This past week was action-packed, as Senators discussed former Senator Groene’s resignation, heard some highly contentious abortion bills in committee, and welcomed the new North Platte Senator. Priority bills have all been designated, giving us a sense of what remaining floor time will be spent on and which bills will
Tuesday marked the deadline for committees and senators to designate their priority bills for this session and Speaker Hilgers announced his speaker priority bills Wednesday. Bills marked with a priority designation move to the top of the agenda when Speaker Hilgers schedules bills. Because of the number of bills in
Sparks are flying in the Unicameral, with priority designations rolling in and a bombshell late in the day on Friday that rocked the Legislature. More about that later. Wednesday will be the 30th day – the halfway point of the short session. On the Floor Most of this 4-day workweek’s
Senators adjourned this morning, heading to afternoon hearings before an anticipated four-day break ahead of tomorrow’s recess day and Monday’s holiday. Before the break, more senators and committees designated their priority bills, including: The HHS Committee prioritized LB1173, a bill that creates a work group for child welfare system reform Sen.
The Legislature continued working its way through senator and speaker priority bills this week, with much of the time spent on yet another round of filibusters on spending-related measures. Monday will be the 25th day of the 60 day session, and the priority deadline for senator and committee priority bills
Public hearings are in full swing for the 2022 legislative session! We urge you to voice your support or opposition by testifying at the committee hearing or submitting an online written comment. Note that to be included in the legislative record, online comments are due by noon the business day
The 60-day session is one-third of the way over, and the pressure is on for Senators to get their priorities selected and to the floor for debate. With diminishing time remaining for floor debate, priority bills that are designated ASAP and voted out of committee to the floor sooner will
Next Friday, February 11th, the Urban Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the state’s failure to apply for the latest round of emergency rental assistance available through the federal government. The committee will take testimony from the public on an amendment filed by Sen. Matt Hansen onto LB446. The amendment (AM1737)
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