2021 Priority and 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
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB383.

  • 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

  • LB28 - Provide for motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB28.

  • LB119 - Change provisions of the Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LB499 - Require an annual report on active cases by NDCS, Probation, and Parole
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB499.

  • LB559 - Change provisions relating to restrictive housing under the Nebraska Treatment and Corrections Act
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB559.

  • LB563 - Provide caseload limits for high-risk offenders supervised by probation officers and parole officers
    RISE’s position: Neutral
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee

  • LB620 - Limit use of restrictive housing and solitary confinement
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB620.

Equitable Economic and Social Progress

  • LB128 - Adopt the Residential Tenant Clean Slate Act
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee
    Click here for RISE's testimony on LB128.

  • LB203 - 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 LB203.

  • LB525 - Provide duties and requirements for transitional housing facilities and change powers of the Office of Inspector General of NDCS
    RISE’s position: Support
    Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee