E39- The Good and the Ugly: Bills in the Legislature
It’s Nebraska and we know we have a lot of stop in the way of bad policy designed to enrich the rich, increase poverty, and tear away the social safety net. However, we’ve elected some progressive senators and now we have a lot to fight FOR and SUPPORT.
Step 1: Find Your Senator https://nebraskalegislature.gov/ -->enter your address at “find your senator” on the right hand side
Step 2: Setup the BillTracker https://www.nebraska.gov/billtracker/
Bills:
Labor rights -
SUPPORT - LB122: Abolish “Tipped Wage”, Hunt
OPPOSE - LB139: Protect Business that put workers in harm’s way, Briese
SUPPORT - LB241: Covid protection rights for meat packers, Vargas
SUPPORT - LB480: Increase Min. Wage, McKinney
Body Autonomy
SUPPORT - LB276: allows telehealth for medication abortions, Hunt
SUPPORT - LB474: medical marijuana, Wishart
SUPPORT - LB451: Ban discrimination for racial and cultural traits like natural hair, McKinney
Human Rights
OPPOSE - LB300: Stand Your Ground Slama
SUPPORT - LB358: Tenant protection from retaliation from reporting, Hunt
OPPOSE - LB364: School Vouchers, Linehan
SUPPORT - LB199: Ban Facial Recognition, Vargas
Social Safety Net
SUPPORT - LB485: Give more families access to daycare, DeBoer
SUPPORT - LB356: Increase access to SNAP, food assistance, Hunt
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