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Nebraska Unicameral Legislature The 109th Legislature, 2nd Session,
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2026 Priority Bills
All Priority Bills
Senator Priority Bills
| Priority | Document Number | Primary Introducer | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator Andersen | Referral | Constitutional amendment to provide a new method of valuing real property for property tax purposes, provide a limit on property tax increases, provide certain exceptions, provide requirements for declared emergencies, provide for emergency bond levies, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions | ||
| Senator Armendariz | General File | Change enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act | ||
| Senator Ballard | General File | Change provisions relating to emergency contracts in the State Procurement Act | ||
| Senator Bosn | Referral | Prohibit certain conduct relating to mobile tracking devices and change penalties for stalking | ||
| Senator Bostar | Passed | Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts with foreign principals, authorize the withholding of records, and provide civil penalties | ||
| Senator Brandt | General File | Constitutional amendment to create requirements for the use of the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund | ||
| Senator Cavanaugh, J. | E and R Engrossing | Provide immunity for health care practitioners under the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act | ||
| Senator Cavanaugh, M. | Passed | Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, and provide limits for crisis assistance payments under the low-income home energy assistance program | ||
| Senator Clements | Select File | Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers | ||
| Senator Clouse | Passed | Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act | ||
| Senator Conrad | Referral | Provide requirements for health care facilities and collection agencies relating to medical debt | ||
| Senator DeBoer | Passed | Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program and state intent regarding funding | ||
| Senator DeKay | General File | Constitutional amendment to state that only a United States citizen may be an elector | ||
| Senator Dorn | Passed | Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act | ||
| Senator Dover | Passed | Provide powers for the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and change provisions relating to the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act | ||
| Senator Dungan | Passed | Require insurance coverage of pediatric autoimmune disorders | ||
| Senator Fredrickson | Governor Veto | Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees | ||
| Senator Guereca | Governor Veto | Require paid parental leave for state employees | ||
| Senator Hallstrom | Passed | Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act relating to injury reports and workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles | ||
| Senator Hansen | General File | Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision | ||
| Senator Hardin | General File | Change provisions relating to nursing facility rates and establish a money follows the person program under the Medical Assistance Act | ||
| Senator Holdcroft | General File | Adopt the Chemical Abortion Safety Protocol Act | ||
| Senator Hughes | General File | Increase the cigarette tax and state intent and change provisions relating to the distribution of cigarette tax proceeds | ||
| Senator Hunt | Passed | Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation | ||
| Senator Ibach | Passed | Provide for a tax on diesel fuels, change provisions relating to refunds for motor fuel taxes, the petroleum release remedial action fee, and the Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, change and eliminate provisions of the Ethanol Development Act, and eliminate the Ethanol Production Incentive Cash Fund | ||
| Senator Jacobson | Passed | Adopt the Agricultural Data Privacy Act and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act | ||
| Senator Juarez | Referral | Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant | ||
| Senator Kauth | General File | Require schools and state agencies to designate restrooms and locker rooms based on sex and require state agencies to define an individual's sex as either male or female for purposes of rules and regulations, the enforcement of administrative actions, and adjudication of disputes | ||
| Senator Lippincott | Passed | Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas | ||
| Senator Lonowski | General File | Change requirements for voluntary and informed consent and civil actions relating to abortion | ||
| Senator McKinney | Passed | Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act | ||
| Senator Meyer, F. | General File | Constitutional amendment to provide for selection of presidential electors | ||
| Senator Meyer, G. | Referral | Change provisions of the Community Development Law | ||
| Senator Moser | Passed | Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities | ||
| Senator Murman | Referral | Provide for civil actions for conduct relating to obscene material, child sexual abuse material, and child sexual exploitation devices | ||
| Senator Prokop | Passed | Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program | ||
| Senator Quick | Passed | Create a temporary event license for body artists under the Uniform Credentialing Act | ||
| Senator Raybould | Referral | Change penalties for violations of domestic abuse and sexual assault protection orders | ||
| Senator Riepe | Passed | Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act and change provisions of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act | ||
| Senator Rountree | Governor Veto | Change reporting requirements under the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act and provide requirements for projects under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act | ||
| Senator Sanders | Select File | Require the State Board of Education to develop a model policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, require school boards to adopt a policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, and provide for Title VI coordinators | ||
| Senator Sorrentino | General File | Modernize language in a civil procedure statute | ||
| Senator Spivey | Passed | Change provisions relating to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the rate and disbursement of the documentary stamp tax, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Fund, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Fund | ||
| Senator Storer | General File | Adopt the Transparency in Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Act, create a fund, and change provisions relating to records which may be withheld from the public | ||
| Senator Storm | General File | Adopt the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act and provide for income tax adjustments | ||
