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Track 1,841 bills from the Nebraska 2015 legislative session. 500 bills have passed. View Nebraska Unicameral and Unicameral legislation, sponsors, and voting records.
Bills (1841)
Interim study to examine the enforcement of state and local building codes
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine municipal classifications
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Congratulate Lincoln Northeast High School on its 75th anniversary
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Provide restrictions on sanitary and improvement districts subject to municipal annexation and authorize certain fees for county treasurers
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Provide for medical assistance program coverage for certain youth formerly in foster care
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to discharge of a firearm
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Repeal the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Provide a co-payment for correctional inmates' health care services
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to presidential electors and political party conventions
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Change provisions relating to school health inspections
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Change provisions relating to statewide assessment of student learning and reporting
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide an income tax credit for corporate income taxes paid
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Appropriate funds in support of dental services
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Adopt the Teacher Education and Health Care Professions Student Grant Program Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Adopt the Agricultural Property Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Adopt the Nebraska Bridge Repair Act
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change Game and Parks Commission fee and permit provisions
Sponsor: John McCollister
Provide for redesignation of districts and changing at-large membership for certain commodities boards and commissions
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide an income tax deduction for loan principal payments for graduate degrees
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Permit a public body to use telephone conferencing or videoconferencing for public meetings
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Radon Resistant New Construction Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Capitol Commission
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide requirements for rate increases for providers of behavioral health services as prescribed
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to postsecondary education statewide transfer-of-credit policies
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change motor vehicle homicide penalties and provide penalties for causing serious bodily injury to vulnerable road users
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Provide for governmental unit bond priority
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions and penalties relating to marijuana and alphabetize definitions
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change filing and enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Exempt college textbooks from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Create an emergency management registry allowing for public-provided data
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide for electronic application for ballots to vote early by mail
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Provide duties for the Nebraska State Patrol regarding criminal history record information checks
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change duties and obligations relating to the mowing of weeds along county roads
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Provide for certification of community paramedics and reimbursement under medicaid
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the Health Care Transformation Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide for additional mandatory minimum sentencing as prescribed
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Eliminate provisions for secret ballots for leadership under the Open Meetings Act
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to two consecutive full terms
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Provide a property tax exemption for homesteads of certain persons
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Provide an income tax credit for caregivers
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Review present facilities and determine the needs and options for developing a regional certified crime laboratory in the Omaha area
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Change the motor vehicle tax schedules
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change medicaid provisions relating to acceptance of and assent to federal law
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Provide for adoption by two adult persons
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions documenting eligibility relating to free and reduced-price school meals
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Adopt the Surgical Assistant Practice Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide requirements for publication of insurance information
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Require certain examinations for special education teachers
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Provide for the filing of an annual report by public power suppliers with the Nebraska Power Review Board
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change provisions of the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
State intent relating to appropriations for pediatric oral health services
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Change provisions relating to a taxable value certified under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Increase funding for community-based developmental disability providers
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Cash Balance Retirement Act
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Early Childhood Workforce Development Opportunity Act and provide tax credits
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Provide duties for the Department of Revenue and change income tax rates and the distribution of sales and use tax revenue
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Change provisions relating to elections
Sponsor: John Murante
Create the Tribal Economic Development Committee of the Legislature to conduct a study examining the policy tools available to the Legislature to enhance economic development for the Native American population of Nebraska
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to vehicle load requirements
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide for a limited bottling endorsement under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change permit expiration provisions for members of the armed forces or their spouses under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide duties for the Department of Health and Human Services relating to behavioral and mental health services
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Contract Carrier Safety Act
Sponsor: Al Davis
Provide for electronic posting of property and casualty insurance policies and notices related to such policies
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to fees charged by the register of deeds
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Resolution to petition Congress to call a convention of the States to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Authorize possession of firearms as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate Bob Brinker on his retirement and recognize his service to the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Eliminate motorcycle and moped helmet requirements
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Provide immunity from liability for engineers and architects for emergency services
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to personal property exemptions in cases of forced sale or execution or attachment
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change provisions relating to innocent third parties injured during a vehicular pursuit
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change provisions relating to placement and detention of juveniles
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Appropriate funds to the Department of Correctional Services
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Adopt the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties and change habitual criminal provisions
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Prohibit the use of cell-site simulator technology or devices by law enforcement agencies
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Create a fund and change motor vehicle fees and taxes and their distribution
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to director qualifications and employment of personnel at the Department of Natural Resources
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Provide requirements relating to copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Commend the ROTC and the JROTC programs for over 100 years of service
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Douglas County West Elementary School on being recognized as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Provide duties for the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission relating to disposal of wastewater
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Provide an income tax deduction for the amount of income subjected to Social Security taxes
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Require insurance coverage for renewals of prescription eye drops
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Change number of districts and members of Game and Parks Commission
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change participation and reimbursement provisions under the Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide duties for the state school security director relating to cyberbullying and digital citizenship issues
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change where certain sentences of imprisonment may be served
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide for and change a provision relating to sufficient cause for nonuse of a water appropriation
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change provisions relating to payment of fees and costs associated with deaths of incarcerated persons and grand juries
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Adopt the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide for a medicaid state plan amendment application relating to functional family therapy
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for surviving spouses
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to Military Honor Plates
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School cheer and dance teams on their victories at the 2016 Class B state cheer and dance championships
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Recognize Merle Ronald Haggard's contributions to American culture
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change provisions relating to the Access College Early Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to asset limitations for public assistance
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Adopt the Taxpayer Investment Program
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Require political subdivisions to make disclosures regarding bonds and provide for liability
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Eliminate stepped-up basis of inherited real estate
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to the public agencies authorized to enter into agreements under the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Adopt the Choice for the Advancement of Nebraska Children in Education Act and provide for tax credits
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change the income tax exemptions for social security benefits and military retirement benefits
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Prohibit disclosure of any applicant or permitholder information regarding firearms registration, possession, sale, or use as prescribed
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Change sales and use tax collection fees
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Update certain federal references and change from a secondary to primary offense certain occupant protection system enforcement requirements
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act, change provisions for guardians ad litem and services for children, create the Normalcy Task Force, and eliminate a reporting requirement
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska and create a fund
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Eliminate fees on tires as prescribed
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change limitation of action provisions under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change prohibited locations to carry a concealed handgun
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Prohibit discrimination relating to child placement
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to the taxation of military retirement benefits
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Change the Business Innovation Act
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change election and membership provisions for learning community coordinating councils
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to distribution of marital assets
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
State intent to establish a family court pilot project
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide for changes to the medical assistance program
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Provide authority for the Department of Roads to issue permits to control roadside vegetation as prescribed
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide for a special designated poker license and a poker endorsement under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide for resident permits under the Game Law for spouses of military personnel as prescribed
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Redefine a term under the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Appropriate funds to the Department of Correctional Services
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Transfer funds of the Cash Reserve Fund for a dental clinic and oral health training facility
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Eliminate the minimum levy adjustment for purposes of state aid to schools
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Create the offense of false presentation of proof of liability insurance and provide penalties
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Adopt the Transportation Network Insurance Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Authorize audits of redevelopment plans that use tax-increment financing
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Require law enforcement agencies to use theft notification web sites as prescribed
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Change distribution of sales and use tax revenue and create and provide for a fund
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Provide that public charitable corporations are subject to the Deferred Building Renewal Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
State intent relating to funding for a lead-based paint hazard reduction grant
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Adopt the Interstate Placement for Involuntarily Admitted Patients Agreement Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the Working to Improve Schools Act
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to lawsuits against public participation
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change qualifications of the deputy director of the Auditor of Public Accounts
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Encourage hospitals to offer vaccinations
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to a deposition of a child victim or child witness
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide the Public Service Commission with exclusive jurisdiction over depth requirements for underground oil and natural gas pipelines
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Provide minimum requirements for acceptance to teacher education programs
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide an income tax credit to employers of public assistance recipients
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriate funds relating to natural resources
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change the duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to the taxation of military retirement benefits
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Adopt the Technology Information Management Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for an election day voter registration pilot project
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Provide for payment of probation office costs by the state
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Create the Brain Injury Council and the Brain Injury Trust Fund and provide powers and duties
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide a duty for the student achievement coordinator
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Define a term related to teachers' and administrators' certificates
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide powers and duties to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regarding certain wastewater and charge an assessment for certain costs
Sponsor: John Stinner
Appropriate funds for the Yeutter Institute for International Trade and Finance
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Provide for issuance of permits under the Game Law to prisoners of war
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Adopt the Nebraska Treasures Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Require a state energy plan
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: John McCollister
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Prohibit a school board member and an immediate family member from being employed with the school district
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change minimum wage for persons compensated by way of gratuities
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Redefine support services for purposes of the Special Education Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Adopt the Medicaid Redesign Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to landlords and tenants
Sponsor: John McCollister
Allow an income tax credit for certain long-term care insurance policy premiums
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change provisions relating to the Municipal Equalization Fund
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska
Sponsor: John Stinner
Provide a sales tax exemption for purchases by county agricultural societies
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for limitations on General Fund expenditures for state aid to education
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Change provisions relating to indeterminate sentencing
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change and eliminate provisions relating to stacking of insurance coverage
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Provide bonding authority for educational service units
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Increase the earned income tax credit
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska to study current health data systems
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Exempt certain purchases of energy star qualified products from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions relating to participation in extracurricular activities as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Adopt the Redistricting Act
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to force in self-protection
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Transfer funds from the Cash Reserve Fund to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Change and eliminate provisions relating to distance education incentives
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Create and provide duties for the Higher Education Affordability Commission
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to impaired credential holders under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Authorize grants to aid tourism, create a fund, and change funding provisions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide authority for the Auditor of Public Accounts to issue subpoenas and request court orders
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change and eliminate provisions relating to learning communities
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Prohibit certain uses of interactive wireless communication devices while driving
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change insurance provisions relating to dental services
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Provide duties for county assessors and the Property Tax Administrator relating to tax-exempt real property
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Change provisions relating to deductions of municipal sales and use tax refunds
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee to examine issues related to the impacts of climate change on the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Ken Haar
State intent relating to appropriations for child welfare
Sponsor: John Stinner
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Change a provision relating to the construction or acquisition of certain electric generation facilities
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Time to Teach and Time to Learn Act
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Adopt the Nebraska Enterprise Act and authorize grants for economic development
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change distribution of cigarette tax proceeds
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change traffic accident reporting requirements as prescribed and authorize a fee for a copy of a peace officer report
Sponsor: John Murante
Change sales tax collection fees for motor vehicles
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide for transfers to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund and appropriations
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Require a medicaid state plan amendment to cover children's day health services
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide requirements relating to health benefit plan coverage for insureds in jail custody
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Urge each state to adopt or continue the proportional method for allocating presidential electors
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change a duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts relating to written reviews of reports
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide an exception for certain food operations under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a duty for the Department of Agriculture
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Eliminate the power of eminent domain for major pipelines
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Change membership of the Nebraska Investment Council and retirement provisions for Class V school districts
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Adopt the Electronic Notary Public Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Provide for a study of rates for care by an Alzheimer's special care unit as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to actions for the recovery of vacant, platted, and subdivided real property as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change a renewable energy tax credit
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change income tax rates and transfer funds from the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriate funds for state aid to municipalities and counties
Sponsor: John Stinner
Adopt the Medical Cannabis Act
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Adopt the Property Tax Relief Act
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide for use of audio or visual materials of legislative proceedings to be used for commercial or political advertising as prescribed
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Local Government Employees Retirement Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change restrictions on campaigning by public officials and public employees
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriate additional funds to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change county employee and employer retirement contribution rates for certain counties as prescribed
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to State Patrol retirement
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
State intent relating to appropriations for housing services
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Provide Public Service Commission powers regarding transportation network service
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for reclassification of agricultural land and horticultural land
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Adopt the Solar Energy Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change provisions relating to learning communities and funding for education
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide an exemption from motor vehicle taxation for certain veterans
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change provisions relating to levy limitations and budget limitations for public airports
Sponsor: John Stinner
Provide qualification requirements for guardians ad litem in guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective proceedings
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Provide for emergency community crisis centers and change provisions relating to emergency protective custody
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide a restriction on installment contracts for the purchase of real or personal property by political subdivisions
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to motor vehicles
Sponsor: John Murante
Direct transfers from the State Recreation Road Fund
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Adopt the Health Care Services Transformation Act
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change paternity provisions for a child conceived as a result of sexual assault
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Rename and change the Low-Income Home Energy Conservation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change appropriations for the Nebraska Tree Recovery Program
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change and provide provisions relating to retirement benefits and plans
Sponsor: Heath Mello
State intent relating to appropriations for education and training in high-need fields
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Change provisions of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act
Sponsor: John Murante
Change and eliminate provisions relating to certified renewable export facilities as prescribed
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Require employer identification numbers and the use of the federal immigration verification system
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Provide and change certain conflict of interest statement requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Create a palliative care program and advisory council for the Health Care Facility Licensure Act
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska for pediatric cancer research
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Urge the Nebraska congressional delegation to support and co-sponsor Senate Bill 1989 entitled Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2015
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change provisions of the Credit Services Organization Act, the Delayed Deposit Services Licensing Act, and the Nebraska Installment Loan Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Eliminate a residency requirement for student interns under a grant program and transfer funds as prescribed
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Change provisions of the Livestock Animal Welfare Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Prohibit interference with hunting, trapping, or fishing by intimidation using a telephone or other communication device
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Change state aid provisions relating to allocated income tax funds
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change provisions relating to payment of costs for proceedings before the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Authorize legislative performance audits of tax-increment financing projects
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change and eliminate beverage regulations and licensure provisions and create the Nebraska Craft Brewery Board
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to education
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change credentialing provisions for nursing home administrators
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to enforcement of certain tobacco restriction provisions
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to amendments to declarations regarding unit boundaries under the Nebraska Condominium Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to expense reimbursement
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change a provision of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act relating to an interest in a government contract
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change an expenditure limit relating to amino acid-based elemental formulas
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Appropriate funds to the Nebraska Arts Council
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions related to the Auditor of Public Accounts and require hours of work be recorded on a timesheet
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Prohibit use of interactive wireless devices by school bus drivers as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Exempt all tangible personal property from property tax
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to transfers of property upon death
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Provide for earned time and discontinue the use of good time
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change filing requirements for statements of financial interest
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Permit registered voters moving within Nebraska without re-registering to vote provisionally
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Prohibit certain activities interfering with petition circulators
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Change provisions relating to eligibility for public assistance and eliminate termination dates for self-sufficiency contracts
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Create the Bioscience Steering Committee, redefine a term relating to an internship grant program, change the Business Innovation Act, and require reports on the Nebraska Innovation Campus
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to state aid to schools
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to enforcement of ordinances by sanitary and improvement districts
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide for disapproval of certain insurance rate filings if they use price optimization
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Adopt the Sector Partnership Program Act and provide duties for the Department of Labor
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Exempt motor vehicle washing and waxing services from sales and use tax
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change requirements for elections by mail
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to the Community Eligibility Provision and provide duties for the State Department of Education
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Provide reporting duties for regional behavioral health authorities
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide for the redistribution of motor vehicle taxes as prescribed
Sponsor: John Murante
Change a sales tax exemption for agricultural machinery and equipment
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Provide, eliminate, and change provisions relating to property tax levies and credits and state aid to schools and provide for a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide signage requirements and duties for the Nebraska State Patrol under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Adopt the Nebraska Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Sector Partnership Program Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide a docket fee for paternity determinations and parental support proceedings
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriate funds to the Game and Parks commission for law enforcement at the Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Provide a sales and use tax exemption for nonprofit centers for independent living
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change the sales tax rate and the distribution of sales tax revenue
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Adopt the Travel Agency Registration Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change license eligibility requirements under the Liquor Control Act
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Authorize the display of the Honor and Remember flag as prescribed
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Require notification of law enforcement by the Nebraska State Patrol of denials of handgun certificates as prescribed
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change the levy authority of railroad transportation safety districts
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change provisions relating to the office of Legislative Audit and change dates for application of tax incentives
Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee
Change provisions relating to access to sales and use tax information by municipalities
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change the disposition of proceeds from the sale of surplus personal property
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Adopt the Fetal Dignity Protection Act
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change the definition of disability under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Create a veterans' treatment court pilot project
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change provisions relating to forcible entry and detainer and the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Provide funding for schools offering certain programs and courses as prescribed
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to elections conducted by mail
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change the Conveyance Safety Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Exempt horses from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide for tax incentives, intent provisions, and revenue-sharing agreements relating to Native Americans
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change forfeiture provisions as prescribed
