Welcome to 2025! The Nebraska Legislature officially kicks off this year’s session today, welcoming several new faces to the Unicameral. On today’s agenda is committee leadership elections and swearing in of new members. New bill introductions will start tomorrow and continue through Day 10 (January 22). Hearings on newly introduced legislation will begin in a few weeks.
Make Your Voice Heard This Session!
There are several ways that you can share your voice on legislation that’s important to you:
- To be included in a bill’s legislative record, you must either testify in-person or submit an online comment prior to the hearing.
- Online public comments for the record must be submitted by 8:00 AM the day of the hearing via the online comment portal in order to be added to the official public hearing record.
- However, we still encourage you to contact your senator any time via email or their office phone number on the issues that matter to you! (Find your senator.)
Nebraska Appleseed Priorities for 2025
Together with you, we will be advocating for meaningful change to build a stronger, vibrant, and more inclusive Nebraska for all. Senators must act to:
- Ensure that Nebraskans have access to healthy foods by maintaining increased income eligibility levels for SNAP benefits.
- Safeguard Nebraskans’ access to all of the health care we need.
- Address the disproportionate effect that our child welfare system has on families of color.
- Protect immigrant community members and asylum seekers from deportation and family separation.
- Ensure that legislation passed by Nebraskans at the ballot box, such as the increased minimum wage and paid sick leave, remains in place.
These are just a few of the priorities Appleseed will be working on in 2025. We know this is ambitious, which is why sharing your support and concerns with your state senator will be more important than ever. After Day 10, we’ll share a full list of our legislative priorities for the year.
Stay Up to Date
You can keep up with all the happenings at the Legislature by following Appleseed online:
- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
- Don’t miss out on our live updates on legislative hearings on BlueSky and X.
- Stop by our blog for opinion pieces, informative updates, and news stories.
We’ll let you know how you can take action to get involved and make your voice heard throughout the session!
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