Nebraska’s 2024 Legislative Session is Underway
Nebraska's 108th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session began yesterday, January 3rd, and it was right to business.
Senators began the day voting for the chair and vice chair of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council. New bill introduction included 82 pieces of legislation on this 1st day. There are 9 days left for senators to introduce other policy ideas. This session will also see the carryover of bills that did not move through the legislative process last year. Senators have been instructed they will not be able to carry over their priority designation of a bill from last year, so many senators have begun to look at other bills to make their priority this year.
This short session has its first issue to tackle beginning next week with the introduction of 29 proposed changes to the permanent rules which can be found in the Legislative Journal (beginning on page 175) . This hearing is set to be scheduled for Monday, January 8th.
RISE's 2024 Priorities
Our commitment is to continue to be a major partner advocating for policy changes in Nebraska that impact the daily lives of people impacted by the criminal legal system. We have a few bills that have been carried over from the last year that we are continuing to monitor and work diligently to pass. These include:
Our policy agenda will be updated throughout the session as new bills are introduced.
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In Solidarity,
Jasmine L. Harris, MPH, CHES
Director of Public Policy & Advocacy
