NE Bills to Watch

2009-2010 Bills of Interest to Family First


Marriage & Family Issues:

LB 19- Reduction of Marriage License Fees with Premarital Courses
LB 444- Requires Escorts to Be Licensed (KILLED)
LB 694-  Provides Restrictions and Harsher Penalties for Sexual Predators
LB 370- Increase State-Funded Contraception


Pro-Life Issues:

LB 594- Pre-Abortion Screening for Risk Factors (SIGNED INTO LAW)
LB 675- Women’s Right to Know (SIGNED INTO LAW)
LB 676- Women’s Right to Know
LB 778-  Requires State to Publish Info Online about Retrieving & Storing Cord Blood
LB 1038-  Ensures Informed Consent Before Performing Genetic Testing
LB 1103-  Prohibits Abortions After 20+ Weeks (has life/physical injury of mother exception)(SIGNED INTO LAW)

LR 296 CA - Authorizes Non-profits to Hold "Charitable" Poker Events
LB 985- Creates a Regulatory Scheme for Poker Games Authorized by LR 296 CA

LB 825- Provides for Parimutuel Wagering on Horseraces at Satellite Wagering Facilities
LB 1102- Allows Horse Tracks to Offer Electronic Gambling on “Historic Races” (KILLED)
LB 1023- Authorizes Electronic Keno in Nebraska
LR 277 CA- Allows for Parimutuel Wagering on Horseraces at a Satellite Wagering Facility