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NE LB52

Bill

Status

Passed

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Ibach

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands Nebraska's victim notification requirements from 11 to 21 covered offenses, adding manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide, assault by strangulation/suffocation, terroristic threats, false imprisonment, sexual abuse by school employee, child enticement via electronic device, sexual abuse of a protected individual, domestic assault (first/second degree), and sex/labor trafficking

  • Requires county attorneys to forward victim names and addresses to the Board of Parole, Department of Correctional Services, county corrections agencies, Department of Health and Human Services, and Board of Pardons when a person is convicted of a covered offense

  • Mandates victims receive notification of parole hearings, release dates, escapes, furloughs, community program placements, pardons/commutation proceedings, and when offenders are returned to custody

  • Protects victim address and telephone information from disclosure under Nebraska public records laws and federal freedom of information laws

  • Approved by Governor February 25, 2025; amends Section 81-1850 of the Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska

Legislative Description

Provide additional offenses for which notification to crime victims is required

Last Action

Approved by Governor on February 25, 2025

2/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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