Unicameral Update
Jan 28, 08:19 AM CST
Legislative committees will hear public testimony this week on a variety of bills. Here is a schedule; all hearings are at the state Capitol and are at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
MONDAY
Banking, Commerce and Insurance
Room 1507 — 1:30 p.m.
LB122 (Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee) Change provisions relating to banking and finance
LB124 (Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee) Revise powers of state-chartered banks, building and loan associations, and credit unions
LB125 (Pahls) Change provisions relating to community development investments
LB126 (Pahls) Provide for regulation of trust company names
LB156 (Langemeier) Change provisions relating to bank boards, investments, and premiums
Business and Labor
Room 1524
LB57 (Preister) Provide for fair share representation contributions for certain labor representation by labor organizations
LB210 (Business and Labor Committee) Change membership of the Nebraska Workforce Investment Board
LB472 (Chambers) Change statutory references to members of the Commission of Industrial Relations
LB543 (Synowiecki) Change and eliminate conveyance safety provisions
Education
Room 1525
LB590 (Cornett) Change provisions relating to educational service unit reorganization
LB600 (Raikes) Provide for educational service unit boundary changes
LB601 (Raikes) Create the Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council
LB602 (Raikes) Establish election districts for educational service unit boards
LB603 (Raikes) Change core services and technology funding provisions relating to educational service units
General Affairs
Room 1510
LB441 (McDonald) Change provisions relating to distribution of shippers’ license fees
LB549 (Synowiecki) Provide for microdistilleries
LB645 (Heidemann) Change Nebraska Liquor Control Act provisions to exempt a bed and breakfast establishment from an occupation tax
Transportation and Telecommunications
Room 1113
LB70 (Fischer) Permit operation of ATV’s within municipalities by municipal employees
LB288 (Louden) Provide for operation of all-terrain vehicles on highways as prescribed
LB307 (Stuthman) Restrict operation of all-terrain vehicles within municipalities
LB163 (Fischer) Require certification of payment of sales tax to obtain a certificate of title for an all-terrain vehicle
TUESDAY
Agriculture
Room 1524
LB200 (Burling) Change the definition of tractor for purposes of tractor testing
LB273 (Kopplin) Change the definition of tractor for purposes of tractor testing
LB108 (Agriculture) Change provisions relating to fence disputes
LB422 (Erdman) Change membership of the Nebraska Brand Committee
Banking, Commerce and Insurance
Room 1507
LB127 (Pahls) Change provisions relating to loan brokerage agreements
LB128 (Pahls) Change the Nebraska Installment Sales Act
LB130 (Pahls) Provide for a licensee relocation fee under the Nebraska Installment Loan Act
LB149 (Gay) Change provisions relating to the unauthorized use of the word bank
Education
Room 1525
LB66 (Stuthman) Require school districts to develop driver safety courses
LB72 (Fischer) Prohibit beginning a school year before Labor Day
LB73 (McGill) Change school breakfast reimbursement provisions
LB205 (Howard) Require schools to adopt a bullying policy
LB490 (Harms) Repeal the Seamless Delivery System Pilot Project
LB563 (Adams) Change provisions relating to learners with high ability
Transportation and Telecommunications
Room 1113
LB297 (Pedersen) Eliminate a requirement relating to a telecommunications surcharge
LB661 (Transportation and Telecommunications Committee) Change provisions relating to telecommunications
LB660 (Transportation and Telecommunications Committee) Change the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Services Fund Act
LB560 (Fischer) Provide for regulation of communications providers
LB330 (Schimek) Change the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act
Urban Affairs
Room 1510
LB309 (Heidemann) Change provisions relating to handicapped or disabled parking permits
LB347 (Mines) Change provisions relating to the giving of bonds by city or village officials
LB517 (Erdman) Provide for the consolidation of one or more cities of the first class
LR6CA (Avery) Constitutional amendment to provide for investment by political subdivisions
WEDNESDAY
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Room 1507
LB61 (Avery) Prohibit certain gifts and contributions to candidates for or members of the Public Service Commission
LB198 (Schimek) Change requirements for campaign messages
LB361 (Raikes) Prohibit public funds’ use for dues or membership fees as prescribed
LB434 (Avery) Change late filing fees under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act
LB527 (Aguilar) Provide registration fees for political committees and allow waiver of interest on late filing fees and penalties
Health and Human Services
Room 1510
LB144 (McDonald) Adopt the Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Act
LB194 (Pahls) Change disciplinary provisions of the Uniform Licensing Law
LB427 (Johnson) Change authorized procedures for dental hygienists
LB463 (Johnson) Adopt the Uniform Credentialing Act
LB538 (Schimek) Change authorized functions for dental hygienists
Judiciary
Room 1113
LB476 (Chambers) Change penalty from death to life imprisonment without possibility of parole and provide for restitution
LB470 (Chambers) Change provisions relating to dissemination of records of arrest
