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Nebraska Legislature introduces wide slate of new bills, including tax relief rename, qualified-immunity change, and energy storage authority
Summary
Clerk read dozens of new bills covering property tax relief renaming, changes to law enforcement civil liability, racing and gaming regulation, school-bus camera enforcement and energy storage eminent domain; Speaker Arch extended bill introductions after a resignation announcement.
Lincoln — On Jan. 13 the Nebraska Legislature processed a large batch of newly introduced bills covering a broad range of topics, including property tax relief, law-enforcement civil liability, racing and gaming regulation, school bus safety equipment, and electric energy storage.
The clerk read dozens of measures on the floor. Among the bills announced were LB 990 (sponsored by Senator Dover), which would rename the School District Property Tax Relief Act the "Live Here, Thrive Here Act" and change how property tax credits are distributed; LB 993 (Senator McKinney), which would create a civil cause of action for deprivation of constitutional rights by law-enforcement officers and remove the defense of qualified immunity; and LB 1001 (General Affairs Committee), a comprehensive racing and gaming bill addressing licenses, simulcast facilities, problem-gambling assistance and administrative structure.
Other notable bills include LB 992 (Senator Dover) to authorize stop-signal arm camera systems on school buses to enforce certain violations; LB 1010 concerning eminent domain authority for electrical energy storage property and related provisions for energy storage resources; and LB 1016 (Senator Raybould) directing the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a Medicaid demonstration waiver to reimburse traditional healing services under the medical assistance program.
Speaker Arch told members that, because of the resignation announcement earlier in the morning, the body would not take up LR 282 and would continue bill introductions for the remainder of the morning rather than cutting off introductions at the previously announced time.
Senator Hansen reminded colleagues of an administrative deadline: the deadline to request a three-part bill is Friday, Jan. 16 by 1 p.m. to guarantee printing before adjournment on Wednesday the 20th; requests made after that time will be processed as time permits and are not guaranteed.
The bills were read into the record; none of the measures in the morning batch was acted on substantively in the chamber during the session recorded in the transcript. Further committee referrals, hearings or committee amendments will determine whether any measure advances toward floor consideration.
