With a unicameral legislature, in Nebraska, the people truly are the “second house.” That’s why NFA is dedicated to empowering people to stand up for faith, family, and freedom at our state capitol. Below are the most important bills NFA is advocating for and against in the current legislative session.
2024 Bill Tracker
– 108th Legislature, 2nd Session –
Life
LB 606: Pregnancy Help Act - SUPPORT
Helps broaden support for pregnant women and parents by creating an annual $10 million tax credit for private donations to pregnancy help organizations.
PASSED! The Revenue Committee held a committee hearing on February 24, 2023. The bill advanced from committee on April 11th, 2023, with 6 “yes” votes, one “no” vote, and one “present-not-voting.” LB 606 was successfully amended into LB 937 as a $2 million annual tax credit on a vote of 28-15 on March 28, 2024, and advanced through the final round of debate 45-0 after being reduced to a $500,000 tax credit for 2025-2026 and $1 million annual tax credit each fiscal year after.
LB 876: Newborn Safe Haven Act - SUPPORT
Strengthens Nebraska’s Safe Haven law by authorizing parents to surrender a newborn infant up to ninety days old or younger without fear of prosecution, expands locations where a newborn can be safely surrendered to include fire and police stations, and allows for the installation of Safe Haven Baby Boxes at fire stations.
PASSED! The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 7, 2024. LB 876 was designated as a 2024 Speaker Priority bill and advanced from committee on March 6, 2024 on a 5-2 vote. The bill advanced through the the first round of debate by the full legislature on a vote of 38-0 on the condition that the authorization of Safe Haven Baby Boxes be removed. The bill advanced through the final round of debate on April 11, 2024, on a 47-0 vote.
LB 974: Increase penalties for causing the death of an unborn child - SUPPORT
Increases the penalty for drunk driving resulting in the death of an unborn child from a Class IIIA to Class IIA felony.
The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 29, 2024. The bill was advanced from committee on March 18, 2024, on a 6-1 vote but did not receive a vote by the full legislature and must be reintroduced in 2025.
LB 879: Expand abortion & allow sex-change surgeries on children - OPPOSE
Harms children, born and unborn, by seeking to repeal Nebraska’s 12-week pro-life protection for preborn babies, which would allow elective abortion until 20 weeks, and repeal Nebraska’s law prohibiting gender reassignment surgeries on children.
After introducing the bill on January 3, 2024, Senator Machaela Cavanaugh formally withdrew the bill on February 22, 2024.
LB 1109: Expand Abortion - OPPOSE
Allows for the abortion of babies with fetal anomalies. Babies with fetal anomalies, and their families, deserve compassionate care and dignity rather than being abandoned to abortion.
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on February 22, 2024. Senator Merv Riepe designated LB 1109 as his personal priority bill. The bill failed to advance from committee on a 3-2 vote with 3 “present-not-voting” and was indefinitely postponed.
LR 18CA: Create a constitutional right to abortion - OPPOSE
Adds “reproductive freedom” as a right under Article I of the Nebraska Constitution, alongside “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The Health and Human Services Committee held a committee hearing on March 16th, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LR 19CA: Constitutional amendment to prohibit any pro-life laws - OPPOSE
Amends the Nebraska Constitution to prohibit the state from enforcing any pro-life laws that protect preborn children from abortion.
The Health and Human Services Committee held a committee hearing on March 16th, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LR 20CA: Create a constitutional right to abortion - OPPOSE
Amends the Nebraska Constitution to add a “right of individual privacy,” which was the basis for the U.S. Supreme Court to create a right to abortion in Roe v. Wade.
The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on March 22, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
Religious Freedom
LB 1034: Defend public school employees’ religious freedom - SUPPORT
Prohibits a school district from preventing or punishing an employee for engaging in religious expression while on school property or when acting within the scope of the employee’s duties.
The Education Committee held a hearing on February 12, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 277: Protect Religious Freedom - SUPPORT
Defends the First Amendment rights of all Nebraskans by establishing a clear standard to ensure religious liberty rights are not infringed by government and that government cannot treat churches and religious organizations worse than secular businesses.
PASSED! The Government Committee held a hearing on February 8, 2023. The bill was advanced from committee on a 5-3 vote and was designated as a priority bill by Senator Hardin. LB 277 was amended into LB 43 on January 23, 2024, and advanced through the first-round debate on a 37-0 vote. The bill passed through the final round of debate on a 39-0 vote and was signed into law by Governor Pillen on March 27, 2024.
LB 297: Personal Data Privacy Protection - SUPPORT
Prohibits any government agency from requiring, compelling, or distributing the personal information of citizens who contribute to or support non-profit organizations.
PASSED! The Government Committee held a hearing on February 16, 2023. The bill was advanced from committee on a 6-0 vote and was designated as a priority bill by Senator Lowe in 2023. LB 297 was amended into LB 43 on January 23, 2024, and advanced through the first round of debate on a 37-0 vote. The bill passed through the final round of debate on a 39-0 vote and was signed into law by Governor Pillen on March 27, 2024.
