2020 Priority and Policy Agenda

2020 Priority Issues

  • Cash bail reform

  • Diversion and alternative programs

  • Parole process and eligibility

  • Correctional improvements

  • Mental, behavioral healthcare

  • Reentry barriers

  • Voting rights

Policy Agenda

Decreased Incarcerated Population

  • LB130 - Change membership provisions for the Board of Parole
    RISE’s position: Neutral
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LB269 - Change provisions regarding review of a committed offender's record by the Board of Parole
    RISE’s position: Neutral
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LB334 - Adopt the Community Work Release and Treatment Centers Act and change provisions relating to Board of Parole, the Department of Correctional Services, and the Office of Probation Administration
    RISE’s position: Neutral
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LB383 - Appropriate funds for capital construction
    RISE’s position: Oppose
    Status: Referred to Appropriations Committee

  • LB624 - Provide for earned time credit reductions to the minimum terms of sentences of offenders at facilities of NDCS
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

Improved Conditions

  • LB207 - Create a Death Penalty Defense Standards Advisory Council
    RISE' Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB226 - State intent relating to appropriations for the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney and the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Geneva
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB262 - Change membership and duties of long-term restrictive housing work group
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB313 - Provide the office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System with oversight authority over regional centers
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB345 - Prohibit mandatory overtime for certain state employees
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB446 - State intent relating to appropriations for the County Justice Reinvestment Grant Program
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB625 - Appropriate funds to the Department of Correctional Services
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB739 - Change procedures and requirements for use of restrictive housing of inmates
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB786 - Change rules on the use of restrictive housing and require screenings of inmates for serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

  • LB1171 - Change provisions under the Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act
    RISE's Position: Support
    Status: Indefinitely postponed 

  • LB1208 - Change provisions relating to restrictive housing, immediate segregation, discipline, and other conditions of confinement in state correctional facilities
    RISE's Position: Status
    Status: Indefinitely postponed

 Equitable Economic and Social Progress

  • LB805 - Provide an income tax deduction for certain wages paid to individuals convicted of a felony

    • RISE’s Position: Support

    • Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LR286CA - Constitutional amendment to remove felony convictions other than treason from being a disqualification for voting 

    • RISE’s Position: Support

    • Status: Referred to Government, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee

  • LB986 - Prescribe requirements for public colleges and universities regarding criminal history and juvenile court record information

    • RISE’s Position: Support

    • Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

    • Click here for RISE’s testimony on LB986

  • LB1038 - Change provisions relating to eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits

    • RISE’s Position: Support

    • Status: Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

    • Click here for RISE’s testimony on LB1038

  • LB1157 - Provide for counting Nebraska residents in Nebraska prisons for redistricting purposes

    • RISE’s Position: Support

    • Status: Referred to Executive Board

    • Click here for RISE’s testimony on LB1157