Nebraska 108th Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted

LB 43 — Adopt the First Freedom Act and the Personal Privacy Protection Act, authorize tribal regalia to be worn by students, change provisions relating to withholding records from the public, provide requirements for interpretation of statutes, rules, and regulations, and prohibit state agencies from imposing certain requirements on charitable organizations

Last action — Provisions/portions of LB41 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Legislature
  4. ✓
    To Executive
  5. 5
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 05, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on March 27, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 3 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Provisions/portions of LB41 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  2. Provisions/portions of LB277 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  3. Provisions/portions of LB297 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  4. Provisions/portions of LB366 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  5. Provisions/portions of LB637 amended into LB43 by AM2812

  6. Provisions/portions of LB650 amended into LB43 by AM2076

  7. Approved by Governor on March 27, 2024

  8. Hughes explanation of vote

  9. Conrad MO1295 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filed

  10. Conrad MO1295 withdrawn

  11. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  12. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 39-0-10

  13. President/Speaker signed

  14. Presented to Governor on March 21, 2024

  15. Placed on Final Reading with ST40

  16. Enrollment and Review ST40 filed

  17. Enrollment and Review ST40 recorded

  18. Enrollment and Review ER44 adopted

  19. Brewer AM2649 withdrawn

  20. Brewer AM2812 filed

  21. Brewer AM2812 adopted

  22. Cavanaugh, J. AM2701 filed

  23. Cavanaugh, J. AM2701 lost

  24. Brewer AM2740 not considered

  25. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  26. Brewer AM2740 to AM2649 filed

  27. Brewer AM2649 filed

  28. Placed on Select File with ER44

  29. Enrollment and Review ER44 filed

  30. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2076 pending

  31. Cavanaugh, J. AM2081 pending

  32. Cavanaugh, J. AM2081 withdrawn

  33. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2076 adopted

  34. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  35. Cavanaugh, J. AM2081 to AM2076 filed

  36. Placed on General File with AM2076

  37. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2076 filed

  38. Title printed. Carryover bill

  39. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill

  40. Conrad name added

  41. Notice of hearing for February 09, 2023

  42. Rereferred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

  43. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  44. Date of introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 47 not signed on · 20 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (47)

47 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 39-0-10

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 390010
Total 390010
% of votes cast 80%0%0%20%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Albrecht — Yea
Slama — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Walz — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Halloran — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Wishart — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
Day — Not Voting
Blood — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Cavanaugh, J. — Not Voting
Cavanaugh, M. — Not Voting
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Hansen, B. — Yea
Jana Hughes — Not Voting
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Cavanaugh, J. AM2701 lost

Failed 12 Yea · 30 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 123007
Total 123007
% of votes cast 24%61%0%14%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Blood — Yea
Day — Yea
Vargas — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Aguilar — Nay
Albrecht — Nay
Erdman — Nay
Halloran — Nay
Linehan — Nay
Slama — Nay
Bostelman — Nay
Lowe — Nay
Brewer — Nay
Wishart — Not Voting
Walz — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Nay
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Nay
Carolyn Bosn — Nay
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Nay
Danielle Conrad — Not Voting
Dave Murman — Nay
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
George Dungan — Yea
Hansen, B. — Nay
Jana Hughes — Nay
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Nay
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Nay
Loren Lippincott — Nay
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Nay
Meyer, F. — Nay
Mike Jacobson — Nay
Mike Moser — Nay
Myron Dorn — Nay
Rick Holdcroft — Nay
Rita Sanders — Nay
Robert Clements — Nay
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Nay
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Nay
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Nay

Official roll call →

Brewer AM2812 adopted

Failed 41 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 41008
Total 41008
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Albrecht — Yea
Day — Yea
Blood — Yea
Slama — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Wishart — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Halloran — Yea
Lowe — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Vargas — Not Voting
Walz — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Not Voting
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
George Dungan — Yea
Hansen, B. — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Not Voting
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 370012
Total 370012
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Albrecht — Yea
Day — Yea
Slama — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Blood — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Walz — Yea
Halloran — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Wishart — Not Voting
Wayne — Not Voting
Bostelman — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Not Voting
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Hansen, B. — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Not Voting
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2076 adopted

Failed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 370012
Total 370012
% of votes cast 76%0%0%24%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Albrecht — Yea
Slama — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Blood — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Walz — Yea
Halloran — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Wishart — Not Voting
Wayne — Not Voting
Bostelman — Not Voting
Day — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Not Voting
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
George Dungan — Yea
Hansen, B. — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Not Voting
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Not Voting
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights education
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