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BIENNIUM	SESSION	Bill	Title	Sponsor	PRIORITY	REQUESTED_BY_GOVERNOR	DOC ID	COSPONSORS	Introduced	TO_WATCH	Committee	Categories	Summary	OTHER_SENATOR_PRIORITY
106	1	LB10	Recognizes the hard work of school board members across the state	Scheer			1.234				Transportation and Telecommunications Committee	Education	This resolution recognizes the hard work of all school board members across the state.
106	1	LB59	Changes investigation and reporting provisions under the Children’s Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act	Cavanaugh			567		19/10/2001		Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety, Child Welfare	This bill would amend statute 71-1936 and require the Department of Health and Human Services to review all complaints of child abuse or neglect received pursuant to section 28-711. It would require the Department to determine whether it should investigate within five working days after receiving the complaint. Finally, if there is an investigation, a report must be issued within thirty days.
106	1	LB60	Changes terminology relating to shaken baby syndrome	Cavanaugh			890		19/10/2001	TRUE	Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety	This bill changes terminology relating to shaken baby syndrome.
106	1	LB66	Provides for an early childhood element in a comprehensive plan developed by a city	Matt Hansen			36.879		19/10/2001	TRUE	Urban Affairs Committee	Economic Assistance/Public Benefits	This bill would require cities to assess the supply of quality licensed early childhood education programs and evaluate the availability and utilization of licensed child care providers as part of their comprehensive plans. The comprehensive plans shall also promote early childhood health and education measures that benefit the community
106	1	LB73	Require display of national motto in schools	Erdman			36.859		19/10/2001		Education Committee	Education	Each classroom or each school building must display "In God We Trust" in English and the Attorney General must defend any school board or other party if anyone seeks to invalidate this law in court.
106	1	LB104	Changes the percentage of distribution of the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund	Linehan			37.483		19/10/2001		Education Committee	Education	This bill changes the distribution of funds from the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund for fiscal years 2021-2022 through 2026-2027. 62% of revenue in this fund will go to the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Fund, with the rest remaining in the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund until the Legislature otherwise directs.
106	1	LB120	Requires teacher and school staff to receive training on behavioral and mental health	Crawford			37.196		19/10/2001		Education Committee	Physical & Mental Health, Education, Early Childhood Workforce	This bill expands the focus of suicide awareness and prevention training taken by school personnel and overseen by the state school security director to include behavioral and mental health. If passed it would take effect immediately.
106	1	LB136	Adopt the Density Bonus and Inclusionary Housing Act	Wayne			37.282		19/11/2001		Urban Affairs Committee	Economic Development, Child Care	Creates the Density Bonus and Inclusionary Housing Act, which outlines incentives and concessions for development projects that include a certain number of low-income housing. Development projects may also include a non-family home child care facility, so long as this child care facility serves a percentage of low-income children equal to or greater than the percentage of low-income housing units necessary to receive the density bonus.
106	1	LB140	Changes provisions relating to the Indoor Tanning Facility Act	Kolowski			36.981		19/11/2001		Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety	This bill defines phototherapy and makes it illegal for any person under the age of eighteen to use tanning equipment.
106	1	LB147	Changes the Student Discipline Act to provide for use by a teacher or administrator of necessary physical contact or physical restraint and provide procedures and grounds for removal from a class in response to student behavior	Groene			36.792		19/11/2001	TRUE	Education Committee	Education, Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health	This bill would allow teachers or school administrators to physically restrain a student if the student becomes physically violent towards another person or towards school property. The teacher or administrator shall not be subject to any legal or administrative action, so long as they were acting in a reasonable manner. This bill would also give teachers the authority to have a student removed from the classroom if the teacher can show the student has repeatedly interfered with the teacher’s ability to communicate with other students and if the student has shown to have a disruptive or unruly behavior in the classroom.
106	1	LB160	Redefines terms under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act to include early childhood infrastructure development and quality early childhood care and education programs for certain cities and villages.	Quick			36.878	Blood, Hunt	19/11/2001	TRUE	Urban Affairs Committee	Economic Assistance/Public Benefits	This bill would allow communities to direct some of their Local Option Municipal Economic Development funds (LB840) to develop or expand quality early childhood programs.
106	1	LB161	Eliminates learning communities	Erdman			37.001		19/11/2001		Education Committee	Education	This bill would eliminate learning communities in Nebraska.
