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Ben Hansen
NE Senate District 16
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Issue areas
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Government Operations & Budget 19Healthcare 15Education 7Labor & Employment 5Economy & Taxes 4Social Services & Welfare 3Abortion & Reproductive Rights 2Criminal Justice & Policing 2Other 2Agriculture 1Banking & Finance 1Civil Rights & Liberties 1Environment & Energy 1Foreign Policy & Trade 1Housing 1Transportation & Infrastructure 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| NE Senate District 16 current
Nebraska |
Nonpartisan | Jan 9, 2019 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (1,764 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| LB 371 — Provide liability for computer-generated images under the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 519 — Require independent confirmatory testing of potential items of contraband or drugs in prisons | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 77 — Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 260 — Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations | Yea | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 454 — Change provisions relating to regional behavioral health authorities and the Behavioral Health Services Fund | Yea | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 558 — Create the Infrastructure Review Task Force for the state highway system | Not voting | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 490 — Change provisions of the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 90 — Change provisions relating to improvement districts in cities of the first class | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 707 — Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate, the Good Life Transformational Projects Act, and the Good Life District Economic… | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 419 — Change provisions relating to admission to veterans homes and veterans aid | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 454 — Change provisions relating to regional behavioral health authorities and the Behavioral Health Services Fund | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 77 — Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 635 — Authorize the regulation of professional bare-knuckle mixed martial arts, professional mixed martial arts on ice, professional muay thai… | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 391 — Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 499 — Change membership provisions relating to the Crime Victim's Reparations Committee | Not voting | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 391 — Adopt the Give to Enable Scholarship Act and provide for certain income tax adjustments | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 391A — Appropriation Bill | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| OTHER 87cdb568-1e27-4804-8ce1-9545a5e91c4d — Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms | Yea | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 647 — Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and the Adoption Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to budget… | Nay | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 647 — Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and the Adoption Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to budget… | Yea | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 217 — Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers | Yea | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 77 — Adopt the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act and provide for insurance and medicaid coverage of biomarker testing | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 707 — Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate, the Good Life Transformational Projects Act, and the Good Life District Economic… | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| OTHER 87cdb568-1e27-4804-8ce1-9545a5e91c4d — Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| LB 454 — Change provisions relating to regional behavioral health authorities and the Behavioral Health Services Fund | Abstain | May 9, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (37 as lead sponsor)
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LB 1157
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Provide payment method requirements for health insurers, health insurer vendors, and care management organizations
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LB 1259
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Adopt the Grid Modernization Act
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LB 1013
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Change and eliminate provisions relating to names of state institutions and requirements relating to gender at youth rehabilitation and treatment centers
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LB 1258
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Rename the Livestock Brand Act as the Livestock Protection Act, eliminate the Nebraska Brand Committee, and change, provide, and eliminate provisions relating…
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LB 1257
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Eliminate certain sales tax exemptions, impose sales and use taxes on certain services, change school district levy limitations, eliminate the School District…
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LB 1233
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Adopt the Developmental Disabilities Provider Excessive Training and Cost Reduction Act
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LB 892
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Change requirements relating to licensure of massage therapy establishments
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LB 677
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Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide for regulation of medical cannabis
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LB 652
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Terminate the Board of Educational Lands and Funds
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OTHER 1deeac0a-4735-416e-a5fe-c6a13b2387bc
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Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions creating the Board of Educational Lands and Funds
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