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NebraskaLB530109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature
Change provisions relating to motor vehicle homicide, motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child, tampering with an electronic monitoring device, controlled substances violations, adult and juvenile probation, detention of juveniles, motorists passing stopped vehicles or vulnerable road users, and speed limits
Sponsored By: Kathleen Kauth
Signed by Governor
Judiciary Committee
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Bill Overview
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15 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 6 costs, 6 mixed.
Juvenile records sealed and clear notices
When a youth completes or is discharged from probation, the court seals the juvenile record and ends all obligations. Agencies that get notice must seal their records. Courts must notify law enforcement and prosecutors named in the record, the DMV when driving limits are involved, DHHS when the youth was a ward or DHHS was a party, and any court that transferred the case. The court must explain in age‑appropriate words what sealing means, list agency contacts, and, when it applies, tell the youth about any firearm ban. If the youth is not present, the court mails the explanation.
Tougher penalties for deadly driving
If a driver with a prior qualifying DUI causes a death, it is a Class II felony. The court must order a 15‑year driving ban and a 15‑year license revocation. If a death is caused while violating section 60‑6,213 or 60‑6,214, the crime is a Class IIIA felony.
More safeguards and support for youth probation
Courts must consider intensive supervision for youth who are unlikely to respond to normal sanctions. Designated youth get priority services like therapy, education help, family engagement, and coordinated supports. A youth taken into custody cannot be held over 24 hours, excluding nonjudicial days, without a court appearance, and will have a lawyer at that hearing. A standard screening tool must guide pretrial detention, and youth must be released or placed in an alternative if detention is not required. Before probation ends, officers must send a progress report 30 days early; if the county attorney files 14 days before the end, a revocation hearing must occur before the term ends. Officers must promptly notify juvenile intake when a juvenile probationer is taken into custody, and probation may use a statewide list of incentives and sanctions with officer training.
Stronger rights and limits on probation
Probation terms are capped: up to 5 years for a felony or a second‑offense misdemeanor, and up to 2 years for a first‑offense misdemeanor. The court can discharge you early or change, add, or remove conditions during your term. Before revoking probation or adding requirements, the court must hold a prompt hearing, give notice and evidence, let you defend with a lawyer, and find a violation by clear and convincing evidence. At sentencing and when you finish or are discharged, officials must tell you about possible set‑aside of the conviction and provide standard forms.
More police access to juvenile data
Court orders that place a youth on electronic monitoring must say if data can be shared with a named officer. On request, probation must give that officer or agency immediate access to the monitoring database. For any youth on probation, probation must give the state commission details like the youth’s name, parents’ contacts, officer, terms, placement status, and school; police statewide can access it. Each month, probation must send every local police agency a list of juvenile probationers in that county. When a probation officer uses a graduated sanction, they must tell the county attorney what the violation and sanction were.
Tougher motor-vehicle homicide penalties
Causing a death while driving under the influence is a Class IIA felony. Judges must ban driving and revoke the license for 1 to 15 years for that offense. For other motor-vehicle-homicide convictions, judges may suspend driving and licenses for up to 2 years, or must revoke them for 15 years for the most serious versions. These penalties take effect at sentencing, after appeals end, or when probation is revoked. Motor vehicle homicide is charged separately from other crimes from the same act.
Lower speeds and stricter reckless rules
The transportation department may lower the posted speed during bad weather, slick roads, emergencies, or congestion. The lower limit counts only when shown on an electronic sign, in 5‑mph steps, and normal speed resumes when the sign says so. Driving at more than twice the speed limit is treated as evidence of reckless driving.
New fees and waivers for probation
Adult probation now has set fees. You pay a $30 one-time enrollment fee. Standard probation costs $25 each month; intensive supervision or some programs cost $35 each month, due by the 10th. You cannot be charged more than one programming fee in a month. The court must waive monthly fees if paying would be an undue hardship after a hearing, and can give more time, lower payments, or cancel fees if missed payments were not willful. Fees are paid to the court clerk and sent to the Probation Program Cash Fund. Adults supervised in Nebraska under the interstate compact and people in approved non‑probation programs that use probation staff also pay these fees; the court can remove participants who stop paying.
