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Votes and outcomes (selected items recorded on the floor):

- LB 10 — Passed with the emergency clause. Clerk reported 46 ayes, no nays, 3 excused not voting.
- LB 21 — Passed. Clerk reported 47 ayes, no nays, 2 excused not voting.
- LB 42 — Passed. Clerk reported 47 ayes, no nays, 2 excused not voting.
- LB 59 — Passed. Clerk reported 47 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 98 — Passed with the emergency clause. Clerk reported 47 ayes, no nays, 2 excused not voting.
- LB 118 — Passed. Clerk reported vote recorded; tally recorded in transcript as passage (vote details garbled in transcript but clerk announced passage).
- LB 139 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 160 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 180 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 187 — Passed with the emergency clause. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 196 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 197 — Passed. Clerk reported 47 ayes, 1 nay, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 231 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 240 — Passed with the emergency clause. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 250 — Passed. Clerk reported 47 ayes, 1 nay, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 251 — Passed with the emergency clause. Clerk reported 47 ayes, 1 nay, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 296 — Passed (education/student records); clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 296A — Passed (appropriations for LB296); clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 335 (listed as LB 3 35 in transcript) — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 357 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 362 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 609 — Passed. Clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.
- LB 609A — Passed (appropriations); clerk reported 48 ayes, no nays, 1 excused not voting.

Notes on the roundup:
- The clerk’s floor announcements and lists of voting senators provided the vote counts recorded here. In several instances the transcript’s title text for a bill was garbled during automated transcription; where a bill number is clear (for example LB10, LB21, etc.), this list uses that number and records the clerk’s announced outcome and tally.
- ‘‘Excused not voting’’ or ‘‘not voting’’ counts were included when the clerk read them on the floor. The transcript sometimes lists specific senators as excused or not voting; where the clerk named the excused senators, that detail is part of the floor record but is not repeated here in full.
- If additional roll‑call detail, committee amendments, or vetoes are required for reporting, consult the official journal and enrolled bills on the Nebraska Legislature website for verbatim vote sheets and final enrolled text.

No contested roll-call disputes are recorded in the transcript excerpt.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Legislative Morning Session - 3/6/2025 NE","oneSentenceSummary","A series of bills were passed or advanced on final reading March 7 in the Nebraska Legislature; this roundup lists each bill recorded on the transcript with the clerk’s reported roll-call tallies and outcome as reported in the journal entries included in the floor transcript.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NE, Nebraska","taxId",77675,"location","Nebraska","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6292194,"DHHS delivers early dental health starter kits to Nebraska providers, senator says",0,9488000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc&start=9488&end=9488","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc/thumbnail_9488000.jpg","/articles/6292194/Nebraska/DHHS-delivers-early-dental-health-starter-kits-to-Nebraska-providers-senator-says","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6292194-a1dcd603580bd2538b45fd8dd01d3ac7/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454177&Signature=Jk6oMP78pT0JA8AJPWPEvn0uIz7vzLECOmw5YVRjHueGduD1gE3yTlJJNqdj-C6yS-oH5d44meks8l-iHw3iRZnHauOTx-82oLSPAzVsJuf~OJ8dQUWQqsCpjLd08ELndFUKjUzLIoh7Qo948xQAmMKUZ8u7YHuK-npLiufraLD4opZh1AxvTkw~-nat19AiFRDJvjHnHjzkn2LKrWKUomGVHLVr6-7gAbp9KI8J83lwB-Ofn4vwVeaVvtzp9sYCFghrBaw8eaWukhQUjcU3oT2tuNGmVL-JCCxnzBQuSvTRiKpX1SkFYDvfsH18TJLCSO0y1cXe1rOtkLhayfKzsA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Holcroft told the chamber that the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Oral Health and Dentistry has distributed more than 85,000 early dental health starter kits to health and childcare providers across the state.

Holcroft described the kits as age‑specific dental cleaning items and educational materials designed to teach parents and caregivers how to start oral hygiene practices for newborns and infants, and to encourage establishing a dental home by age 1. The kits were distributed to dental offices, birthing hospitals, early Head Start programs, pediatric clinics, WIC sites, daycares, home‑visiting programs, community health centers, local health departments and dental colleges.

Holcroft stated that approximately 25,000 babies are born each year in Nebraska and that the starter‑kit distribution—85,000 kits in total—was completed to reach multiple early‑childhood touchpoints. He said the kits include information about reduced‑cost dental care options in Nebraska and emphasized early oral hygiene’s role in preventing cavities and establishing lifelong habits.

