The 2025 Nebraska Legislative session wrapped up earlier this month, and we are pleased that most of the bills we supported passed and those we opposed did not pass.

As we’ve previously reported, the legislature continued to include $15 million for biomedical research in the state budget. Please see below for the final status of the bills we took action on.  Keep in mind that if a bill did not pass or get indefinitely postponed, it will still be active next legislative session.

The Nebraska legislative session may be over, but we are shifting gears to educating and advocating for biomedical research and science funding at the federal level. We’ve already scheduled a roundtable with Rep. Don Bacon in August that will allow researchers from the NU System, Creighton and Boys Town National Research Hospital to share how funding cuts are impacting them. We will share more information in coming weeks on how you can help support research funding.

LB 22 (Dungan) – Support – Filing a state amendment to expand nurse home visiting service – Passed

LB 55 (Dorn) – Support – Addresses the disparity between Medicare and Medicaid rates for mental health services – Amended into the budget and passed

LB 104 (Raybould) – Support – Adopt the Family Home Visitation Act – Letter of support here – Amended into LD 22 and passed

LB 203 (Kauth) – Oppose – Change powers and duties of health directors in certain local public health departments – Letter of opposition here – On General File

LB 213 (Holdcroft) – Oppose – Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards – Letter of opposition here – On General File

LB 253 (Bostar) – Support – Provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing – Letter of support here – Passed

LB 255 (Quick) – Support – Provide for use of the Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund for problem solving courts – Read our letter here – Did not advance

LB 310 (Hansen) – Oppose – Exemption for newborn screenings – Letter of opposition here – Did not advance

LB 380 (Fredrickson) – Support – Establish requirements for Department of Health and Human Services’ contractors providing medical assistance services – Support letter here – Passed

LB 381 (Fredrickson) – Support – Change requirements relating to program integrity audits under the Medical Assistance Act – Support letter here – Amended into LB 380 and passed

LB 551 (Lippencott) – Oppose – Prohibit tenure at public institutions – Letter of opposition here – Did not advance

LB 552 (Lippencott) – Oppose – Prohibit public institutions from having certain diversity, equity, and inclusion programing. Read our letter here. – Did not advance

LB 595 (Prokop) – Support – Create the Research Excellence Cash Fund – letter of support here – Passed in budget bill