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Adopt the Fair Repair Act and provide a penalty
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change provisions under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act relating to operator's license revocation
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions of the Community Development Law and the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to the DNA Identification Information Act
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education for mentor teacher programs
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Provide for waiver of a certificate to administer as prescribed
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change and provide duration requirements for certain state agency contracts
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change experience requirements under the Public Accountancy Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to vegetation and natural resources
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to support of the Niobrara Council by the Game and Parks Commission, require legislative confirmation of certain appointments to the council, and require an annual report
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Redefine crime victim
Sponsor: John McCollister
Prohibit the collection of interchange fees on specified taxes and provide penalties
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Adopt the 911 Emergency Services Communications Act
Sponsor: Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
Change corporate income tax rates
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change provisions regarding school bus safety
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Require reporting to the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Legislature regarding civil forfeiture proceedings
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change option enrollment and student fee provisions as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change sales tax provisions relating to the definition of engaged in business in this state
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to evidence, sentencing, certain criminal penalties, criminal mischief, assault, theft, forgery, probation, parole, and the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System
Sponsor: Judiciary Committee
Change sales tax exemption provisions relating to purchases of energy and fuel
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Open grand jury proceedings to the public as prescribed and change procedures in cases of death during apprehension by law enforcement officers or while in custody
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Create an advisory committee relating to persons with disabilities within the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to education technology
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change and provide provisions relating to protection of vulnerable adults and senior adults
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Repeal provisions relating to the special valuation of agricultural land and provide for the agricultural value of agricultural land
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act relating to financial responsibility as applied to nonresident owners
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions regarding the Nebraska Capitol Commission and office space within the State Capitol
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide natural resources districts with the power to issue general obligation bonds
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Condominium Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Redefine terms under the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change a renewable energy tax credit
Sponsor: Al Davis
Redefine qualified business under the Nebraska Advantage Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
State intent relating to appropriations for the Nebraska Whole Child Project and change provisions relating to school funding
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act and CLP-learner's permit issuance and applications for commercial drivers' licenses
Sponsor: Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
Adopt the Nebraska Industrial New Job-training Act and authorize certain payments and taxes
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions relating to funding under the Business Innovation Act and require the Department of Economic Development to contract with certain entities
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Children's Commission
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Adopt the Transitional Health Insurance Program Act and provide duties for the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change a sales tax exemption relating to museums
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Authorize a school-funding surtax and reduce the levy authority of school districts and learning communities
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Provide a tax credit for certain beer manufacturers
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to restoration of seized firearms
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Change penalty provisions for certain violations relating to or committed by persons experiencing or witnessing a drug overdose
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Provide for evidentiary hearings relating to certain water-use applications
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the First-time Home Buyer Savings Plan Act and provide income tax adjustments
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to medicaid reimbursements, provide for a lien, and change estate procedures
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide for an amendment to the medicaid state plan relating to dyslexia treatment
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Adopt the Next Generation Business Growth Act and change funding for tax credits under the Community Development Assistance Act
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Redefine law enforcement agency and change provisions relating to law enforcement officer jurisdiction
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Adopt the Surgical Technologist Registry Act
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Require development of treatment protocols for and a needs assessment of committed offenders and correctional facilities
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Provide for amendments to declarations to correct scrivener's errors, omissions, or errors in the declaration under the Nebraska Condominium Act
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Change tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and provide for distribution of proceeds
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Constitutional amendment to change the age for eligibility to public office
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide and change duties for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of public libraries or reading rooms by cities or villages
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change requirements for the practice of acupuncture
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Change provisions relating to minimum levy adjustments and averaging adjustments under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and certain school district levy and bonding authority
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change terminology relating to parentage and marital relationships
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Create and provide duties for the Nebraska Council for Educational Success
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change school provisions relating to the community eligibility provision
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Adopt the Pharmacy Benefit Fairness and Transparency Act and provide duties for the Director of Insurance
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Redefine terms to include students in virtual schools in the state aid formula
Sponsor: Burke Harr
State intent relating to appropriations for purposes of the Site and Building Development Fund
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Adopt the Nebraska Agriculture and Manufacturing Jobs Act and provide tax credits
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to sexual assault forensic testing
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change property tax provisions relating to agricultural land and horticultural land
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Create and provide funding for the Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Grant Program and provide duties for the Attorney General
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriate funds for hiring forensic accountants by the Office of the Attorney General
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change the prepaid wireless surcharge determination under the Prepaid Wireless Surcharge Act
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Prohibit joining certain interstate compacts and the sharing of red light camera and speed camera information with other compact members as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Provide state assistance for public transportation, ordinance and resolution powers regarding weight restrictions, Breast Cancer Awareness Plates, electronic processing of commercial drivers' licenses and permits, and operation of implements of husbandry and change specialty license plate provisions, distribution of taxes and fees, use of blue and amber lights, and motor vehicle industry provisions
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to mandatory minimum sentencing and sentencing of habitual criminals
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to an agriculture promotion and development program
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Update references with respect to husband and wife
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Appropriate funds for federally qualified health centers
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change provisions relating to discriminatory wage practices based on sex
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Require policies relating to body-worn cameras and eyewitness suspect identifications and change provisions relating to grand juries
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Prohibit certain regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories by cities and villages as prescribed
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Create the Bioscience Steering Committee
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change a provision under the Employment Security Law relating to an exclusion from the definition of employment
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to stalking and domestic abuse
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Adopt the Transportation Innovation Act and provide transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Exempt certified independent contractors from the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to issuing a treasurer's tax deed and bringing a tax lien foreclosure action as prescribed
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for a Coordinator for Educator Effectiveness and educator evaluation
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change and eliminate provisions relating to collection of judgments and public retirement plans
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Adopt the College Choice Grant Program Act
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to school budgeting
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Adopt the Transition to Adult Living Success Program Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Adopt the Wind Energy Expansion Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to maximum annual benefits and disqualification for benefits under the Employment Security Law
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Provide immunity from prosecution for prostitution and change forensic medical examination provisions
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Provide for processing and certification of federal firearms forms as prescribed
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change distribution provisions for the Health Care Homes for the Medically Underserved Fund
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Change provisions relating to unlawful possession of a firearm at a school
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Provide, change, and eliminate fund provisions and change artwork, renovation, and replacement provisions for state buildings
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Appropriate funds for pediatric cancer specialists
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Adopt the Nebraska Healthy Food Financing Initiative Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change powers and duties of the chairperson of the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to statewide assessments and college admission testing as prescribed
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to acquisitions of real property
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Create the offense of rehoming a child
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to juveniles
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions of the Election Act
Sponsor: John Murante
Adopt the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act and provide income tax credits
Sponsor: Al Davis
Create the School Financing Review Commission
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act and the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act and adopt the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Create the Task Force on School Construction Assistance
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriate funds for the statewide prescription drug disposal project
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Change the income tax exemption for military retirement income
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Authorize voters to decide partisan status of county offices
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to partition actions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide for expungement of records for persons charged with or found guilty of a crime because of stolen identity or mistaken identity
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Adopt the Nebraska Early Childhood Advantage Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Update references to the Internal Revenue Code
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
State intent relating to professional or commercial licenses for certain aliens and restrict credential issuance as prescribed
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to surcharges for 911 service
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Provide for partisan ballots for unaffiliated voters at primary elections
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to the Office of Parole Administration, restrictive housing provided by correctional services, and ineligibility of certain felons for benefits as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Require the Department of Health and Human Services and health care facilities to provide information regarding abortion
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Modify jurisdiction of juvenile courts and change provisions relating to temporary custody and disposition of juveniles
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions relating to sales of real property for nonpayment of taxes
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide student journalists the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change eminent domain provisions relating to school sites
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide for compensation of certain Nebraska Power Review Board members and for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and appropriate funds
Sponsor: John McCollister
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to juries
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions relating to petitions for removal of a person's firearms-related disabilities or disqualifications
Sponsor: John Stinner
Appropriate funds to the Department of Administrative Services to demolish certain buildings
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change duties of the Public Employees Retirement Board relating to an annual valuation report and experience study
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Exempt sales of clothing, school supplies, computers, and computer-related accessories from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change provisions relating to property tax credits
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Adopt the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide protection for qualified adults from financial exploitation
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change inheritance tax rates and exemption amounts
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Adopt the Tax Stabilization Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Adopt the Bioscience Impact Opportunity Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Provide a penalty for exploiting senior adults, provide for appointment, powers,and duties of guardians ad litem, and change provisions of the Public Guardianship Act
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change terms of Public Employees Retirement Board members as prescribed
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Authorize schools to adopt a child sexual abuse policy
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Provide for school districts to opt out of a learning community
Sponsor: Roy Baker
State intent relating to fund transfers for behavioral health systems of care
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions relating to the Administrative Procedure Act and require the Department of Correctional Services to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations
Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee
Eliminate time restrictions on keno
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide income tax credits for apprenticeships
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to intimidation by telephone call
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Authorize chiropractors to provide school entrance physical examinations and visual evaluations
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Adopt the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015)
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide reporting requirements for tax-exempt property
Sponsor: Al Davis
Provide for selection of interchangeable biological products by pharmacists
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Adopt the Child Welfare Services Preservation Act
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Provide for deficit appropriations
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Adopt the Pairing Equity to Enterprises Act and provide for a transfer from the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Add members to the Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change compensation for certain members of the Nebraska Power Review Board as prescribed
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
State intent to fund planning and development regions
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Permit conducting or participating in a fantasy contest as prescribed
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Require successful completion of a civics examination as a prerequisite to high school graduation
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Increase child and dependent care tax credits
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Adopt the Child Support for College Savings Act
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Create the University of Nebraska Facilities Program of 2016
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change the Community Development Law and create the Tax-increment Financing Division of the Auditor of Public Accounts
Sponsor: Al Davis
Eliminate consent of the Legislature for appointment of State Electrical Board members
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide requirements relating to confinement of juveniles and provide a duty for the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriate funds to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund
Sponsor: Al Davis
Create the Early Childhood Workforce Development Task Force
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change disposition of court docket fees as prescribed
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Change provisions relating to garnishment
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Require school districts to prepare for closure of nonpublic schools
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Adopt the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriate funds for correctional facilities
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions relating to pickle cards and keno and authorize methods of payment for gambling
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Adopt the Refugee Resettlement Agency Indemnification Act
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Allow a bad debt deduction relating to cigarette and tobacco product taxes
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the 911 Service System Act, change a reporting requirement as prescribed, and transfer funds from the Enhanced Wireless 911 Fund to the 911 Service System Fund
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Provide for financial incentives for certain assisted-living facilities and change distribution of the Behavioral Health Services Fund
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Correct provisions relating to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change provisions relating to the New Markets Job Growth Investment Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change dental assistant and licensed dental hygienist provisions
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Provide for court review of inmate restrictive housing placement as prescribed
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide and change rulemaking duties relating to veterans homes and the Veterans' Homes Board
Sponsor: John Murante
Adopt the School Readiness Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to tax credits under the Nebraska Job Creation and Mainstreet Revitalization Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change the Insured Homeowners Protection Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the Health Enterprise Zone Act and provide for tax credits
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Assisting Caregiver Transitions Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Adopt the Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Allow county treasurers to receive fees for services rendered to sanitary and improvement districts
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide a sales tax exemption relating to custom software
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to the partisan status of certain political subdivision offices
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Require a medicaid state plan amendment for family planning services and state intent relating to appropriations for the Every Woman Matters program
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to area plans and budgets under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Change learning community provisions relating to enrollment and levies
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Redefine not-for-profit organization for purposes of liability provisions
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to problem solving courts
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Change and eliminate provisions relating to learning communities
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Change provisions relating to Military Honor Plates
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change a provision relating to the use of blue and amber rotating or flashing lights
Sponsor: John Murante
Constitutional amendment to provide for election of judges and eliminate the merit plan for selection of judges
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change where a permitholder may carry a concealed handgun under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Adopt the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act and provide for a lien on certain property
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Provide for Breast Cancer Awareness Plates
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Provide for seizure and sale of a motor vehicle illegally transporting household goods for hire
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Redefine employment under the Employment Security Law and change provisions relating to vacation leave for state employees
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Professional Landscape Architects Act
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Redefine nonpoint source control systems under the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Assistance Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to the accrual of interest on denied and reduced homestead exemptions
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Prohibit alterations to liability insurance coverage for claims under the Minor Alcoholic Liquor Liability Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Terminate the Long-Term Care Savings Plan Act
Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee
Change an income tax exemption relating to social security benefits
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Change a veteran notation requirement on a motor vehicle operator's license or state identification card
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Except the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State College System from participation in certain state contracts regarding electronic payments
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Eliminate a prohibition on marriage of persons with venereal disease
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Budget Act, state agency contracts, reimbursement for expenses, the Suggestion Award Board, and the Auditor of Public Accounts
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Adopt the Commission on Fathers, Men, and Boys Establishment Act of 2016
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change requirements for presentation of identification for purposes of voting
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to energy financing contracts
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Constitutional amendments to limit service of members of the Legislature to three consecutive terms and eliminate provisions relating to service for more than one-half of a term
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Redefine terms under the Employment Security Law
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change the Taxpayer Transparency Act
Sponsor: John McCollister
State intent relating to an appropriation to the State Department of Education for an educational specialist
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions relating to child support enforcement actions
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Adopt the Workplace Privacy Act
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Constitutional amendment requiring community colleges funding by sales and income taxes and not property taxes
Sponsor: Al Davis
Create the Health and Climate Resiliency Task Force
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Require all votes taken by public officials to be a public record as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Constitutional amendment authorizing recall of state elective officers
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Provide immunity from criminal or civil liability for removal of an animal from a motor vehicle by forcible entry as prescribed
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Require that certain providers under the Medical Assistance Act be subject to a national criminal history record information check
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide an income tax credit to graduates of certain educational institutions
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for a presidential preference primary election
Sponsor: John Murante
Appropriate additional funds to the Property Tax Credit Cash Fund
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to tax-increment financing under the Community Development Law
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Provide a method of selecting winners for certain lotteries and raffles
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Change provisions relating to courts
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriate funds to the Supreme Court for court appointed special advocate state aid
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change provisions governing the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to partial payments for property taxes held in escrow
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Include capital acquisition costs in the Nebraska Public Transportation Act's assistance program
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Appropriate funds to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Provide an income tax deduction for the income earned from second jobs
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Prohibit employers and associations from precluding certain contracts relating to health benefit plans
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change the tax on cigars, cheroots, and stogies
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Change sales and use tax collection fees
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change motorcycle and moped helmet provisions, motorcycle registration fees, rename the Health Advisory Board, and create the brain injury services program and a fund
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Add a type of economic development program under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Appropriate funds to the Nebraska State Historical Society
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change signature requirements for partisan candidates
Sponsor: John Murante
Authorize escheatment to the state of unclaimed United States Savings Bonds as prescribed
Sponsor: John Murante
Require rounding a certain dollar amount in the Employment Security Law to the nearest whole dollar amount
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Prohibit the retail sale of alcohol at a price below cost
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Adopt the Automatic License Plate Reader Privacy Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change provisions relating to reimbursement under the Special Education Act
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to filing requirements of insurance companies
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Revise statute relating to premium taxes
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change grounds for discipline under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Act
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Constitutional amendment to remove provisions regarding marriage from the Constitution of Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to forcible entry and detainer, the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, and disposition of a tenant's personal property upon death
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Constitutional amendment to guarantee the right to engage in certain farming and ranching practices
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Adopt the Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act and change provisions relating to insurance holding companies and risk retention groups
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Correct references to a federal act in income tax provisions
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Require a hearing prior to release for persons taken into custody for mental health reasons
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide procedures for recall of state elective officers
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Require law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding suspect identifications by witnesses
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Adopt the Riverfront Development District Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide for a medicaid state plan amendment relating to coverage for family planning services
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Exempt food sold by veterans service organizations from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Allow a voter to photograph and reveal a marked ballot
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Provide for Choose Life License Plates
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide for seizure of license plates of certain uninsured motor vehicles or trailers as prescribed
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to school fiscal year
Sponsor: John McCollister
Reduce levy authority of community colleges and increase state aid to community colleges
Sponsor: Al Davis
Authorize electronic voting devices for natural resources districts
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Increase the number of judges of the separate juvenile court
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Create the Nebraska Election System Initiative
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Eliminate a termination date relating to a self-sufficiency contract
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide for an alternative to detention for juveniles
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Provide for a memory care endorsement under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Prohibit certain actions related to social security numbers
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Create a reporting requirement under the Vital Statistics Act when parenting time is established or modified
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Al Davis
Provide for calculation and distribution of funds to certain schools as prescribed
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to immunizations for students
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Require disclosures prior to joining a risk management pool under the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Adopt the Purchasing from Persons with Disabilities Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Eliminate the Nebraska Youth Conservation Program and transfer funds to the Cowboy Trail Fund
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Prohibit certain former officeholders and public employees from being lobbyists
Sponsor: John Kuehn
State intent relating to an appropriation to the State Department of Education for job-driven training and education
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide for apportionment funds and student support aid relating to state aid to education
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions of the Insured Homeowners Protection Act relating to contractor duties and prohibited acts and provide for a required notice
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Authorize summary discipline for minor offenses in the Nebraska Code of Military Justice
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change eligibility provisions for waiver of tuition and fees for veterans' dependents as prescribed
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change provisions relating to the Niobrara Scenic River Act
