Nebraska's 108th Legislature (2023-2024)
Life and Human Dignity
LB58 (Sen. John Cavanaugh): Sales Tax Exemption for Diapers
Description: Exempts diapers from sales tax.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB75 (Sen. Tony Vargas): Expanded Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Reporting
Description: Expands reporting for severe maternal morbidity to assist in the development of interventions and protocols to save mothers' lives.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB89 (Sen. Megan Hunt): Legalize Commercial Surrogacy Contracts
Description: Legalizes the commercial business of surrogacy without protections for the well-being or rights of any parties involved.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB169 (Sen. Megan Hunt): SOGI & Public Accommodations, Employment, and Housing
Description: Creates special protections for ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ in statewide employment, public accommodations law, and statewide housing laws, which would require the state to discriminate against those who have traditional moral or religious views about marriage and human sexuality.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB179 (Sen. John Fredrickson): Ban Talk Therapy
Description: Prohibits children from seeking certain forms of therapy (e.g., talk therapy, faith-based counseling, spiritual direction) when grappling with same-sex attraction and gender identity issues.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB277 (Sen. Tom Brewer): Adopt the First Freedom Act
Description: Restores religious freedom protections by ensuring that laws that burden religious practice are subject to the compelling interest (or strict scrutiny) test.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB294 (Sen. Danielle Conrad): Adopt the Child Tax Credit Act
Description: Provides a child income tax credit for low-to-middle income families of up to $1000 per child.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB333 (Sen. Danielle Conrad): Expanded Contraception for Low-Income Families
Description: Requires the state to apply for Medicaid coverage for contraception for low-income families.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB345 (Sen. Christy Armendariz): Create a 'Palliative Care' Definition
Description: Creates legally clarity about palliative care as a distinct form of healthcare, separate from but related to hospice care.
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NCC Position: Support
LB371 (Sen. Dave Murman): Prohibit Minors at Drag Queen Story Hours
Description: Prohibits drag show performances that allow the attendance of minors or those under 21 where alcohol is being served.
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NCC Position: Support
LB488 (Sen. Megan Hunt): Require Abortifacient Emergency Contraception
Description: Requires all hospitals—regardless of their sincerely held moral or religious views about human life—to dispense abortifacient emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB574 (Sen. Kathleen Kauth): Adopts the Let Them Grow Act
Description: Prohibit experimental and dangerous procedures and medicines to be used on minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB575 (Sen. Kathleen Kauth): Adopt the Sports and Spaces Act
Description: Protects girls' sports by requiring that bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletic teams in K-12 public schools be based on biological sex and ensure that only females can compete in girls' sports.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB606 (Sen. Joni Albrecht): Adopt the Nebraska Pregnancy Help Act
Description: Incentivizes donations to pregnancy help organizations with a tax credit.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB626 (Sen. Joni Albrecht): Adopt the Nebraska Heartbeat Act
Description: Protects preborn babies from abortion when a fetal heartbeat is discovered.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB670 (Sen. Megan Hunt): SOGI & Employment
Description: Creates special protections for ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ in statewide employment law, which would require the state to discriminate against those who have traditional moral or religious views about marriage and human sexuality
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB676 (Sen. Jen Day): Adopt the Nebraska Diaper Distribution Grant Program
Description: Allocates $1.5 million in grants for organizations that distribute diapers for those in need.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB810 (Sen. Dave Murman): Adopt the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act
Description: Protects the consciences of individuals and institutions from participating in any practice that violates their conscience, without reprisal or discrimination from government or private entities.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LR18CA (Sen. Megan Hunt): Create Constitutional Right to Abortion
Description: Proposes an amendment to the state constitution stating there is an inalienable right to 'reproductive freedom', including abortion.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LR19CA (Sen. Megan Hunt): Create Constitutional Right to Abortion
Description: Proposes an amendment to the state constitution stating there is a right to 'reproductive freedom' for any decision related to pregnany, including abortion, and that no person shall be penalized for exercising or assisting someone in exercising their decision.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LR20CA (Sen. Danielle Conrad): Create Constitutional Right to Abortion
Description: Proposes an amendment to the state constitution stating that the right to individual privacy shall not be infringed, which could create a constitutional right to abortion.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
Education
LB153 (Sen. Wendy DeBoer): Extraordinary Increase in Special Education Expenditures Act
Description: Provides funding to public school districts experiencing 'extraordinary increases' in costs for special education, defined as a 7% increase from the previous year.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB165 (Sen. Suzanne Geist): 529 Education Savings Accounts for Private School Tuition
Description: Allows 529 education savings account plans to be used for qualified educational expenses for kindergarten through 12th-grade private schools.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB177 (Sen. Steve Erdman): Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act
Description: Creates a "Follow the Student Fund" and provides parents with school choice funds to better direct the education of their child.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB188 (Sen. Ben Hansen): Temporary Teaching Certificates for Veterans
Description: Provides for a temporary teaching certificate for veterans who have served 48 months, have 60 credit hours with a 2.5 GPA or higher, and have passed required exams.
