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Change provisions relating to registering to vote and requesting a ballot for early voting at the same time

Sponsor: John Nelson

Change the sales and use tax collection fees

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Provide for Telehealth Behavioral Health Services Program

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Prohibit disclosure of any applicant or permitholder information regarding firearms registration, possession, sale, or use as prescribed

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Prohibit receiving certain types of wagers on horseracing

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide for Cash Reserve Fund transfers for affordable housing, homeless shelter assistance, and legal aid

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change provisions relating to stalking

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Redefine place of employment for Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change the sales tax rate

Sponsor: Revenue Committee

Change requirements for approval of redevelopment plans under the Community Development Law

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Endorse Taiwan's participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization as an observer and support efforts to grant Taiwan official observer status at the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change distribution provisions for core services and educational technology funds

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Provide for a health care copayment for jail and prison inmates

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Prohibit federal restrictions on firearms, magazines, and firearm accessories as prescribed

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Provide restrictions for application of certain herbicides

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Permit collection of fees for insurance consultants

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Adopt the Nebraska Water Legacy Act

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Change provisions relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Legislative Performance Audit Section

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Adopt the College Choice Grant Program Act

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Redefine franchisee under the Franchise Practices Act

Sponsor: Thomas Hansen

Change provisions relating to deductions for net operating losses and capital losses

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change number of districts and members of Game and Parks Commission

Sponsor: Al Davis

Appropriate funds for improvements at the Nebraska History Museum

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Provide an income tax credit for individuals caring for dependents

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Provide duties for credentialing boards and temporary practice permits for military spouses

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Adopt the Electronics Extended Producer Responsibility and Job Creation Act

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change funding for county offices relating to public assistance programs

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Provide procedures for taking grievances by certain county corrections officers to the Civil Service Commission

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Change a sales tax exemption for health clinics

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Adopt Prescription Monitoring Program Act and repeal prescription monitoring provisions

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Constitutional amendment authorizing gaming and directing use of the proceeds

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Change temporary custody without a warrant provisions of the Nebraska Juvenile Code

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Provide funding to the Department of Motor Vehicles to purchase a vehicle titling and registration computer system

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Authorize use of Affordable Housing Trust Fund for vocational training

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Eliminate an income reduction for extraordinary dividends and certain capital gains

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Redefine excavation for purposes of the One-Call Notification System Act

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change provisions relating to academic content standards and statewide assessment and reporting

Sponsor: Jim Scheer

Provide an income tax credit for payments to school districts for extracurricular activities and character education programs

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Constitutional amendment to change provisions relating to redevelopment projects

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Provide powers and duties for professional boards regarding credentialing veterans

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Prohibit contributions by lobbyists to candidates or members of the Legislature during legislative session

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Provide for county board appointment of election commissioners

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Require an economic analysis of rules and regulations proposed by the Department of Environmental Quality

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Change provisions relating to the aid to dependent children program

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Change medical payment provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Provide liability limitation for bucking bull activities

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change State Natural Gas Regulation Act provisions relating to infrastructure system replacement cost recovery charges

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Change the amount of tax credits allowed under the Angel Investment Tax Credit Act

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Authorize court acceptance of certain criminal waivers and pleas

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Change tuition assistance program provisions for National Guard members

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Change notice requirements relating to zoning, redevelopment projects, and neighborhood associations

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Authorize power districts to use a fiscal year rather than a calendar year

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change qualifications for county veterans service officers

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Change provisions relating to size, weight, and load for farm equipment

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Eliminate a report requirement by the county treasurers to the State Treasurer

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Change veto power provisions for mayors of first and second class cities

Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee

Change quorum requirements for county boards of supervisors

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change provisions relating to certain declaratory judgments and illegal taxes paid

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Change provisions for onsite vaccinations at certain health care facilities

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change provisions relating to filing corrected or amended annual and biennial reports with the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Eliminate provisions relating to forged, altered, or raised checks under the Nebraska Banking Act

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Change application procedures for real estate licenses