106	1	LB165	Adopts the Too Young to Suspend Act	Hunt			37.405		19/11/2001	TRUE	Education Committee	Education	This bill would require each school board to adopt a policy that would prohibit the suspension or expulsion of any early childhood education or kindergarten student unless the school principal determines that such student has caused or threatened serious bodily injury to a student or another person while in school, on school grounds, in a school-owned vehicle, or at a school-sponsored activity.
106	1	LB168	Defines offense of child abuse to include subjecting a child to conversion therapy	Hunt			37.414		19/11/2001		Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health	This bill defines conversion therapy and states that a person commits child abuse if he/she intentionally or negligently allows a minor to be placed in a situation to be subjected to conversion therapy.
106	1	LB182	Adopts the School District Local Option Income Surtax Act	Bolz			37.228		19/11/2001	TRUE	Revenue Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This bill would allow the school board of any school district to impose a local option income surtax for property tax reduction or building construction, remodeling, and site acquisition. This bill would also allow the school board, by majority vote, pass a resolution to place the issue of enacting a local option income surtax at any primary, general or special election.
106	1	LB241	Changes mentor teacher program guidelines and the use of income from solar and wind agreements on school lands	Bolz			37.618				Education Committee	Education, Early Childhood Workforce	This bill changes the guidelines for the teacher mentoring program. It also stipulates that funds from solar and wind agreements on school lands will be used to fund teacher mentoring program grants.
106	1	LB249	Changes the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from sexual assault and sexual assault of a child	Howard			37.419	Cavanaugh, Matt Hansen, Hunt, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Wishart			Judiciary Committee	Child Safety	This bill ensures that there is no statute of limitations for civil action against an individual or individuals in cases of sexual assault or sexual assault against a child.
106	1	LB251	To adopt the Child Hunger and Workforce Readiness Act	Walz			37.343	Crawford, Howard, Hunt, Kolowski, Lathrop, Quick, Vargas, Wishart			Education Committee	Physical & Mental Health, Education, Family Support, Economic Assistance/Public Benefits	Students eligible to receive reduced-price breakfast or lunch will be provided these meals at no cost to the student. The State Department of Education will reimburse schools for the amount they would have charged. The Legislature will appropriate the funds from the General Fund.
106	1	LB255	Increases the SNAP income eligibility	McCollister			37.447	Blood, Chambers, Howard, Hunt, Kolowski, Pansing Brooks, Quick, Walz, Wishart			Health and Human Services Committee	Economic Assistance/Public Benefits, Family Support	SNAP (nutrition assistance) eligibility will be increased to 140% of the federal Office of Management and Budget income poverty guidelines.
106	1	LB266	Cleanup language to fix elibility issues in the School Readiness Tax Credit	Lindstrom			37.511			TRUE	Revenue Committee	Early Childhood Workforce, Budget/Taxes, Child Care	This bill provides language that fixes interpretation issues that led to self-employed child care providers and certain classifications of child care programs being ineligible for the School Readiness Tax Credit.
106	1	LB281	Provides for the posting by public schools of a toll-free number set up to report child abuse or neglect	McCollister			37.349				Education Committee	Child Safety, Child Welfare	Public schools may post a clearly-visible, toll-free number established by the Department of Health and Humans Services to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. Schools may also post a link to the poster on their website. The Department of Education may contract with an appropriate entity to create the poster and will make it available to schools.
106	1	LB288	Changes state income tax rates	Linehan			37.703				Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill changes state income tax rates.
106	1	LB290	Changes the state sales and use tax rate	Linehan			37.705				Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill changes the state sales tax rate.
106	1	LB291	Changes sales and use tax provisions	Linehan			37.294	Gragert		TRUE	Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill amends sales tax provisions in order to enable the state to collect sales tax from online vendors.
106	1	LB294	Appropriates funds fo the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2021	Speaker Scheer	TRUE	TRUE	37.320			TRUE	Appropriations Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill is the mainline budget bill
106	1	LB295	Appropriates funds for salaries of members of the Legislature	Speaker Scheer	TRUE		37.321				Appropriations Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill is a budget bill. It provides funding for the salaries for members of the Legislature
106	1	LB296	Appropriates funds for salaries of constitutional officers	Speaker Scheer	TRUE		37.322				Appropriations Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill is a budget bill. It provides funding for the salaries for of constitutional officers.
