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Senator Ben Hansen opened the Executive Board hearing and introduced himself as chair and asked committee members to state their names and districts (Terrell Clements, Terrell McKinney, Beau Ballard, Alley Bowser, Iron Dorn, John Frederickson, Mike Jacobson). He also named legal counsel Benson Wallace, clerk Natalie Shunk, and page Joel and gave general procedural instructions for the hearing (silence phones, sign-in sheets).
The Nebraska Legislature Executive Board held hearings on two bills: LB 1049, which would require the Legislative Fiscal Office to include economic-impact reports with fiscal notes for bills anticipating regulatory action and ask the Secretary of State to compile an annual agency index; and a housekeeping bill to align statutory committee references with a proposed rules change (LR 174). Supporters argued AI can speed the analyses; the legislative fiscal analyst raised staffing, timing and quality concerns.