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Create the Fallen Heroes Memorial Commission and provide duties
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change certain violation and penalty provisions under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Adopt the Surgical First Assistant Practice Act
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Change provisions relating to appointment of guardians ad litem
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide for transfers from the General Fund to the Nebraska Cultural Preservation Endowment Fund
Sponsor: John Stinner
Provide financial compensation for care for disabled persons by family as prescribed
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change electioneering provisions related to yard signs
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Require identification to vote
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change court jurisdiction relating to 17 year olds and young adults
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide for electronic signatures on initiative and referendum petitions
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to immunity when submitting a complaint under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Provide and change restrictions relating to electioneering
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Require a train crew of at least two individuals
Sponsor: Al Davis
Establish the Wireless in Nebraska Program under the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Create the School Funding and Educational Outcomes Review Committee
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Appropriate funds to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Resolution to ratify the Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding compensation for members of Congress
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Adopt the Nebraska is Honoring Our Military Exemption Act and provide an income tax exemption
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change income tax rates and state intent relating to funding public education
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change income tax provisions relating to Social Security benefits
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Adopt the Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights Act and the Assisting Caregiver Transitions Act and change provisions of the Medical Assistance Act, Health Care Facility Licensure Act, Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act, and Nebraska Community Aging Services Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change certain invasion of privacy provisions to include unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Eliminate certain taxing authority of learning communities
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Eliminate a sales and use tax exemption relating to political events
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change provisions relating to firearms
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide for a discounted permit under the Game Law for deployed military members and spouses on leave
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions and penalties relating to implements for escape and contraband and certain assaults
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change provisions regarding appropriations for the installation of art in public buildings
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Require voter identification and secret-ballot envelopes
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Prohibit dismemberment abortion as prescribed and provide for civil and criminal penalties
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Create the School Finance Modernization Committee as a special legislative committee
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Redefine ambulatory surgical center and health clinic under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Change provisions relating to the Water Sustainability Fund
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change import provisions under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act as prescribed
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Amend the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act to increase the amount of funds the state investment officer may offer as deposits
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Provide for a medicaid state plan waiver to provide coverage for treatment of opioid abuse
Sponsor: Sara Howard
State intent relating to appropriations for the Access College Early Scholarship Program
Sponsor: John Stinner
Appropriate funds to the University of Nebraska to fund behavioral health internships
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide and eliminate provisions regarding pedestrians and bicyclists
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Add an unfair claims settlement practice under the Unfair Insurance Claims Settlement Practices Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change building code provisions applicable to political subdivisions and provisions relating to cities of the first class
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
State intent regarding appropriations for tobacco use prevention control
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Create the offense of use of a facsimile firearm or nonfunctioning firearm to commit a felony
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to emergency protective custody
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Require a periodic study of certain retirement plans and a report filing by certain political subdivisions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Create the Commission on Military and Veteran Affairs and authorize summary discipline under the Nebraska Code of Military Justice
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change funding for county offices relating to administration of public assistance programs
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Increase original certificate of title fees for vehicles transferred to Nebraska from another state or country
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide an exemption to water storage reservoir permit requirements as prescribed
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change contribution rates for certain police officers and county employees
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change deadlines for ballots for early voting and special elections by mail
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Require all examinations and test of applicants under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act be in English
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change provisions relating to cities of the first class
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Change provisions relating to the assessment and valuation of real property
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Change provisions of the Noxious Weed Control Act and create the Riparian Vegetation Management Task Force
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Define habilitative services for purposes of insurance
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Adopt the Stroke System of Care Act
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Commend Joel Sartore and Michael Forsberg for their efforts to document and conserve our natural resources
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change unfair insurance trade practices relating to casualty losses
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Create a fund relating to health care homes for the medically underserved
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Provide for primary elections for partisan county offices without party affiliation in counties with less than 10,000 population
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to a notice of objection to adoption
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions relating to amending an economic development program under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Adopt the Investigational Drug Use Act
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Change provisions relating to educational bridge programs
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Create the Adult Career Pathways Task Force
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change certain administrative license revocation provisions relating to commercial drivers' licenses
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change provisions relating to housing agencies and taxation of mixed-use developments
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to undeveloped vacant land under the Community Development Law
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Change certain federal references and provisions relating to provisional operator's permit restrictions, use of interactive wireless communication devices, and occupant protection system enforcement
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Student Online Personal Protection Act
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriate funds to implement the Master Teacher Program Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change sales and use tax collection fees
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate Judge William M. Connolly on his retirement
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Change the definition of employer relating to wage discrimination on the basis of sex
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Adopt the Modern Tax Act
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide training cost reimbursement relating to underground storage tanks
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to termination of township boards
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Provide for communication and contact agreements in private and agency adoptions
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Adopt the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to consumer protection
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Prohibit meals or beverages from being provided to legislators by lobbyists in the Capitol while the Legislature is in session
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Congratulate Marilyn Dongilli on her successful career at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital and on her retirement
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Congratulate Hawthorne Elementary School for being recognized as a National Model Professional Learning Community School at Work
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Recognize Pat Gould for his many years of service as Fire Chief of the Chadron Volunteer Fire Department
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Provide for the publication and distribution of the Constitution of Nebraska
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Increase legal services fees as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate Spencer Hartman on his election as president of the Association of Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Congratulate the David City High School speech team on winning the 2016 Class C-1 state championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Nate Johnson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Extend sympathy to the family of Jerry C. Anderson
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to at-risk managed care contracts as prescribed
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to energy financing contracts
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Require the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the status of solid waste management programs
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to the state purchasing card program and facilities construction and administration and eliminate obsolete provisions
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to premium taxes and quarterly statements under the Surplus Lines Insurance Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change powers, duties, and fee and penalty provisions relating to the Department of Agriculture
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to reviewing and commenting on proposed subdivision plats in certain counties
Sponsor: John Murante
Change the Nebraska Clean-burning Motor Fuel Development Act
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change membership of the Board of Emergency Medical Services
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Require disclosure of noncompete agreements by sellers of seller-assisted marketing plans and provide for reformation of a franchise agreement which unreasonably restrains competition
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Provide for temporary licenses for veterinary technicians
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to student self-management of asthma or anaphylaxis
Sponsor: Al Davis
Provide an additional withholding procedure for certain payments under the Income Withholding for Child Support Act
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions of the Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Extend sunset of the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Cash Fund
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to juvenile court petitions
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Require a report regarding the Beatrice State Developmental Center and the Bridges program
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Authorize conversion of domestic partnerships and domestic limited liability partnerships into domestic limited liability companies or foreign limited liability companies
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Designate November 15, 2016, as Entrepreneurs' Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to direct purchases and use of recyclable material by correctional industries
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Change county population thresholds
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Define and redefine terms relating to developmental disabilities
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Adopt the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information and Support Act
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Permit educational service unit boards to pay membership dues to associations of school boards
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Adopt the Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change penalty, permit, and notice provisions relating to electric utility lines, poles, and structures
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change an application period limitation for the designation of enterprise zones as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change lead content provisions relating to the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Permit certain persons to consent to donate plasma
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Al Borchardt on the success of Midland Medical Supply Company and congratulate him on his retirement
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Recognize the cultural impact the South Omaha Mural Project has on the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska by presenting history through art and collaboration
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Congratulate Andres Canales and Cole Kramer on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Extend sympathy to the family of former Senator Daniel Lynch and recognize his contributions and achievements
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Designate April 12, 2016, as Equal Pay Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change and eliminate provisions relating to state institution patients' records
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change conditions for approval of a planned unit development for certain second-class cities and villages
Sponsor: John Murante
Change powers and duties of the State Athletic Commissioner and provide administrative fine authority as prescribed
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change admission and graduation provisions relating to barber schools and colleges
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change a requirement for issuance of a school permit
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change provisions relating to handicapped parking
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to deficit expenditures by county boards
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change the termination date of the Nebraska Exchange Transparency Act and the terms of certain members of the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Prohibit discrimination and retaliation against and provide for confidentiality of the identity of persons involved in making reports under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Change provisions relating to exempt contracts under the Taxpayer Transparency Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide for registration of public power district vehicles as prescribed
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Change provisions of the Nebraska Real Estate License Act
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to adoptive home studies and medical histories as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change reporting requirements of the Community Corrections Division of the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Sponsor: Bob Krist
To alphabetize defined terms under various retirement statutes
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change requirements for pharmacy technicians
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change provisions relating to the regulation of aboveground motor vehicle fuel storage tanks
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Change provisions relating to electric utilities and electric suppliers under the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change provisions relating to the Real Property Appraiser Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Require information relating to federal student loans as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide an exception to a filing requirement relating to conveyances of real estate
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change a residency qualification and military service requirement for certain veterans service officers
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Acknowledge the rich history of friendship and commerce between the State of Nebraska and Taiwan
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change transfer of prescription refill information provisions and provide for forwarding original prescriptions
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate David W. Voss on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Recognize the contributions and achievements of Marcella J. Echternacht in the nursing profession and thank her for her years of service
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Congratulate Shaun Brothers on being named the 2016 District II Athletic Director of the Year and receiving the 2015 Outstanding Administrator Award
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Recognize March 2016 as Professional Social Work Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Designate April 11, 2016, as Lineworker Appreciation Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Congratulate Christine Neighbors on receiving the 2015 Robert Dineen Award
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Patient Choice at End of Life Act
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Interim study to examine whether Nebraska's occupational licensing boards are exposed to liability under antitrust laws
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine the ongoing implementation of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 and related state law and policy
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine the availability of education, rehabilitation, and reentry support for incarcerated men and women
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine alternatives for valuing agricultural land for property tax purposes
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to monitor the health care transformation in Nebraska
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine whether the Nebraska Banking Act should be updated
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the blending of various fuels in Nebraska and the impact of right to blend laws in other states
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine whether the Securities Act of Nebraska should be updated
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Interim study to establish a study group to examine issues surrounding the need to provide financial assistance for home accessibility modifications for people with disabilities, including the elderly
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to improve communication access for movie theaters in Nebraska to ensure all persons can fully experience the movie theater experience
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Interim study to examine the use of tax-increment financing by municipalities for residential development
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine existing law governing the collection of sales and use tax on remote sales
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine the availability of transition services for youth who will leave or have left the juvenile justice system while in an out-of-home placement
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to examine the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers as those practices relate to such managers' arrangements with private entities, insurers, pharmacies, and the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Interim study to evaluate the effectiveness and success of the Office of Violence Prevention
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to develop a plan to address funding and budgetary issues relating to climate change
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine what actions the State of Nebraska needs to take to meet the United States Dept. of Defense's mandates regarding energy and renewable resources
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine the membership, role, and duties of the Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine and review the sale of alcohol in Whiteclay and the need for additional funding for law enforcement
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine issues relating to solar energy development
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine why LB 20, LB 357, and LB 454 failed to pass during the 104th legislative session
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Division of Veterans' Homes of the Dept. of Health and Human Services and wait times for admission to the veterans' homes system
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine issues within the jurisdiction of the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Sponsor: John Murante
Interim study to examine state law governing cities of the second class and villages in Chapter 17 of the Nebraska statutes
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Interim study to examine Nebraska law regarding the protection of children who have reached eighteen years of age but have not yet reached the age of majority
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine whether the One-Call Notification System Act should be updated
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to examine possible legislative reforms to Nebraska laws relating to birth certificates
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Interim study to evaluate the governance structure of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committee
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the historic and present state of industrial hemp as an alternative crop in Nebraska and its future potential
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine the conveyances currently covered by the Conveyance Safety Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the structure, compliance, and administration of state and local sales and use taxes and any other miscellaneous taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine the public employees retirement systems administered by the Public Employees Retirement Board
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Interim study to examine the funding history, programs, and services offered by the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the Commission of Industrial Relations
Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee
Interim study to examine issues associated with treating an individual licensed under the Nebr. Real Estate License Act as a professional for purposes of civil actions for professional negligence
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine the economic benefits of keno
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine promoting career education and training that can lead to job readiness for middle-skill jobs
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to examine aspects of Nebraska's medicaid program that include share of cost or resource spend down components
Sponsor: John McCollister
Interim study to examine local political subdivision retirement plans for public employees
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Interim study to examine education in Nebraska
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine financing mechanisms available to various political subdivisions to issue bonds or assume future payment obligations without a direct vote of taxpayers
Sponsor: John Murante
Interim study to examine and make recommendations on improving health care coverage plans available to Nebraska small businesses with fifty or less employees
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Interim study to examine the use of revolving funds within the Dept. of Administrative Services
Sponsor: John Stinner
Interim study to examine the Nebraska Right to Farm Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the efficacy of testing and monitoring programs, particularly the 24/7 sobriety program, in reducing recidivism for driving under the influence and controlled substance offenses
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine possible changes to the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine issues surrounding youth tobacco use
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, with an emphasis on children that are eligible but unenrolled in these programs
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine the means available to fund the grant program established pursuant to the Livestock Growth Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the effectiveness, economic stability, and long-term viability of the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Kearney and the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Geneva
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine administrative law judges in Nebraska
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to examine the topic of food deserts and issues relating to access to healthy food in Nebraska
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Interim study to examine the structure, compliance, and administration of the state individual and corporate income taxes, including financial institution and insurance premium taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee
Sponsor: Agriculture Committee
Interim study to examine any issues within the jurisdiction of the Health and Human Services Committee
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine the development of a public notification system to broadcast alerts when vulnerable adults go missing
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine the voting processes and procedures available for citizens who are hospitalized or who reside in nursing homes or extended care facilities
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine telecommunication services in Nebraska
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to examine issues relating to utilization of the U visa program in Nebraska
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine the alternative response demonstration projects created in LB 853, 2014
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine the extent that state funds are invested in fossil fuels and clean energy, and the feasibility of divestment consistent with the state's fiduciary responsibilities
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to continue the ongoing study of access to healthcare in Nebraska
Sponsor: John McCollister
Interim study to examine the origins and utility of using court fees as a source of funding in Nebraska
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine the Dept. of Health and Human Services' policies for dealing with disallowances and audit exceptions by the federal government which have resulted in large fines and having to return money to the federal government
Sponsor: John Stinner
Interim study to examine the reasons for the substantial tax rates on wireless telephone service in Nebraska
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to review the administrative rate review processes currently conducted by the Public Service Commission
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine the issues within the jurisdiction of the Education Committee
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Interim study to examine ways to improve the coverage of hearing aid costs for Nebraska families
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine issues relating to housing authorities
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine whether the Nebraska Appraisal Management Company Registration Act should be updated
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Interim study to examine the long-term fiscal sustainability of the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to provide a review of the administration and enforcement of the Employee Classification Act by the Dept. of Labor
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the issues within the jurisdiction of the General Affairs Committee
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine the feasibility of creating a common data collection site for county jail information necessary to receive funding under the County Justice Reinvestment Grant Program
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Interim study to complete the work of the LR 309 committee which investigated ways to avoid and mitigate conflicts arising from herbicide drift damage to sensitive crops
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to review the duties and authorities of the Dept. of Agriculture to establish an agriculture promotion and development program
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine land acquisition within municipalities for educational purposes
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine issues related to allowing owners and independent repair persons access to software and codes that will allow them to repair electronic devices
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine issues relating to urban redevelopment
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the effects of the use of tax-increment financing by municipalities
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Interim study to examine issues within the jurisdiction of the Urban Affairs Committee
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Interim study to examine workforce issues within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine possible legislative reforms to Nebraska's mandatory minimum sentencing laws
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Interim study to examine how the Legislature can assist livestock producers involved in certain value-added activities
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to undertake a study of the jurisdiction and structure of the Nebraska Public Service Commission
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to examine information regarding air ambulance costs
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Medicaid Reform Council
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine the feasibility and impact of implementing the Civics Education Initiative in Nebraska through legislation or in partnership with the State Board of Education
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine how, through better coordination of health services, the state can better assist low-income individuals currently without insurance
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine issues within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine the issues faced by residents of mobile home communities
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine inconsistencies in the practices utilized by county assessors in determining agricultural land value
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine how to best integrate palliative care into the overall medical care structure of our health care system
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to review issues surrounding child custody proceedings and parenting time determinations as they pertain to families of divorce
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Interim study to review the duties and authorities of the Dept. of Agriculture with respect to livestock animal identification
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the possibility of providing direct and statewide funding for legal representation in order to provide more equitable access to civil justice in Nebraska
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to examine the effects of transferring public school employees from the system of district-based health insurance plans to the Nebraska State Insurance Program
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Interim study to examine the process and procedures used in appeals before the Tax Equalization and Review Commission
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Interim study to determine best practices in drafting tax legislation and determining the fiscal impact of tax policies
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine existing barriers to the delivery of health care services through telehealth technologies in Nebraska
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine the numerous deadlines involved in the election process
Sponsor: John Murante
Interim study to examine the issue of how to best educate the public and create awareness about the risks associated with sun exposure and ultraviolet radiation exposure
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to explore and assess the use of congregate care in Nebraska for youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine the Developmental Disabilities Court-Ordered Custody Act
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Interim study to examine children's access to legal counsel in juvenile proceedings across the state of Nebraska
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine the positive and negative effects of federal education funding if Nebraska would choose not to accept federal funds that are tied to federal mandates
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Interim study to examine the structure, compliance, and administration of real and personal property taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine options to offer incentives to health care professionals who provide free care and services to qualified recipients
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Provide for payment of claims against the state
Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee
Change population threshold for a city of the first class to employ a full-time fire chief
