Carol Blood

LB1402 Education Scholarships (Passed 32 to 15 on 4/18/2024). Appropriates $25 million to provide education scholarships for Nebraska students entering school at qualified schools, or transferring from public to private schools.

LB856 Subsidized Childcare (Passed 38 to 7 on 4/11/2024). Updates eligibility for the federal Child Care Subsidy, raising the income limit to 185% of the federal poverty level until 2026.

LB164 Grant Expansion (Passed 37 to 6 on 4/11/2024). Expands the Municipal Inland Port Authority Act and creates a government grant through the Inland Port Authority Fund.

LB829A Government Expansion (Passed 40 to 5 on 4/11/2024). Appropriates money from the General Fund to the University of Nebraska's Board of Regents for mandating insurance coverage for certain cancer screenings and treatments.

LB936 Government Reduction (Passed 44 to 0 on 3/7/2024). Repeals laws requiring county-issued amusement licenses for pool halls, bowling alleys, and amusement parks outside municipal limits, eliminating the $10 fee and related penalties.

LB307 Syringe Services (Passed 30 to 7 on 2/29/2024). Would let local governments set up syringe-services programs under the guise of reducing disease transmission and addressing substance-use disorders.

LB50 Comprehensive "Justice Reinvestment" (passed 34 to 15 on 6/1/2023). Expands “problem solving courts," approves "stream-lined parole contracts," establishes a "parole violation residential housing program," and terminates a legislative oversight committee.

LB705 Omnibus Education Bill for FY 2023-24 (passed 47 to 9 on 5/30/2023). Allocates lottery funds to education programs; requires public high school students to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid before graduation; and prohibits public colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s criminal history, among other provisions.

AM1940 (LB514) Secure Voter ID Requirements (failed 5 to 26 on 5/22/2023). Would amend LB514, which specifies voter identification requirements, to implement additional measures verifying U.S. citizenship and allow fewer exceptions regarding mail-in ballots and early voting.

LB77 Permitless Firearm Carry (passed 33 to 14 on 4/19/2023). Authorizes the concealed carry of firearms without a permit.

LB626 Nebraska Heartbeat Act (advanced 33 to 16 on 4/12/2023). Would provide that a physician may not perform or induce an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected, except in cases of sexual assault, incest, or medical emergency.

LB250 National Guard "Command Climate Survey" (advanced 37 to 0 on 2/16/2023). Would direct the Adjutant General of Nebraska to conduct a “command climate survey” of the Nebraska Army National Guard, performed by “an external team” and “pursuant to applicable United States Department of the Army” regulations.

LB773 Constitutional Carry (Passed 31 to 9 on 4/11/2022). Allows Nebraskans to carry firearms without a permit.    

LB933 Abortion Ban (Passed 31 to 15 on 4/6/2022). Bans abortion in Nebraska now that Row v. Wade is overturned.

LB906 Vaccine Exemptions (Passed 37 to 5 on 2/25/2022). Requires that employers must recognize medical and religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

LB939 Tax Rates (Passed 40 to 1 on 2/24/2022). Cuts Nebraska’s top individual income tax rate in several steps from the current 6.84 percent to 5.84 percent by tax year 2027.

LR14 Con-Con (Passed 32 to 11 on 1/28/2022). Calls for a Convention of State to propose limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

LB88 Student Free Speech (Passed 30 to 17 on 4/14/2021). Prevents students from being censored for what they write and report about on their college campus and media.