Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jun 3, 2024

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2024

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Venzor, Tom

Phone

(402) 477-7517

Address

215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 310

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Catholic Conference

Office Phone

(402) 477-7517

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 310

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Identify amendment or procedural matter	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB25	AM3435	Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Neutral
LB25	AM3327	Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Support
LB43	AM2076	Adopt the First Freedom Act and the Personal Privacy Protection Act, authorize tribal regalia to be worn by students, change provisions relating to withholding records from the public, provide requirements for interpretation of statutes, rules, and regulations, and prohibit state agencies from imposing certain requirements on charitable organizations	Support
LB43		Adopt the First Freedom Act and the Personal Privacy Protection Act, authorize tribal regalia to be worn by students, change provisions relating to withholding records from the public, provide requirements for interpretation of statutes, rules, and regulations, and prohibit state agencies from imposing certain requirements on charitable organizations	Support
LB58		Provide a sales and use tax exemption for diapers	Support
LB165		Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits	Support
LB341		Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Child Sexual Abuse Liability Act and exempt actions from the State Tort Claims Act and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Support
LB575		Adopt the Sports and Spaces Act	Support
LB606		Adopt the Nebraska Pregnancy Help Act and provide tax credits	Support
LB673		Provide grants to schools that adopt a policy to provide emergency response mapping data to law enforcement agencies and provide powers and duties for the State Department of Education and State Board of Education	Support
LB841		Adopt the School Leadership Engagement Act	Oppose
LB857		Create the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, provide for use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund, and change provisions relating to coverage of glucose monitors under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB857	AM2761	Create the Nebraska Prenatal Plus Program, provide for use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund, and change provisions relating to coverage of glucose monitors under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB876		Adopt the Newborn Safe Haven Act	Support
LB887		Adopt the Nebraska Nonprofit Security Grant Program Act	Support
LB913		Require a state plan amendment for postpartum coverage under the Children’s Health Insurance Program	Support
LB918		Allow individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status to receive law enforcement officer training and certification	Support
LB920		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program	Support
LB933		Change medicaid coverage requirements for continuous glucose monitors	Support
LB934		Change provisions of the Consumer Protection Act and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	Support
LB934	AM3050	Change provisions of the Consumer Protection Act and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	Support
LB937		Provide for tax credits, tax exemptions, and certain grant programs and change provisions relating to tax credits and fuel taxes	Support
LB937	AM3116	Provide for tax credits, tax exemptions, and certain grant programs and change provisions relating to tax credits and fuel taxes	Support
LB937	AM3205	Provide for tax credits, tax exemptions, and certain grant programs and change provisions relating to tax credits and fuel taxes	Support
LB939		Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act	Support
LB952		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to implement the federal Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer Program	Support
LB964		Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act and provide for scholarships under the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act	Support
LB967		Change provisions relating to trafficking offenses and the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Fund	Support
LB970		Provide for carrying out the death penalty by nitrogen hypoxia	Oppose
LB978		Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions	Oppose
LB987		Change provisions relating to applicability of and assessment instruments under the Quality Education Accountability Act	Oppose
LB1052		Allow a teacher employed at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school to receive reimbursement for school supplies	Support
LB1053		Authorize an extended-career retention grant under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Support
LB1053		Authorize an extended-career retention grant under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Support
LB1055		Require development of a reading instruction system and programming for adults and children, create a steering committee, and provide for a literacy coordinator	Support
LB1082		Require coverage for in vitro fertilization for state employees under the Nebraska State Insurance Program	Oppose
LB1092		Adopt the Online Age Verification Liability Act	Support
LB1096		Provide that certain conduct relating to depictions of sexually explicit or obscene material or material harmful to minors is a deceptive trade practice under the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	Support
LB1106		Provide for coverage of lactation consultations under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB1109		Provide an exception under the Preborn Child Protection Act to allow an abortion after twelve weeks in the case of a fatal fetal anomaly and change and eliminate certain penalty provisions relating to abortions	Oppose
LB1121		Authorize additional grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Support
LB1124		State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB1204		Change provisions relating to certain lotteries and raffles, certain tobacco and nicotine delivery products, the State Lottery Act, the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, the Tobacco Products Tax Act, and public records	Neutral
LB1215	AM3045	Adopt the Dietitian Licensure Compact and the Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact, change provisions relating to prescriptions, death certificates, credentialing of barbers, nurses, pharmacies, pharmacy professionals, and certain health care facilities and services, treatment of individuals with communicable tuberculosis, and telehealth consultations, and provide for abstracts of death and coverage under the medical assistance program for certain breast pumps and lactation visits	Support
LB1252		Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read	Support
LB1254		Provide for a professional learning system and regional coaches for teaching students to read	Support
LB1284	AM3061	Provide for and change teacher incentive programs, provide for a pilot program to distribute menstrual products in schools, a Dyslexia Research Grant Program, a professional learning system relating to instruction in reading, and a statewide computer science education expansion program, create and change authorized use of certain funds, and change provisions relating to school psychologists and certain scholarship programs	Support
LB1300	AM3227	Adopt the Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act, the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, the Nebraska Nonprofit Security Grant Program Act, and the Wildland Fire Response Act, create the Commission on Asian American Affairs, provide security requirements for chemical facilities, require approval of voters for certain salary increases, and change provisions relating to veterans aid programs	Support
LB1324		Adopt the Child Tax Credit Act	Support
LB1329	AM2831	Change provisions relating to handguns and firearms in school environments, classification of school districts, excessive absenteeism and truancy, the enrollment option program, certain educational certificates, permits, and endorsements, certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts, requirements for various school and education programs, and the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, provide for grants relating to school mapping data, prohibit certain debt collection activities, and provide requirements for the use of certain maps for schools	Support
LB1339		Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies	Neutral
LB1350		Define certain terms under the Health Care Facilities Licensure Act	Neutral
LB1391		Require certain high schools to have automated external defibrillators and an athletics emergency action plan as prescribed	Oppose
LB1402		Require the State Treasurer to establish education scholarships and eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships Act	Support
LB1402	AM3431	Require the State Treasurer to establish education scholarships and eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships Act	Support
LB1403		Change provisions of the Opportunity Scholarships Act and the use of credits under the act	Support
LB1412		Provide, change, and eliminate appropriations for operation of state government, postsecondary education, state aid, capital construction, and federal funds allocated to the State of Nebraska from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	Neutral
LB1412	AM2566	Provide, change, and eliminate appropriations for operation of state government, postsecondary education, state aid, capital construction, and federal funds allocated to the State of Nebraska from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	Support

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Thomas Anthony Venzor

Lobbyist Name

Jun 3, 2024

Date