106	1	LB303	Changes the amount of relief under the Property Tax Credit Act	Lindstrom		TRUE	37.488			TRUE	Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes	Increases the amount of relief granted under the Property Tax Credit Act from $224 M to $275 M for tax year 2019 and each year thereafter.
106	1	LB311	Adopts the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Crawford			36.887	Blood, Cavanaugh, Matt Hansen, Howard, Hunt, Lathrop, McDonnell, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Quick, Walz, Wishart		TRUE	Business and Labor Committee	Economic Assistance/Public Benefits, Family Support	This bill creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund to enable employees to take 12 weeks for their child during the first year of birth, adoption, or placement through foster care; 12 weeks due to serious illness of the employee; 6 weeks for weeks to care for a family member with a health condition; 6 weeks to care for a service member; 6 weeks for qualifying exigency leave. The bill also sets levels for the amount of wage replacement to be paid based on income level.
106	1	LB328	Adopts the Nebraska Family First Act, provides for non-court-involved response to reports of child abuse or neglect, and provides for a family finding project	Bolz			37.277				Health and Human Services Committee	Child Welfare, Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health, Family Support	Amended into LB468, AM1166. The Nebraska Family First Act is to utilize best practices in supporting children at risk of or who have experienced abuse or neglect. It lays out an array of interventions and services, with an emphasis on prevention, that can best support families to keep them together while keeping child safety the top priority.
106	1	LB329	Changes provisions relating to child care subsidy and licensure	Bolz			37.281			TRUE	Health and Human Services Committee	Child Care, Economic Assistance/Public Benefits, Family Support	Moves family eligibility for the Child Care Subsidy from 130% of the federal poverty level (FPL) up to 165% FPL; removes the 24-month maximum for transitional child care assistance; makes transitional child care assistance available for families between 165% FPL and 200% FPL. Any fee for processing applications or background checks must not exceed the actual cost of processing and administration.
106	1	LB330	Changes the administration, duties, membership, purpose, and reports of the Nebraska Children's Commission	Bolz			37.241				Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety, Child Welfare	Amended into LB600, AM1241. Changes the required membership on the Nebraska Children's Commission and updates its responsibilities to include 3-5 research or policy priorities per biennium, an annual report to the governor and the HHS Committee, among other things.
106	1	LB341	Changes provisions relating to a determination of ongoing eligibility for a child care subsidy (graduated phaseout compliance)	Arch			37.098			TRUE	Health and Human Services Committee	Child Care, Economic Assistance/Public Benefits, Family Support	Amended into LB460, AM1211. Removes the 24-month maximum for transitional child care assistance; changes the income level at which you lose transitional child care assistance within an eligibility year from 185% federal poverty level (FPL) to 85% state median income (SMI); at the end of an eligibility period, the family will stay eligible for transitional child care if their income is below 185% FPL.
106	1	LB343	Adopt the School Safety Rapid Response Option Act and authorize schools to allow employees to carry concealed handguns	Halloran			37.375	Briese			Judiciary Committee	Child Safety, Education	Grants authority to schools to allow approved employees to carry a concealed handgun.
106	1	LB346	Changes special education reimbursements	Wishart			37.501				Education Committee	Education, School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Increases the special education reimbursement percentage.
106	1	LB350	Provides a budget exception for expanded learning opportunity programs	Morfeld			37.695				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Adds expanded learning programs such as community learning centers to the list of exceptions for which schools may exceed their budget authority for the general fund budget of expenditures.
106	1	LB351	Provides for school district levy and bonding authority for cybersecurity and violence prevention	Morfeld			37.309				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	School boards may determine that an additional property tax levy is necessary to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities or for violence prevention.
106	1	LB358	Changes provisions related to early childhood education in the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Walz			37.376	Cavanaugh, Quick		TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Education	This bill cleans up language related to TEEOSA and adds the early childhood allowance and community achievement plan allowance to the list of eligible deductions from a school district's general fund operating expenditures for fiscal year 2020-21 and each year thereafter. The bill also changes the state aid calculations related to early childhood students.