LB 810: Medical Conscience Rights - SUPPORT
Protects the religious freedom and conscience rights of medical care providers, healthcare institutions, and healthcare payers by ensuring they cannot be compelled to participate in or pay for medical procedures that violate their conscience.
The Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on February 10, 2023. The bill was designated as a priority bill by Senator Murman in 2023. The committee took no action, and the bill was not advanced.
Education and Parental Rights
LB 575: Save Girls’ Sports - SUPPORT
Protects fairness and opportunity in girls’ sports and the privacy and dignity of all students by ensuring bathroom and locker room access in schools is based on biological sex and that only biological females can compete in girls’ sports contests.
The Education Committee held a hearing on February 13, 2023. The bill was designated as a 2024 priority bill by Senator Kauth and advanced from committee on April 4, 2024, on a 5-3 vote. LB 575 failed to overcome a filibuster during the first round of debate and failed to advance on a vote of 31-15 with two “present-not-voting.” 33 votes were required.
LB 1386: Educational Savings Accounts - SUPPORT
Establishes the Nebraska Student Savings Account Support Fund to allocate $1,500 per year to an educational savings account for any student in kindergarten through twelfth grade enrolled at a private, denominational, or parochial school.
The Education Committee held a hearing on January 30, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 1402: Funding for education scholarships - SUPPORT
Provides $25 million for the purpose of providing grants to scholarship-granting organizations that provide education scholarships to low-income students to attend the school of their choice.
PASSED! The Appropriations Committee held a hearing on February 6, 2024. The bill was designated as a 2024 priority bill by Senator Linehan and advanced from committee on February 23, 2024, on a 6-3 vote. LB 1402 was amended to provide $10 million annually in scholarships for students to attend the school of their choice and passed into law on April 18, 2024, on a final vote of 32-15.
LB 1403: Opportunity Scholarships Act - SUPPORT
Makes updates to the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which provides a tax credit for private donations to scholarship-granting organizations that provide education scholarships to low-income and disadvantaged students to attend the school of their choice.
The Revenue Committee held a hearing on February 14, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 1027: Cut burdensome homeschool regulations - SUPPORT
Cuts red tape and eliminates burdensome and unnecessary regulations on parents who homeschool their children.
PASSED! The Education Committee held a hearing on January 22, 2024. The bill advanced from committee on a 5-1 vote and was designated as a 2024 Speaker Priority bill. LB 1027 advanced through the first round of debate by the full legislature on a 36-0 vote and passed into law on April 11, 2024, on a final vote of 44-1.
LB 1065: Allow pastors to serve as counselors in public schools - SUPPORT
Authorizes school districts to hire a chaplain to perform the duties of a school counselor without a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Education.
The Education Committee held a committee hearing on February 27, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 1273: Support homeschool students - SUPPORT
Requires school boards to admit homeschool students for part-time enrollment for purposes of participation in extracurricular activities if such student resides in a neighboring school district that does not offer the extracurricular activity the student desires to participate in.
The Education Committee held a committee hearing on February 12, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 71: Strengthen parental rights and academic transparency - SUPPORT
Ensures all school districts develop a policy in support of parents’ rights stating how the district will involve parents, provide access to all learning materials, and how parents can opt their child out of lessons or activities. The policy must be reviewed annually following a public hearing and be displayed prominently on the website for each school.
PASSED! The Education Committee held a hearing on January 31, 2023. The committee advanced the bill on a 7-0 vote, and it was designated as a priority bill by Senator Lippincott in 2023. Senator Meyer designated LB 71 as a priority bill in 2024, and the bill advanced through the first round of debate by the full legislature on March 21, 2024, on a vote of 43-0. LB 71 passed into law on April 11, 2024 on a final vote of 46-0.
LB 374: Parents’ Bill of Rights and Academic Transparency - SUPPORT
Protects the rights of parents as the primary educators of their child’s education and ensures parents have access to all books, learning materials, and curriculum in schools and can object to inappropriate books or learning materials.
The Education Committee held a hearing on January 31, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 177 & 939: My Student, My Choice Act - SUPPORT
Creates the “Follow the Student Fund” to allow parents to apply to receive funding for their child’s education at the public or private school of their choice.
The Education Committee held a hearing on LB 177 on March 21, 2023. The committee took no immediate action. The Education Committee held a hearing on LB 939 on February 5, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and neither bill was advanced.
LB 487: Force transgender ideology in public schools - OPPOSE
Revokes public funding from any school that maintains separate bathrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex or that refers to students by their biological sex rather than gender identity.
