2012 Bills of Interest

“The Salvation of the State is
the Watchfulness in the Citizen.”
– Hartley Burr Alexander

 
Family First wants to help you be a watchful citizen by providing you with a list of the bills we are working on and monitoring during the 2012 Unicameral Legislative session:


 
Education
LB 717  sponsored by Omaha Senator Brenda Council, which would change school board election and membership provisions. 
  
Healthcare Revisions
LB 753 sponsored by Lincoln Seantor Bill Avery, which would create funds and provide funding for childhood obesity prevention measures through sales taxation of soft drinks

LB 765  sponsored by Omaha Senator Bob Krist, which would change bidding requirements relating to contracts with providers of certain health and social services  
 
Election/Voting Reform
LB 736  sponsored by Columbus Senator Paul Schumacher, which would require provision of secret ballot evenlopes for elections.

 
Other
LB 723 sponsored by Hoskins Senator Dave Bloomfield, which would change provisions relating to small systems un the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water At.  

LB 724 sponsored by Valentine Senator Deb Fisher, which would change commercial driver medical examination provisions and prohibit texting while driving a commercial motor vehicle

LB 747 sponsored by Kearney Senator Galen Hadley, which would withdraw from and repeal the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact

LB 749 sponsored by Bellevue Senator Abbie Cornett, which would exempt indoor tanning services from sales and use taxes

LB 767 sponsored by Omaha Senator Gwen Howard, which would require records of dates and hours of work for state officers and employees

LR358CA sponsored by Holdrege Senator Tom Carlson, a proposed constutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three terms