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change provisions for organization of cities of the second class and villages

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Change provisions of the MiIitary Code relating to Military Department personnel

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Change duties relating to registration certificates for trailers

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Create the Aging Nebraskans Task Force and require a grant application

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Change provisions relating to mowing and harvesting hay on the right-of-way of highways

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change provisions relating to prescription drug monitoring and create a fund

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Eliminate provisions relating to hunting and killing of mountain lions

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Extend a homestead exemption for claimants under sixty-five years of age and not married

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Change provisions relating to transfer on death deeds

Sponsor: John Wightman

Require a report relating to sales taxes and change tax expenditure reporting requirements under the Tax Expenditure Reporting Act

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Change duties of the Climate Assessment Response Committee

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change the accountability system for schools and school districts under the Quality Education Accountability Act

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Congratulate the Chadron High School girls' basketball team on advancing to the 2014 Class C-1 state tournament

Sponsor: Al Davis

Provide for designation of enterprise zones and preferences in certain business incentive programs

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Congratulate the David City High School speech team on winning the 2014 Class C-1 state championship

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Congratulate Danial Best, Alex Broadfoot, William Burkert, and Jonathon Spilinek on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Change provisions relating to abandonment or cruel neglect of an animal

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Posthumously honor and recognize Alvin Saunders Johnson for his induction into the Nebraska Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Congratulate the Crawford High School girls' basketball team on advancing to the 2014 Class D-2 state tournament

Sponsor: Al Davis

Congratulate Jordan Crosley, Chandler Hambidge, Derek Monie, Garret Monie, Calvin Wineland, Bryce Wessels, and Griffin York on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Require delivery of the official election calendar and change and eliminate political party provisions

Sponsor: John Murante

Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee to be known as the ACCESSNebraska Special Investigative Committee of the Legislature

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Establish the Nebraska Sesquicentennial Commission

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Congratulate the Wynot High School girls' basketball team for winning the 2014 Class D-2 state championship

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Congratulate the Randolph High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2014 Class D-1 state championship

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Interim study to examine whether the maximum payment rate in the Aid to Dependent Children program, is adequate to meet the goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, including keeping children in their own home

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Interim study to examine the organizational structure of public power

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Interim study to gather information and make recommendations to craft policy to support the creation of a sustainable community health workforce in Nebraska

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Change student growth adjustment correction and local effort rate yield under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Interim study to examine potential funding sources for the Great Plains Black History Museum, Science and Technology Center in Omaha, Nebraska

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Interim study to examine the reasons why emergency disaster payments made by or through the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are not made in a timely manner once awarded

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Interim study to examine the Nebraska statutes relating to cities of the first class

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Interim study to examine Nebraska's juvenile courts, especially juvenile courts within Douglas County

Sponsor: Brad Ashford

Interim study to examine the treatment and services for people dually diagnosed with I/DD and MI or I/DD and behavioral health problems

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Interim study to examine issues surrounding financing the maintenance and replacement of county bridges

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Pete Pirsch

Exempt repair or replacement parts for agricultural machinery and equipment from sales and use tax

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Interim study to gather information and make recommendations to craft policy to support and continue electronic health records exchanges and health information initiatives

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Interim study to examine the need-based financial aid program, the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Act, to determine whether the program is sufficient to meet the needs of students

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Interim study to examine whether adding antidepressant, antipsychotic, and anticonvulsant drugs to the medicaid preferred drug list would be of benefit to Nebraska medicaid or Nebraska medicaid clients

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Interim study to examine options for the creation of a Nebraska educational trust fund for the purpose of stabilizing the availability of state aid to education when there is a significant decline in state sales and income tax revenue

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Interim study to assess how the State of Nebraska can improve the coordination and provision of child welfare services for Native American children and families

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Interim study to examine issues surrounding in-home personal services

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Allow growth and cultivation of industrial hemp by the Department of Agriculture or a postsecondary institution

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Interim study to examine the skills gap in Nebraska's workforce and to identify options for workforce education