No vote or formal action on the Senate floor was tied to this announcement in the recorded portion of the session.","Senator Holcroft reported the Department of Health and Human Services distributed more than 85,000 early dental starter kits to providers statewide to promote infant oral health and connect families with low‑cost dental resources.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6292199,"LB504A advances after senators follow chamber tradition for appropriation bills",641,1035000,1676000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc&start=1035&end=1676","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc/thumbnail_1035000.jpg","/articles/6292199/Nebraska/LB504A-advances-after-senators-follow-chamber-tradition-for-appropriation-bills","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6292199-7cd305ba74769d6fed8191c99f2745e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454177&Signature=N6vEWBEY~W~z8lqULbqX-5U6Yb45dBiOG7T47oh5gx9AsqZxVj0HZpQV9hYXSDdC8JP~y7r3JJiyp9qMSErSLQKKCm1KlMPaBXrH1cfp7o50HI82Dr-A1-f3jVOHhOKAm9LXg7xcTusqjLi-zSdfbEPVtTgkg1fNKeZMs957vbDIM3ZRo9QlftfDJMQL9czZ3K8cQ7hQtB2zBowqi79YhM0F8sNLMurT6COueUxyQcuQ5FD8plslt~F2TY31UNmjliBT9YCtqmw0sq6JpQFdKCEQp~ful0Irowgy8cgBtO5DVlnvDcapjJbhUeYYSxWTF0trHOdtzJamWQXi3lGJoA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Boston opened on LB504A, describing it as an A bill ‘‘to provide funding to and for the enforcement portion of LB504’’ and said the Attorney General would need to hire an assistant attorney general to support enforcement. Several senators spoke in favor of advancing the A bill, and Senator Conrad spoke in general opposition to the Attorney General’s existing litigation strategy while nonetheless saying she would follow chamber tradition and support the A bill at this stage.

Senator Conrad said the A bill seeks to expand personnel and funding for the Attorney General’s office and criticized previous management of settlement funds, but she stated: \"I will support this A bill at this juncture\" in recognition of the Legislature’s tradition that the A bill accompanying a bill that has passed should be advanced to allow technical and funding work to proceed.

Senator Spivey, a member of the Appropriations Committee, spoke about prior agency hearings and questioned decision-making within the Attorney General’s office, noting concerns about the office signing on to national litigation and whether that represents Nebraska’s interests.

Senator Boston closed; the clerk recorded an advancing vote of 41 ayes and no nays on the advancement of LB504A to E & R initial.

The transcript does not show additional amendments or a final passage vote on LB504A within the provided excerpt.","Senator Boston's LB504A, which would appropriate funds to support enforcement of LB504, advanced to E & R initial unanimously; senators discussed tradition that A bills that implement passed bills are typically supported even by dissenters to the underlying policy.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6292204,"Nebraska debate over LB229 resumes as senators seek to return bill to select file; opponents warn of worker impacts",4025,6263000,10288000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc&start=6263&end=10288","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc/thumbnail_6263000.jpg","/articles/6292204/Nebraska/Nebraska-debate-over-LB229-resumes-as-senators-seek-to-return-bill-to-select-file-opponents-warn-of-worker-impacts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6292204-16ca91faa81cf2563da3c0ac28852e2a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454177&Signature=VSOzeV8D4EVGIhxUpEAvRrjtWq-khF6Ni8apr3vWWRhJUjMuiOC0JubWfdArUPHTahXJHrYFhc-DwOVolcAIbMcbi~j4rqSLBVfpJwQOLwLap37crs1i7jVxIqoCRx~Xji1EaP2956ttLaiJ49LMmX~tHR3xw2BHNs1FLjV9IWdcLx9QfiR6shq5RZpcz7aU9Il~6vmHLH0AM3v8B2Qg-TGKo9uGqIzodWUAhf9FYPXGthYP1IH0OlUEhvIc5fh~NL~jFcHaOSNaHd2~KkzUfJtLJvMDVW4-R7Kj6ZIFJkBCk2vNrkaCTcL1UlsQwzqLqAfmppLoIV1TPbNlI4yjEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Conrad moved on the floor to return Legislative Bill 229 to select file for a specific amendment (to strike the enacting clause, FA 28), and used her opening time to frame the motion as a way to continue debate on the bill’s policy and legal concerns.

Conrad said she has ‘‘a significant amount of policy, practical and legal concerns with LB229,’’ and argued the bill ‘‘seeks to legalize corporate misclassification of employees’’ and would ‘‘undercut responsible local employers’’ and ‘‘deprive hardworking Nebraskans of an opportunity to organize’’ and of other protections. She urged colleagues to consider the bill’s broader consequences for working families and state revenues.

Other senators spoke both for and against returning the bill to select file. Senator Kavanaugh said he opposed the bill as unnecessary and warned broad statutory language could capture workers who currently are employees. Senator Duncan and several others urged senators to examine national litigation and settlement outcomes in other states when weighing a statutory change. Senator Dungan and others described settlements and policy compromises in other jurisdictions, with some speakers emphasizing that when states or voters treated gig drivers as independent contractors, those arrangements were often accompanied by negotiated protections or payments to drivers.

