Fly on the Wall 2022: Food and rental assistance bills advance
The temperature remains high in the Unicameral as pressure mounts to move through competing priorities and budget items before the session concludes in just a few short weeks. This week centered primarily on spending debates, with a few other highly consequential priority bills sprinkled in. All three bills comprising the
Fly on the Wall 2022: Senators debate budget, ARPA spending debate coming up
Budget proposals were the theme of the week. But before diving into spending debates, the legislature advanced a proposal from Senator Briese that would enable Nebraska to move to permanent Daylight Saving Time. Appropriately held just after we turned our clocks to “spring forward”, the debate on LB 283 was
Fly on the Wall 2022: Floor debate ramps up, big-ticket water bills advance
This week the legislature transitioned to full-day debate, after committee hearings concluded last week. With all the time now being spent on the floor, more big bills are moving through debate. LB 1173 (Health and Human Services Committee) which includes several child welfare reforms, including ending the Eastern Service Area
Fly on the Wall 2022: Hearings wrap up, full-day debate begins
This week was absent the fireworks we’ve been seeing on the floor since the beginning of this session, with Speaker Hilgers holding true to his promise to get through as many non-controversial, unlikely-to-be-filibustered priority bills as quickly as possible. Candidate Filings are In Tuesday marked the deadline for new candidates
Fly on the Wall 2022: New senator appointed, rental assistance bill gets priority designation
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
Fly on the Wall 2022: We’re halfway through session
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
Fly on the Wall 2022: More school revenue bills blocked, committee hears amendment on rental assistance
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
Fly on the Wall 2022: School spending bill filibustered as priority bill designation looms
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