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LB759

Change fees and funding for solid waste management, water wells, livestock regulation, hazardous waste management, clean water regulation, and litter reduction and recycling, change membership of a board, provide penalties and enforcement provisions for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, provide for entry upon property for the Perkins County Canal, correct references to and change jurisdiction of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and require local governments to regulate operation of swimming pools, recreation camps, and mobile home parks

Passed

Introduced by Tom Brandt, District 32

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Change fees and funding for solid waste management, water wells, livestock regulation, hazardous waste management, clean water regulation, and litter reduction and recycling, change membership of a board, provide penalties and enforcement provisions for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, provide for entry upon property for the Perkins County Canal, correct references to and change jurisdiction of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and require local governments to regulate operation of swimming pools, recreation camps, and mobile home parks

Where it stands

Provisions/portions of LB1076 amended into LB759 by AM1939

April 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Unicameral votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Unicameral votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

UnicameralStage: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 36-12*-1 · April 1, 2026

36

Yes

12

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

49 senators recorded in this Legislature vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Robert Hallstrom1Yes
Robert Clements2Yes
Victor Rountree3Yes
Brad Von Gillern4Yes
Margo Juarez5No
Machaela Cavanaugh6No
Dunixi Guereca7Yes
Megan Hunt8Absent
John Cavanaugh9No
Wendy DeBoer10No

Bill history

  1. Date of introduction

  2. Kauth FA388 filed

  3. Referred to Natural Resources Committee

  4. Notice of hearing for January 21, 2026

  5. Natural Resources priority bill

  6. Placed on General File with AM1939

  7. Natural Resources AM1939 filed

  8. Natural Resources AM1939 adopted

  9. Brandt AM2182 filed

  10. Brandt AM2182 adopted

  11. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  12. Placed on Select File with ER126

  13. Enrollment and Review ER126 filed

  14. Enrollment and Review ER126 adopted

  15. Kauth FA388 withdrawn

  16. Brandt FA1025 filed

  17. Brandt FA1025 adopted

  18. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  19. Placed on Final Reading with ST58

  20. Enrollment and Review ST58 filed

  21. Enrollment and Review ST58 recorded

  22. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  23. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 36-12*-1

  24. President/Speaker signed

  25. Presented to Governor on April 1, 2026

  26. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2026

  27. Provisions/portions of LB760 amended into LB759 by AM1939

  28. Provisions/portions of LB761 amended into LB759 by AM1939

  29. Provisions/portions of LB761 amended into LB759 by AM2182

  30. Provisions/portions of LB1076 amended into LB759 by AM1939

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