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change public records provisions and provide for an enhanced public scrutiny process for certain University appointees
Sponsor: John Murante
Change a security coverage provision for sellers of grain stored in a warehouse closed by the Public Service Commission
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Allow certain public power agencies to engage in hedging transactions
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Adopt the Direct Primary Care Agreement Act
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act and corporate occupation taxes
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to budget request reporting requirements
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Prohibit transactions involving lookalike substances, provide and change seizure and forfeiture authority, and prohibit conduct as deceptive trade practices
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Adopt the Law Enforcement Education Act authorizing tuition waivers
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and provide for a periodic well fluid analysis, report, and notice as prescribed
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to hazing
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Congratulate Simon Thor Gissler on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Murante
Congratulate the Hastings St. Cecilia High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Recognize Senator Beau McCoy for his service as the 2014 Midwestern Legislative Conference Chair and the 2016 National Chair of the Council of State Governments
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Designate April 22, 2016 as Earth Day in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate Ryan Dahlke on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate the Gretna High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class B state championship
Sponsor: John Murante
Designate March 17, 2016, as Father George Sullivan Day in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Designate March 31, 2016, as Cesar Chavez Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate the Omaha South High Magnet School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Congratulate Mark Kroeker on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Designate September 15 through October 15, 2016, as Hispanic Heritage Month in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate the Bishop Neumann High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-1 state championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate the Hastings St. Cecilia girls' volleyball team on winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Recognize Staff Sergeant Kenneth M. Morrison for his service and congratulate him on being named a 2015 Outstanding Airman of the Year
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Recognize the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center and the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society
Sponsor: Al Davis
Recognize the contributions to public service made by Thomas Francis Cavanaugh and extend sympathy to his family
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Support the advancement of the Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project into commercial operation
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Create the Task Force on Behavioral and Mental Health
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate the Lourdes Central Catholic High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class D-1 state championship
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate Brother Mike Wilmot and Gesu Housing for receiving a 2016 Community Excellence Award
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate the Crofton High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the Wynot High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class D-2 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Nicholas Martozie on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Jack Dinneen on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Provide for foundation aid pursuant to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Congratulate Riley Owens on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Michael Coffey on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate the Lincoln East High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class A girls' state championship
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate the Kearney Catholic High School girls' basketball team on winning the Class C-1 state basketball championship
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate Donna D'Ottavio, Gary Brown, Mikayla Mancuso, Alysen Hansen, Sarah Ulsher, and Cyndi Mattson for being named outstanding volunteers by the Nebraska Library Association
Sponsor: John McCollister
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class B girls' state championship
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Commend Joey Walther and Colton Patrick for educating young Nebraskans about the economy
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Jason Hahlbeck on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Proclaim March 15, 2016, as Canada Day at the Nebraska State Capitol
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee to be known as the ACCESSNebraska Oversight Committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Congratulate Drew Loberg on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Austin Garcia, Roger Martinez, Conner Muhr, and Adam Zamarripa on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint the Election Technology Committee as a special committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Congratulate Bailey Thompson on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Terminate the Commission of Industrial Relations
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Deny compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act in situations of false representation
Sponsor: John McCollister
Revise powers of state-chartered banks, building and loan associations, and credit unions
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Prohibit public employers from making certain deductions from wages
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions of the Real Property Appraiser Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions relating to first injury reports under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Acknowledge the partnerships established by the National Historical Preservation Act during the year of the 50th anniversary of its passage
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change requirements for an application for a waiver of college tuition and fees by a dependent of a veteran
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Adopt the Veterans Subsidized Training and Employment Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act and the Nebraska Installment Sales Act
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Adopt the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Redefine farm product and change provisions relating to the central filing system and the master lien list
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Update certain references to federal regulations regarding motor vehicles and motor carriers
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Require pay increases for state employees to recognize length of service
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Adopt the Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide for the treatment of certain contractors as independent contractors as prescribed
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to a municipality requesting additional extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to counties' use of alphanumeric and county number system license plates
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change requirements for completion of death certificates and cremation permits
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to the time allowed for certain internal grievances under the Health Carrier External Review Act
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Change provisions relating to nuisances in cities and villages
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Change provisions relating to a compensation schedule for injuries resulting in disability
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Eliminate provisions relating to organic food
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Exempt persons solely engaged in natural hair braiding from credentialing requirements under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Allow counties of all sizes to waive quarterly reports by county attorneys
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Prohibit limited liability companies from operating as insurers
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Extend protection under federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act to Nebraska employees serving in the National Guard of another state
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change residency provisions relating to Nebraska National Guard members for college tuition purposes
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Provide time limits and penalties for late medical payments under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Deny payment of claims against the state
Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee
Require notice to neighborhood associations for changes to business improvement districts and zoning ordinances
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide a length limit exception for an articulated bus vehicle operated by a transit authority
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Clarify compensation for shoulder injuries under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change cease and desist orders under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change the minimum wage for persons compensated by way of gratuities
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Provide annual adjustments for total disability income benefits under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Adopt the Payroll Processor Regulation Act
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Provide for medical utilization and treatment guidelines under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Require private employers to use the E-Verify Program
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Adopt the Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Deny claims made against the state
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Waive workers' compensation as the exclusive remedy if an employer is willfully negligent
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change interest rate provisions on certain Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court awards
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to the investment of trust funds for self-insurers under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Provide for an evidence-based drug formulary under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate My'Kah Knowlin for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate Grady Sherrell on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate the Lincoln Southeast High School "We the People" team and their teacher, Zach Wojtowicz, on winning the 2016 Nebraska state competition
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Congratulate Quentin Munoz on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Eliminate provisions relating to hunting mountain lions
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Congratulate the University of Nebraska Women's Volleyball Team for their outstanding season and for winning the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball championship
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Congratulate Mario Ybarra on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change provisions relating to laboratory certification under the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Require notice and a comment period regarding zoning ordinances affecting certain extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Provide for issuance of one license plate for passenger cars as prescribed
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to access to records for and investigations by the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions of the Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change requirements for voter approval of borrowing money for public improvements by a first-class city
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Congratulate the David City High School wrestling team on winning the 2016 Class C state championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Redefine agency under the Legislative Performance Audit Act
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change the commission allowed to cigarette stamping agents
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate Grace Kelly for being named a Distinguished Finalist for the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate Andrew J. Poppe on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Congratulate Broc Edward Mueller on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Golden Kelly for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change provisions relating to actions involving motor vehicle collisions with domestic animals
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Elliot James Erdkamp on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Gideon Monette on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Al Davis
Commend Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia for his life of service
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Recognize February 21-27, 2016, as Engineers Week in Nebraska
Sponsor: John McCollister
Congratulate the students and teachers at Morton Elementary School for gaining prestigious recognition as a National Model Professional Learning Community School
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Adopt the Electric Customer Protection Act and provide duties for the Public Service Commission
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change powers and duties of the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to require liability insurance and restrict permits as prescribed
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Create and eliminate funds administered by the Department of Labor
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Adopt the Petroleum Education and Marketing Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change penalties for operating a motor vehicle during a revocation period
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate the recipients of the Distinguished NEBRASKAlander Award and extend appreciation for their service to the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate Abby Gilreath on being named Nebraska's winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest and wish her luck in the national finals
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Provide for Mountain Lion Conservation Plates and create a fund
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Change prescription drug monitoring provisions and create the Veterinary Prescription Monitoring Program Task Force
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Prohibit flying lanterns
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Revisor bill to eliminate obsolete provisions in the International Fuel Tax Agreement Act
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to eliminate transfer provisions for the Water Resources Cash Fund
Sponsor: Executive Board
Change provisions of the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Assistance Act
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Revisor bill to eliminate obsolete provisions relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles
Sponsor: Executive Board
Provide that payment of certain expenses is not a condition precedent to certain approvals by the Director of Banking and Finance and change certain notice provisions
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Harmonize provisions relating to the election of city council members in cities of the second class
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Change provisions relating to stop-payment orders
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change property tax provisions relating to motor vehicles
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Provide for the counting of ballots in sanitary and improvement district elections
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Update certain references to the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions under the Securities Act of Nebraska relating to registration by coordination and federal covered securities
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Change and update certain federal references in the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Authorize electronic voting devices for public bodies in public meetings
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to the Public Accountancy Act
Sponsor: John Stinner
Require background checks and other requirements for persons purchasing certain types of tactical gear
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Congratulate Nathaniel Stapaules on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Ryan Kopsa on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Require educational material and a report relating to long-term care insurance
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Recognize March 2016 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide duties for the state investment officer relating to investment in energy-related companies or funds
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Constitutional amendment to require cities and villages to obtain voter approval before pledging taxes for the payment of indebtedness related to redevelopment projects
Sponsor: Al Davis
Constitutional amendment to authorize taxing bodies to exclude their taxes from pledges made by cities to pay indebtedness on redevelopment projects
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Change provisions relating to tax-increment financing
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Nathan Andrew Richards on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Congratulate Isabella Graves on being elected Miss Junior National Association of the Deaf Ambassador
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change concealed handgun permit application provisions
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change a reporting requirement regarding and provide for distribution of the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Change provisions relating to anatomical gifts under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate Cynthia Butler-McIntyre for her outstanding service with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Change the Competitive Livestock Markets Act and provisions relating to contract swine operations
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Repeal the Build Nebraska Act and change the distribution of sales tax revenue
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change eligibility provisions relating to the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to jury sequestration
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Congratulate Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover for her outstanding service with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Congratulate Lincoln High School for receiving a 2015 NebraskARTS Award
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Congratulate Sean Lynch II for being chosen as a Nebraska delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Designate February 2016 as Career and Technical Education Month in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate the Hyannis Area Schools for receiving a 2015 NebraskARTS Award
Sponsor: Al Davis
Constitutional amendment to change the distribution of state lottery proceeds
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Congratulate Elaine and Bud Stuhr on their 60th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate the Millard West High School Marching Band on their accomplishments and on being named Grand Champion at the 2015 National Funding Holiday Bowl
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Impose a tax on sales of tobacco at cigar shops
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Congratulate the Crofton High School girls' cross country team on winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the Lincoln Electric System and all of its present and past employees and board members on its 50th anniversary of operation in Lincoln
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate the Hartington-Newcastle High School play production team for winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Extend sympathy to the family of Milan "Babe" Knezovich
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate Colton James Hood on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Adopt the Nebraska Rural Jobs Act and provide tax credits
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate Molly Kroeger on being named the 119th Queen of Aksarben
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate Tim Aylward on his retirement from coaching and recognize his successful career
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate Alyssa Howell on being crowned Miss Nebraska 2015
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate John "Jack" Koraleski on being named the 119th King of Aksarben
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate Bruce Lauritzen on being named the 2015 Midlander of the Year by the Omaha World-Herald
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate the Gretna High School play production team for winning the 2015 Class A Production state championship
Sponsor: John Murante
Congratulate Todd Nott on winning the Hitchcock Hundred ultramarathon
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate Case New Holland America, LLC in Grand Island, for fifty years of producing industry leading agricultural equipment
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Recognize Beauchamp Alejandro and all other contributors to the "You Look Good, You Feel Good" event in Omaha
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Extend sympathy to the family of Major General Claude M. Bolton, Jr., and recognize his service to his country
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Congratulate the Millard North High School football team on winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate Darcey Simonsen on winning third place in the discus at the 2015 Class D Girls' state track and field championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Alexander Tietz on winning second place in the 3200 meter run and third place in the 1600 meter run at the 2015 Class B state track and field championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Omaha South High School Magnet School dance team on performing at the 2016 Sugar Bowl and winning the Sugar Bowl Spirit Award
Sponsor: Nicole Fox
Congratulate the David City Aquinas Catholic High School football team on winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Ashleigh Carr on winning third place in both the 200 meter dash and 400 meter dash at the 2015 Class C Girls' state track and field championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School volleyball team for winning third place in the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School football team on winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate the Oakland-Craig High School football team for winning second place in the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Extend sympathy to the family of Joseph G. Lemm and recognize his service to his community and country
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Wisner-Pilger High School 3200 meter relay team on winning second place at the 2015 Class C Boys' state track and field championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the students, faculty, and staff of Bancroft-Rosalie High School on their achievements
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change provisions relating to access to records for and investigations by the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Eliminate provisions relating to hunting mountain lions
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Change provisions relating to crime victims and witnesses
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change provisions relating to motions for new trial based upon discovery of new evidence
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Prohibit use of restraints in juvenile courts as prescribed
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Change provisions relating to corrections and parole and mentally ill offenders
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Adopt the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act, change provisions relating to the Public Counsel, and mandate a declaration by the Governor of a correctional system overcrowding emergency as prescribed
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change the salaries of Supreme Court judges
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Provide a minimum wage for certain young student workers
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Interim study to examine the public employees retirement systems administered by the Public Employees Retirement Board
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Interim study to examine how to create a sustainable and adequate stream of state funds to local public health departments to ensure the departments are able to meet their core responsibilities and functions
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Interim study to examine the financing of Nebraska's child welfare system
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to conduct a comprehensive study of Nebraska's state and local roads system
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to examine the current statutory requirements governing the removal of roadside vegetation
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine how to build Nebraska's workforce, especially in high-need areas, and support personal responsibility and professional growth for all Nebraskans
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Interim study to examine the effectiveness of the prescription drug monitoring program currently housed within the Nebraska Health Information Initiative
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine issues faced by Nebraska's licensed mental health practitioners, doctoral-level graduate students, nurses, and psychiatrists
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Sponsor: John Murante
Interim study to examine the most recent report published by the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Interim study to examine the process of eliminating the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study regarding the authority of the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and its role in decisions regarding the disposal of salt wastewater into dry wells
Sponsor: John Stinner
Interim study to examine how the state can assist individuals who are blind or who have other disabilities to achieve personal independence through gainful employment
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine current state statutes governing population thresholds for Nebraska counties
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Interim study to review the Nebraska Rules of the Road and provisions which establish maximum weight limits
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to examine state services available to victims of human trafficking in Nebraska
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to examine the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act and its implementation in Nebraska
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine methods to improve government efficiency
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Interim study to examine the potential growth for tourism in Nebraska and to develop funding recommendations for designated Nebraska tourism sites
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to analyze the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation in workers' compensation cases in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the contractual relationship between craft breweries and distributors
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Interim study to examine the Niobrara Council and its current statutory authority outlined in the Niobrara Scenic River Act
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Interim study to examine issues relating to family and medical leave
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine how public libraries are archiving newspapers
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine craft breweries and whether brewpubs and microbreweries should be licensed as craft breweries or should have separate licenses
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine current and potential economic development tools available to municipalities in Nebraska
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Interim study to examine the current alcohol policies of the University of Nebraska system
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine the statutory relationship between cities of the second class and villages and the public libraries within their jurisdictions
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the General Affairs Committee
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine the history and development of the Nebraska Innovation Campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine how to improve behavioral health and mental health services in Nebraska in order to prevent crime and reduce costs associated with the incarceration of people who have heightened behavioral and mental health needs
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to examine the tax revenues for public schools
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine the financing of public education and to develop recommendations for improving school funding in Nebraska
Sponsor: Education Committee
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the N-CORPE augmentation project
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Interim study to examine the process utilized by the Dept. of Roads in the design and construction of the Nebraska expressway system
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Interim study to examine potential state policy and funding improvements to address unique educational needs of low-achieving students in poverty and students with limited English proficiency
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Interim study to examine issues relating to the use of restraint and seclusion techniques in Nebraska schools
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Interim study to examine the integral link between achievement and risky health behaviors
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to review the information in the Dairy Growth and Development Study Report
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to review the fee structure of the Nebraska Brand Committee
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Interim study to examine existing resources and the need for additional tools for municipalities to further encourage revitalization of neighborhoods
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the Nebraska Energy Code
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Appropriate funds for state government expenses
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Provide requirements for certain towers
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Congratulate the Concordia University men's track and field team on winning the 2015 NAIA outdoor track and field championship
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Morgan Vasa on winning a gold medal at the 2015 Class C girls' state track and field championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Extend sympathy to the family of Officer Kerrie Orozco and recognize her years of service to the Omaha Police Department, as well as her dedication and service to the Omaha community
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate Father Timothy J. Lannon, S.J., on his retirement as president of Creighton University
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Congratulate the Millard West High School girls' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate Father Thomas Fangman for being awarded the Distinguished Pastor Award by the National Catholic Educational Association
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Congratulate the award recipients of the South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance awards banquet
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School girls' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate the Giltner High School girls' track and field championship for winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Donald McPherson and Lester Arasmith on being award the Congressional Gold Medal
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Commend the staff of the Ainsworth Care Center and Logan Valley Manor for their dedication and sacrifice on behalf of the residents of those care facilities
Sponsor: Al Davis
Honor Captain Dustin Lukasiewicz for his service to his country and extend sympathy to his family
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Extend sympathy to the family of Rodney Vandeberg
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate the Holdrege High School Dusters for winning the 2015 Class B girls' state track and field championship
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Congratulate the Millard West High School boys' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate the Giltner High School boys' track and field team for winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Bishop Neumann High School for winning the 2015 Class C boys' state track and field championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Greg Olsen on his retirement from Nebraska City High School
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Commend all veterans serving in the Legislature and throughout the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Extend sympathy to the family of James Moylan
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate Samantha Mannix on winning the Number 1 singles finals in the 2015 Class B girls' state championship
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Congratulate Winside on celebrating its 125th anniversary
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to aid to dependent children and create the Intergenerational Poverty Task Force
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to motorboat, motor vehicle, and trailer registration and titling and eliminate a fee for certain license plates
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Provide for transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Provide requirements for the Nebraska Tourism Commission to mark tourism attractions
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Appropriate funds for capital construction and property acquisition
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Adopt the Nebraska Clean-burning Motor Fuel Development Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change collection provisions relating to judges retirement fees
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Permit counties to regulate peddlers, hawkers, and solicitors
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to the office of Legislative Audit and the Auditor of Public Accounts