106	1	LB388	Changes provisions relating to termination of parental rights, placement of children, and guardianship	Howard			37.254				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare	This bill would give foster parents priority if the child has stayed with the foster parents for more than twelve months and has shown to have an emotional bond with them. This bill also outlines the duties and obligations of any newly appointed guardian of a child.
106	1	LB389	Changes provisions relating to termination of parental rights	Howard			37.253				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Child Safety	This bill states that an individual may lose his/her parental rights if he/she commist a sexual assault of a minor, labor or sex trafficking of a minor, or the use of alcohol or narcotics for such a duration that makes them unable to care for the child. This bill also states that the court can terminate parental rights if they find by clear and convincing evidence that it is in the best interest of the child.
106	1	LB390	Provides duties regarding school resource officers and security guards	Pansing Brooks	TRUE		37.389	Wayne			Judiciary Committee	Child Safety, Education	This bill would require the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice to develop a memorandum of understanding between all law enforcement or security agencies and school officials.
106	1	LB391	Changes duties of peace officers taking juveniles into custody or interrogating juveniles and prohibits use of statements taken in violation of the rights of a juvenile.	Matt Hansen			37.200				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Education	This bill states that if a peace officer takes a juvenile into custody, the peace officer will immediately contact the student’s guardian to tell him/her that the student is in custody, the student’s current location and the reason why the student was taken into custody. Also, prior to any custodial interrogation, the peace officer will read aloud and provide the juvenile a written statement outlining his/her rights while in custody.
106	1	LB398	Changes learning community levy and diversity plan requirements	DeBoer			37.253				Judiciary Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This bill removes language that states that not more than ten percent of such levy may be used for learning center employees. This bill also removes certain diversity plan requirements for each learning community.
106	1	LB399	Changes the name and provisions related to the committee on Americanism	Slama			36.793				Education Committee	Education	This bill would require school boards of each school district to appoint a three-person committee known as American Civics. The committee will hold public hearings and review and approve the social studies curriculum to ensure that it teaches and provides a foundation in civics, history, economics, financial literacy, and geography.
106	1	LB416	Changes distribution of funds from the temporary school fund and from fines and licenses	Friesen			36.950				Education Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This bill would change the distribution of funds from the temporary school fund and fines and licenses. This bill states that the remainder of the funds shall be apportioned to school districts proportionally based on the average daily members for each school district.
106	1	LB423	Changes and eliminates provisions relating to school-based health centers under the Medical Assistance Act	Howard			36.986				Health and Human Services Committee	Education, Physical & Mental Health	This bill removes language regarding providers providing health services to adolescents at school-based health centers under the Medical Assistance Act.
106	1	LB426	Provides for adoption by two adults	DeBoer			37.037				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare	This bill would allow two adult persons, regardless of their marital status, to adopt a child or an adult child.
106	1	LB427	Changes terminology relating to legitimacy of children	Howard			37.036				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Physical & Mental Health	This bill would change terminology relating to legitimacy of children.
106	1	LB430	Changes dates related to certifications and distributions of state aid to schools	Groene			37.596				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Changes the determination and certification dates for the distribution of aid through the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Act (TEEOSA); removes "learning community" from the process of certifying the amounts distributed to school districts.
106	1	LB431	Changes school finance base limitation and local effort rate provisions	Groene			37.597			TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Amended into LB675, AM1308. Changes the base limitation and local effort rate, as well as certification dates for distribution of aid, certification of budget limitations, and duties of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee.
106	1	LB458	Changes provisions relating to child abuse or neglect	Lathrop			37.395				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health	Amended into LB519, AM1460. Adds and clarifies definitions for trafficking and other types of abuse and neglect; clarifies duties for the Department of Health & Human Services, child advocacy centers, attorneys and it directs investigations and treatments to be done by multidisciplinary teams.
106	1	LB459	Changes criminal background check provisions under the Child Care Licensing Act	Health and Human Services Committee			37.442			TRUE	Health and Human Services Committee	Child Care, Child Safety	Amended into LB460, AM1211. Requires a person applying to be a licensed child care provider to undergo a national criminal history record information check for themselves and each child care staff member and prospective child care staff member at the applicant's expense. Each child care staff member must undergo a national criminal history record information check not less than once during a 5-year period and must submit a complete set of fingerprints to the Nebraska State Patrol.
