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Legislature advances bill creating housing assistance fund for domestic violence and trafficking survivors
Summary
LB78 would raise the documentary stamp tax by seven cents and dedicate proceeds to a new Domestic Violence and Trafficking Survivor Assistance Fund for housing-related support; the body advanced the bill after amending it to include statutory mitigation language for survivors in sentencing considerations (AM737).
The Legislature advanced Legislative Bill 78, sponsored by Senator Bostar, to E&R initial after floor debate and the addition of an amendment (AM737) that would add statutory language directing courts to consider a defendant’s status as a survivor of trafficking or domestic abuse as a mitigating factor during sentencing deliberations.
Why it matters: LB78 would create the Domestic Violence and Trafficking Victim Housing Assistance Fund and raise the Nebraska documentary stamp tax by seven cents; revenues would be…
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