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Chair Senator Kautz (introducing committee rules) outlined hearing procedures, three‑minute light system for testifiers, where to submit written testimony (legislature.nebraska.gov), and announced the order of bills to be heard.
The Nebraska Legislature Business and Labor Committee held a multi-bill hearing covering worker-safety inspections (LB861), first‑responder protections for 911/public safety communications personnel (LB744), extensions and changes to rural and middle‑income workforce housing programs (LB819), a constitutional call on paid family and medical leave (LR303CA), and a Department of Labor fee proposal to stabilize admin funding (LB1173). Committee members questioned fiscal impacts, administrative details, and program implementation across items.