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NCC Position: Support
LB324 (Sen. Anna Wishart): Increases State Funding for Special Education
Description: Reimburses public school districts' costs for special education up to 80% of their expenses.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB385 (Sen. Lou Ann Linehan): Adopt the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Description: Offers an annual $5,000 retention grant to new teachers for up to three years.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB516 (Sen. Lynne Walz): School Safety Grant Funding
Description: Provides $20 million in grants for school mental health resources and school building security updates.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB519 (Sen. Lynne Walz): Funding for Teacher Recruitment & Retention
Description: Provides four different methods for recruiting and retaining teachers: 1) eliminates teaching certificate fees; 2) increases teacher loan forgiveness amounts; 3) provides retention payments for school employees; and 4) creates student-teacher loan forgiveness.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB528 (Sen. Ben Hansen): Adopt the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program
Description: Offers $9500 in state aid for non-public school tuition for students who are denied an opportunity to option enroll in a different public school district.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB583 (Sen. Rita Sanders): Increased State Funding for Special Education
Description: Provides, among other things, increased reimbursements to public school districts of up to 80% for their special education expenses.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB603 (Sen. Lou Ann Linehan): Alternative Teacher Certification
Description: Creates an alternative teaching certificate for those with a bachelor’s degree and who have completed an approved alternative teacher program.
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NCC Position: Support
L627 (Sen. Eliot Bostar): Adopt the Free Student Meals Act
Description: Creates grant funding for public and non-public schools to provide breakfast and lunch free to all students, if 40% of the student population qualifies for free meals.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB647 (Sen. Mike McDonnell): Update Textbook Loan Program
Description: Centralizes and expands the textbook loan program for nonpublic school students to ensure better access to educational resources.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB673 (Sen. Ben Hansen): School Safety Grant Funding
Description: Provides grants to schools that adopt a policy to provide emergency response mapping data to law enforcement agencies.
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NCC Position: Support
LB705 (Sen. Dave Murman): Allocating Lottery Funds for Educational Purposes
Description: Extends the funding of six education grant funds with lottery funding through the year 2029.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB724 (Sen. Tony Vargas): Eliminate Praxis Test for Teacher Certification
Description: Eliminates the basic skills exam to enter a teaching program at a Nebraska university or college.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB753 (Sen. Lou Ann Linehan at the request of the Governor): Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act
Description: Provides for tax credits for donations to approved scholarship granting organizations that provide private school scholarships to low-income families.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
Marriage and Family
LB306 (Sen. Megan Hunt): Youth in Care Bill of Rights
Description: Creates a list of 'rights' for children in foster care that would conflict with and undermine the wishes and rights of biological parents, guardians, or foster parents.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB316 (Sen. John Fredrickson): Eliminate 'Husband' and 'Wife' from Marriage Laws
Description: Erases the definition of marriage by replacing the words 'man', 'woman', 'husband', 'wife', 'male', and 'female', with 'spouse'
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LB318 (Sen. Eliot Bostar): Child Tax Credits for Low-Income Families
Description: Provides an income tax credit for low-income families.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB331 (Sen. Wendy DeBoer): Allow Any Two People to Adopt
Description: Allows for any two people to jointly adopt a minor child.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
LR26CA (Sen. Jen Day): Eliminate Marriage Amendment
Description: Proposes a ballot referendum for the voters to remove the state constitution’s marriage amendment which defines marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman.
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NCC Position: Oppose Read our testimony here.
Social and Human Development
LB84 (Sen. Jen Day): Poverty Threshold for Food Assistance Eligibility
Description: Retains more expansive income eligibility thresholds for food assistance benefits.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB88 (Sen. Megan Hunt): Food Assistance for Former Felons
Description: Expands the ability of former drug felons to receive food assistance.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB318 (Sen. Eliot Bostar) Child Tax Credits for Low-Income Families
Description: Provides an income tax credit for low-income families.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB199 (Sen. Tom Brewer): Provide a driving privilege card for federally authorized aliens
Description: Allows federally authorized immigrants to obtain a state-issued driving privilege card.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB295 (Sen. Danielle Conrad): Increased Earned Income Tax Credit
Description: Increases the earned income tax credit from 10% of the federal credit to 17%.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB419 (Sen. Anna Wishart): Extended Medicaid Postpartum Coverage
Description: Extends Medicaid coverage for postpartum mothers from 60 days to 12 months.
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NCC Position: Support
LB524 (Sen. John Fredrickson) Food Donations Tax Credit
Description: Provides an income tax credit for donations by grocery retailers and restaurants that support food pantries or food banks.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB618 (Sen. Mike McDonnell): Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Immigrants
Descriptions: Ensures that legally work-authorized immigrants—such as asylum seekers, persons with temporary protected status, and DACA recipients—can access unemployment insurance benefits which they have earned.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB661 (Sen. Teresa Ibach): Food Assistance Innovation Grants
Descriptions: Creates a grant program for nonprofit organizations to purchase, distribute, and store food.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LB763 (Sen. Wendy DeBoer): Adopt the Emergency Food Assistance Act
Descriptions: Provides food security to communities with $10 million in annual grants for the purchase, distribution, and storage of food.
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NCC Position: Support Read our testimony here.
LR17CA (Sen. Terrell McKinney): Prohibit Death Penalty under State Constitution
Descriptions: Proposes an amendment to the Nebraska constitution stating the death penalty shall not be imposed for any offense, and that any current death sentence shall be converted into life sentences.
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NCC Position: Support
