Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

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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: Jul 17, 2025
Amended Date: Jul 17, 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

Gay, Tim

Phone

(402) 261-5293

Address

301 South 13th Street, Suite 402

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Catalyst Public Affairs

Office Phone

(402) 261-5293

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

301 South 13th Street, Suite 402

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
LB31		Require school policies relating to the use of student surveillance, monitoring, and tracking technology by school districts	Neutral
LB35		Change provisions relating to the requirements for certain exemptions for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities	Support
LB36	AM635	Adopt the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act, provide for the Home Weatherization Clearinghouse and for mitigation of incidental taking of threatened or endangered species habitat, change provisions relating to the Water Recreation Enhancement Act, ground water allocation, and permits and stamps issued by the Game and Parks Commission, and create the Research Excellence Cash Fund	Neutral
LB43		Change provisions relating to notice and certification requirements for electric generation facilities, transmission lines, and privately developed renewable energy generation facilities located near military installations	Support
LB50		Change provisions relating to the distribution of the nameplate capacity tax	Neutral
LB63		Redefine terms relating to sports wagering under the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act	Neutral
LB65		Exempt individuals under nineteen years of age from payment of certain court costs and fees and change provisions of the Nebraska Juvenile Code	Neutral
LB105		Change procedures for voting or election precincts for public power districts	Neutral
LB121		Prohibit land disposal of solar panels and wind turbine blades and the component parts of solar panels and wind turbine blades	Neutral
LB123		Change provisions relating to withholding money due to noncompliance with budget limits, property tax request authority, and annual audits for certain political subdivisions	Neutral
LB127		Provide for damages for defendants who are found not guilty or whose cases are dismissed or overturned	Oppose
LB140		Require school policies relating to use of electronic communication devices by students	Neutral
LB143		Change provisions relating to student enrollment	Neutral
LB145		Require the Director of Agriculture to administer a grant program relating to noxious weeds and restate intent regarding appropriations for vegetation management	Neutral
LB156		Allow tort claims under the State Tort Claims Act and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act for sexual assaults of children in school settings	Oppose
LB168		Adopt the 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Act	Support
LB180		Change requirements for public lettings and biddings and provide an exception for the Department of Natural Resources under the State Procurement Act	Neutral
LB192		Change and eliminate provisions regarding eligibility for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and eliminate requirements for an evaluation and a report	Neutral
LB203		Change powers and duties of health directors in certain local public health departments	Neutral
LB207		Provide a registration fee under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act for certain commercially registered alternative fuel vehicles	Neutral
LB210		Provide for fees and assessments for participation and use of the prescription drug monitoring program and the designated health information exchange	Support
LB211		Change provisions relating to the calculation of property tax request authority under the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act	Support
LB216		Eliminate elected clerks of the district court, provide for consolidation of duties of court clerks and clerk magistrates, and change certain county employees to state employees	Support
LB218		Change provisions relating to voter registration	Neutral
LB236		Allow claims involving child abuse or sexual assault of a child under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act	Oppose
LB261		Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	Neutral
LB264		Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Neutral
LB272		Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses	Neutral
LB280		Require audits of authorized gaming operators and provide powers and duties for the Auditor of Public Accounts	Neutral
LB294		Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund	Neutral
LB300		Change provisions relating to the Superintendent Pay Transparency Act and provide a limit for superintendent and educational service unit administrator compensation	Neutral
LB303		Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB323		Change requirements for certain road and building construction projects for the Department of Transportation	Neutral
LB327		Require the state to pay expenses for probation services	Support
LB327		Require the state to pay expenses for probation services	Support
LB328		Change provisions relating to the disbursement of the documentary stamp tax	Support
LB342		Adopt the Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act and provide a gambling exception for conducting or participating in fantasy contests	Neutral
LB344		Change provisions relating to ground water allocation	Neutral
LB349		Change provisions relating to applications, notices, filings, exemptions, and violations regarding the construction or acquisition of certain electric energy storage resources by electric suppliers	Neutral
LB351		Change requirements for priority of admission to state hospitals for the mentally ill	Support
LB357		Change provisions relating to the State Racing and Gaming Commission, the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act, racetrack enclosures, and racing and gaming funds	Support
