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Statewide mandatory server training cleared committee amendment but bill fails to advance
Summary
Senators adopted a committee amendment on mandatory server training that exempts volunteer‑staffed special designated licenses and peace officers, but LB178 failed to advance after extended floor debate over costs and business burdens.
The Nebraska Legislature debated LB178, a bill that would require statewide mandatory server training for anyone who sells, serves, mixes or verifies age for alcoholic beverages, but the bill failed to advance after prolonged floor debate about fees and regulatory burden.
Sponsor Senator Mike Klaus said the proposal responds to a rise in compliance failures documented by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission after the COVID‑19 pandemic. Under the bill as amended, the commission would offer a mandatory training and certification; a certificate would be valid for three years and the legislation sets a $20 fee per applicant to cover administrative costs. Special designated licenses staffed primarily by volunteers would require only the manager on duty to be certified, and peace officers would be exempt; those exemptions were added in AM 199, the General Affairs Committee amendment.
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