| Senator Strommen | Failed on Final Reading | Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act | ||
| Senator von Gillern | Passed | Adopt the Grow the Good Life Act, provide an income tax credit, change provisions relating to the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Nebraska Advantage Act, and the Site and Building Development Act, and create grant programs to help employers retain or attract employees and to assist cities of the first class impacted by private entity closure or downsizing | ||
| Senator Wordekemper | General File | Provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters |
Committee Priority Bills
| Priority | Document Number | Primary Introducer | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to the Grain Dealer Act and the Grain Warehouse Act | ||
| Agriculture Committee | Passed | Change provisions of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act, change fees under the Pesticide Act, rename and change provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act, eliminate the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act, terminate a fund, and eliminate provisions relating to certain associations and societies | ||
| Appropriations Committee | Select File | Eliminate an obsolete transfer relating to the Cash Reserve Fund | ||
| Appropriations Committee | Passed | Provide and change appropriations for purposes of carrying out legislation and change provisions relating to appropriations and a transfer of funds | ||
| Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable or senior adults, rules and codes of procedure, decedents' estates, inheritance taxes, deceptive trade practices, the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, the Equipment Business Regulation Act, the Nebraska Money Transmitters Act, and the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code and provide for rounding of certain cash transaction amounts | ||
| Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to insurance fees, licensing, and trade practices, pharmacy benefit managers, mutual insurance holding companies, the Population Health Information Act, the Health Information Technology Board, and the Site and Building Development Act and adopt the Nebraska Protection of Seniors from Insurance Exploitation Act | ||
| Business and Labor Committee | Passed | Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act and change provisions of the Employment Security Law, the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act, the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act, and the State Miscellaneous Claims Act | ||
| Business and Labor Committee | Passed | Adopt the Nebraska Registered Apprenticeship Act, change provisions relating to funds, child labor, the Business Innovation Act, the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Employment Security Law, and the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, and transfer administration of student internships to the Department of Labor | ||
| Education Committee | Passed | Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, the improvement grant program, monitoring or providing instruction, deadlines, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, and the College Pathway Program Act | ||
| Education Committee | Select File | Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act | ||
| Executive Board | Delivered to Governor | Prohibit bringing weapons or prohibited substances into the State Capitol | ||
| Executive Board | Referral | Adopt the Legislative Sunset Review Act and eliminate the Legislature's Planning Committee | ||
| General Affairs Committee | Passed | Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act | ||
| General Affairs Committee | Passed | Change and eliminate provisions relating to licensed racetrack enclosures, licenses and wagering on horseracing, assistance to problem gamblers, bingo, lotteries, raffles, gift enterprises, the Nebraska Commission on Problem Gambling, the Charitable Gaming Division of the Department of Revenue, keno at licensed racetrack enclosures, and the Compulsive Gamblers Assistance Fund | ||
| Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | Passed | Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village warrants and vacancies in a village board, change provisions of the Election Act, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, and the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and eliminate provisions relating to initiative and referendum petitions | ||
| Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | Passed | Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, reports of abandoned property, and the Nebraska Hall of Fame and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names | ||
| Health and Human Services Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact | ||
| Health and Human Services Committee | Passed | Adopt the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, the Athletic Trainer Compact, and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, change provisions relating to child care licensing and the practice of athletic training, respiratory care, massage therapy, medical radiography, nurse practitioners, pharmacy, and pharmacists, provide for liens for physical therapy services and automated pickup kiosks for certain prescription medication, and eliminate provisions relating to physician liability for physician assistants | ||
| Judiciary Committee | Passed | Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting | ||
| Judiciary Committee | Passed | Prohibit sexual abuse of a probationer or problem solving court participant and sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or child welfare service provider; change provisions relating to protection orders, certain offenses, attorney's fees, and victim notification requirements; and provide requirements for immunity for probation employees, Brady-Giglio disclosures, confidentiality for certain officers, registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act, county conflict counsel, and determinations of the best interest of the child | ||
| Legislative Oversight Committee Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to legislative oversight | ||
| Legislature's Planning Committee | Referral | Change provisions relating to the Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee, and Transportation and Telecommunications Committee of the Legislature | ||
| Natural Resources Committee | Passed | Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers | ||
| Natural Resources Committee | Passed | Change fees and funding for solid waste management, water wells, livestock regulation, hazardous waste management, clean water regulation, and litter reduction and recycling, change membership of a board, provide penalties and enforcement provisions for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, provide for entry upon property for the Perkins County Canal, correct references to and change jurisdiction of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and require local governments to regulate operation of swimming pools, recreation camps, and mobile home parks | ||
| Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | Passed | Change provisions of the Judges Retirement Act | ||
| Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | Passed | Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems | ||
| Revenue Committee | Passed | Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act, change provisions related to the confidentiality of shared information, the distribution of certain tax revenue, contracts between the Tax Commissioner and collection agencies, the collection and enforcement of delinquent income tax claims, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act, and the Nebraska Advantage Research and Development Act, provide for fees, provide an excise tax on kratom, eliminate certain personal property and sales and use tax exemptions and a tax credit, and terminate the Department of Revenue Miscellaneous Receipts Fund | ||
| Revenue Committee | Passed | Adopt the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act and change provisions relating to the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act, the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act, the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act, property tax valuation and levy procedures, homestead exemptions, and income taxes | ||
| State-Tribal Relations Committee | Passed | Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws | ||
| Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | Passed | Adopt the Infrastructure Development Investment Program Act and change and eliminate provisions relating to the Rural Road Improvement District Act, the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act, the Transportation Innovation Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, intrastate medicaid nonemergency medical transportation services, and wireless service surcharges | ||
| Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | Passed | Adopt the Recreational Vehicle Industry Regulation Act and change provisions relating to parking spaces for handicapped or disabled persons, certain license revocations, the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act, the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, and the State Boat Act | ||
| Urban Affairs Committee | Passed | Adopt the Service Contract Reporting Act, authorize municipalities to contract regarding parking facilities, change provisions of the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act, and the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, and provide for the sale of certain waterworks, sewer systems, and water systems to Indian tribes | ||
| Urban Affairs Committee | Passed | Adopt the Community Improvement District Act and the New Taxpayer Recruitment Grant Act, authorize community improvement districts to levy property taxes, and change provisions related to the Community Development Law, the Municipal Inland Port Authority Act, extraterritorial jurisdiction, sanitary and improvement districts, housing authorities, housing agencies, the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, and the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act |
Speaker Priority Bills
| Priority | Document Number | Primary Introducer | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker Arch | Governor Veto | Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change and eliminate reporting requirements involving certain government agencies and preparation of the state executive budget, require the provision of copies of certain contracts to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and eliminate the Suggestion Award Board and the state employee suggestion system | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Redefine adult day service under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change eligibility requirements for community college gap assistance | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Create the Nebraska-Ireland Commission | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to the rights of victims of certain crimes | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Require the Department of Economic Development to award grants under the Business Innovation Act | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to publication, printing, and distribution of legislative journals, session laws, and statutes and publication of the Constitution of Nebraska | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to state recovery under the achieving a better life experience program | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Authorize law enforcement agencies to obtain, maintain, and possess epinephrine autoinjectors and nasal epinephrine for use by a law enforcement officer and require training | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to nontestamentary transfers on death, and evidence of ownership to obtain a certificate of title and provide a method for a beneficiary charitable organization to receive property or information | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Provide for certain Department of Correctional Services employees to be law enforcement officers | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to the Commission on Military and Veterans Affairs and eliminate provisions relating to veterans homes | ||
| Speaker Arch | General File | Change provisions of the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to late applications for homestead exemptions | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change and eliminate provisions relating to fees of the Secretary of State, notices of liens under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act and the Uniform State Tax Lien Registration and Enforcement Act, the central filing system, effective financing statements, the master lien list, and filed records under the Uniform Commercial Code | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Provide for the recapture of funding distributed from the Convention Center Support Fund to certain recipients | ||
| Speaker Arch | Referral | Change distribution of the Nebraska Opioid Recovery Trust Fund, create a fund, and provide for drug detection activities | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change enforcement provisions for violations of the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, and certain rules, regulations, and orders | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to Chinese military companies under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate | ||
| Speaker Arch | General File | Eliminate physician liability for negligence of physician assistants | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators | ||
| Speaker Arch | Passed | Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act |