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	Neutral
LB386		Adopt the Regional Mental Health Expansion Pilot Program Act, provide for videoconferencing of hearings under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act and the Sex Offender Commitment Act, provide for detention of certain persons at mental health beds in jails, and change provisions relating to hearings and rights of confrontation	Support
LB390		Require each school board to adopt a policy relating to access by a parent, guardian, or educational decisionmaker to certain school library information	Neutral
LB406		Change provisions relating to the State Racing and Gaming Commission	Neutral
LB411		Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act	Neutral
LB421		Allow an authorized gaming operator to conduct sports wagering by means of an online sports wagering platform under the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act and change the distribution of taxes collected from sports wagering	Neutral
LB425		Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses	Neutral
LB428		Change provisions relating to school policies on the involvement of parents, guardians, and educational decisionmakers in schools	Neutral
LB429		Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations	Neutral
LB434		Change fees for fireworks display permits, fireworks sales licenses, fire alarm inspector certification, late submittal of remodel or construction plans, fire safety inspections, fire protection system contractor certificates, heating oil tank registration, and underground storage tank installation permits and registration	Neutral
LB438		Allow an authorized gaming operator to conduct sports wagering by means of an online sports wagering platform under the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act and change the distribution of taxes collected from sports wagering	Neutral
LB449		Change provisions relating to the priority of projects and requirements of the state highway system plan	Support
LB457		Require anaphylaxis policies for school districts and licensed child care facilities and provide a limit on the amount an insured is required to pay by an insurance policy or benefit plan for epinephrine injectors	Neutral
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	Neutral
LB468		Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers	Oppose
LB484		Redefine agricultural land and horticultural land for property tax assessment	Support
LB489		Prohibit certain entities from operating, maintaining, constructing, or acquiring transmission lines and related facilities	Neutral
LB503		Authorize the designation of American energy friendly counties and change provisions relating to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and the nameplate capacity tax	Neutral
LB516		Eliminate provisions relating to counties maintaining office space for the Department of Health and Human Services	Support
LB519		Require independent confirmatory testing of potential items of contraband or drugs in prisons	Oppose
LB521		Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class	Neutral
LB526		Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations	Neutral
LB541		Eliminate online voter registration, restrict voter registration by mail, require grounds for early voting, require hand counts of ballots, and change provisions relating to voter registration and voting	Neutral
LB558		Create the Infrastructure Review Task Force for the state highway system	Neutral
LB578		Change provisions relating to compensation and employment of jail and prison inmates and disbursements of such funds and require payment of the minimum wage for inmates and government employees	Oppose
LB590		Provide for a mitigation bank or an in-lieu fee program relating to the incidental taking of threatened or endangered species habitat	Neutral
LB596		Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law	Support
LB612		Require the state to pay fifty percent of the operational costs of county courts	Support
LB621		State legislative intent regarding appropriations and provide for transfers from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund	Support
LB628		Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and change provisions relating to the filing of statements of recorded easements and property tax exemptions	Neutral
LB636		Change provisions relating to fees allowed for sheriffs and provide for reimbursement to counties for medical services for jail inmates	Neutral
LB645		Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Neutral
LB653	AM995	Change provisions relating to reimbursement for special education programs, support services, and the enrollment option program, provide reimbursement for certain students under the enrollment option program, and change the authorized uses of the Education Future Fund	Neutral
LB663		Provide for required education for members of county planning commissions and county boards and change provisions relating to conditional use or special exception determinations by county planning commissions and county boards	Neutral
LB706		Require adult protective services social workers to accompany law enforcement officers	Oppose
LR16CA		Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Support
LR18CA		Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Support
LR20CA		Constitutional amendment to permit an authorized gaming operator conducting sports wagering within a licensed racetrack enclosure to allow a sports wager to be placed by an individual located within the State of Nebraska at the time the individual places the sports wager by means of a mobile or electronic platform	Neutral
LR22CA		Constitutional amendment to provide the right to a clean and healthy natural environment and that the state and political subdivisions serve as trustee of the natural resources of Nebraska	Neutral

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

Tim Gay

Lobbyist Name

Jul 17, 2025

Date