106	1	LB460	Changes criminal background check provisions under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placement Licensure Act	Health and Human Services Committee			37.089				Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety, Child Welfare, Child Care	Requires individuals 18 or older, employed by a Children's Residential facility, to undergo a national criminal history record information check for themselves and each child care staff member and prospective child care staff member at the applicant's expense. Each child care staff member must undergo a national criminal history record information check not less than once during a 5-year period and must submit a complete set of fingerprints to the Nebraska State Patrol.
106	1	LB478	Prohibits use of consent by a minor as a defense or mitigation of damages or liability in certain civil actions arising from sexual assaults	Vargas			37.739	Hunt, Lathrop, Wayne			Judiciary Committee	Child Safety	Consent cannot be used as a defense to mitigate damages or liability in a civil action arising from a sexual assault in which the victim was under 18 and the perpetrator was an adult in a position of authority over the minor.
106	1	LB485	States intent relating to an appropriation for the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney	Lowe			37.768				Appropriations Committee	Child Welfare, Budget/Taxes	This bill appropriates $2 M from the General Fund to the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney to provide a fence around the facility.
106	1	LB488	Adopts school district requirements for mental health education and changes school district requirements for drug awareness and prevention	Howard			36.939				Education Committee	Education, Physical & Mental Health	This bill would require each school district to incorporate an age-appropriate mental health education and an age-appropriate comprehensive drug awareness and prevention education into the school program for students in each grade. This requirement would start with school year 2020-21.
106	1	LB495	Provides for collection of data on student disciplinary actions	Wayne			37.753				Education Committee	Education, Physical & Mental Health, Child Safety	This bill would require the State Board of Education to implement a statewide system for collecting data on school disciplinary measures and law enforcement referrals.
106	1	LB497	Adopts the School District Property Tax Authority and changes revenue and taxation provisions	Friesen			37.256				Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes	This bill would reduce property taxes and increase the tax on a gallon of beer.
106	1	LB510	Changes applicability of Sex Offender Registration Act to certain out-of-state juvenile adjudications	McCollister			37.183				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare	This bill would exempt an out-of-state individual from registering as a sex offender, if, as a juvenile, their case was adjudicated, and had such adjudication occurred under the laws of this state, there would be no requirement to register on the Sex Offender Registration.
106	1	LB511	Authorizes adjustments to state employee work schedules to participate in approved youth mentoring programs	Brewer			37.242				Government, Military and Veterans Affairs	Child Welfare, Physical & Mental Health	This bill would allow the agency head or some other management personnel designated by the agency head to adjust the work schedule of a state employee by up to one hour per week to allow that state employee to participate in an approved youth mentoring program.
106	1	LB513	Changes requirements for the issuance of certain school district bonds	Briese			37.006				Education Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This bill states that if the property tax valuation of the school district is seventy-five percent or more of agricultural and horticultural land, then a school bond shall be issued.
106	1	LB514	Changes bad check provisions to include obtaining child support credit and spousal support credit	Morfeld			37.794				Judiciary Committee	Child Welfare, Family Support	This bill states that if a person issues a check for child or spousal support and if he/she does not have enough funds for the payment of the check, then that person would commit the offense of issuing a bad check.
106	1	LB515	Changes provisions relating to the Student Discipline Act	Vargas			37.722				Education Committee	Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health	This bill defines some terms, protects student and family rights, and lays out duties of schools and school officials when disciplinary actions involve suspension, expulsion, and mandatory reassignment.
106	1	LB516	Changes provisions relating to child abuse, the Child Protection and Family Safety Act, human trafficking, and child welfare services	Pansing Brooks			37.418				Judiciary Committee	Child Safety, Child Welfare, Physical & Mental Health	Amended into LB519, AM1460. This bill states that a person commits child abuse if he/she knowingly or negligently causes a minor to be sexually exploited through sex trafficking. This bill also requires that once the Department of Health and Human Services is notified of any child abuse, the department must immediately conduct an investigation coordiated with the necessary law enforcement agencies.
106	1	LB544	Adopts the Meadowlark Scholarship Act	Linehan			37.472			TRUE	Education Committee	Education	This bill would open a 529 savings account for every child in Nebraska. The state of Nebraska would appropriate $100 for every child savings account opened. The purpose of this program is to promote access to postsecondary educational opportunities.