Opponents described LB229 as part of a wider set of measures they say favor corporations over workers. Senator Spivey said the bill ‘‘is really situated for big corporations’’ and cautioned about the resulting pressure on safety-net programs. Senator Hunt called the measure ‘‘corporate welfare disguised as deregulation.’’ Supporters, including Senator Hallstrom, said many drivers prefer the flexibility of independent-contractor status and that the bill codifies statutory clarity already used elsewhere in Nebraska for other worker categories.

Senator Conrad formally moved the return-to-select-file motion; the recorded transcript provided debate and multiple floor speeches but did not show a completed roll-call result for that motion in the provided excerpt. The bill remained the subject of extended floor debate at the close of the recorded session.

Transcript-recorded themes:
- Worker protection vs. flexibility: opponents argued LB229 removes protections (minimum wage, payroll contributions, unemployment, workers’ compensation), while supporters said many drivers value schedule flexibility and prefer contractor status.
- National comparisons: speakers referenced California’s Proposition 22 and litigation/settlements in other states as context for how classification disputes have been handled elsewhere.
- Fiscal and social safety-net concerns: multiple senators warned misclassification can reduce revenue to unemployment and workers’ compensation funds and shift costs to taxpayers.

No final floor disposition of the return-to-select-file motion or of LB229 appears in the portion of the transcript provided.","Senator Carol Conrad moved to return LB229 to select file with a specific amendment, reopening a lengthy floor debate about whether the bill would legalize misclassification of gig workers and strip protections; supporters say drivers want contractor status and opponents say the bill favors out‑of‑state platforms over Nebraskans.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6292209,"Nebraska lawmaker: Medicaid FMAP drop deepens budget shortfall to about $289 million",125,885000,1010000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc&start=885&end=1010","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2527510-c5d20f0d53eeaa1ba557b48b850d2ddc/thumbnail_885000.jpg","/articles/6292209/Nebraska/Nebraska-lawmaker-Medicaid-FMAP-drop-deepens-budget-shortfall-to-about-289-million","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6292209-a7b26173976a1df01b7fd47fe0db40bb/orig.mp4?Expires=1775454177&Signature=f09XfRKwpR7g-HcoayDp0CkBxRdHDJ7bqvRK68OiFwmYmjc-WaYNYzXnFu2M7asHN7BGkc-Y9ZVjm~kEz1AJ5-njB96W46JfLG97bCqJ~BIK9CQMkxxdnPcANwVgA2SpSiknqcEMl3BDxeQ7XfCA4LGrMuQ7OJlSkGAQkFM5LcEIcD0wdTjgX4I526lGEAXofx8szb7GaUhzvAS7S6yiclPE7iy-APBs2K5BEUyxrdNRvAE73K~qwXQEvhJ4UjUWz876UcgjIf0FY~R4g3BtV9CRg8CqW4JdULhL3CK~fY4w~uMpS4oXFKOZgDMzC9hzhsFXizqK-mI06YIj2avSVw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senator Clemens, addressing the Nebraska Legislature on the morning of March 7, announced an updated state budget shortfall after federal Medicaid matching rates changed.

Clemens said the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) dropped Oct. 1, 2024, reducing the federal share of Medicaid and increasing Nebraska’s state share. A January adjustment to that change was missed and was discovered by the Legislature’s fiscal office on March 6. Clemens said the January adjustment adds about $90,300,000 in additional state Medicaid costs, changing the budget ending balance from a previously reported negative $198 million to a negative $289 million.

The announcement matters because Nebraska’s constitution requires the Legislature to balance the budget. Clemens urged colleagues to work together as the session progresses to identify actions to address the new shortfall, saying, “This means it’s going to be a tougher year than we thought on balancing the budget. We all need to work together to balance the budget.”

Clemens provided three numerical points on the chamber floor: (1) an earlier line in the budget showed a negative $198,000,000 ending balance; (2) the newly discovered January FMAP adjustment is $90,300,000 in additional state costs; and (3) the updated shortfall is now negative $289,000,000. He framed the problem as a Legislature-wide responsibility, noting it is “not just the appropriation committee’s budget” but the Legislature’s budget to be balanced.

Members did not take immediate votes tied to that announcement on the floor during the recorded portion of the session. Clemens distributed a handout to senators showing the corrected financial-status figures for review.

Looking ahead, Clemens said the newly identified Medicaid cost increase will shape the budget discussions and appropriations work for the remainder of the session. He did not specify particular balancing measures in his remarks.","Senator Curt Clemens told colleagues the federal share of Medicaid fell last October and a missed January adjustment added roughly $90.3 million to the state's share, widening a projected shortfall to about $289 million and prompting calls to work together to balance the budget.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: bills passed on final reading and related floor actions, March 7, 2025

DHHS delivers early dental health starter kits to Nebraska providers, senator says

LB504A advances after senators follow chamber tradition for appropriation bills

Nebraska debate over LB229 resumes as senators seek to return bill to select file; opponents warn of worker impacts

Nebraska lawmaker: Medicaid FMAP drop deepens budget shortfall to about $289 million