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Create the achieve a better life experience program, provide adjustments to taxable income, and adjust calculations of certain tax deductions and homestead exemptions
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions relating to education
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide fund transfers, create funds, authorize certain transfers, and authorize contracts relating to oral health care
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Adopt updated international building code standards
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Provide advertising requirements under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Change and eliminate provisions relating to a poverty allowance under the state aid formula
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Provide for licensure of charter bus and limousine services and pedal-pub vehicles for the consumption of alcohol
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Adopt the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act and change and provide requirements regarding inmates with mental illness, levels of confinement, parole, and prison overcrowding
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Provide, change, and eliminate penalties, punishments, sentencing, restitution, probation, parole, and crime victim provisions and provide for post-release supervision, grants, and suspension of medical assistance for inmates
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Authorize administration of naloxone as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change the Site and Building Development Act and terminate a fund
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Provide for allocation of the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund as prescribed
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions relating to transfers to certain education-related funds
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions regarding use of federal block grant funds for child care activities and provide for grants to early childhood education programs
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide procedures and reporting requirements relating to a state plan on carbon dioxide emissions, require a strategic state energy plan, and provide requirements for meteorological evaluation towers
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to elections
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to teachers' loan programs
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to grants for early childhood education as prescribed
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change provisions relating to juveniles
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions and procedures relating to the disposition, care, custody, and costs associated with the impoundment of dogs or cats
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change provisions relating to registering to vote and voting early at the same time
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to the bridge to independence program
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions of the Business Innovation Act and the Nebraska Visitors Development Act and state intent relating to tourism
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Require acknowledgments from purchasers of real estate in a sanitary and improvement district
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change distribution of lottery funds for education, provide for grants, change loan, incentive, and state aid provisions, create funds, and require a postsecondary education affordability study
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Adopt the Community Gardens Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Adopt the Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant Program Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide and change fees, benefits, and contributions for judges' retirement
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change a fee collected from dog licensees
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Adopt the Aging and Disability Resource Center Demonstration Project Act and require a state plan regarding persons with Alzheimer's or related disorders
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change procedures for disposition of seized animals, change license fees relating to dogs and cats, and change provisions of the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Eliminate certain notification requirements under the Sex Offender Registration Act and eliminate the offense of unlawful use of the Internet by a prohibited sex offender
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Provide for medical use of cannabidiol and naloxone and change controlled substances schedules and transfers to the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Create the Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Advisory Work Group and provide for a state plan
Sponsor: Al Davis
Create and provide duties for the Intergenerational Poverty Task Force
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide additional powers for sanitary and improvement districts and require acknowledgments from purchasers of real estate within sanitary and improvement districts
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change license and inspection fees under the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Change provisions relating to alcoholic liquor
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Expand the jurisdiction of the Inspector General to include juvenile justice services and allow access to certain records and information
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to medicaid recovery audit contractors
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Change and eliminate provisions relating to the central registry of child protection cases and sex offender registration
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions relating to juveniles and child welfare
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change provisions relating to motions for new trial and DNA testing of biological material
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Change provisions relating to certain education funding as prescribed
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Urge the United States Dept. of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with direct access to health care services in each local community in Nebraska
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Provide additional powers to certain sanitary and improvement districts
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to marijuana, amphetamine, and methamphetamine
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Create a pilot project relating to family finding services and change the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Adopt the Livestock Growth Act and Community Gardens Act and change provisions of the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act and the Nebraska Seed Law
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Adopt the Community College Gap Assistance Program Act
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program provisions
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Authorize an occupation tax on certain mechanical amusement devices
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to aid to dependent children and create the Intergenerational Poverty Task Force
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Suspend medical assistance provided to persons who become inmates of public institutions
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Eliminate additional fees for Pearl Harbor and disabled veteran license plates
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Require the Department of Correctional Services to submit strategic plans as part of its budget request and progress reports
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to the earned income tax credit and the homestead exemption
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Require revenue volatility reporting by the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and strategic planning and reporting by the Department of Correctional Services
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change levy provisions for rural and suburban fire protection districts
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change the personal needs allowance under the Medical Assistance Act
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Exempt certain sales and purchases by certain zoos and aquariums from sales and use tax
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change the distribution of sales and use tax revenue and provide duties for the Department of Revenue
Sponsor: Al Davis
Urge the Federal Railroad Administration to adopt a rule requiring a train crew of at least two individuals
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Require application for a medicaid state plan amendment for multisystemic therapy
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Adopt the Personal Property Tax Relief Act and provide and change tax exemptions and taxation of personal property
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide for issuance of motor vehicle operators' licenses and state ID cards to persons with lawful status
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change the amount of credits allowed and reporting requirements under the Angel Investment Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: John Stinner
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Al Davis
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Clarify that certain assessments levied as prescribed are levied and collected as special assessments
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for regulation of transportation network companies
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Require audits of tax incentive programs under the Legislative Performance Audit Act and change tax incentive sunset dates
Sponsor: Legislative Performance Audit Committee
Provide for regulation and operation of autocycles
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Congratulate the Steamfitters and Plumbers Local Union 464 on its 100th anniversary
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to presentence reports and psychiatric examinations and provide access to substance abuse evaluations
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to Indian child welfare
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions relating to the treatment of tax credits under the New Markets Job Growth Investment Act
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gilead on celebrating its 125th anniversary
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart on winning the 2015 National High School Mock Trial Championship
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Congratulate the student-athletes, volunteers, and officials for their outstanding accomplishments in the 2015 Nebraska Championship Meet
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Commend the veterans who served on the USS Oriskany and welcome to Nebraska those who will attend the 25th USS Oriskany reunion on October 4-7, 2015
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide for an assessment matrix for zoning purposes
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate Gordon Memorial Hospital on being named one of the iVantage Health Analytics Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Robert and Judith Kluge on their 50th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate John E. Beeson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Congratulate Ethan Copple on being named the Nebraska Eagle Scout of the Year and the Nebraska VFW Scout of the Year
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate Cooper Knaak on being named a member of the Omaha World-Herald's 2015 All State Academic Team
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Change provisions relating to the Grain Dealer Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions of the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act and state intent relating to certain transfers
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Adopt the Nebraska Agritourism Promotion Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Authorize crowdfunding as prescribed and exempt crowdfunding under the Securities Act of Nebraska
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Provide for stipends for social work students
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Eliminate the death penalty and change and eliminate provisions relating to sentencing
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Rachel Ostrander on winning the 2015 Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to eligibility for child care assistance and require a report regarding transitional childcare assistance programs
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Proclaim August 4, 2015, as National Night Out In Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Commend Pilger for its resiliency and strength after the devastating tornadoes on June 16, 2014
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate Creston on celebrating its 125th anniversary
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Recognize and honor correctional facility staff in Nebraska who demonstrate great courage and diligence in their work
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Permit insurers to contract for pharmacist professional services
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Change provisions relating to broker's price opinions and comparative market analysis
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to memorials to veterans
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Repeal the Nebraska Workforce Investment Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to the Niobrara Council
Sponsor: Al Davis
Remove professional wrestling from the jurisdiction of the State Athletic Commissioner
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change provisions of the Taxpayer Transparency Act relating to expired contracts
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Name the Land Surveyors Regulation Act and provide for a code of practice
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Provide for return-to-learn protocols for pediatric cancer survivors
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Provide for retrocession of jurisdiction for land on which the Omaha National Cemetery is located
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Change provisions relating to school districts maintaining the only public high school in a county
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change provisions relating to the nameplate capacity tax
Sponsor: Al Davis
Redefine a term under the Nebraska Advantage Microenterprise Tax Credit Act
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Provide for reasonable fees and costs for proceedings involving a minor under the Probate Code
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Change provisions relating to notice of discontinuance of utility service
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide notification after removal of a child
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Provide and change ordinance authority and other provisions relating to operation of golf car vehicles
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change the Erosion and Sediment Control Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change provisions relating to emergency expenditures by school districts and educational service units for emergency management purposes as prescribed
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Eliminate provisions relating to penalties for corporations and companies that fail to pay taxes
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Change an aggregate loan limit for agricultural projects under the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change information provided on effective financing statements
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to summons and orders of garnishment on financial institutions
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Require insurers to provide descriptions relating to telehealth and telemonitoring
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Provide authority to the Adjutant General to make expenditures for a disaster or emergency
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to use and leasing of school property
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Allow school districts and educational service units to keep electronic records
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Change tax deed lien priority
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions relating to employment of a full-time fire chief by cities of the first class
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Change provisions relating to licensure of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Change provisions relating to the payment of warrants
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Interim study to examine opportunities to train Nebraska's youth for the workforce while addressing both educational and workforce needs
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine issues surrounding distracted driving due to texting or using a hand-held device while operating a motor vehicle
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Interim study to examine the current method of using adjusted property valuation as the primary measurement of local resources in Nebraska's public education funding formula
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine statutes governing prisons and parole to ensure the Board of Parole is independent from the Dept. of Correctional Services
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine minor traffic violation, adult, and juvenile pretrial diversion programs authorized by counties and municipalities
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Urban Affairs Committee
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Interim study to analyze the ability of employers or associations to enter into contracts with an agent or broker for compensation to be paid to the agent or broker for the sale of a health benefit plan
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Interim study to examine issues surrounding handicapped parking
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine the personal income tax rates in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the utilization of authority given to various state commodity development programs to make expenditures for the purpose of influencing federal legislation
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the history and development of the Peter Kiewit Institute to include the University of Nebraska-Omaha College of Information Science and Technology and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine strategies and ideas to ensure more adults have the education and skills needed to fill positions for in demand industries in Nebraska
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine the utility of the in-store transfer method by producers and grain warehouses as an option to meet direct delivery obligations
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the interplay between developmental disability and child welfare services to ensure proper treatment and protection of the rights of state wards
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Interim study to investigate issues under the jurisdiction of the Education Committee
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Interim study to examine possible changes to the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the process by which a person changes his or her name
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Health and Human Services Committee
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to investigate and make recommendations regarding what can be done to provide Nebraska consumers the necessary information to enable them to make informed decisions as to which health care plan to purchase
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Interim study to examine Nebraska's unemployment insurance laws and unemployment insurance program
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the use of seclusion in public and private schools for children with behavioral issues or special needs
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Interim study to determine whether the Real Property Appraiser Act should be amended
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the aerial and aviation safety concerns of structures over fifty feet in height on which an antenna, sensor, camera, or other equipment is mounted
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Interim study to examine the feasibility of using pay for success financing in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the reasons for the higher cost of juvenile services under the Office of Probation Administration
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the opportunity gap in third grade reading scores
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Interim study to monitor medical care transformation in Nebraska including the health care delivery process of patient-centered medical home
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine the salaries of all judges in Nebraska, including the history of adjusting these salaries
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine court costs and fees in Nebraska
Sponsor: Judiciary Committee
Interim study to examine creation of a separate program within the budget of the Dept. of Health and Human Services for long-term care expenditures made from all funding sources
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Interim study to examine the positive and negative effects of education funding if Nebraska chooses not to accept federal funds that are tied to federal mandates
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Interim study to examine the effectiveness of civil forfeiture under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Interim study to examine and assess the behavioral health needs of children and youth in Nebraska and the resources available to meet those needs
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine the membership, role, and duties of the Nebraska Police Standards Advisory Council
Sponsor: John Murante
Interim study to examine development of a reference manual for the state commodity promotion programs and other federal commodity programs that are significant to Nebraska agriculture
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine synthetic recreational drugs that are marketed and sold as incense
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Interim study to examine payday loans and other short-term lending practices where high interest rates are charged and collected from customers
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Interim study to review reimbursement rates for ambulatory surgical centers and outpatient hospitals with respect to workers' compensation services in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine Nebraska's current programming regarding home visitation for early childhood education and development and assess the feasibility of expansion to universal statewide programming
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine feasibility of developing tax-preferential zones on college and university campuses for the strategic development of new start-up businesses and expanding the commercialization of joint public/private research ventures
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine the out-of-state placements of Nebraska children
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine issues to improve the emergency medical services system in Nebraska
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Interim study to examine the appropriation of funds to the State Department of Education to implement mentor teacher programs
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Interim study to examine certain issues under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Interim study to complete the work of LR309, 2013, investigating ways to avoid and mitigate conflicts arising from herbicide and drift damage to sensitive crops
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine state law governing cities of the first class in Chapter 16 of the Nebraska statutes
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Interim study to examine potential modifications to the laws governing learning communities
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Interim study to review issues concerning the dates on which the fiscal year for Nebraska's public schools begin and end
Sponsor: John McCollister
Interim study to examine issues relating to public assistance programs for relative or kinship caregivers
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine career technical education in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the procedures and categories used by county assessors to classify types of land for valuation and taxation purposes
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine implementation of the recommendations of a report produced as a result of LR309, 2013, relating to the feasibility of creating a buffer strip program
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine pensions provided for firefighters from cities of the first class
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine public charitable corporations in Nebraska
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Interim study to examine the practice of "double dipping" which occurs when public employees retire with a public pension and become reemployed by the same or different public employer and earn a second public pension benefit
Sponsor: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
Interim study to examine options for implementing a "circuit breaker" tax credit to protect agricultural property owners from a property tax overload
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine Nebraska withdrawing from the Master Settlement Agreement and increasing its tobacco excise tax to approximate the Master Settlement Agreement payment
Sponsor: Brett Lindstrom
Interim study to examine implementation of recommendations of LR309, 2013, investigating whether alternative models for compensating specialty or sensitive crop growers incurring herbicide drift are feasible
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Interim study to examine the Commission of Industrial Relations
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine state law as it relates to weight limits for a single axle and a group of axles and the maximum load limits for motor vehicles carrying agricultural products or commodities
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Interim study to examine municipal bankruptcy
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Interim study to examine class size in Nebraska's public schools
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Interim study to examine whether imposition of a sales or income tax upon the sale of agricultural land may provide funding for a targeted property tax relief fund for agricultural property owners
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Interim study to examine ways to improve and fund child behavioral health programming in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the procedure for and use of like-kind exchanges under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code and their impact on the taxable value of agricultural and horticultural land
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine implementing the use of body cameras for state and local law enforcement in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine workforce development that will support growth and retention of youth talent and startup businesses in the areas of technology, computer sciences, and related fields
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine issues raised in LB501, 2015, addressing the appropriate use of legislative audio or video materials produced by a public television or public radio broadcasting station
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Interim study to examine Second Chances, the operating while intoxicated jail diversion program in Iowa, to determine whether the program would be workable in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine the structure of, compliance with, and administration of Nebraska individual and corporate income taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine the current practices of municipalities using tax increment financing under the Community Development Law
Sponsor: Al Davis
Interim study to examine bullying by and against students and youth
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Interim study to examine stroke systems of care
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine the structure of, compliance with, and administration of the state and local sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine the structure of, compliance with, and administration of real and personal property taxes
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Interim study to examine issues surrounding the affordability, delivery, and taxation of child care in Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine the funding distribution for the community college areas
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Interim study to examine the potential for the expansion of fruit and produce gleaning in Nebraska
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Interim study to examine services provided by community paramedics
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Interim study to examine ways in which medicaid expansion could be implemented in Nebraska under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for medical assistance for newly eligible individuals
Sponsor: John McCollister
Interim study to examine certain acts to ensure the evaluation procedures regarding potentially mentally ill and dangerous inmates and potentially dangerous sex offenders are clear and consistent
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Interim study to examine the Child and Maternal Death Review Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Interim study to examine issues under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committee
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Interim study to examine issues regarding the growth of Nebraska's agricultural-related economy
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Change judges' salaries
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate the Ridgewood Rehabilitation and Care Center on its deficiency-free survey from the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Commend Carli Schultz for her courageous service to the victims of the earthquake in Nepal
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Provide for payment of claims against the state
Sponsor: Business and Labor Committee
Congratulate Jerick O. Graber on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Appropriate funds for salaries of members of the Legislature
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Provide for deficit appropriations
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate the Norfolk Veterans' Home on its fourth straight deficiency-free survey from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Congratulate the Wausa High School speech team for winning the 2015 Class D-1 state tournament
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Appropriate funds for salaries of constitutional officers
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Adopt the Human Trafficking Victims Civil Remedy Act, change provisions relating to service of process, evidence of sexual assault, search warrants, temporary custody of juveniles, and foster care reports, change penalties for human trafficking and crimes relating to morals, and provide for forfeiture of assets
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change motor fuel excise taxes
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Provide a property tax exemption for fraternal benefit societies
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide, change, and eliminate anesthesia and sedation permit provisions under the Dentistry Practice Act
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Authorize limited lines travel insurance producer licenses
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Provide restrictions on trusts for collection of medicaid reimbursement obligations and require notice of inheritance tax petitions
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate Ben Cross, David Connolly, Connor Krecklow, CJ Monahan, Kyle Tompkins, Dylan Stamm, Ryan Soderquist, John-Mark Connolly, and Matthew Meacham on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate Brittany Margritz of Skutt Catholic High School on being named a 2015 United States Presidential Scholars Semifinalist
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate Julie Classen-Cruscuolo on winning her age division in the Midwest Children's and Young Adult Authors' Network writing contest
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Congratulate Cherry County Hospital on being named one of the iVantage Health Analytics Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States
Sponsor: Al Davis
Provide for issuance of credentials under the Uniform Credentialing Act based on military education, training, or experience
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Congratulate Celia McCaslin on winning her age division in the Midwest Children's and Young Adult Authors' Network writing contest
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
To increase the maximum brand inspection fee amount that may be established by the Nebraska Brand Committee
Sponsor: Al Davis
Repeal the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Change provisions relating to automatic teller machines and point-of-sale terminals
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change the termination date of the Behavioral Health Screening and Referral Pilot Program
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Congratulate Alisha Dalal of Elkhorn South High School on being named a 2015 United States Presidential Scholars Semifinalist
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change joint public agency bonding powers and procedures
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change acknowledgment requirements relating to homesteads
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Change provisions relating to the Public Entities Mandated Project Charges Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Name the Irrigation District Act and change election provisions for irrigation districts
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate Hailey Kathryn Mayo for receiving the Girl Scout Gold Award
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Logan Fontenelle Middle School's science olympiad team on placing second in the middle school division at the 2015 state tournament
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate the Bellevue Mission Middle School's science olympiad team on winning the 2015 middle school division at the state tournament
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Commend the Sarpy County Attorney's Office for seeking innovative ways to lower recidivism
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Fred Hlava on his retirement and recognize his many years of service as the Gordon city manager
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Dylan Jake Buschow on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Congratulate Maria Swenson on being awarded the Women's Business Center Entrepreneur of the Year
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Laurie Konrad on being named national president of Kappa Kappa Iota, Inc.
