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: 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

Jones, Christine

Phone

(402) 261-5293

Address

301 South 13th Street, Ste. 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
LB52		Provide additional offenses for which notification to crime victims is required	Support
LB55		State intent regarding appropriations for medicaid rates for mental health providers	Support
LB80		Adopt the Protection Orders Act, require reporting of child abuse and neglect involving military families, provide for domestic violence victims to change rental agreements and request the changing of locks, and change provisions related to landlords and tenants	Support
LB103		Change Nebraska Evidence Rules to prohibit questions relating to past sexual behavior or sexual assaults in pretrial proceedings	Support
LB141		Require reporting of child abuse and neglect involving military families to military authorities and military family advocacy programs	Neutral
LB172		Prohibit conduct involving computer-generated child pornography	Support
LB217		Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers	Support
LB239		Change requirements relating to developmental disabilities funding priorities and eliminate a sunset date	Support
LB264	1403	Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Support
LB296		Require the State Department of Education to create a centralized education records system and employ registrars relating to students under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and change provisions relating to graduation requirements and the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund	Support
LB329		Change provisions relating to sexual abuse by a school employee	Support
LB329		Change provisions relating to sexual abuse by a school employee	Support
LB330		Change provisions relating to the sales tax rate and create the Alcohol Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund	Support
LB332		Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program	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	Oppose
LB359		State intent regarding appropriations for reimbursement rates for child welfare service providers	Support
LB359		State intent regarding appropriations for reimbursement rates for child welfare service providers	Support
LB368		Establish the Nebraska Youth in Care Bill of Rights	Support
LB458	923	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
LB477		Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act	Neutral
LB499		Change membership provisions relating to the Crime Victim's Reparations Committee	Support
LB511		Create the offense of commercial sexual exploitation, require registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act for certain solicitation and trafficking offenses, provide for a grant program for law enforcement, and require the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct education and awareness campaigns	Neutral
LB556		Change jurisdiction of juvenile courts and adult criminal courts and change provisions relating to detention and hearings under the Nebraska Juvenile Code	Oppose
LB559		Provide for offenses relating to skimmer devices and criminal enterprises involving financial offenses	Support
LB583		Change provisions relating to the rate and disbursement of the documentary stamp tax, the Child Care Grant Fund, child care grants, the Military Installation Development and Support Fund, the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Innovation Hub Cash Fund, the Economic Recovery Contingency Fund, and the Health Care Homes for the Medically Underserved Fund	Support
LB620		Adopt the Neighborhood Revitalization Act and authorize certain civil actions relating to real property	Support
LB643		Prohibit income tax deductions relating to interest or taxes paid on or maintenance of certain properties and provide exemptions to prohibited deductions	Support
LB684	1489	Transfer juvenile probation functions to a new Juvenile Probation Agency in the executive branch	Oppose
LB709	1202	Adopt the Adoption Tax Credit Act	Support

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

Christine Jones

Lobbyist Name

Jul 17, 2025

Date