Proposed Nebraska Firearm Legislation
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note: Bills and resolutions introduced during the regular session in an odd-numbered year are held over for consideration during the regular session in an even-numbered year. Measures that are indefinitely postponed do not carry over.

Title: Impose an excise tax on the sale of ammunition and provide grant programs relating to post-traumatic stress disorder and wildlife management
Description: Impose an excise tax on the sale of ammunition and provide grant programs relating to post-traumatic stress disorder and wildlife management
Last Action: Indefinitely Postponed pursuant to Rule 9, Sec. 8
Last Action Date: August 20, 2024

Title: Allow the use of deadly force without retreating when lawfully present in a motor vehicle
Description: Allow the use of deadly force without retreating when lawfully present in a motor vehicle
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 14, 2025
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025

Title: Interim study to examine the safe storage of firearms
Description: Interim study to examine the safe storage of firearms
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Committee
Last Action Date: April 5, 2024

Title: Change provisions relating to unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile offender and sealed records
Description: Change provisions relating to unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile offender and sealed records
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 27, 2025
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025

Title: Change and eliminate provisions relating to handgun purchase requirements
Description: Change and eliminate provisions relating to handgun purchase requirements
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 14, 2025
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025

Title: Prohibit government entities and officials from keeping certain lists relating to the ownership of firearms and prohibit using merchant category codes to distinguish firearm retailers
Description: Prohibit government entities and officials from keeping certain lists relating to the ownership of firearms and prohibit using merchant category codes to distinguish firearm retailers
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 17, 2025
Last Action Date: January 29, 2025

Title: Adopt the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Description: Adopt the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 17, 2025
Last Action Date: January 29, 2025

Title: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act, provide for regulation of medical cannabis, and adopt the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Justice Act and the Cannabis Conviction Clean Slate Act
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act, provide for regulation of medical cannabis, and adopt the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Justice Act and the Cannabis Conviction Clean Slate Act
Last Action: Notice of hearing for March 03, 2025
Last Action Date: February 19, 2025

Title: Eliminate a requirement to obtain a handgun purchase certificate and change provisions on criminal history record checks for firearms and explosives
Description: Eliminate a requirement to obtain a handgun purchase certificate and change provisions on criminal history record checks for firearms and explosives
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024

Title: Allow the use of tribal enrollment cards for proof of age and identity for certain firearm and alcohol laws
Description: Allow the use of tribal enrollment cards for proof of age and identity for certain firearm and alcohol laws
Last Action: Provisions/portions of LB923 amended into LB1288 by AM3096
Last Action Date: April 25, 2024

Title: Adopt the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Description: Adopt the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024

Title: Adopt the Protection Orders Act
Description: Adopt the Protection Orders Act
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024

Title: Change provisions relating to the duty to retreat when using force in self-defense or defense of another and provide for criminal and civil immunity
Description: Change provisions relating to the duty to retreat when using force in self-defense or defense of another and provide for criminal and civil immunity
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed
Last Action Date: April 18, 2024

Title: Change provisions relating to handguns and firearms in school environments, classification of school districts, excessive absenteeism and truancy, the enrollment option program, certain educational certificates, permits, and endorsements, certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts, requirements for various school and education programs, and the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, provide for grants relating to school mapping data, prohibit certain debt collection activities, and provide requirements for the use of certain maps for schools
Description: Change provisions relating to handguns and firearms in school environments, classification of school districts, excessive absenteeism and truancy, the enrollment option program, certain educational certificates, permits, and endorsements, certain tax levy and bonding authority of school districts, requirements for various school and education programs, and the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, provide for grants relating to school mapping data, prohibit certain debt collection activities, and provide requirements for the use of certain maps for schools
Last Action: Provisions/portions of LB1385 amended into LB1329 by AM2831
Last Action Date: April 25, 2024

Title: Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies
Description: Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies
Last Action: Provisions/portions of LB1339 amended into LB1329 by AM2831
Last Action Date: April 25, 2024