New limits on adult probation revocation
The court can revoke probation for missing monthly program fees, but not if you swear you cannot pay and the court agrees after a hearing. If you are on felony probation, revocation for substance or other noncriminal violations can start only after you have served 90 total days of custodial sanctions in the current term.
New rules for juvenile probation and detention
For youth on comprehensive supervision, officers can use graduated sanctions only once; any later violation requires a formal revocation report. If an officer believes the youth committed a crime, they must start formal revocation, not use administrative sanctions. The law defines alternatives to detention like electronic monitoring, day reporting, house arrest, tracking, family crisis response, and temporary shelter; physical restraints do not count, except a manual delayed exit up to 30 seconds. Children age 12 or younger generally cannot be detained; detention at that age is allowed only after all other options are exhausted, with court review every five days and within 24 hours if the lawyer asks.
Sealed juvenile records: jobs protected, gun checks
Employers cannot ask if you have a sealed juvenile record, and applications must say you do not have to disclose it. Police may view a sealed juvenile record only to decide gun eligibility for people under 25, and only to see past juvenile adjudications that would be a felony or a domestic-violence misdemeanor.
Move over and protect vulnerable users
When you pass a vulnerable road user, move at least one lane over when possible. If you cannot, slow down and use due care. Vulnerable users include pedestrians, people on bikes, motorcycles (not autocycles), mopeds, riders of animals, farm equipment, and people using devices like wheelchairs or skates. Road assistance and utility vehicles stopped along a highway must use warning lights, and drivers must move over or slow for them. A first violation is a traffic infraction; a second or later within five years is a Class IIIA misdemeanor.
Crime to tamper with court monitors
It is a Class I misdemeanor to remove, damage, alter, or disable a court‑ordered or parole electronic monitoring device, or to help someone do it.
New speeding fines and move-over rules
Speeding fines are set by how many miles per hour you are over the limit: $10 (1–5 mph), $25 (over 5–10), $75 (over 10–15), $125 (over 15–20), $200 (over 20–35), and $300 (over 35). Fines double in construction or school crossing zones. On controlled-access highways, you must move over at least one lane from stopped vehicles when safe, or slow down and pass with care.
Old traffic and probation laws repealed
The law repeals named Nebraska statutes on traffic, probation, and related topics. This cleans up the code and aligns it with the new rules in this act.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kathleen Kauth
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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Yes: 14 • No: 33 • Other: 2
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Yes: 31 • No: 1 • Other: 17
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Yes: 35 • No: 0 • Other: 14
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Yes: 13 • No: 27 • Other: 9
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Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12
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legislature vote • 5/29/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 37 • No: 11
legislature vote • 5/22/2025
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Yes: 41 • No: 5 • Other: 3
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Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB6 amended into LB530 by AM1219
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB24 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB124 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB395 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB404 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB556 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB600 amended into LB530 by AM1238
6/6/2025legislatureProvisions/portions of LB684 amended into LB530 by AM1218
6/6/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
5/29/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 37-11*-1
5/29/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
5/29/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on May 29, 2025
5/29/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading with ST43
5/27/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ST43 filed
5/27/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ST43 recorded
5/27/2025legislatureEnrollment and Review ER74 adopted
5/22/2025legislatureSpivey MO214 withdrawn
5/22/2025legislatureSpivey MO215 withdrawn
5/22/2025legislatureNo objections to unanimous consent to withdraw and substitute amendment
5/22/2025legislatureBosn FA151 withdrawn
5/22/2025legislatureMcKinney AM1539 lost
5/22/2025legislatureMcKinney AM1540 lost
5/22/2025legislatureDungan FA276 to AM1489 filed
5/22/2025legislatureDungan FA276 adopted
5/22/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
6/6/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted