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: May 28, 2026

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

2026

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Hayes, Jason W.

Phone

(402) 475-7611

Address

605 S. 14th Street, Suite 200

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska State Education Association

Office Phone

(402) 475-7611

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

605 S. 14th Street

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
LB258		Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act	Oppose
LB304		Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program and state intent regarding funding	Support
LB353		Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization	Oppose
LB429		Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations	Oppose
LB429	AM2100	Provide requirements and restrictions for school boards relating to professional employees’ organizations	Support
LB440		Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act	Support
LB440	AM1699	Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act	Support
LB463		Require school districts to develop a cardiac emergency response plan under the School Safety and Security Reporting System Act and provide for grants for such plans from the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund	Support
LB538		Require the State Board of Education to develop a model policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, require school boards to adopt a policy regarding discrimination and antisemitism, and provide for Title VI coordinators	Neutral
LB599		Require the State Board of Education to adopt a policy relating to cybersecurity	Support
LB653		Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline Act	Neutral
LB730		Require schools and state agencies to designate restrooms and locker rooms based on sex and require state agencies to define an individual's sex as either male or female for purposes of rules and regulations, the enforcement of administrative actions, and adjudication of disputes	Oppose
LB745		Change provisions relating to the requirements for a diploma of high school equivalency	Support
LB748		Change provisions relating to the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and allow for the use of trust funds for recognized postsecondary credential programs	Neutral
LB765		Change provisions relating to elections for school district bonds and bonds issued by a joint entity that includes a Nebraska school district or educational service unit	Oppose
LB814		Change provisions relating to the valuation of agricultural land and horticultural land	Oppose
LB820		Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems	Support
LB820	AM2425	Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems	Support
LB821		Eliminate certain verification requirements performed by the Public Employees Retirement Board and change duties of the board and the Nebraska Investment Council relating to retirement systems	Neutral
LB824		Change provisions relating to termination of employment under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Support
LB848		Provide for exemption from sales tax for purchases of clothing, personal computers, and school supplies for a prescribed period	Support
LB862		Change intent relating to appropriations under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Oppose
LB865		Provide for exemption from sales tax for purchases of child care supplies, clothing, footwear, and school supplies for a prescribed period	Support
LB867		Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact	Oppose
LB867	AM2270	Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact	Oppose
LB867	AM2859	Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact	Support
LB885		Allow the Governor to remove the state investment officer from office and eliminate the need for cause for removal of the state investment officer	Oppose
LB893		Provide for an interpersonal relations training course as an alternative to the human relations training requirement for substitute teachers	Oppose
LB906		Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require officers to wear appropriate identification	Support
LB907		Prohibit law enforcement officers from entering community safe spaces to enforce immigration law	Support
LB937		Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, the improvement grant program, monitoring or providing instruction, deadlines, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, and the College Pathway Program Act	Neutral
LB956		Provide for the collection of postsecondary institution compensation data	Support
LB966		Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation	Support
LB970		Require the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a state plan amendment to include a program of early literacy promotion and intervention in well-child visits under the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services program	Support
LB982		Appropriate funds to the Public Service Commission for the Broadband Bridge Program	Support
LB1013		Change and eliminate provisions relating to names of state institutions and requirements relating to gender at youth rehabilitation and treatment centers	Oppose
LB1022		Eliminate the human relations training requirement for obtaining a Nebraska substitute teacher's certificate	Oppose
LB1024		Require school districts and the State Board of Education to provide for instruction on the history of communism	Oppose
LB1029		Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities	Support
LB1034		Prohibit school staff from allowing federal immigration enforcement officers to access schools without a judicial warrant	Support
LB1038		Change provisions relating to school funding and property taxes	Neutral
LB1050		Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Oppose
LB1050	AM3052	Provide requirements for dyslexia screening and limit advancement to grade four under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act	Oppose
LB1053		Eliminate the prohibition regarding suspending a student that is in prekindergarten through second grade	Neutral
LB1054		Appropriate funds to the State Department of Education for grants for cybersecurity products and services	Support
LB1061		Change residence requirements relating to tuition and fees at state postsecondary educational institutions	Oppose
LB1071	AM2500	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Support
LB1071	FA1045	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Support
LB1071	AM2748	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Support
LB1071	AM2162	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Oppose
LB1071		Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027	Oppose
LB1086		Change eligibility requirements for community college gap assistance	Support
LB1102		Provide requirements for monthly payments of retirement allowances and change when certain cost-of-living adjustments occur under the Class V School Employees Retirement Act	Support
LB1140		Provide for distribution of appropriations to the State Department of Education for a pilot program in a city of the metropolitan class	Support
LB1146		Change provisions relating to reports by a school district relating to absences of a child from school	Neutral
LB1164		Adopt the Prior Learning Act	Neutral
LB1166		Change applicability of the employee contribution rate under the School Employees Retirement Act	Support
LB1182		Provide for a base salary for certified teachers and state intent relating to changes to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and a new form of block grant funding	Oppose
LB1184		Adopt the Nebraska Tribal College Investment Act	Support
LB1201		Provide for a grant program related to classroom libraries and engagement materials	Support
LB1206		Exempt income received by certificated teachers, paraeducators, and paraprofessionals from state income taxation	Support
LB1207		Require school districts to provide mental health leave for school employees	Support
LB1208		Provide a budget requirement under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act	Support
LB1216		Provide for educational services for prisoners	Support
LB1217		Authorize schools to maintain epinephrine for emergency first aid	Support
LB1219		Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision	Oppose
LB1224		Prohibit children from transferring to an exempt school during certain child abuse or neglect investigations and prohibit persons convicted of certain crimes from monitoring or providing instruction at such schools	Neutral
LB1241		Provide requirements relating to applications for employment at a school	Oppose
LB1243		Change school board policies and procedures relating to part-time enrollment	Oppose
LB1247		Require postsecondary institution participation in the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Education Reporting System for the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act	Support
LR12CA		Constitutional amendment to impose a limit on ad valorem taxes for real property, provide a new method of valuing real property for tax purposes, provide certain exceptions, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose
LR292CA		Constitutional amendment to provide a new method of valuing real property for property tax purposes, provide a limit on property tax increases, provide certain exceptions, provide requirements for declared emergencies, provide for emergency bond levies, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Oppose
LR303CA		Constitutional amendment to provide for paid family medical leave	Support
LR317CA		Constitutional amendment to limit the annual growth in the amount of property taxes levied by political subdivisions	Oppose
LR422		Urge Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act	Support

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

Jason W. Hayes

Lobbyist Name

May 28, 2026

Date