Sponsor: Kate Bolz

Interim study to examine vertical coordination in the pork industry

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Medicaid Reform Council

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change provisions relating to blighted areas under the Community Development Law

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Interim study to examine the problems that law enforcement is encountering since the State of Colorado legalized the sale and recreational use of marijuana

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine the impact of implementing, and the impact of failing to implement, medicaid expansion in Nebraska

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine whether the Nebraska Appraisal Management Company Registration Act should be updated

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Interim study to examine the need to appropriate funds to Memorial Park in Omaha, Nebraska, for improvements to the park and to examine ways to honor our veterans

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Interim study to examine the role and value of private veterinarians in assisting law enforcement in carrying out duties under the Livestock Animal Welfare Act

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Interim study to examine implementation, management, operation, and ongoing development of Next Generation 911 service in Nebraska

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Interim study to examine the need to craft a policy to ensure that women who choose to give birth at home are adequately supported by trained health care professionals

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Interim study to examine Nebraska constitutional provisions which enable or limit the Legislature's power to provide for property tax policies and relief programs

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Interim study to examine the professional development of forensic science in Nebraska

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the use of a foundation formula per student in the calculation of need for a school district and use of an income factor in the calculation of resources for state aid purposes

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the potential impact of federal legislation that would require remote retailers with no physical presence in Nebraska to collect and remit sales and use tax

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine the fiscal impacts of unfunded mandates

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Adopt the Public Guardianship Act

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Change and state intent relating to funding for economic development programs and change a termination date

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Interim study to examine enforcement under the Employee Classification Act and the effect misclassification has on facets of business and labor in Nebraska

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Interim study to examine ways to improve the quality and availability of interpreter services for Nebraskans who are deaf or hard of hearing

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Interim study to examine the need to clarify and expand application of LB985 (2014), which provided standing to natural resources districts and requirements for water appropriations

Sponsor: Al Davis

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Interim study to examine options to provide incentives for professional growth and development of teachers as the means to increased student achievement and success in Nebraska public schools

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the use of tax increment financing under the Community Development Law in Nebraska

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine issues relating to production, possession, and use of hemp oil for the purposes of treating epileptic seizures

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Interim study to examine regulatory and statutory provisions governing packer procurement of swine through marketing or production contracting under the federal Packers and Stockyards Act

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Interim study to examine local use of property taxes to study the fiscal relationship between state and local governments and the impact on our schools and justice system

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Interim study to examine various methods of behavioral health workforce development

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Interim study to review issues surrounding child custody proceedings and parenting time determinations as they pertain to families of divorce

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Interim study to examine the public employees retirement systems administered by the Public Employees Retirement Board

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Nebraska P-16 Initiative organized and managed by the University of Nebraska

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Provide and change provisions relating to legislative findings for tax incentive programs

Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee

Interim study to examine issues surrounding patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as "patent trolls"

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Interim study to gather information and study the possible existence and extent of labor trafficking in the State of Nebraska

Sponsor: Sara Howard

Urge the United States Department of Agriculture to adopt its proposed rule entitled "Importation of Beef from a Region in Brazil"

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Adopt the Standard Valuation Act for valuation of insurance reserves

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Provide for acquisition and sale of state aircraft and a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Approve claims against the state

Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee

Adopt and update references to certain federal provisions related to motor vehicles

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Provide residency requirements for postsecondary education purposes for veterans and their family members

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Prohibit issuance of a long-term care request for proposals before September 1, 2015

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Change provisions relating to criminal history record information checks for certain employees of the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: John Harms

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Congratulate the Omaha Benson High School Magnet girls' basketball team for winning the 2014 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Provide for write-in candidacy by defeated candidate

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Congratulate Jackson Bates on winning the 2014 Class C state wrestling championship in the 106-pound division

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Congratulate Connie Yori on being named the 2014 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Congratulate the Bancroft-Rosalie boys' basketball team for winning the 2014 Class D-2 state championship

