The Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) Legislative Committee recently had a meeting to discuss 134 legislative bills that were introduced this session. Prior to the meeting, NC leadership reviewed 490 bills introduced in this year’s legislative session to determine which bills relate to Nebraska’s beef farmers and ranchers.
For each piece of legislation reviewed, the committee compared NC’s member developed policy with the bill’s language to determine a position of support, oppose or monitor. An important part of this process is the selection of priority bills by the committee which the association plans to devote their efforts. The committee selected two bills as their priority bills for this legislative session.
Legislative Bill (LB) 1066, introduced by Senator Tom Hansen and LB 884, introduced by Senator Kate Sullivan are the two priority bills for Nebraska Cattlemen.
The LB 1066 relates to appropriations of funds for the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to plan a veterinary diagnostic laboratory facility. LB 884 involves agricultural education and by creating an agricultural literacy task force.
“If Nebraska is indeed going to move forward and become the beef epicenter of the United States this diagnostic laboratory facility is needed research for animal health studies,” states Dale Spencer, NC Legislative Committee Chairman. “The ag literacy task force will create a greater connection to those students removed from the farm to those who raise and grow their food.”
For more information about a specific priority for Nebraska Cattlemen, please call the Lincoln Nebraska Cattlemen office at 402.475.2333.
The Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) Legislative Committee recently had a meeting to discuss 134 legislative bills that were introduced this session. Prior to the meeting, NC leadership reviewed 490 bills introduced in this year’s legislative session to determine which bills relate to Nebraska’s beef farmers and ranchers.
