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 11, 2025

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

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Fox, Nicole

Phone

(402) 452-3737

Address

6910 Pacific Street, Suite 216

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68106

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Platte Institute for Economic Research

Office Phone

(402) 452-3737

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

6910 Pacific Street, Suite 216

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68106

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	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB29	Create a review process for agency rules and regulations	Support
LB38	Change provisions of the Geologists Regulation Act	Neutral
LB81	Define a term and change tax credit provisions under the Nebraska Property Tax Incentive Act	Support
LB82	Adopt the Cosmetology Licensure Compact	Oppose
LB83	Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact	Oppose
LB84	Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact	Oppose
LB95	Provide for a pilot program under the federal Child Care Subsidy program	Support
LB113	Change provisions relating to licensees under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act	Support
LB117	Provide a sales and use tax exemption for electricity, natural gas, propane, and sewer utilities	Oppose
LB125	Provide for regulation of products containing nicotine analogues and include alternative nicotine products under the Tobacco Products Tax Act	Oppose
LB130	Change provisions relating to General Fund net receipts and transfers to the Cash Reserve Fund	Neutral
LB131	Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits	Support
LB135	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies	Support
LB139	Change provisions relating to the Real Property Appraiser Act and the Nebraska Appraisal Management Company Registration Act	Support
LB148	Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and change requirements for licensure and reciprocity under the Dentistry Practice Act	Support
LB169	Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions and impose sales and use tax on certain services	Neutral
LB170	Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks	Neutral
LB190	Provide duties for the Legislative Performance Audit Committee	Support
LB200	Provide for exemptions under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act	Support
LB227	Change provisions relating to authorization to operate for certain motor carriers	Oppose
LB257	Change licensure and scope of practice provisions regarding marriage and family therapy and occupational therapy and licensure requirements under the Child Care Licensing Act	Support
LB281	Change provisions relating to the Board of Nursing and eliminate the Board of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses	Support
LB292	Provide for a grant to study prefabricated housing	Support
LB298	Provide for the Division of Legislative Oversight, the Director of Legislative Oversight, and the Legislative Oversight Committee and change provisions relating to the Public Counsel, the office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare, and the office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System	Support
LB315	Provide a sunset date for required biennial reports of and occupation taxes on domestic and foreign corporations	Support
LB317	Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal	Support
LB346	Provide for termination of boards, commissions, committees, councils, funds, groups, panels, and task forces and change and eliminate funds and powers and duties of departments and agencies	Support
LB366	Create the Legislative Economic Analysis Unit and the Chief Economist	Support
LB374	Adopt the Licensed Midwives Practice Act	Oppose
LB384	Require a majority of the elected members of the governing bodies of participating political subdivisions to attend joint public hearings under the Property Tax Request Act	Support
LB389	Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units	Support
LB403	Create the Office of Grants and provide duties	Oppose
LB427	Require the State Treasurer to establish an educational savings account for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve at an approved or accredited public, private, denominational, or parochial school	Support
LB437	Repeal the Nebraska Health Care Certificate of Need Act	Support
LB458	Change provisions relating to tax sale certificates, real property sold for delinquent taxes, certain tax-related foreclosure actions, and land banks and adopt the Permitting Approval Timeliness Act and the By-Right Housing Development Act	Support
LB468	Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers	Neutral
LB472	Adopt the Regulatory Management Act	Support
LB481	Adopt the Foster Care Child Scholarships Act	Support
LB495	Change provisions relating to community colleges under the Property Tax Request Act	Support
LB509	Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide for income tax credits	Support
LB531	Provide an exception to the requirement that buildings constructed with state funds comply with the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code	Support
LB532	Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses	Neutral
LB540	Change provisions of the Nebraska Apiary Act and create the Nebraska Apiary Advisory Board	Oppose
LB557	Change provisions relating to the enrollment option program, provide funding to students denied option enrollment, and eliminate provisions relating to open enrollment option students and diversity plans	Support
LB565	Provide and change requirements relating to agency guidance documents	Support
LB575	Change provisions relating to the Property Tax Request Act and property tax levy limits	Support
LB624	Appropriate funds to the State Treasurer for education scholarships	Support
LB625	Provide for the establishment of a database of financial information from all school districts in the state	Support
LB633	Change provisions relating to applications rejected under the enrollment option program and create the Nebraska Option Enrollment Tuition Account Program	Support
LB634	Adopt the Legislative Sunset Review Act and eliminate the Legislature's Planning Committee	Support
LB645	Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Support
LB658	Provide labeling and advertising requirements for manufactured-protein food products	Neutral
LB662	Provide for a federal funding inventory from each state agency and restrict maintenance-of-effort requirements	Support
LB664	Change the Administrative Procedure Act to require agencies to allow for public comment and submissions on proposed rules and regulations and change permissible venue for civil actions challenging rules and regulations	Support
LB683	Change provisions relating to duties of county assessors regarding notification of real property assessments and eliminate and change provisions of the Property Tax Request Act	Oppose
LB696	Change, provide, and eliminate provisions of the Professional Landscape Architects Act	Support
LB697	Change requirements relating to compounding and delegated dispensing permits under the Pharmacy Practice Act	Support
LB712	Change the tax on sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems	Oppose

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

Nicole Fox

Lobbyist Name

Jun 11, 2025

Date