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Congratulate Marissa Janning on being named the 2014 Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Congratulate Wasmer Elementary School on being named a Title I Distinguished School for 2013

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Congratulate the Bellevue West High School and Bellevue East High School girls' basketball teams for advancing to the 2014 Class A state tournament

Sponsor: Tommy Garrett

Congratulate Cody Krula on winning the 2014 Class D state wrestling championship in the 152-pound division

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Congratulate Dr. Subhash Bhatia on receiving the 2014 Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents from the American Psychiatric Association

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Create the Tax Incentive Evaluation Committee as a special legislative committee

Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee

Eliminate and change provisions relating to the review of postsecondary capital construction projects

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee of the Legislature to be known as the Department of Correctional Services Special Investigative Committee of the Legislature

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Exempt keno writers from licensure under the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Extend sympathy to the family of James Stuart, Jr.

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Congratulate Jacob Molacek on his victories and record-breaking performances at the 2014 boys' state swimming championship

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Congratulate the George Russell Middle School MathCounts team and Owen Gong on their achievements

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Congratulate the Omaha Creighton Prep High School swimming team for winning the 2014 boys' state championship

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Congratulate Adam Keating on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Congratulate Alexander Payne for the remarkable success of his recent film, "Nebraska"

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Congratulate the Hastings Middle School on its selection as a 2014 MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough School honoree

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Recognize the Benson High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps for being selected to represent Nebraska at events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Congratulate Terence "Bud" Crawford on becoming the World Boxing Organization lightweight champion

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Change from elected to appointed boards for educational service units

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Congratulate Chance Helmick on his state wrestling championship and his achievements

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Congratulate the Fremont-Logan View boys' bowling team for winning the 2014 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Congratulate the staff of the Veterans and Military Resource Centers at Central Community College on being recognized as number one among community colleges for veteran and military services in the United States

Sponsor: Mike Gloor

Congratulate Wesley Dawkins for winning the 2014 Class A state wrestling championship in the 106-pound division

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Recognize Michal P. Lisowyj for his achievements and dedicated service to the Millard West High School Band

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Honor Donald K. Schwab as a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor

Sponsor: Charlie Janssen

Congratulate Brandon Reinsch on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Prohibit the use of and require labeling of food containers containing Bisphenol A

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Congratulate Morgan Coil for receiving a 2014 Prudential Spirit of Community Award

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Congratulate the Lincoln Southwest High School girls' cross country team for winning the 2013 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Norman Wallman

Change provisions for filling vacancies in the Legislature and Board of Regents

Sponsor: John Murante

Require creation of fiscal notes as prescribed

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Congratulate Jessie Harris for her selection as a finalist in the 2014 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Extend appreciation and congratulations to the honorees for their service to the State of Nebraska

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Recognize Tam Allan for his outstanding service on the Nebraska State Fair Board

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Change recreational liability provisions

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Change from elected to appointed boards for community college areas

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Change the brand inspection area under the Livestock Brand Act

Sponsor: Al Davis

Change veteran employment preference provisions

Sponsor: Dan Watermeier

Authorize schools to adopt a child sexual abuse policy as prescribed

Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield

Congratulate the Silver Lake High School football team for winning the 2013 Six-Man state championship

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Congratulate Alexander Thuernagle on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Congratulate the Exeter-Milligan High School football team for winning the 2013 Class D-1 state championship

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Prohibit retail sale of novelty lighters

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Provide for new funding mechanisms under the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Assistance Act

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Change provisions relating to chemigation permits and fees

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Revisor bill to repeal an obsolete section relating to the Radiation Control Act

Define salvage to include flood damage under the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Revisor bill to repeal obsolete handicapped or disabled parking permit provisions

Revisor bill to repeal an obsolete section relating to public power suppliers

Constitutional amendment to require public recording and preservation of votes of public officials

Sponsor: Scott Lautenbaugh

Provide and change requirements for voter identification

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Congratulate Cody Myers on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Congratulate the Louisville-Weeping Water baseball team for winning the 2013 Class C Junior Legion State Tournament

