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
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
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
In an announcement this week, Speaker Mike Hilgers emphasized the importance of senators making good use of their time, noting that the short 60 day session is nearly a third of the way over. Some members who have been stalling debate on revenue-impacting bills this week have blamed the Speaker
Take action to secure emergency rental assistance The state has failed to apply for additional federal emergency rental assistance (ERA), leaving millions of dollars on the table that could help struggling Nebraskans. The Treasury Department extended the application deadline to March 30, 2022, to allow us to still apply. Nebraska
Hearings Begin Committees began holding afternoon hearings on new proposals. Some notable hearings that happened last week include: LB 838 (Kolterman) would provide State support to recruit and stabilize our early childhood workforce LB 724 (M. Hansen) would provide cities with more flexibility to create affordable housing plans LB 773
Sen. Stinner, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has outlined procedures for the public hearing for LB1014, the governor’s recommendations for spending funding the state receives from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The hearing will take place on Tuesday, January 25th at 1:30 pm in Room 1524 at the State
