The Legislature is officially done with bill hearings and moved into all-day debate this week.
Debate will focus exclusively on priority bills and will typically take place from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm CT, with the potential to go later into the evening starting the week of March 17.
Last Week’s Highlights
Last week, we testified or submitted comments on several bills:
✅ LB734, introduced by Senator Megan Hunt, protects Nebraskans’ access to food by reinstating work requirement exemptions for some of our most vulnerable populations enrolled in SNAP.
✅ LB777, introduced by Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, makes sure that Nebraskans with low incomes aren’t drowning in medical debt by protecting our state’s current levels of retroactive Medicaid coverage for new enrollees.
✅ LB854, introduced by Senator Megan Hunt, protects Nebraskans by prohibiting any law enforcement individuals from wearing masks or utilizing other means to conceal their identity while performing official duties.
✅ LB881, introduced by Senator Dunixi Guereca, supports public safety by requiring transparency and process before enacting harmful policies that force local law enforcement into a federal immigration agent role. Police have noted that serving a federal immigration agent role is mission drift that harms public trust and undermines police ability to do their primary job of investigating and fighting crime.
✅ LB907, introduced by Senator Margo Juarez, keeps Nebraska communities and children safe by preventing ICE from entering sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, and places of worship without a judicial warrant. This bill would reinstate ICE’s own previous guidelines regarding these formerly protected spaces.
✅LB1009, introduced by Senator George Dungan, supports Nebraskans injured on the job by reducing Nebraska’s longest-in-the-nation waiting periods for workers’ compensation – the system that helps people recover after workplace injuries.
✅ LB1056, introduced by Senator Danielle Conrad, supports Nebraskans injured on the job through several updates to the workers’ compensation system – adding a much-needed cost of living adjustment, increasing support for the loss of different body parts, covering some interpretation costs, and improving the process for choosing your own doctor.
2026 Legislative Priorities: What We’re Watching
Senators and committees have finalized and designated their personal priority bills for the session. We are excited to share that several Appleseed priority bills have been prioritized, and we’ll be sure to share updates as these bills move through the legislative process. Click here to see which priority bills we will be monitoring for the rest of the 2026 session.
You can stream debate online via Nebraska Public Media.
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