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Environment Issue Summary

Key Votes

Date	State	Bill No.	Title	Outcome
May 1, 2025	Nebraska	LB 317	Amends and Merges the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy	Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 12)
April 18, 2024	Nebraska	LB 1169	Amends the Nebraska State Historical Society	Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 4)
April 12, 2022	Nebraska	LB 1068	Requires a University of Nebraska Health Assessment Over Ethanol Production	Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 8)
May 13, 2019	Nebraska	LB 155	Amends Eminent Domain Provisions to Apply to Renewable Energy Generation Facilities	Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 0)
April 11, 2012	Nebraska	LB 1161	Authorizes Land Study in Nebraska for Keystone XL Pipeline Route	Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)

Date	No.	Title	Outcome
5/01	LB 317	Amends and Merges the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy	Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 12)
4/18	LB 1169	Amends the Nebraska State Historical Society	Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 4)
4/12	LB 1068	Requires a University of Nebraska Health Assessment Over Ethanol Production	Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 8)
5/13	LB 155	Amends Eminent Domain Provisions to Apply to Renewable Energy Generation Facilities	Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 0)
4/11	LB 1161	Authorizes Land Study in Nebraska for Keystone XL Pipeline Route	Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5)

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Public Statements

Date	Title	Politician
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Rep. Mike Flood
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Sen. Deb Fischer
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Sen. Pete Ricketts
Dec. 1, 2022	Smith Statement on EPA's Proposed Fuel Standards	Rep. Adrian Smith
Oct. 13, 2022	Letter to Stephanie Pollack, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration - Hoeven Joins Colleagues to Protect State Dots, Push Back on Burdensome & Overreaching Mandates	Sen. Deb Fischer

Date	Title	Politician
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Rep. Mike Flood
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Sen. Deb Fischer
Feb. 9, 2023	Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Ernst Demands Biden EPA Remove Regulatory Barriers on Ethanol, Provide Certainty for Farmers and Consumers	Sen. Pete Ricketts
Dec. 1, 2022	Smith Statement on EPA's Proposed Fuel Standards	Rep. Adrian Smith
Oct. 13, 2022	Letter to Stephanie Pollack, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration - Hoeven Joins Colleagues to Protect State Dots, Push Back on Burdensome & Overreaching Mandates	Sen. Deb Fischer

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Interest Group Ratings

Year(s)	Special Interest Group
2017	Nebraska Conservation Voters
2017	Nebraska Conservation Voters
2016	Nebraska Conservation Voters
2016	Nebraska Conservation Voters
2015	Nebraska Conservation Voters

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Ballot Measures

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	Nebraska	Proposed Amendment 2: Constitutional Amendment to Establish the Right to Hunt, to Fish, and to Harvest Wildlife and That Public Hunting, Fishing, and Harvesting of Wildlife is a Preferred Means of Managing and Controlling Wildlife	Passed
May 13, 2008	Nebraska	Proposed Amendment 1: Allow Investment of Public Endowment Funds by Cities	Passed

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