Use Your Voice
BE AN ADVOCATE
At the Nebraska Legislature
USE YOUR VOICE
BE AN ADVOCATE
At the Nebraska Legislature
The 2026 Nebraska Legislative Session began on Wednesday, January 7. Your expertise and lived experience can impact the policymaking progress. Get to know your senator and encourage them to support issues that are important to you. And be sure to sign-up for our biweekly emails to stay engaged and in the know.
The 2025 Nebraska Legislative Session ended June 2 and will be remembered for lawmakers pushing harmful policies despite widespread opposition—including attacks on voter-approved measures and discriminatory legislation.
Still, we made key progress: securing funding and housing support for survivors and blocking several dangerous bills. As we look ahead to 2026, we remain committed to holding leaders accountable and advancing gender equity through effective policy change.
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.
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 2025 session, they will carryover to 2026. 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
LR 303CA (Introduced)
Constitutional amendment to provide six weeks paid family medical leave
- Introduced By: Senator Machaela Cavanaugh
- Committee: Business and Labor Committee
- Hearing: TBA
LB 304 (In Committee)
Eliminate a sunset date for child care subsidies
- Introduced and Prioritized By: Senator Wendy DeBoer
- Committee: Health and Human Services
- Hearing: February 6, 2025
LB 878 (In Committee)
Requires paid maternity leave for state employees
- Introduced By: Senator Dunixi Guereca
- Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Hearing: January 30
LB 966 (Introduced)
Expands eligibility for more students to receive free school breakfast and lunch
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Introduced By: Senator Machaela Cavanaugh
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Committee: Education Committee
- Hearing: TBA
LB 1089 (Introduced)
Reinstates ability for employees to take legal action for violation of right to earn paid sick leave
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Introduced By: Senator Jana Hughes
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Committee: Business and Labor Committee
- Hearing: TBA
Freedom From Violence
LB 751 (In Committee)
Requires a study to improve the reporting and investigation of missing Black women and children
- Introduced By: Senator Ashlei Spivey
- Committee: Judiciary Committee
- Hearing: January 21
LB 753 (In Committee)
Ensures military protection orders are recognized and enforced
- Introduced By: Senator Victor Rountree
- Committee: Judiciary Committee
- Hearing: January 21
LB 876 (In Committee)
Allows immediate, short-term protection orders to be granted
- Introduced By: Senator Bob Hallstrom
- Committee: Judiciary Committee
- Hearing: January 21
LB 907 (Introduced)
Bars ICE from entering DV shelters, rape crisis centers and other safe spaces
- Introduced By: Senator Margo Juarez
- Committee: Judiciary Committee
- Hearing: TBA
LB 1088 (Introduced)
Requires DV offenders to surrender firearms
- Introduced By: Senator Jane Raybould
- Committee: Judiciary Committee
- Hearing: TBA
Sexual Literacy and Reproductive Health
LB 773 (Introduced)
Eliminates sunset date on Prenatal Plus Program
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Introduced By: Senator George Dungan
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Committee: Health and Human Services
- Hearing: TBA
LB 1146 (Introduced)
Ensures certain absences are not considered unexcused, especially for pregnant or parenting students
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Introduced By: Senator Danielle Conrad
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Committee: Education Committee
- Hearing: TBA
LB 512 (General File)
Increases barriers to abortion care
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Introduced By: Senator Rick Holdcroft
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Committee: Health and Human Services
- Hearing: February 13, 2025
LB 632 (Select File)
Intrudes on personal medical decisions
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Introduced By: Senator Ben Hansen
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Committee: Health and Human Services
- Hearing: March 6, 2025
LB 732 (In Committee)
Expands ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
- Introduced By: Senator Kathleen Kauth
- Committee: Health and Human Services
- Hearing: January 29
Additional Bills Impacting Gender Equity
LB 730 (In Committee)
Bans trans people from public and school bathrooms
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Introduced and Prioritized By: Senator Kathleen Kauth
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Committee: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
- Hearing: January 28
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