Sponsor: Bill Kintner

Congratulate the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension on its 100 years of service to Nebraska

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Congratulate Joseph Zach for being chosen as a Nebraska delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change provisions relating to membership on the Board of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Congratulate Seyler Monroe on being named a 2013 Tribland Player of the Year for six-man football

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Congratulate Jordan Slough on being named a 2013 Tribland Player of the Year for 11-man football

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Permit the Nebraska Tourism Commission to adopt an official state symbol or slogan

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Extend sympathy to the family of Ron Bishop

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Recognize August 26, 2014, as Lineworker Appreciation Day in Nebraska

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Congratulate Matthew Michael Sievert for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Congratulate the Skutt Catholic High School football team for winning the 2013 Class B state championship

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Congratulate the Crofton High School boys' and girls' cross country teams for winning their 2013 Class D Boys State and Girls State cross country championships

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Congratulate the O'Neill Mean Green girls' softball team for winning the 2013 Nebraska Amateur Softball Association Fast Pitch 16-Under Class C State championship

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Congratulate the Wahoo High School softball team for winning the 2013 Class C state championship

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Congratulate Kristi Bundy for being named the 2014 Nebraska Teacher of the Year

Sponsor: Jerry Johnson

Authorize special permits to certain vehicle dealers in adjacent states

Sponsor: Mark Christensen

Extend sympathy to the family of former Senator Jennie Robak

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Interim study to examine the treatment and services for people dually diagnosed with intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness, or behavioral health problems

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Interim study to examine the college savings plans administered under the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and ways to increase plan participation

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Interim study to examine and define the need for increased access to, and the costs of, quality expanded learning opportunities for K-12 children, focusing on at-risk children

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Interim study to examine the mission and financing options as authorized by current law of the Game and Parks Commission

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Interim study to examine all state retirement plans administered by the Public Employees Retirement Board

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Interim study to review the One-Call Notification System Act

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Nebraska Public Safety Communication System

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Interim study to examine the financial impact of, and financing options for, medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for medical assistance for newly eligible individuals

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Interim study to examine the issue of election day registration

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Interim study to examine the powers and duties of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency

Sponsor: Al Davis

Interim study to examine issues relating to mass transit authorities

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Interim study to examine alternatives for the financing and delivery of public early childhood, elementary, and secondary education in Nebraska

Sponsor: Education Committee

Interim study to examine barriers to permanent placements for Nebraska children who have been placed out of the home and are wards of the state

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Interim study to examine the Access Nebraska system, as well as the separation of the economic assistance programs from the medicaid program

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Interim study to examine the feasibility of designating counties adjacent to the mandatory brand inspection area designated by 54-1109 as brand inspection service areas

Sponsor: Ken Schilz

Interim study to examine the policy to supplement federal universal service support mechanisms and ensure all Nebraskans have comparable accessibility to telecommunications at affordable prices

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Interim study to examine retail license provisions within the Nebr. Liquor Control Act regarding whether licensees should be permitted to bottle draft beer to be sold for consumption off the premises

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Interim study to examine the nature of and relationship between catering liquor licenses and special designated liquor licenses within the Nebr. Liquor Control Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Extend gratitude to Kali Smith and her family for their support of Tyler's Law

Sponsor: Beau McCoy

Adopt the Health Insurance Exchange Navigator Registration Act

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Change income eligibility provisions relating to federal child care assistance

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Change provisions relating to administrative rules

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Require notifications regarding bovine trichomoniasis

Sponsor: Thomas Hansen

Recognize Jeff Slobotski as an outstanding leader and innovator

Sponsor: Rick Kolowski

Change investigatory powers of the Legislative Council and legislative committees

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher

Change provisions relating to seizure of animals and the Livestock Animal Welfare Act and restrict sales and require notifications for purposes of bovine trichomoniasis prevention

Sponsor: Agriculture Committee

Congratulate Fordyce, Nebraska, on its 100th anniversary

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change sales and use tax increases under the Local Option Revenue Act and provide tax incentives for renewable energy projects under the Nebraska Advantage Act