106	1	LB545	Changes income tax provisions relating to the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and authorizes employer contributions to the trust	wayne			36.916			TRUE	Revenue Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	Amended into LB470, AM896. This bill amends current statute and would allow employers to contribute to an employee's educational savings plan trust. This bill also states that any government program that provides benefits or aid to an individual based on financial need shall not consider employer contributions
106	1	LB564	Change the Civic and Community Center Financing Act	Bolz			37.866			TRUE	Urban Affairs Committee	Child Care, Economic Development	LB564 revises the definition of facilities eligible to receive grant funding under the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund to include child care, among other things.
106	1	LB568	Provides for mental health first-aid trainng for school districts and changes provisions relating to the use of lottery funds	Morfeld			37.518				Education Committee	Education, Physical & Mental Health	This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop a mental health first-aid training program for teachers and other personnel employed by a school district or an educational service unit.
106	1	LB575	Requires school district policies regarding the provision of information to and access by military recruiters	Brewer			37.764				Education Committee	Education	This bill would require school boards to adopt a policy that provides directory information on high school students for military recruiters to access. This bill also states that a parent or guardian may request that the student's information not be released without written consent.
106	1	LB588	Changes the local effort rate pursuant to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Stinner			37.784				Education Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This bill changes the local effort rate for school aid.
106	1	LB589	Prohibits peace officers from serving as school resource officers	Chambers			37.756				Judiciary Committee	Child Safety	With some exceptions, peace officers cannot serve as school resource officers.
106	1	LB590	Provides for reporting of staff training for early childhood education using NECPRS	Briese			37.680			TRUE	Health and Human Services Committee	Systems/Governance, Child Care, Early Childhood Workforce	Child care licensing staff will use the Nebraska Early Childhood Professional Record System (NECPRS) to verify training levels for licensed child care providers. Licensed child care programs will maintain provider profiles and employees will report credentials and training levels in NECPRS.
106	1	LB619	Requires coverage under insurance policies for mental health services delivered in schools	Kolowski			37.576				Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee	Physical & Mental Health, Family Support	Provide insurance coverage for mental health services that are delivered in a school or other educational setting.
106	1	LB631	Creates the Medicaid Expansion Implementation Task Force	Morfeld			37.890			TRUE	Executive Board	Economic Assistance/Public Benefits, Physical & Mental Health	Creates the Medicaid Expansion Implementation Task Force to facilitate the implementation process.
106	1	LB634	Requires three-point safety belt systems for school vehicles as prescribed	Hilkemann			36.819	Blood, Briese, DeBoer, Dorn, Gragert, Ben Hansen, Howard, Hunt, Kolowski, Kolterman, Lathrop, Lindstrom, Pansing Brooks, Quick, Stinner, Walz, Williams, Wishart		TRUE	Transportation and Telecommunications Committee	Child Safety	This bill would require vehicles used by schools or edcuation units are required to have a 3-point safety belt system; there are a few restrictions that apply.
106	1	LB647	Includes virtual school students in the state aid to schools funding formula	Wayne			37.884				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Includes virtual school students in the calculation of aid under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA).
106	1	LB650	Adopts the Teach for Nebraska Program Act and changes provisions relating to the Nebraska Education Improvement Fund and the Excellence in Teaching Cash Fund	Wayne			37.452				Education Committee	Education, Early Childhood Workforce	Creates the Teach for Nebraska Fund and funds the Teach for Nebraska Summer Program and post-secondary scholarships to pursue a degree in a teacher education program.
106	1	LB653	Adopts the Healthy Kids Act and requires tests for lead-based hazards in housing	Wayne			37.810				Health and Human Services Committee	Child Safety, Physical & Mental Health, Family Support	Requires tests for lead-based hazards and disclosures to buyers and tenants.
106	1	LB656	Adopts the Nebraska Education Formula, terminates the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act, and changes levy limits and the base limitation for school districts	Wayne			37.404			TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Provides state support for 48% of aggregate general fund operating expenditures of school districts; replaces TEEOSA with a new funding formula.
106	1	LB662	Terminates the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Friesen			37.772			TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Terminates the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA) on July 1, 2022.
106	1	LB668	Adopts the Alternative Certification for Quality Teachers Act	Vargas			37.822	Walz		TRUE	Education Committee	Education, Early Childhood Workforce	The State Board of Education will issue a teacher certification to individuals in good standing with a teaching certificate from another state. Temporary certificates will be offered to persons with a bachelor's degree that is enrolled in an alternate certification program.
