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 30, 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

Kissel Kohout ES Associates, LLC

Phone

(402) 476-1188

Address

301 S. 13th Street, Suite 400

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Lancaster County Board of Commissioners

Office Phone

(402) 441-7447

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

555 S. 10th Street, Suite 110

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	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB740	Adopt the Housing First Supportive Services Act and require the Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal approval for coverage under the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB767	Adopt the Certified Help Options in Claims Expertise for Veterans Act	Oppose
LB807	Eliminate the Riparian Vegetation Management Task Force and provisions relating to grants and provide for grants relating to weed management from the Water Resources Cash Fund	Support
LB812	Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services relating to medicaid eligibility redeterminations and community engagement	Support
LB826	Change provisions relating to late applications for homestead exemptions	Support
LB859	Provide for county conflict counsel to represent certain indigent persons when the public defender is unavailable	Support
LB860	Require the Department of Health and Human Services to create a program to provide behavioral health care services to individuals under twenty-one years of age	Support
LB866	Change distribution of the Nebraska Opioid Recovery Trust Fund, create a fund, and provide for drug detection activities	Neutral
LB868	Provide an inheritance tax exemption relating to victims of homicide and change provisions relating to when certain inheritance taxes are due	Neutral
LB884	Change provisions relating to voter registration, ballots, and poll watchers and observers	Neutral
LB896	Change fees related to marriage licenses and records	Support
LB919	Allow for the use of durable accessible mediums for public records	Support
LB923	Change and eliminate provisions relating to county records	Support
LB935	Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to prohibited content or child exploitation devices; and provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting	Support
LB951	Include extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction in municipal elections and districts	Neutral
LB964	Adopt the Nebraska Public Property Disclosure Act	Support
LB965	Prohibit sexual abuse of a probationer or problem solving court participant and sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or child welfare service provider; change provisions relating to protection orders, certain offenses, attorney's fees, and victim notification requirements; and provide requirements for immunity for probation employees, Brady-Giglio disclosures, confidentiality for certain officers, registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act, county conflict counsel, and determinations of the best interest of the child	Support
LB969	Establish a database of financial information from counties and municipalities	Support
LB993	Provide a cause of action for deprivation of constitutional rights by a law enforcement officer, eliminate the defense of qualified immunity as prescribed, and change provisions of the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act and State Tort Claims Act	Oppose
LB1010	Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers	Oppose
LB1019	Provide immunity from prosecution for trespass for county assessors	Support
LB1020	Provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting and eliminate the requirement that courts impose probation for Class IV felonies	Support
LB1021	Change provisions related to penalties, proceeds, and distributed revenue of the nameplate capacity tax	Oppose
LB1027	Eliminate certain exemptions applicable to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and change requirements for the construction of privately developed renewable energy generation facilities	Oppose
LB1072	Provide for and change transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to fees, funds, fund transfers, agency powers and duties, and various statutory programs	Oppose
LB1075	Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village warrants and vacancies in a village board, change provisions of the Election Act, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, and the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and eliminate provisions relating to initiative and referendum petitions	Oppose
LB1092	Provide for Back the Blue License Plates and Iconic-Design License Plates	Support
LB1097	Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act	Oppose
LB1117	Change provisions relating to tuition waivers and provide for reimbursement to postsecondary institutions	Oppose
LB1131	Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act and eliminate personal property tax and sales and use tax exemptions relating to data centers	Support
LB1145	Change provisions relating to notice requirements for a meeting of a public body under the Open Meetings Act	Support
LB1195	Change requirements relating to female inmates of county jails and require county and city jails to comply with standards regarding cross-gender supervision and searches of inmates	Neutral
LB1203	Provide for the treatment of uncashed checks issued by counties	Support
LB1215	Adopt the Political Subdivision Contracting Transparency Act	Oppose
LB1218	Change provisions of the County Bridge Match Program and provide for a transfer of funds from the Roads Operations Cash Fund	Support
LB1219	Limit the amount of property taxes that may be levied by a political subdivision	Oppose
LB1225	Change provisions of the Nebraska Juvenile Code relating to expedited appeals of motions to transfer to county or district court	Support
LB1254	Prohibit sale of electronic smoking devices without a child safety feature	Support
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
LR317CA	Constitutional amendment to limit the annual growth in the amount of property taxes levied by political subdivisions	Oppose

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

KisselES

Lobbyist Name

May 30, 2026

Date