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Commend Cass County for implementing a new countywide emergency medical service
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate Glenda Maury on being named the 2015 Nebraska Manager of the Year for Elderly Housing by the United States Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development Agency
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Designate September 15 through October 15, 2015, as Hispanic Heritage Month in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Designate April 2015 as Alcohol Awareness Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Congratulate Bob and Bev Naber on their 50th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Albert and Myrlene Wheat on their 60th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate Megan Swanson on being crowned Miss Nebraska 2014
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Provide fees and procedures for permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and funding under the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Assistance Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide rights and duties for a person operating a manual or motorized wheelchair as prescribed
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Require the Supreme Court to provide standards and provide and change duties for and compensation of guardians ad litem
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions relating to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Provide procedures for the disposition of the Norfolk Regional Center
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Authorize cities and villages to borrow from state-chartered or federally chartered financial institutions as prescribed
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Commend Matt Lewis for bringing greater awareness to Crohn's disease and congratulate him on being named the 2015 Nebraska Champion Ambassador for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Evan English, Jacob Keller, Brian Magee, and Uy Nguyen on each winning a Nebraska Young Artist Award
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Recognize the academic and leadership achievements of Annie Himes and congratulate her on being selected as a 2015 Truman Scholar
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Congratulate Erin Toy on winning a Nebraska Young Artist Award
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Recognize April 2015 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Permit school districts to opt out of a learning community as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Eliminate certain taxing authority of learning communities
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change provisions relating to a focus school and program allowance
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Congratulate Moni Hourt on her retirement and commend her service and dedication as a teacher
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Quinton Z. Roeder on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change and eliminate learning community provisions relating to levy authority, distribution of core services funds, and state aid calculations
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Eliminate a learning community and provide for distribution of assets as prescribed
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Require registration of all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act and change sales tax provisions
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate Daelyn Chochon on winning a Nebraska Young Artist Award
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate the Stapleton Public Schools for its excellent rankings in the Nebraska Performance Accountability System
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Claudia Holm on winning a Nebraska Young Artist Award
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate Anne Ryschon on winning a Nebraska Young Artist Award
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Recognize April 13, 2015, as Lineworkers Appreciation Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: John Kuehn
Declare June 7, 2015, as Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate the Bellevue Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3912 on its 35th anniversary
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Greenhouse in the Snow on being named the 2014 Sustainability Business of the Year
Sponsor: Al Davis
Recognize Sunday, April 26, 2015, as Nebraska's Official Chili Day
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Extend sympathy to the family of Linda Douglas
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Declare April 14, 2015, as YMCA Day in Nebraska
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Congratulate the Skutt Catholic High School speech team for winning the 2015 Class B state tournament
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Designate April 22, 2015, as Earth Day in the State of Nebraska
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Recognize the academic accomplishments of Captain Eric J. Bailey and congratulate him on receiving his master's degree
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Congratulate Lexington for receiving the Governor's Showcase Community Award
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Congratulate the Raymond Central High School speech team for winning the 2015 Class C-1 state tournament
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Commend Brigadier General Gregory Guillot, Commander of the 55th Wing, for reopening the Bellevue Gate
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate the Crofton High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Express appreciation to all people involved in agricultural and cattle production
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School speech team for winning the 2015 Class C-2 state tournament
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate David Brown on being named a 2015 Horatio Alger Nebraska and Western Iowa Scholar
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Commend Mount View Elementary School on hosting an annual Career Enrichment Day
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Recognize and honor law enforcement officers in Nebraska who demonstrate courage and diligence in providing for the care and welfare of the citizens
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Congratulate the Bancroft-Rosalie High School speech team for winning the 2015 Class D-2 state tournament
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Extend sympathy to the family of "T.R." R. Hughes II
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate the St. Mary's High School girls' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class D-1 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to public school district construction
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Change provisions relating to the assessment of certain rent-restricted housing projects
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Change provisions of the Dry Bean Resources Act
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Real Property Appraiser Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions relating to pregnancy and eliminate subversive membership provisions under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: John Stinner
Eliminate a restriction on paying petition circulators based on number of signatures
Sponsor: Michael Groene
Change provisions relating to the Parenting Act
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Ron Douglas on his 100th birthday
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Morgan McGinley on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Zack Schnabel on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Congratulate Lane McGinley on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the Municipal Custodianship for Dissolved Homeowners Associations Act
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change Nebraska Liquor Control Act penalty provisions for certain violations
Sponsor: Adam Morfeld
Congratulate Caleb Long on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Thomas A. Patras on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Recognize the many firefighters and emergency personnel from Nebraska and Kansas for their exemplary service and commitment to fighting the fire in Fairbury
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Brennan Jackson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Clay Billings on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Devon Osnes on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Al Davis
Adopt the College Tuition Equalization Grant Program Act
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Esther Pfabe for receiving the Crest of Christ Award from Concordia University
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Gary's Cleaning and Restoration on receiving the 2014 Champion of Small Business Award
Sponsor: John Stinner
Extend sympathy to the family of Delvin D. Koch
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate the Elkhorn High School dance team on winning the Hip Hop division at the 2015 Class B state championships
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Congratulate Natalie Ott for receiving the Girl Scout Gold Award
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Amazing Technicolor Show Choir of Westside High School for qualifying for the 2015 National Show Choir Finals
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Provide for violent offenders and provide powers and duties for the Director of Correctional Services, the Parole Administrator, the Board of Parole, and parole officers
Sponsor: Merv Riepe
Congratulate Joey Eaton on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate the Omaha Creighton Prep High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Urge the Nebraska congressional delegation to support efforts in Congress to establish a national training center in highly infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate Brooke Biby on winning the 2015 Midwest Spelling Bee
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate the St. Cecilia Catholic High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Recognize March 2015 as Lymphedema Awareness Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Congratulate the Pierce High School girls' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class C-1 state championship
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Congratulate the High Plains High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class D-1 state championship
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Michael Downing on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate David Misner on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate Jake Moore on his retirement and recognize his successful coaching career
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate Nick Arlt on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Joe Berg on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Elkhorn High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate Coy Aerni on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Congratulate the Winnebago High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class C-1 state championship
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Congratulate the Exeter-Milligan High School boys' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class D-2 state championship
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School girls' basketball team for winning third place in the 2015 Class C-2 state tournament
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Bancroft-Rosalie High School boys' basketball team for finishing second in the 2015 Class D-2 state tournament
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Kaden Kammerer on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Congratulate the Mount Michael Benedictine High School academic decathlon team on winning the 2015 Nebraska Academic Decathlon
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Congratulate the Omaha Creighton Prep High School powerlifting team on winning the 2015 state championship
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate Kendra Staab for being named a Distinguished Finalist for the 2015 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Congratulate Don McCabe on his retirement and recognize his many years of service covering agriculture and farming at the Nebraska Farmer Magazine
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Cole Jacobsen for receiving a 2015 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Omaha Creighton Prep High School boys' swimming team for winning the 2015 state championship
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Congratulate Valerie Sturdy on her retirement and recognize her successful nursing career
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change provisions of the Statewide Trauma System Act
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Change provisions relating to capital stock requirements, clearing and settlement of checks, and cost of disclosure of confidential records
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Require criminal background checks for applicants for an initial nursing license
Sponsor: Burke Harr
Provide for disposition of unclaimed cremated remains in a veteran cemetery
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change renewal requirements for apprentice electricians and provide for continuing education for apprentice electricians
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Change Business Corporation Act references
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Provide a biennial budgeting option for natural resources districts
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change provisions relating to civil penalties under the Nebraska Chemigation Act
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Adopt the Intangible Personal Property Tax Act
Sponsor: Al Davis
Change the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Change provisions and fees relating to business entity reinstatement
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Adopt the Prescription Drug Safety Act and change and transfer pharmacy, prescription, and drug provisions
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Adopt the Carbon Monoxide Safety Act
Sponsor: Sara Howard
Congratulate the Omaha Westside High School girls' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: John McCollister
Congratulate the Falls City Sacred Heart High School girls' basketball team for winning the 2015 Class D-2 state championship
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate Taylor Brandl on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Cathy Blanchard, Audi Blann, Judy Briggs, Pat Hunsche, and Haylee Wawrzynkiewicz on being named outstanding library volunteers by the Nebraska Library Association
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Redefine terms relating to title insurance business
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to membership on boards of public power districts
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Change rotating and flashing light provisions for motor vehicles
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Recognize March 2015 as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Change fees relating to marriage licenses
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate Hitchcock County Elementary School for being named a 2014 Title I Distinguished School by the National Title I Association
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Provide duties for the Office of Violence Prevention and change funding provisions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change provisions relating to credit for reinsurance
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Redefine compensation and change provisions for school employees retirement
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to the issuance of a mortgage banker license and duties of licensees
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Congratulate John Ryan McDonald on being inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Create a voluntary veterans preference in private employment
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change and eliminate film vehicle provisions under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Allow financial institutions to operate gift enterprises
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Update certain references to federal regulations regarding motor vehicles and motor carriers
Sponsor: Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
Change provisions relating to operation of utility-type vehicles
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate My'Kah Knowlin for being named a distinguished finalist for the 2015 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Congratulate the Fremont High School boys' bowling team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the Valentine High School wrestling team for finishing second at the 2015 Class C state championship
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate the North Bend High School boys' bowling team for winning the 2015 Class C state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Derek Robb on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Congratulate the O'Neill High School wrestling team for winning the 2015 Class C state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Keegan Hessler on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate Blake Walters on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Willy Cogdill on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Ben Rodriguez on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate David Fox on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Lia Selvey on winning the Special Olympics girls 50 Yard Freestyle at the 2015 state championships
Sponsor: John Stinner
Congratulate Brody Cleveland on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Recognize March 2015 as Professional Social Work Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Kate Bolz
Congratulate Lincoln Elementary School in Hastings for being recognized as a National Model Professional Learning Community School
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Congratulate Alexander Reimers on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate the Millard South High School wrestling team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Provide the Executive Board reappoint the Department of Correctional Services Special Investigative Committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Provide for withholding of insurance proceeds for demolition purposes
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate the Skutt Catholic High School wrestling team for winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Congratulate Trevor Nichelson on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Doyle Trout on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate the Wahoo High School dance team on winning the Pom division at the 2015 Class C-1 state cheer and dance championships
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Dylan Loberg on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Ty Sawyer on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Provide the Executive Board appoint a special committee to be known as the ACCESSNebraska Special Investigative Committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate Ben Stille on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Commend Bellevue University for its commitment to members of the military, veterans, and their families
Sponsor: Tommy Garrett
Congratulate Garret Zimmerer on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Matthew Kindler on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Provide the Executive Board appoint a special committee to be known as the Developmental Disabilities Special Investigative Committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate Cody Watson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Steven Bader on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Adopt the Nebraska Transit and Rail Advisory Council Act
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Congratulate Drew Ratkovec on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Connor and Nolan Laux on their state wrestling championships
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Change provisions governing active executive officers of banks and provide the Department of Banking and Finance with certain powers
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate Wyatt Phillips on his state wrestling championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Eliminate integrated practice agreements and provide for transition-to-practice agreements for nurse practitioners
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions for directed review under the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Change election procedures and membership for certain sanitary and improvement district boards of trustees
Sponsor: Ken Haar
Allow veterans aid fund to be used for transportation costs for veterans
Sponsor: David Schnoor
Exempt sanitary drainage districts from sales and use taxes
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Provide for issuance of printed motor vehicle certificate of title for nonresidents as prescribed
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change membership and reporting requirements of the Nebraska Children's Commission
Sponsor: Kathy Campbell
Revise powers of state-chartered banks, building and loan associations, and credit unions
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Change provisions relating to the letting of highway construction contracts
Sponsor: Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
Change provisions relating to conveyances of cemetery lots
Sponsor: John Stinner
Change provisions relating to jurisdiction for municipalities to enforce ordinances
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Authorize the Property Tax Administrator to correct certain errors
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Provide for preregistration to vote
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Change and eliminate provisions of the Employment Security Law
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Change provisions relating to registration by coordination and federal covered securities under the Securities Act of Nebraska
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
State matters subject to county court jurisdiction
Sponsor: Matt Hansen
Change provisions relating to distribution of court opinions
Sponsor: Ernie Chambers
Create the Aquatic Invasive Species Program and provide funding
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Change a requirement regarding the preparation and distribution of a roster of registered abstracters
Sponsor: Dan Hughes
Create the Supreme Court Attorney Services Cash Fund
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Congratulate Nathan Olsufka on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Soror Jan M. Carpenter Baker on her election and for her service with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Constitutional amendment to permit the Legislature to authorize and regulate gaming
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Congratulate Antonio (Levi) Acosta on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Recognize March 2015 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in Nebraska
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Extend sympathy to the family of Sister Mary Evangeline Randolph
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate the Friend High School wrestling team for finishing second at the 2015 Class D state championships
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Zemua Baptista on his state wrestling championship and his career achievements
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Dr. Paulette C. Walker for her outstanding service with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Congratulate Patrick Dempsey on his state wrestling championship and his career achievements
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Extend sympathy to the family of Thomas R. Buecker
Sponsor: Patty Pansing Brooks
Congratulate Arne and Esther Larsen on their 80th wedding anniversary
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Provide for allocation of state aid to tribally controlled community colleges
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change distribution of the Sports Arena Facility Support Fund
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Grant investigative powers to the Public Employees Retirement Board and delete unconstitutional provisions
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Authorize expansion of existing business improvement districts
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Update references to the Internal Revenue Code
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Authorize licenses for limited line pre-need funeral insurance
Sponsor: Matt Williams
Repeal obsolete provisions relating to scabies, diseased swine, and hog cholera
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions regarding passing bicycles and bicycle operating regulations
Sponsor: Rick Kolowski
Provide for standby guardians and recovery of assets under the Nebraska Probate Code
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Change an interest rate provision in the Uniform Partnership Act of 1998
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Redefine county for county retirement plan purposes
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions relating to election procedures for sanitary and improvement districts
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Define and redefine terms under the Public Accountancy Act and provide for peer review
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Exempt licensed cigar shops and tobacco retail outlets from smoking restrictions
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change size of counties for applicability of certain county retirement programs and change contribution provisions for such programs
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Change provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions of the Agricultural Liming Materials Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Provide for a person designated to accept city or village notices in cases of mortgaged property or trust deed default
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Eliminate a reporting duty for the Education Committee of the Legislature
Sponsor: Kate Sullivan
Change operative date provisions relating to the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act