106	1	LB671	Provides for sparsity aid in the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Linehan			37.638				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Sparsity aid will be provided to schools who have less than 390 formula students at $5,000 per student.
106	1	LB674	Changes the base limitation for school districts	Linehan			37.832				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	This bill changes the base limitation rate for school districts from one and one half percent to the inflation rate plus the student growth rate.
106	1	LB675	Changes provisions relating to education	Groene			37.469				Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes, Education	This bill changes provisions relating to special education and removes language allowing Educational Service Unit's or cooperatives to be eligible for grants to provide special education services for children who are less than five years of age.
106	1	LB676	Changes provisions relating to school districts and the reorganization of school districts	Groene			37.186				Education Committee	Education	This bill changes provisions relating to the reorganization of school districts.
106	1	LB677	Changes provisions of the Property Tax Credit Act and provides school district property tax relief	Groene			37.757			TRUE	Revenue Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Drops maximum levy from $1.05 to 98.7 cents per $100 of taxable valuation of property and changes how property tax relief is allocated to schools.
106	1	LB679	Creates the School Financing Review Commission	DeBoer			37.867	Kolowski		TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Budget/Taxes	Creates a 20-member School Financing Review Commission to review and make recommendations on school financing, with reports in even-numbered years for the Governor, State Board of Education, and the Legislature.
106	1	LB690	Adopts the Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act	Cavanaugh			37.876				Judiciary Committee	Physical & Mental Health, Family Support	Limits use of restraints on incarcerated women who are pregnant, in labor, delivering, in post-partum recovery, or during transport to a medical facility or birthing center.
106	1	LB709	Provides for a place to express breast milk in the State Capitol	Cavanaugh			37.912	Albrecht, Blood, Bolz, Crawford, DeBoer, Geist, Matt Hansen, Howard, Hunt, Linehan, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Slama, Vargas, Walz, Wishart		TRUE	Government, Military and Veterans Affairs	Family Support	Provides a location within the State Capitol Building to express breast milk, other than a bathroom, and shielded from view and intrusion by the public.
106	1	LB710	Changes provisions relating to tobacco including sales, crimes, a tax increase, and distribution of funds	Cavanaugh			37.224			TRUE	Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes, School Funding	Increases cigarette tax and adds vape products to tobacco products for taxation purposes; changes allocation of funds from cigarette tax, including 2% for the Nebraska Early Childhood Professional Record System, 5% for K-12, and 2.5% for family and medical leave start-up costs.
106	1	LB720	Adopts the ImagiNE Nebraska Act and provide tax incentives	Mark Kolterman (Kolterman Priority Bill)	Kolterman		37.565			TRUE	Revenue Committee	Budget/Taxes, Economic Development	This bill would create the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, a new business development tax-incentive program that will eventually replace the Nebraska Advantage Act.	Kolterman
106	1	LB725	Provides for reimbursements to school districts and educational service units for mental health expenditures	Walz			37.536	Cavanaugh, Crawford, Kolowski, McDonnell, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks, Quick, Wishart		TRUE	Education Committee	School Funding, Physical & Mental Health, Education	Schools districts and Educational Service Units (ESUs) that designate an employee to serve as a community-based mental health liason can be reimbursed for 80% of mental health expenditures. Creates and funds the School Mental Health Resources Fund for the purposes of reimbursing school districts and ESUs.
106	1	LB727	Provides duties for school districts, the State Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to mental health services	Walz			37.689	Hilkemann, Kolowski, Linehan, Pansing Brooks, Wishart			Education Committee	Physical & Mental Health	The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, will provide school districts a registry of mental health resources in their area; school districts will designate a mental health point of contact.
106	1	LB728	Provides duties relating to school meals	Walz			37.883				Education Committee	Physical & Mental Health, Education, Family Support	Directs the Department of Education to create uniform lunch policies and sets parameters for how schools collect lunch debt and serve lunch to students who have incurred a debt.
106	1	LR5CA	Constitutional amendment to limit the percentage of funding for schools that comes from property taxes.	Brewer			36.876		19/11/2001	TRUE	Education Committee	Education, Budget/Taxes	This proposed constitutional amendment states that no more than thirty-three percent of school funding shall come from property taxes.

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