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Yes: 162 • No: 0
NebraskaLB1155109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Change provisions relating to legislative oversight
Sponsored By: Myron Dorn
Signed by Governor
Executive Board
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Bill Overview
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9 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 6 mixed.
Stronger rules on juvenile confinement
The law adds strong guardrails on room confinement for kids. If a child is held alone over one hour in 24 hours, staff must document key facts and get a supervisor’s written OK. Any health evaluation done during that time must be used when deciding to place or keep a child in confinement. Facilities cannot stack back‑to‑back confinements to dodge reporting rules. Facilities must send detailed quarterly reports to the Legislature and the Division of Legislative Oversight. Agencies that do not follow these rules face discipline under existing state law. The Division reviews all data and sends an annual report with ways to reduce confinement.
Old code sections repealed
The law deletes several older state code sections and replaces them with the new rules in this act. The repealed sections include 43-2,108; 50-1205; 50-1803; 50-1805; 50-1812; 50-1912; 50-1918; 77-2711; 77-27,119; and 83-4,134.01.
Faster alerts for missing foster kids
With a judge’s order, probation can quickly share a current photo and details when a child is missing from foster care or out‑of‑home placement. Shared information must follow state and federal privacy laws. It cannot say the child is in state care or under probation.
Stronger powers for oversight committee
The Legislative Oversight Committee sets audit procedures, picks agencies or programs to audit, and approves audit plans. It can inspect records, issue subpoenas when the Legislative Auditor asks, and release audit reports. It monitors how agencies carry out audit fixes, approves consultant contracts within budget, and can run joint audits with the Auditor of Public Accounts when agreed in writing.
Child-welfare watchdog and privacy rules
The law creates the Office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare inside the Legislature’s oversight division. The Inspector General serves five years, must earn certification in two years, and can hire staff as funds allow. With a juvenile court order, probation must provide needed probation records within five business days, and serious injuries or deaths can be reported to the Inspector General quickly. Investigation records stay confidential. Public release of a summary needs agreement by the Inspector General and the oversight chair, with redactions, and a tie‑breaker by the Executive Board chair if needed.
Clear rules on juvenile court records
Courts may share confidential records with people or agencies providing direct services to the child or the immediate family. Law enforcement can get records only with consent or a court order for good cause in set investigations. In foster‑care cases under specific laws, courts must share records with the Foster Care Review Office. The child’s lawyer and the prosecutor must get predispositional reports before any hearing that uses them. Recipients cannot share records again without a court order. In certain cases, a judge can deny the child access to records if disclosure would harm treatment and there is good cause.
More police access to juvenile data
When a court orders electronic monitoring, the order must allow designated officers to get the device data. On request, the Office of Probation Administration gives those officers database access. For juveniles on probation, the Office must send key details, like parent contacts, placement, search status, and school attendance, to the state justice commission, which makes it available to law enforcement.
Prison watchdog reports and privacy rules
The prison Inspector General must keep investigation records confidential and may release only a redacted summary when it is judged to be in the public interest after notice to the oversight chair. The office can protect source identities. Each year by September 15, the Inspector General sends an electronic report to the Governor and the Legislature that summarizes investigations without any confidential or identifying details.
Audit access to confidential tax data
The Tax Commissioner must give state auditors access to tax returns for auditing the Revenue Department after a written request. Audits of confidential returns happen only on‑site at Revenue or by secure remote access, and work papers stay securely at Revenue. Cities with a local sales tax can certify one person to request confidential sales‑tax data from the Department. The Department gets at least 10 business days to prepare it and can send it securely. Improper sharing by a city is a Class I misdemeanor.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Myron Dorn
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 13
legislature vote • 4/9/2026
Final Reading
Yes: 49 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/4/2026
Vote
Yes: 41 • No: 0 • Other: 8
legislature vote • 3/4/2026
Vote
Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 13
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
4/17/2026legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
4/9/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading 49-0-0
4/9/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/9/2026legislaturePresented to Governor on April 9, 2026
4/9/2026legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
3/17/2026legislatureKauth FA815 withdrawn
3/12/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
3/12/2026legislaturePlaced on Select File
3/10/2026legislatureExecutive Board AM1903 adopted
3/4/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
3/4/2026legislaturePlaced on General File with AM1903
2/23/2026legislatureExecutive Board AM1903 filed
2/23/2026legislatureLegislative Oversight Committee priority bill
2/18/2026legislatureNotice of hearing for February 05, 2026
1/28/2026legislatureReferred to Executive Board
1/22/2026legislatureKauth FA815 filed
1/21/2026legislatureDate of introduction
1/20/2026legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
4/17/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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