Sponsor: John McCollister
Change and eliminate child custody provisions and adopt the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Change provisions relating to termination of township boards
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Redefine terms under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Sponsor: Urban Affairs Committee
Provide for operation and regulation of electric-powered bicycles
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change residency requirements for veterans, spouses, and dependents or eligible recipients attending a public college or university
Sponsor: Sue Crawford
Appropriation Bill
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Provide for Nebraska 150 Sesquicentennial license plates and distribute fees
Sponsor: Jim Smith
Change appropriation provisions
Sponsor: Heath Mello
Change the due date for certain retirement plan reporting
Sponsor: Jeremiah Nordquist
Recognize November 2015 as Nebraska Caregivers Month
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate Kathleen Gottsch for being named the city administrator for Springfield
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate the recipients of the Distinguished NEBRASKAlander Award
Sponsor: Galen Hadley
Congratulate Maxwell Kaye, Montgomery Wylie, and Nicholas Harpster for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Recognize February 22-28, 2015, as Engineers Week in Nebraska
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate Kevin Koopmann for winning the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nebraska Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year Award
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Provide for allied school systems
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Adopt the Independent Public Schools Act
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Caleb Sandall on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Homestead National Monument of America on the 2015 launch of the Homestead National Monument of America quarter
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Change provisions relating to closed sessions for public bodies
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Recognize Fred Arnold for his local economic development success and commend MSA Brand Products for producing and selling American flags made in Nebraska
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Revisor bill to repeal obsolete Nebraska Opportunity Zone Act sections that terminated December 31, 2010
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal an obsolete section relating to design and location of certain facilities done in the 1970's
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal obsolete Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act sections that terminated January 1, 2011
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal the Republican River Basin Water Sustainability Task Force that terminated June 30, 2012
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal obsolete tax credit sections that terminated January 1, 2010
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program sections that terminated June 30, 2011
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal an obsolete section relating to a transfer of property taking place in 1994
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal an obsolete prenatal service section that terminated June 30, 2011
Sponsor: Executive Board
Revisor bill to repeal the Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committee of the Legislature that terminated December 31, 2012
Sponsor: Executive Board
Change provisions relating to a game refuge
Sponsor: Ken Schilz
Congratulate the Nebraska Masonic Home on receiving a deficiency-free survey from the Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: Bill Kintner
Congratulate Gene Hayes for being named a 2015 Distinguished NEBRASKAlander by the NEBRASKAland Foundation
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Extend sympathy to the family of Zaiid Sharif Zakir Ibn El Gaines Liwaru
Sponsor: Tanya Cook
Congratulate Ryan Mueller for winning the Veterans of Foreign Wars Nebraska Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year Award
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change provisions relating to reimbursement to political subdivisions under the Governor's Emergency Program
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Eliminate refund provisions under the Dairy Industry Development Act
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Change liability for certain court costs as prescribed
Sponsor: Dave Bloomfield
Change provisions relating to admission of evidence of alibi
Sponsor: Paul Schumacher
Change provisions relating to theft
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Extend sympathy to the family of Norman Geske
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Recognize John G. Boosalis for his service and sacrifice while serving in the United States Navy during World War II
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate Michael B. Yanney for winning the Excellence in Mentoring Award
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Congratulate York Public Schools for receiving a 2014 NebraskARTS Award
Sponsor: Mark Kolterman
Congratulate Westside High School for receiving a 2014 NebraskARTS Award
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Extend sympathy to the family of Russell D. Brehm
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate the Central City Care Center on receiving a deficiency-free survey from the Dept. of Health and Human Services
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Luke Chamberlain on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Les Seiler
Congratulate the Amazing Technicolor Show Choir of Omaha Westside High School for winning the 2015 Viterbo 101 show choir competition
Sponsor: Joni Craighead
Adopt the Political Subdivisions Mandatory Mediation Act
Sponsor: Robert Hilkemann
Congratulate Kadynce Mullins for being crowned the 2014 National American Miss Nebraska Princess
Sponsor: Colby Coash
Congratulate the Exeter-Milligan High School football team for winning the 2014 Class D-2 state championship
Sponsor: Laura Ebke
Congratulate Blake Vaught on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Congratulate Nicholas Weber on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Change provisions relating to access to and copying of public records
Sponsor: Roy Baker
Congratulate Gretna High School for winning the 2014 Class A One-Act Play state championship
Sponsor: John Murante
Change provisions relating to transfers to the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund
Sponsor: Bob Krist
Congratulate Trevor Alber on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Curt Friesen
Adopt the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Change provisions relating to medicaid covered services
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Change provisions relating to uranium severance taxes
Sponsor: Al Davis
Extend sympathy to the family of Dr. Thomas Ediger
Sponsor: Dan Watermeier
Congratulate Garrett Gleason on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the students, faculty, and staff of Hay Springs High School on their admirable ranking
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate St. Mary's High School volleyball team for winning the 2014 Class D-1 state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the students, faculty, and staff of Chadron High School on their admirable rankings
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate the Arlington High School boys' track and field team for their outstanding accomplishments in the 2014 state championships
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Hartington-Newcastle High School for winning the 2014 Class C-1 One-Act Play state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate the Bancroft-Rosalie High School boys' golf team for placing third at the 2014 Class D state championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the Hemingford High School football team for winning the 2014 Class D-1 state championship
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Hyannis High School for winning the 2014 Class D-2 One-Act Play state championship
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate the community of Rushville and the project's donors on the grand-reopening of Modisett Ball Park
Sponsor: Al Davis
Congratulate Wausa High School for winning the 2014 Class D-1 One-Act Play state championship
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Kyle Young on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Tyson Larson
Congratulate Tyler English on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate Tyler Simpson on his outstanding performance at the 2014 Class C boys' state track and field championships
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Congratulate the David City Aquinas Catholic High School football team for winning the 2014 Class C-2 state championship
Sponsor: Jerry Johnson
Congratulate Hornady Manufacturing on being named the 2014 Nebraska Manufacturer of the Year
Sponsor: Mike Gloor
Recognize mothers of children with omphaloceles for their courageous efforts to advocate for their children
Sponsor: Beau McCoy
Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic girls' softball team for winning the 2014 Class C state championship
Sponsor: Lydia Brasch
Redefine state aid value for purposes of the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Sponsor: Jim Scheer
Sponsors (12)
Passed (500)
Appropriation Bill
Require policies relating to body-worn cameras and eyewitness suspect identifications and change provisions relating to grand juries
Change provisions relating to minimum levy adjustments and averaging adjustments under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and certain school district levy and bonding authority
Appropriation Bill
Appropriation Bill
Change provisions of the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the Electronic Notary Public Act
Change provisions relating to State Patrol retirement
Appropriation Bill
Review present facilities and determine the needs and options for developing a regional certified crime laboratory in the Omaha area
Change and provide provisions relating to retirement benefits and plans
Change filing requirements for statements of financial interest
Change provisions relating to the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act and CLP-learner's permit issuance and applications for commercial drivers' licenses
Adopt the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act
Appropriation Bill
Change provisions relating to forcible entry and detainer, the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, and disposition of a tenant's personal property upon death
Create the Tribal Economic Development Committee of the Legislature to conduct a study examining the policy tools available to the Legislature to enhance economic development for the Native American population of Nebraska
Provide restrictions on sanitary and improvement districts subject to municipal annexation and authorize certain fees for county treasurers
Change Game and Parks Commission fee and permit provisions
Adopt the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act, change provisions for guardians ad litem and services for children, create the Normalcy Task Force, and eliminate a reporting requirement
Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for surviving spouses
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the Stroke System of Care Act
Appropriation Bill
Create the Commission on Military and Veteran Affairs and authorize summary discipline under the Nebraska Code of Military Justice
Change building code provisions applicable to political subdivisions and provisions relating to cities of the first class
Appropriation Bill
Provide and eliminate provisions regarding pedestrians and bicyclists
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Appropriation Bill
Appropriation Bill
Appropriation Bill
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee to examine issues related to the impacts of climate change on the State of Nebraska
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights Act and the Assisting Caregiver Transitions Act and change provisions of the Medical Assistance Act, Health Care Facility Licensure Act, Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act, and Nebraska Community Aging Services Act
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the Surgical First Assistant Practice Act
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Act and change provisions relating to insurance holding companies and risk retention groups
Change provisions relating to learning communities and funding for education
Adopt the Workplace Privacy Act
Change the Taxpayer Transparency Act
Appropriation Bill
Appropriation Bill
Terminate the Long-Term Care Savings Plan Act
Urge the Nebraska congressional delegation to support and co-sponsor Senate Bill 1989 entitled Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2015
Redefine employment under the Employment Security Law and change provisions relating to vacation leave for state employees
Appropriation Bill
Change provisions relating to problem solving courts
Appropriation Bill
Adopt the School Readiness Tax Credit Act
Change and eliminate beverage regulations and licensure provisions and create the Nebraska Craft Brewery Board
Change provisions relating to education
Adopt the 911 Service System Act, change a reporting requirement as prescribed, and transfer funds from the Enhanced Wireless 911 Fund to the 911 Service System Fund
Change disposition of court docket fees as prescribed
Provide for deficit appropriations
Adopt the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (2015)
Change provisions relating to the Administrative Procedure Act and require the Department of Correctional Services to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations
Change provisions relating to eligibility for public assistance and eliminate termination dates for self-sufficiency contracts
Create the Bioscience Steering Committee, redefine a term relating to an internship grant program, change the Business Innovation Act, and require reports on the Nebraska Innovation Campus
Provide a penalty for exploiting senior adults, provide for appointment, powers,and duties of guardians ad litem, and change provisions of the Public Guardianship Act
Change provisions relating to property tax credits
Change the definition of employer relating to wage discrimination on the basis of sex
Adopt the Nebraska Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Sector Partnership Program Act
Provide for compensation of certain Nebraska Power Review Board members and for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and appropriate funds
Change provisions relating to the office of Legislative Audit and change dates for application of tax incentives
Change the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act and the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act and adopt the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Act
Adopt the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act and provide income tax credits
Change forfeiture provisions as prescribed
Change provisions of the Community Development Law and the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act
Change provisions of the Election Act
Change provisions relating to vegetation and natural resources
Change provisions relating to juveniles
Change provisions relating to evidence, sentencing, certain criminal penalties, criminal mischief, assault, theft, forgery, probation, parole, and the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System
Create an advisory committee relating to persons with disabilities within the Department of Health and Human Services
Change provisions relating to statewide assessments and college admission testing as prescribed
Provide, change, and eliminate fund provisions and change artwork, renovation, and replacement provisions for state buildings
Provide immunity from prosecution for prostitution and change forensic medical examination provisions
Adopt the Next Generation Business Growth Act and change funding for tax credits under the Community Development Assistance Act
Adopt the Transportation Innovation Act and provide transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund
Provide state assistance for public transportation, ordinance and resolution powers regarding weight restrictions, Breast Cancer Awareness Plates, electronic processing of commercial drivers' licenses and permits, and operation of implements of husbandry and change specialty license plate provisions, distribution of taxes and fees, use of blue and amber lights, and motor vehicle industry provisions
Commend Joel Sartore and Michael Forsberg for their efforts to document and conserve our natural resources
Congratulate Judge William M. Connolly on his retirement
Commend the ROTC and the JROTC programs for over 100 years of service
Congratulate Douglas County West Elementary School on being recognized as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School cheer and dance teams on their victories at the 2016 Class B state cheer and dance championships
Recognize Merle Ronald Haggard's contributions to American culture
Congratulate Bob Brinker on his retirement and recognize his service to the State of Nebraska
Congratulate Lincoln Northeast High School on its 75th anniversary
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Provide for the publication and distribution of the Constitution of Nebraska
Provide for communication and contact agreements in private and agency adoptions
Congratulate Marilyn Dongilli on her successful career at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital and on her retirement
Congratulate Hawthorne Elementary School for being recognized as a National Model Professional Learning Community School at Work
Change provisions relating to consumer protection
Adopt the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act
Recognize Pat Gould for his many years of service as Fire Chief of the Chadron Volunteer Fire Department
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Increase legal services fees as prescribed
Congratulate Nate Johnson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Extend sympathy to the family of Jerry C. Anderson
Congratulate the David City High School speech team on winning the 2016 Class C-1 state championship
Congratulate Spencer Hartman on his election as president of the Association of Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Extend sunset of the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Cash Fund
Change an application period limitation for the designation of enterprise zones as prescribed
Provide an additional withholding procedure for certain payments under the Income Withholding for Child Support Act
Require disclosure of noncompete agreements by sellers of seller-assisted marketing plans and provide for reformation of a franchise agreement which unreasonably restrains competition
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Change membership of the Board of Emergency Medical Services
Change provisions relating to premium taxes and quarterly statements under the Surplus Lines Insurance Act
Change the Nebraska Clean-burning Motor Fuel Development Act
Change powers, duties, and fee and penalty provisions relating to the Department of Agriculture
Change provisions relating to juvenile court petitions
Change provisions relating to the state purchasing card program and facilities construction and administration and eliminate obsolete provisions
Change provisions relating to reviewing and commenting on proposed subdivision plats in certain counties
Change penalty, permit, and notice provisions relating to electric utility lines, poles, and structures
Change provisions relating to energy financing contracts
Designate November 15, 2016, as Entrepreneurs' Day in Nebraska
Change lead content provisions relating to the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act
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Adopt the Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act
Change provisions relating to at-risk managed care contracts as prescribed
Change provisions relating to student self-management of asthma or anaphylaxis
Authorize conversion of domestic partnerships and domestic limited liability partnerships into domestic limited liability companies or foreign limited liability companies
Change county population thresholds
Change provisions of the Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act
Define and redefine terms relating to developmental disabilities
Change provisions relating to direct purchases and use of recyclable material by correctional industries
Adopt the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Information and Support Act
Require a report regarding the Beatrice State Developmental Center and the Bridges program
Require the Department of Environmental Quality to examine the status of solid waste management programs
Permit educational service unit boards to pay membership dues to associations of school boards
Provide for temporary licenses for veterinary technicians
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Extend sympathy to the family of former Senator Daniel Lynch and recognize his contributions and achievements
Change provisions relating to adoptive home studies and medical histories as prescribed
Require information relating to federal student loans as prescribed
Change provisions relating to the Real Property Appraiser Act
Prohibit discrimination and retaliation against and provide for confidentiality of the identity of persons involved in making reports under the Uniform Credentialing Act
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Change provisions relating to electric utilities and electric suppliers under the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act
Permit certain persons to consent to donate plasma
Change provisions relating to the regulation of aboveground motor vehicle fuel storage tanks
Change provisions relating to exempt contracts under the Taxpayer Transparency Act
Provide for registration of public power district vehicles as prescribed
Change provisions relating to deficit expenditures by county boards
Change the termination date of the Nebraska Exchange Transparency Act and the terms of certain members of the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission
Congratulate Al Borchardt on the success of Midland Medical Supply Company and congratulate him on his retirement
Change powers and duties of the State Athletic Commissioner and provide administrative fine authority as prescribed
Change requirements for pharmacy technicians
Change and eliminate provisions relating to state institution patients' records
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Congratulate Andres Canales and Cole Kramer on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Change admission and graduation provisions relating to barber schools and colleges
Change provisions of the Nebraska Real Estate License Act
Change provisions relating to handicapped parking
Recognize the cultural impact the South Omaha Mural Project has on the City of Omaha and the State of Nebraska by presenting history through art and collaboration
Change reporting requirements of the Community Corrections Division of the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
To alphabetize defined terms under various retirement statutes
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Change a requirement for issuance of a school permit
Change conditions for approval of a planned unit development for certain second-class cities and villages
Designate April 12, 2016, as Equal Pay Day in Nebraska
Change a residency qualification and military service requirement for certain veterans service officers
Provide an exception to a filing requirement relating to conveyances of real estate
Acknowledge the rich history of friendship and commerce between the State of Nebraska and Taiwan
Change transfer of prescription refill information provisions and provide for forwarding original prescriptions
Congratulate David W. Voss on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Christine Neighbors on receiving the 2015 Robert Dineen Award
Recognize March 2016 as Professional Social Work Month in Nebraska
Designate April 11, 2016, as Lineworker Appreciation Day in Nebraska
Congratulate Shaun Brothers on being named the 2016 District II Athletic Director of the Year and receiving the 2015 Outstanding Administrator Award
Recognize the contributions and achievements of Marcella J. Echternacht in the nursing profession and thank her for her years of service
Change a security coverage provision for sellers of grain stored in a warehouse closed by the Public Service Commission
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and provide for a periodic well fluid analysis, report, and notice as prescribed
Adopt the Direct Primary Care Agreement Act
Adopt the Law Enforcement Education Act authorizing tuition waivers
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act and corporate occupation taxes
Change public records provisions and provide for an enhanced public scrutiny process for certain University appointees
Change provisions relating to budget request reporting requirements
Provide for payment of claims against the state
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Change population threshold for a city of the first class to employ a full-time fire chief
Allow certain public power agencies to engage in hedging transactions
Change provisions relating to hazing
Prohibit transactions involving lookalike substances, provide and change seizure and forfeiture authority, and prohibit conduct as deceptive trade practices
Congratulate Ryan Dahlke on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Simon Thor Gissler on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate the Hastings St. Cecilia High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-2 state championship
Recognize Senator Beau McCoy for his service as the 2014 Midwestern Legislative Conference Chair and the 2016 National Chair of the Council of State Governments
Designate April 22, 2016 as Earth Day in the State of Nebraska
Designate March 17, 2016, as Father George Sullivan Day in the State of Nebraska
Congratulate the Gretna High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class B state championship
Designate September 15 through October 15, 2016, as Hispanic Heritage Month in the State of Nebraska
Congratulate the Omaha South High Magnet School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class A state championship
Congratulate Mark Kroeker on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Designate March 31, 2016, as Cesar Chavez Day in Nebraska
Congratulate the Bishop Neumann High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-1 state championship
