Be An Advocate (2024 Advocacy)

Use Your Voice

BE AN ADVOCATE

At the Nebraska Legislature

USE YOUR VOICE

BE AN ADVOCATE

At the Nebraska Legislature

A Special Nebraska Legislature Session on property taxes is scheduled to begin July 25. While we don’t talk about taxes often, this could impact your economic security. Continue to engage with us and connect with your state senator! Your expertise and lived experience can impact the policymaking process. Learn more about how you can get engaged.

HOW TO ADVOCATE

You can make a difference—if you have five minutes or five hours. Make that time count by sharing your perspective, expertise and experience on issues that are important to you. Use your voice today to hold elected officials accountable.

Submit an Online Comment

The Nebraska Legislature has provided a way for folks to weigh in on issues—an online form. Find the bill you care about, click “submit comments online” and share your lived experience or copy resources from our site!

Call Your State Senator

When you call a senator’s office, you might speak with a staff member initially. It is important to share your perspective with the staff member, as they are responsible for briefing the state senator on legislative issues.

Email Your State Senator

Email can be as simple or as detailed as you’d like. If your message includes a substantial amount of research or facts, you might consider putting your full message into a formal letter that you can attach to the email.

HOW LAWS ARE MADE

Hundreds of bills are introduced during the first 10 days of each legislative session with only some making it into law. If bills did not make it out of committee or pass by the end of the 2024 session, they will not carryover to 2025. Similar bills and topics can be re-introduced next session and will need to go through the same process again. While the process can be difficult to track at times, we’ll keep you up to date and let you know when your voice will be most impactful. Learn more about this process.

NEBRASKA LEGISLATIVE BILLS
IMPACTING GENDER EQUITY

Economic Security

LB 58 (Signed into Law)

as amended to LB 937

Provides a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.

LB 175 (Failed)

Adopts the Residential Tenant Clean Slate Act.

LB 233 (Signed into Law)

Increases economic security by allowing TANF recipients to receive child support payments.

LB 856 (Signed into Law)

Makes child care employees eligible for childcare subsidy.

Sexual Literacy and Reproductive Health

LB 857 (Signed into Law)

Creates a Prenatal Plus Program to support parents under Medicaid.

LB 1050 (Signed into Law)

as amended to LB 1284

Requires middle and high schools to offer free menstrual products.

  • Introduced by: Senator Danielle Conrad
  • Committee: Education Committee
    • Hearing date: Monday, February 12

LB 1106 (Signed into Law)

as amended to LB 1215

Provides coverage of lactation consultations under Medical Assistance Act.

LB 1107 (Signed into Law)

as amended to LB 1215

Allows access to breast pump through Medicaid.

LB 71 (Signed into Law)

Changes provisions relating to parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools.

Additional Bills that Impact Gender Equity

LB 575 (Failed)

Bans trans youth from sports and schools.

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