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NebraskaLB1096109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts with foreign principals, authorize the withholding of records, and provide civil penalties

Sponsored By: Eliot Bostar

Signed by Governor

Judiciary Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.

Consultants for Chinese military must disclose

If you are a consultant for a Chinese military company, you must file details with the commission before any influencing activity in Nebraska. You must list your and the company’s information, what you will try to influence, say you act as an agent of a foreign adversary, and name employed officials. The first violation brings a $100,000 civil penalty. Each later violation rises by $100,000, up to $1,000,000 per violation.

Stronger farm biosecurity and penalties

The law bans knowingly importing a high-risk agricultural pathogen or pest into Nebraska. Importing is legal only with a permit from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture or the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The department can name which agents, toxins, or organisms are high risk and set rules. Violations are a Class III felony, or a Class IIA felony if the origin is hidden, it is for or funded by a foreign government, or it causes over $1,000,000 in economic damage.

No state incentives for foreign adversary firms

Companies defined in law as foreign adversarial cannot get Nebraska tax credits or incentives. This includes the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit, ImagiNE Nebraska, Nebraska Advantage programs, New Markets Job Growth Investment, the Urban Redevelopment Act, and other business recruitment or retention programs. In corporate groups, benefits can be used only against income of members that are not foreign adversarial. Tax for any foreign adversarial member must be figured using the apportionment formula.

Tighter safeguards for infrastructure and records

Companies and government buyers cannot make contracts that let a foreign principal access or control Nebraska critical infrastructure. A contract is allowed only when no reasonable alternative exists and not signing would pose a greater threat to the state. The law also lets custodians withhold sensitive critical‑infrastructure records, like designs, vulnerabilities, network maps, passwords, and some staff identities. Some records must still be released, such as CEO or board identities, water quality compliance, and certain family access after investigations.

Deadlines to apply for business incentives

No new applications for Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act incentives are accepted after December 31, 2027. No new applications for ImagiNE Nebraska Act incentives are accepted after December 31, 2030. Complete ImagiNE applications filed by December 31, 2030 can still be considered and may lead to agreements.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Eliot Bostar

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 199 • No: 46

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 11 • Other: 9

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 4/10/2026

Final Reading

Yes: 34 • No: 15

legislature vote • 4/7/2026

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 3/30/2026

Vote

Yes: 31 • No: 9 • Other: 9

legislature vote • 3/30/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 11 • Other: 9

Actions Timeline

  1. Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026

    4/17/2026legislature

  2. Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026

    4/17/2026legislature

  3. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/10/2026legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading 34-15*-0

    4/10/2026legislature

  5. President/Speaker signed

    4/10/2026legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    4/8/2026legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ER177 adopted

    4/7/2026legislature

  8. Kauth FA755 withdrawn

    4/7/2026legislature

  9. Bostar AM3030 withdrawn

    4/7/2026legislature

  10. Bostar AM3101 filed

    4/7/2026legislature

  11. Bostar AM3101 adopted

    4/7/2026legislature

  12. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    4/7/2026legislature

  13. Bostar AM3030 filed

    4/1/2026legislature

  14. Placed on Select File with ER177

    4/1/2026legislature

  15. Enrollment and Review ER177 filed

    4/1/2026legislature

  16. Judiciary AM2726 adopted

    3/30/2026legislature

  17. Bostar AM2313 withdrawn

    3/30/2026legislature

  18. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    3/30/2026legislature

  19. Placed on General File with AM2726

    3/23/2026legislature

  20. Judiciary AM2726 filed

    3/23/2026legislature

  21. Notice of hearing for March 05, 2026 on AM2313

    2/27/2026legislature

  22. Bostar AM2313 filed

    2/26/2026legislature

  23. Bostar priority bill

    2/19/2026legislature

  24. Notice of hearing for February 05, 2026

    1/23/2026legislature

  25. DeKay name added

    1/22/2026legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/17/2026

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

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