Congratulate Brother Mike Wilmot and Gesu Housing for receiving a 2016 Community Excellence Award
Recognize Staff Sergeant Kenneth M. Morrison for his service and congratulate him on being named a 2015 Outstanding Airman of the Year
Congratulate the Hastings St. Cecilia girls' volleyball team on winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Recognize the contributions to public service made by Thomas Francis Cavanaugh and extend sympathy to his family
Congratulate the Lourdes Central Catholic High School boys' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class D-1 state championship
Create the Task Force on Behavioral and Mental Health
Recognize the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center and the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society
Congratulate the Crofton High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class C-2 state championship
Congratulate the Wynot High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class D-2 state championship
Congratulate Nicholas Martozie on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Riley Owens on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Jack Dinneen on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate the Lincoln East High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class A girls' state championship
Congratulate Michael Coffey on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint a special committee to be known as the ACCESSNebraska Oversight Committee of the Legislature
Provide the Executive Board of the Legislative Council appoint the Election Technology Committee as a special committee of the Legislature
Congratulate Austin Garcia, Roger Martinez, Conner Muhr, and Adam Zamarripa on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Drew Loberg on his state wrestling championship
Congratulate Bailey Thompson on his state wrestling championship
Congratulate the Kearney Catholic High School girls' basketball team on winning the Class C-1 state basketball championship
Proclaim March 15, 2016, as Canada Day at the Nebraska State Capitol
Commend Joey Walther and Colton Patrick for educating young Nebraskans about the economy
Congratulate Donna D'Ottavio, Gary Brown, Mikayla Mancuso, Alysen Hansen, Sarah Ulsher, and Cyndi Mattson for being named outstanding volunteers by the Nebraska Library Association
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2016 Class B girls' state championship
Congratulate Jason Hahlbeck on his state wrestling championship
Change provisions relating to a municipality requesting additional extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction
Change requirements for completion of death certificates and cremation permits
Change revenue and taxation provisions
Change requirements for an application for a waiver of college tuition and fees by a dependent of a veteran
Change provisions relating to nuisances in cities and villages
Redefine farm product and change provisions relating to the central filing system and the master lien list
Change provisions relating to counties' use of alphanumeric and county number system license plates
Revise powers of state-chartered banks, building and loan associations, and credit unions
Eliminate provisions relating to organic food
Exempt persons solely engaged in natural hair braiding from credentialing requirements under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act and the Nebraska Installment Sales Act
Acknowledge the partnerships established by the National Historical Preservation Act during the year of the 50th anniversary of its passage
Update certain references to federal regulations regarding motor vehicles and motor carriers
Change provisions of the Real Property Appraiser Act
Require notice to neighborhood associations for changes to business improvement districts and zoning ordinances
Change cease and desist orders under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Change residency provisions relating to Nebraska National Guard members for college tuition purposes
Extend protection under federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act to Nebraska employees serving in the National Guard of another state
Prohibit limited liability companies from operating as insurers
Change provisions relating to the time allowed for certain internal grievances under the Health Carrier External Review Act
Allow counties of all sizes to waive quarterly reports by county attorneys
Provide a length limit exception for an articulated bus vehicle operated by a transit authority
Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act
Congratulate the Lincoln Southeast High School "We the People" team and their teacher, Zach Wojtowicz, on winning the 2016 Nebraska state competition
Congratulate the University of Nebraska Women's Volleyball Team for their outstanding season and for winning the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball championship
Congratulate Quentin Munoz on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate My'Kah Knowlin for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Congratulate Grady Sherrell on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Change provisions relating to laboratory certification under the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act
Change requirements for voter approval of borrowing money for public improvements by a first-class city
Change provisions relating to access to records for and investigations by the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare
Congratulate the David City High School wrestling team on winning the 2016 Class C state championship
Change provisions of the Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Contractors Certification and System Registration Act
Provide for issuance of one license plate for passenger cars as prescribed
Congratulate Mario Ybarra on his state wrestling championship
Redefine agency under the Legislative Performance Audit Act
Require notice and a comment period regarding zoning ordinances affecting certain extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions
Congratulate Grace Kelly for being named a Distinguished Finalist for the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Congratulate Andrew J. Poppe on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Elliot James Erdkamp on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Gideon Monette on his state wrestling championship
Congratulate Golden Kelly for receiving a 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award
Congratulate Broc Edward Mueller on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate the students and teachers at Morton Elementary School for gaining prestigious recognition as a National Model Professional Learning Community School
Recognize February 21-27, 2016, as Engineers Week in Nebraska
Commend Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia for his life of service
Change provisions relating to the Public Accountancy Act
Change and update certain federal references in the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
Change provisions under the Securities Act of Nebraska relating to registration by coordination and federal covered securities
Provide for the counting of ballots in sanitary and improvement district elections
Prohibit flying lanterns
Change property tax provisions relating to motor vehicles
Change prescription drug monitoring provisions and create the Veterinary Prescription Monitoring Program Task Force
Change the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act
Provide that payment of certain expenses is not a condition precedent to certain approvals by the Director of Banking and Finance and change certain notice provisions
Revisor bill to eliminate obsolete provisions in the International Fuel Tax Agreement Act
Harmonize provisions relating to the election of city council members in cities of the second class
Change penalties for operating a motor vehicle during a revocation period
Revisor bill to eliminate transfer provisions for the Water Resources Cash Fund
Revisor bill to eliminate obsolete provisions relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles
Congratulate the recipients of the Distinguished NEBRASKAlander Award and extend appreciation for their service to the State of Nebraska
Change provisions relating to stop-payment orders
Congratulate Abby Gilreath on being named Nebraska's winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest and wish her luck in the national finals
Change provisions of the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Assistance Act
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Authorize electronic voting devices for public bodies in public meetings
Update certain references to the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act
Provide for Mountain Lion Conservation Plates and create a fund
Create and eliminate funds administered by the Department of Labor
Congratulate Nathaniel Stapaules on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Ryan Kopsa on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Recognize March 2016 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month in Nebraska
Congratulate Nathan Andrew Richards on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate Isabella Graves on being elected Miss Junior National Association of the Deaf Ambassador
Congratulate Cynthia Butler-McIntyre for her outstanding service with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Change provisions relating to anatomical gifts under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act
Change concealed handgun permit application provisions
Change the Competitive Livestock Markets Act and provisions relating to contract swine operations
Change a reporting requirement regarding and provide for distribution of the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund
Congratulate the Hyannis Area Schools for receiving a 2015 NebraskARTS Award
Congratulate Lincoln High School for receiving a 2015 NebraskARTS Award
Congratulate Sean Lynch II for being chosen as a Nebraska delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program
Congratulate Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover for her outstanding service with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Designate February 2016 as Career and Technical Education Month in the State of Nebraska
Congratulate Elaine and Bud Stuhr on their 60th wedding anniversary
Congratulate the Crofton High School girls' cross country team on winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Congratulate the Hartington-Newcastle High School play production team for winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Congratulate the Millard West High School Marching Band on their accomplishments and on being named Grand Champion at the 2015 National Funding Holiday Bowl
Congratulate the Lincoln Electric System and all of its present and past employees and board members on its 50th anniversary of operation in Lincoln
Congratulate Colton James Hood on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Extend sympathy to the family of Milan "Babe" Knezovich
Congratulate Tim Aylward on his retirement from coaching and recognize his successful career
Congratulate John "Jack" Koraleski on being named the 119th King of Aksarben
Congratulate Bruce Lauritzen on being named the 2015 Midlander of the Year by the Omaha World-Herald
Congratulate Alyssa Howell on being crowned Miss Nebraska 2015
Congratulate Molly Kroeger on being named the 119th Queen of Aksarben
Congratulate the Gretna High School play production team for winning the 2015 Class A Production state championship
Congratulate Todd Nott on winning the Hitchcock Hundred ultramarathon
Recognize Beauchamp Alejandro and all other contributors to the "You Look Good, You Feel Good" event in Omaha
Congratulate Case New Holland America, LLC in Grand Island, for fifty years of producing industry leading agricultural equipment
Congratulate the Omaha South High School Magnet School dance team on performing at the 2016 Sugar Bowl and winning the Sugar Bowl Spirit Award
Congratulate the Wisner-Pilger High School 3200 meter relay team on winning second place at the 2015 Class C Boys' state track and field championship
Congratulate Alexander Tietz on winning second place in the 3200 meter run and third place in the 1600 meter run at the 2015 Class B state track and field championship
Extend sympathy to the family of Joseph G. Lemm and recognize his service to his community and country
Congratulate Darcey Simonsen on winning third place in the discus at the 2015 Class D Girls' state track and field championship
Congratulate the Guardian Angels Central Catholic High School volleyball team for winning third place in the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Congratulate the Oakland-Craig High School football team for winning second place in the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School football team on winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Congratulate the students, faculty, and staff of Bancroft-Rosalie High School on their achievements
Congratulate the Millard North High School football team on winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Extend sympathy to the family of Major General Claude M. Bolton, Jr., and recognize his service to his country
Congratulate the David City Aquinas Catholic High School football team on winning the 2015 Class C-2 state championship
Congratulate Ashleigh Carr on winning third place in both the 200 meter dash and 400 meter dash at the 2015 Class C Girls' state track and field championship
Appropriate funds for state government expenses
Congratulate the Millard West High School girls' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Congratulate Father Timothy J. Lannon, S.J., on his retirement as president of Creighton University
Change provisions regarding use of federal block grant funds for child care activities and provide for grants to early childhood education programs
Honor Captain Dustin Lukasiewicz for his service to his country and extend sympathy to his family
Commend the staff of the Ainsworth Care Center and Logan Valley Manor for their dedication and sacrifice on behalf of the residents of those care facilities
Change provisions relating to aid to dependent children and create the Intergenerational Poverty Task Force
Extend sympathy to the family of Rodney Vandeberg
Congratulate the Holdrege High School Dusters for winning the 2015 Class B girls' state track and field championship
Congratulate the Millard West High School boys' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class A state championship
Congratulate Donald McPherson and Lester Arasmith on being award the Congressional Gold Medal
Congratulate the Giltner High School girls' track and field championship for winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Congratulate the Giltner High School boys' track and field team for winning the 2015 Class D state championship
Congratulate Bishop Neumann High School for winning the 2015 Class C boys' state track and field championship
Congratulate the Elkhorn South High School girls' soccer team for winning the 2015 Class B state championship
Congratulate the award recipients of the South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance awards banquet
Require revenue volatility reporting by the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and strategic planning and reporting by the Department of Correctional Services
Congratulate Greg Olsen on his retirement from Nebraska City High School
Commend all veterans serving in the Legislature and throughout the State of Nebraska
Congratulate Father Thomas Fangman for being awarded the Distinguished Pastor Award by the National Catholic Educational Association
Extend sympathy to the family of James Moylan
Congratulate Samantha Mannix on winning the Number 1 singles finals in the 2015 Class B girls' state championship
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Congratulate Winside on celebrating its 125th anniversary
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Adopt the Livestock Growth Act and Community Gardens Act and change provisions of the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act and the Nebraska Seed Law
Extend sympathy to the family of Officer Kerrie Orozco and recognize her years of service to the Omaha Police Department, as well as her dedication and service to the Omaha community
Create a pilot project relating to family finding services and change the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act
Congratulate Morgan Vasa on winning a gold medal at the 2015 Class C girls' state track and field championship
Urge the United States Dept. of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with direct access to health care services in each local community in Nebraska
Congratulate the Concordia University men's track and field team on winning the 2015 NAIA outdoor track and field championship
Change provisions relating to motions for new trial and DNA testing of biological material
Change provisions relating to juveniles and child welfare
Change and eliminate provisions relating to the central registry of child protection cases and sex offender registration
Change provisions relating to medicaid recovery audit contractors
Expand the jurisdiction of the Inspector General to include juvenile justice services and allow access to certain records and information
Change provisions relating to alcoholic liquor
Provide additional powers for sanitary and improvement districts and require acknowledgments from purchasers of real estate within sanitary and improvement districts
Provide for medical use of cannabidiol and naloxone and change controlled substances schedules and transfers to the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund
Change procedures for disposition of seized animals, change license fees relating to dogs and cats, and change provisions of the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Adopt the Aging and Disability Resource Center Demonstration Project Act and require a state plan regarding persons with Alzheimer's or related disorders
Provide and change fees, benefits, and contributions for judges' retirement
Change distribution of lottery funds for education, provide for grants, change loan, incentive, and state aid provisions, create funds, and require a postsecondary education affordability study
Change provisions of the Business Innovation Act and the Nebraska Visitors Development Act and state intent relating to tourism
Change provisions relating to juveniles
Change provisions relating to elections
Provide procedures and reporting requirements relating to a state plan on carbon dioxide emissions, require a strategic state energy plan, and provide requirements for meteorological evaluation towers
Change the Site and Building Development Act and terminate a fund
Provide, change, and eliminate penalties, punishments, sentencing, restitution, probation, parole, and crime victim provisions and provide for post-release supervision, grants, and suspension of medical assistance for inmates
Adopt the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act and change and provide requirements regarding inmates with mental illness, levels of confinement, parole, and prison overcrowding
Provide advertising requirements under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Adopt updated international building code standards
Provide fund transfers, create funds, authorize certain transfers, and authorize contracts relating to oral health care
Change provisions relating to education
Create the achieve a better life experience program, provide adjustments to taxable income, and adjust calculations of certain tax deductions and homestead exemptions
Change provisions relating to the office of Legislative Audit and the Auditor of Public Accounts
Permit counties to regulate peddlers, hawkers, and solicitors
Adopt the Nebraska Clean-burning Motor Fuel Development Act
Appropriate funds for capital construction and property acquisition
Provide for transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund
Change provisions relating to motorboat, motor vehicle, and trailer registration and titling and eliminate a fee for certain license plates
Change the amount of credits allowed and reporting requirements under the Angel Investment Tax Credit Act
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Provide for regulation of transportation network companies
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Clarify that certain assessments levied as prescribed are levied and collected as special assessments
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Urge the Federal Railroad Administration to adopt a rule requiring a train crew of at least two individuals
Change the personal needs allowance under the Medical Assistance Act
Change the distribution of sales and use tax revenue and provide duties for the Department of Revenue
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Require application for a medicaid state plan amendment for multisystemic therapy
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Change levy provisions for rural and suburban fire protection districts
Require audits of tax incentive programs under the Legislative Performance Audit Act and change tax incentive sunset dates
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Exempt certain sales and purchases by certain zoos and aquariums from sales and use tax
Provide for regulation and operation of autocycles
Adopt the Personal Property Tax Relief Act and provide and change tax exemptions and taxation of personal property
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Congratulate John E. Beeson on achieving the rank of Eagle Scout
Congratulate the Steamfitters and Plumbers Local Union 464 on its 100th anniversary
Commend Pilger for its resiliency and strength after the devastating tornadoes on June 16, 2014
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Change provisions relating to presentence reports and psychiatric examinations and provide access to substance abuse evaluations
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Congratulate Ethan Copple on being named the Nebraska Eagle Scout of the Year and the Nebraska VFW Scout of the Year
Congratulate Robert and Judith Kluge on their 50th wedding anniversary
Provide for an assessment matrix for zoning purposes
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Change provisions relating to the treatment of tax credits under the New Markets Job Growth Investment Act
Congratulate Gordon Memorial Hospital on being named one of the iVantage Health Analytics Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States
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Commend the veterans who served on the USS Oriskany and welcome to Nebraska those who will attend the 25th USS Oriskany reunion on October 4-7, 2015
Congratulate the student-athletes, volunteers, and officials for their outstanding accomplishments in the 2015 Nebraska Championship Meet
Congratulate Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart on winning the 2015 National High School Mock Trial Championship
Recognize and honor correctional facility staff in Nebraska who demonstrate great courage and diligence in their work
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Congratulate St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gilead on celebrating its 125th anniversary
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Congratulate Creston on celebrating its 125th anniversary
Change provisions relating to Indian child welfare
Change provisions relating to eligibility for child care assistance and require a report regarding transitional childcare assistance programs
Congratulate Cooper Knaak on being named a member of the Omaha World-Herald's 2015 All State Academic Team
Congratulate Rachel Ostrander on winning the 2015 Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award
Change provisions relating to the Grain Dealer Act
Change provisions of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act
Proclaim August 4, 2015, as National Night Out In Nebraska
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Change provisions of the Diploma of High School Equivalency Assistance Act and state intent relating to certain transfers
Adopt the Nebraska Agritourism Promotion Act
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Authorize crowdfunding as prescribed and exempt crowdfunding under the Securities Act of Nebraska
Provide for stipends for social work students
Change an aggregate loan limit for agricultural projects under the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act
Provide and change ordinance authority and other provisions relating to operation of golf car vehicles
Change provisions relating to use and leasing of school property
Provide for retrocession of jurisdiction for land on which the Omaha National Cemetery is located
Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission
Change information provided on effective financing statements
Change provisions relating to school districts maintaining the only public high school in a county
Provide for return-to-learn protocols for pediatric cancer survivors
Change provisions relating to the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act
Provide for reasonable fees and costs for proceedings involving a minor under the Probate Code
Change provisions relating to employment of a full-time fire chief by cities of the first class
Repeal the Nebraska Workforce Investment Act
Change provisions of the Taxpayer Transparency Act relating to expired contracts
Change provisions relating to broker's price opinions and comparative market analysis
Change provisions relating to memorials to veterans
Require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide notification after removal of a child
Permit insurers to contract for pharmacist professional services
Allow school districts and educational service units to keep electronic records
Require insurers to provide descriptions relating to telehealth and telemonitoring
Eliminate provisions relating to penalties for corporations and companies that fail to pay taxes
Redefine a term under the Nebraska Advantage Microenterprise Tax Credit Act
Change provisions relating to the nameplate capacity tax
Remove professional wrestling from the jurisdiction of the State Athletic Commissioner
Change provisions relating to the Niobrara Council
Change provisions relating to licensure of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing
Change tax deed lien priority
Change provisions relating to summons and orders of garnishment on financial institutions
Change provisions relating to emergency expenditures by school districts and educational service units for emergency management purposes as prescribed
Change the Erosion and Sediment Control Act
Change provisions relating to notice of discontinuance of utility service
Change provisions relating to the payment of warrants
Name the Land Surveyors Regulation Act and provide for a code of practice
Provide authority to the Adjutant General to make expenditures for a disaster or emergency