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change an exemption to school budget lid relating to payments for a voluntary termination

Sponsor: Jim Scheer

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Create a subsidized employment pilot program within the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Appropriate funds for state government expenses

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Change provisions relating to racial profiling and the Nebraska Crime Victim's Reparations Act

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Congratulate Lucas Wiechman on his performance at the 2013 Class C boys' state track and field championship

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Recognize Dr. Roger Breed for his many accomplishments and extend best wishes on his retirement

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Provide for interstate reciprocity agreements under the Postsecondary Institution Act

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Provide penalty for fraudulent filings, change nonconsensual common-law lien provisions, and adopt the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act

Sponsor: Bob Krist

Extend congratulations to the residents and officials of Cody, Nebraska, for envisioning and developing the Circle C Market

Sponsor: Al Davis

Change provisions relating to duration of real estate improvement contract liens

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Change provisions relating to the Education Innovation Fund and early childhood grant reporting

Sponsor: Kate Sullivan

Change provisions and penalties relating to human trafficking, child abuse, prostitution, solicitation, and pandering

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Congratulate Samantha Liermann on her performance at the 2013 Class C girls' state track and field championship

Sponsor: Lydia Brasch

Require the Secretary of State to develop and publish guidelines for election workers and change political subdivision election provisions

Sponsor: Les Seiler

Change ICF/MR reimbursement provisions and mental retardation terminology

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Provide for deficit appropriations

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Congratulate Inclusive Communities on celebrating its 75th anniversary and recognize its work to strengthen Nebraska communities

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Galen Hadley

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Recognize Legal Aid of Nebraska on the observance of its 50th anniversary of incorporation

Sponsor: Danielle Conrad

Interim study to examine the local use of taxing powers, including occupation tax and other forms of taxation, and to examine the fiscal relationship between state and local governments

Sponsor: Revenue Committee

Congratulate Superintendent John Grinde on his retirement and recognize his years of service

Sponsor: John Wightman

Recognize Judge Richard D. Sievers for his years of outstanding service and extend best wishes on his retirement

Sponsor: Colby Coash

Change judges' salaries

Sponsor: Steve Lathrop

Create the Tax Modernization Committee as a special legislative committee

Sponsor: Ernie Chambers

Recognize the contributions of Johnny Goodman to the sport of golf and to the State of Nebraska

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change actuarial valuation of retirement systems and school employee retirement provisions

Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist

Change a budget limitation exemption under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Change sales tax provisions on the furnishing of electricity service

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Congratulate the Hartington Public School boys' track and field team on winning the 2013 Class D state track and field championship

Sponsor: Tyson Larson

Change provisions relating to children and families

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Support the development and designation of a continuous Chief Standing Bear Trail from Nebraska to Oklahoma

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Provide for notation of veteran status on drivers' licenses and state identification cards and provide for a registry of veterans

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Tom Carlson

Adopt the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act and provide funding from the Education Innovation Fund

Sponsor: Tanya Cook

Change provisions relating to access to public records

Sponsor: Bill Avery

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Amanda McGill

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Greg Adams

Require disclosure of state contracts

Sponsor: Sue Crawford

Provide a duty regarding administration and enforcement of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

Sponsor: Russell Karpisek

Change Public Service Commission appeal procedures

Sponsor: Annette Dubas

Congratulate the Papillion-La Vista boys' track and field team for their accomplishments in the 2013 Class A state championship

Sponsor: Jim Smith

Appropriation Bill

Sponsor: Kathy Campbell

Provide duties for the Climate Assessment Response Committee

Sponsor: Ken Haar

Adopt the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act and authorize land banks to acquire tax-delinquent properties

Sponsor: Heath Mello

Change provisions relating to an adjustment to income for certain capital gains and extraordinary dividends

Sponsor: Burke Harr

Acknowledge that the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts will require a deficit appropriation

Sponsor: Paul Schumacher