2025 NESCPA Legislative Agenda
March 17, 2025
Bill No. | Brief Description | Position | Hearing Date/Status | Testimony |
LB81 | (Hardin) Provides a fix for the “missing year” of the Property Tax Credit. | Support | 2/26/2025 Remains in committee. | Jim Greisch testified on behalf of Society, Omaha Chamber & Lincoln Chamber. |
LB152 | (J. Cavanaugh) Creates a homestead exemption of the first $100,000 of the actual value of the homestead. | Support | 3/12/2025 Remains in committee. | Submitted online comments. |
LB171 | (Brandt) Would change provisions relating to individual and corporate income tax rates, locking income tax reductions at 4.99% | Oppose | 3/13/2025 Remains in committee. | Submitted online comments. |
LB200 | (Sorrentino) Provides for exemptions under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act | Watch (hearing held prior to determination of positions) | 1/23/2025 Remains in committee. | n/a |
LB280 | (von Gillern) Requires the annual audit report of authorized gaming operators, completed by an independent CPA authorized to practice in Nebraska, to be submitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts for review of the report for math errors, improper accounting, and other deficiencies. | Oppose | 2/10/2025 Remains in committee. | Korby Gilbertson testified on behalf of the Society. |
LB331 | (Hardin) Would adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions | Oppose | Withdrawn. | n/a |
LB401 | (von Gillern) PTET Technical Corrections | Support | 1/29/2024 Speaker Priority Bill | Koley Jessen testified on behalf of the Society. |
LB415 | (Ballard) Changes some provisions related to paid sick time that were unintended consequences of the Employees and Employers of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. | Support | 2/24/2025 Business & Labor Priority Bill | Signed onto white paper from the Nebraska Chamber that was presented before the Business & Labor Committee. |
LB468 | (Clements) Changes provisions relating to inheritance taxes, changes certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminates a sales tax exemption relating to data centers. | Watch | 2/5/2025 Clements Priority Bill | n/a |
LB647 | (Revenue) Shell Bill - Change property tax provisions relating to net book value | Watch | 3/26/2025 Revenue Priority Bill | |
LB648 | (Revenue) Shell Bill - Change the sales and use tax rate | Watch | 3/26/2025 | |
LB649 | (Revenue) Shell Bill - Change provisions relating to an income tax rate | Watch | 3/26/2025 Sanders Priority Bill | |
LB650 | (von Gillern) Eliminates certain sales tax exemptions, changes income tax provisions relating to nonresident income and certain tax credits (convenience of employer rule), and provides and changes certain sunset dates relating to tax incentives. | Oppose | 3/19/2025 Revenue Priority Bill | Korby Gilbertson testifying on behalf of the Society. |
LR10CA | (Hardin) Constitutional Amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items. | Oppose |
| Withdrawn |
LR11CA | (Hardin) Constitutional Amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes. | Oppose |
| Withdrawn |
LR13CA | (Hallstrom) Constitutional Amendment to prohibit the levying of an inheritance tax | Support | 3/12/2025 | Submitted online comments. |