During the first week of March, League of Women Voters of Nebraska action teams submitted comments on 7 bills with legislative hearings from March 3 through March 7.
As of March 7, LWVNE action teams have submitted comments on 28 legislative bills and 6 legislative resolutions/constitutional amendments.
You can find the LWVNE’s online and in-person testimony on our 2025 Advocacy Summary table, which will be updated weekly through the committee hearings, here and on our Legislative Advocacy 2025 link at the top of the LWVNE website.
The LWVNE submitted testimony on the following bills during the week of March 3 through March 7:
- LB541 (Holdcroft) – Eliminate online voter registration, restrict voter registration by mail, require grounds for early voting, require hand counts of ballots, and change provisions relating to voter registration and voting – OPPOSE (in person at March 5 hearing).
- LB319 (Rountree) – Change eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SUPPORT (online before March 5 hearing)
- LB443 (von Gillern) – Create the offense of unlawful squatting and provide a penalty – OPPOSE (online before March 5 hearing)
- LB268 (Rountree) – Require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement a provider rate increase for developmental disability services – SUPPORT (online before March 5 hearing)
- LB53 (Cavanaugh, M.) – Provide criminal and civil immunity for pregnancy outcomes – SUPPORT (online before March 6 hearing)
- LB481 (Ballard) – Adopt the Foster Care Child Scholarships Act – OPPOSE (online/after Feb. 12 hearing)
- LB223 (Guereca) – Prohibit discrimination based on source of income under the Nebraska Fair Housing Act – SUPPORT (online/after Jan. 30 hearing)
Sheri St. Clair, co-director of government for the LWVNE, testified at the hearing before the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee against LB541, which would restrict voting by mail, eliminate online registration and registration by mail, impose hurdles to early voting, and require hand counts of 25% of the ballots cast in every election.
“The right of every citizen to vote has been a basic principle of the national League of Women Voters since its founding in 1920,” St Clair said. Noting that a “number of provisions in this bill are problematic,” she said that the League “works to remove barriers to voting and is, therefore, opposed to the advancement of LB541.”
State and county election officials also testified against LB541.
In addition to submitting comments on proposed legislation, the LWVNE continues its weekly Action Alerts to encourage recipients to submit comments on their own behalf as well as Sunday Sessions on Session. You can sign up here to receive legislative Action Alerts from Rachel Gibson – LWVNE action vice president – if you’re looking for a way to stay updated and to get quick, timely and concrete actions you can take during the legislative session.
Gibson also hosts the weekly Sunday Sessions on Session Zoom meeting from 7-8 p.m. (CT) where participants can learn more about what happened in the Legislature during the previous week and what to anticipate for the coming week. Registration is required at this link, but you only have to register once to attend one, any or all of the Sunday Sessions on Session.