LB465 (Chambers) Change provisions relating to jailhouse informants
LB674 (Lathrop) Prohibit use of social security numbers by employers as prescribed and provide a penalty
LB215 (Ashford) Change provisions relating to life imprisonment
Natural Resources
Room 1525
LB295 (Natural Resources Committee) Change provisions relating to irrigation and regulation of water and water wells
LB314 (Louden) Redefine water well for purposes of registration
LB568 (Natural Resources Committee) Extend a scrap tire grant program
Revenue
Room 1524
LB331 (Janssen) Eliminate the estate tax and sales tax on construction services and change income tax calculations
LB325 (Speaker Flood, at the request of the Governor) Repeal business child care income tax credits
LB338 (Gay) Change income tax deductions for the Nebraska educational savings plan trust
LB436 (Raikes) Change income tax calculations, rates, and schedules and eliminate certain itemized deductions and taxes
LB10 (Mines) Terminate estate and generation-skipping taxes
LB282 (Stuthman) Terminate estate and generation-skipping taxes
THURSDAY
Executive Board
Room 2102 — noon
LB34 (Schimek) Create the State-Tribal Relations Committee
LB402 (Schimek) Adopt the Redistricting Act
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Room 1507
LB199 (Schimek) Changes municipal cooperative financing and open meetings provisions
LB389 (Aguilar) Change provisions relating to public records
LB391 (Mines) Change provisions relating to public records and meetings
LB622 (Pirsch) Require training courses in public records and the Open Meetings Act for all members of a public body, public officers, and public employees
Health and Human Services
Room 1510
LB48 (Dierks) Exempt certified registered nurse anesthetists from certain radiation-use qualifications
LB385 (Johnson) Change provisions relating to advanced practice registered nurses
LB395 (Johnson) Adopt a new Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act
LB584 (Preister) Adopt the Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Act
Judiciary
Room 1113
LB137 (Flood) Change provisions relating to inheritance tax liens
LB152 (Pankonin) Change insurer reporting requirements regarding professional liability claims
LB220 (Dierks) Provide for medical liens for chiropractors
LB586 (Cornett) Change medical lien provisions
LB384 (Wightman) Prohibit certain actions by judgment creditors
LB618 (Pirsch) Authorize State Treasurer to collect certain bad debt fees electronically
LB619 (Pirsch) Change provisions relating to bad debt charges by the State Treasurer
LB620 (Pirsch) Change provisions relating to child support collection, bad debts, and the State Disbursement Unit
Natural Resources
Room 1525
LB579 (Louden) Allow alternative energy production through customer-generators
LB581 (Preister) Adopt the Energy Conservation and Self-Reliance Act
Nebraska Retirement Systems
Room 1525 — 12:15 p.m.
LB328 (Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee) Change provisions relating to county and state retirement plans
LB329 (Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee) Change qualifications of the director of the Public Employees Retirement Board
LB665 (Karpisek) Provide for the election of cash balance benefits for state and county employees
Revenue
Room 1524
LB334 (Dierks) Merge the Department of Property Assessment and Taxation with the Department of Revenue
LB366 (Janssen) Provide state funding for community colleges, change valuation of agricultural land, and create a homestead exemption
LB430 (Langemeier) Change property tax levies
LB453 (White) Provide an income tax credit for property taxes
LB684 (Dubas) Provide for an income tax credit based upon certain property taxes
LB510 (Avery) Create a homestead exemption and the Scholarship Trust Fund
LB511 (Avery) Change valuation of agricultural land and create a homestead exemption
FRIDAY
Health and Human Services
Room 1510
LB410 (Howard) Change child welfare caseload provisions
LB411 (Howard) Require standards for training for certain new health and human services employees
LB461 (Dubas) Provide rights for foster parents
Judiciary
Room 1113
LB695 (Christensen) Limit the power of cities to regulate the carrying of concealed handguns
LB692 (Hudkins) Prohibit intentional discharge of firearm within two hundred yards of a dwelling
LB491 (Harms) Change provisions relating to concealed handguns
LB138 (Flood) Provide penalties and change other provisions relating to sex offenders
LB81 (Schimek) Create the offense of school trespass and prohibit certain activities of registered sex offenders
LB143 (McDonald) Prohibit government officials from requiring a polygraph examination of a victim of a sex offense
Natural Resources
Room 1525
Considering governor’s appointment of Ann Bleed as director of the Department of Natural Resources
LB390 (Aguilar) Require certain rules and regulations related to underground storage tanks and tank operators
LB593 (Louden) Amend the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Act to eliminate an insurance provision
Revenue
Room 1524
LB367 (Janssen) Change motor vehicle and sales tax rates and eliminate sales tax on construction services
LB608 (Raikes) Change the sales tax rate
LB340 (Wightman) Authorize a local option income tax for school capital construction purposes
LB487 (Wallman) Authorize an income tax for support of schools
LB173 (Engel) Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions
Source: Lincoln Journal Star
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