The Education Committee held a hearing on February 14, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
Marriage & Family
LB 1092: Online Age Verification Liability Act - SUPPORT
Requires pornography websites and any commercial entity that knowingly publishes material harmful to minors on the internet to have an age verification method through the use of a digitized identification card or a third-party age verification service to verify that the person attempting to access the material is at least eighteen years old.
PASSED! The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 21, 2024. Senator Murman designated LB 1092 as a 2024 priority bill, and the bill advanced from committee on March 15, 2024, on a 6-1 vote. LB 1092 advanced through the first round of debate by the full legislature on March 27, 2024, on a 31-0 vote and passed into law on April 11, 2024, on a final vote of 35-3 and 11 “present-not-voting.”
LB 371: No drag shows for children - SUPPORT
Prohibits drag show performances in front of minors and those under 21 where alcohol is served.
The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on March 24, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 169 & 670: Sexual orientation and gender identity protected class - OPPOSE
Undermines constitutional freedoms, targets small businesses, threatens women’s equality and privacy, and empowers the government to punish people with traditional or religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality. These laws are used as a sword against people of faith rather than a shield against discrimination.
LB 169 was heard by the Judiciary Committee on March 1st, 2023, and the committee took no immediate action. LB 670 was heard by the Business and Labor Committee on February 13th, 2023, and the committee took no immediate action. Neither bill advanced.
LB 179: Talk Therapy Ban - OPPOSE
Violates the free-speech rights of counselors and engages in viewpoint discrimination by forcing counselors to counsel in favor of transgenderism and same-sex attraction. Everyone who seeks counseling has the right to choose their own path, and a counselor shouldn’t be used as a tool to impose the government’s views on their patients.
The Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on March 1, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 316: Erase husband & wife from marriage licenses and certificates - OPPOSE
Requires gender-neutral language on marriage licenses and certificates by replacing “Husband and Wife” with “Spouse 1 and Spouse 2.”
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on March 1, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LR 26CA: Remove marriage from Nebraska Constitution - OPPOSE
Seeks to remove the definition of marriage as one man and one woman from the Nebraska Constitution, undermining the truth about marriage that was placed in the state constitution by voters.
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on March 1, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
Human Trafficking
LB 1096: Combat online exploitation of trafficking victims - SUPPORT
Allows legal action against the online exploitation of trafficking victims by making the online depiction of trafficking, the sexual exploitation of children, or material harmful to minors a deceptive trade practice.
PASSED! The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 12, 2024, and advanced the bill on March 18, 2024, on a 6-0 vote. LB 1096 was successfully amended into LB 934 and advanced through the first round of debate by the full legislature on a 35-0 vote and passed into law on April 11, 2024, with a final vote of 46-0.
LB 1156: Require sex traffickers to register as sex offenders - SUPPORT
Makes retroactive the requirement for sex traffickers to register as sex offenders and requires those who profit from sex trafficking to register as sex offenders.
The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 29, 2024. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 967: Aide for trafficking victims - SUPPORT
Provides legal definition and enforcement against trafficking by coercion and forced commercial sexual exploitation, and expands the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Fund to provide further aid to victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
The Judiciary Committee held a committee hearing on February 28, 2024. The bill advanced from committee on March 7, 2024, on a 5-0 vote. LB 967 did not receive a vote by the full legislature and must be reintroduced in 2025.
LB 1408: Require human trafficking awareness posters in hotels - SUPPORT
Requires informational posters on human trafficking with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number be placed in hotels and develop training for hotel employees regarding issues in human trafficking.
The Business and Labor Committee held a committee hearing on February 12, 2024. The bill advanced from committee on March 26, 2024, on a 7-0 vote. LB 1408 did not receive a vote by the full legislature and must be reintroduced in 2025.
LB 106 & 107: Prohibit digital grooming of kids & vulnerable adults - SUPPORT
Creates the offense of digital grooming and prohibits using an electronic device or social media to knowingly and intentionally communicate with a child or a vulnerable adult with the intent to engage in sexual contact or receive a visual depiction of the child or vulnerable adult for purposes of sexual gratification or extortion.
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on March 23, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and neither bill advanced.
Gambling
LB 168: Expand sports gambling - OPPOSE
Expands gambling statewide by authorizing sports betting on all Nebraska colleges and university sports teams.
The General Affairs Committee held a hearing on February 13, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
LB 493: Expand lottery ticket sales - OPPOSE
Loosens restrictions and expands the sale of lottery tickets by allowing tickets to be sold through vending machines. Designed for people to lose, the state lottery preys on the poor and contributes to cycles of poverty by taking the most from those who can least afford it.
The General Affairs Committee held a hearing on March 13, 2023. The committee took no immediate action, and the bill was not advanced.
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In Nebraska, the lawmaking process begins when a senator introduces a bill. Bills are assigned to one of 14 committees and a public hearing is scheduled. If a bill receives a majority vote of the committee it is placed on General File and debated by the full legislature until it signed by the Governor into law.
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