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NebraskaLB644109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data

Sponsored By: Eliot Bostar

Signed by Governor

Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 3 mixed.

Labs must drop foreign sequencers and storage

Beginning October 1, 2025, medical and research facilities may not use genetic sequencers or sequencing software made by or linked to foreign adversaries. Any covered devices or software on hand must be permanently disabled or removed. Genetic sequencing data used in Nebraska cannot be stored in a foreign adversary country or accessed remotely from there.

Tougher rules for Chinese military lobbying

Beginning October 1, 2025, lobbyists must state on registration if they represent a Chinese military company and disclose it is a foreign adversary. Consultants for such companies must file required details before starting any influencing work and acknowledge they act for a foreign adversary. Breaking these rules costs $100,000 for the first violation and rises by $100,000 each time, up to $1,000,000 per violation. If your tip leads to a finding and the commission recovers a civil penalty, you receive $50,000. People who file statements of financial interest must also list any businesses they were associated with and their role.

Public tech contracts bar adversary suppliers

Beginning October 1, 2025, public entities may not contract or renew contracts that send funds to scrutinized companies for tech products or services, or for goods that originate with them. Tech bidders must certify they are not scrutinized, will not subcontract with such firms, and that goods do not originate with them. Limited exceptions apply if no reasonable alternative exists and the Department of Administrative Services preapproves after a threat review, or for electric suppliers that meet NERC critical‑infrastructure rules.

Harsher penalties for foreign-agent crimes

Beginning October 1, 2025, acting as a foreign principal’s agent to enforce a foreign government’s laws in Nebraska without approval is a Class IIA felony. If an agent knowingly commits listed offenses to coerce, silence, or retaliate against protected conduct, the penalty rises to the next level; a Class I misdemeanor becomes a Class IV felony.

State Patrol training and reporting portal

Beginning October 1, 2025, the Nebraska State Patrol may develop training for law enforcement on spotting and responding to transnational repression. The Patrol may run a multilingual website for the public to report cases and a public awareness campaign. It may send electronic reports to the Legislature about complaints and outcomes, and prepare or commission an in‑depth report on the threat.

Colleges can expel foreign-agent violators

Beginning October 1, 2025, Nebraska colleges may expel or dismiss students, faculty, researchers, adjuncts, or employees who willfully violate the foreign‑agent registration law and can bar campus entry. Each institution must adopt a policy on permanent expulsion or dismissal for such violations.

Foreign agents must register and disclose

Beginning October 1, 2025, anyone acting as an agent of a foreign adversary or foreign terrorist group in Nebraska must register with the Attorney General. File two copies of any materials you send to two or more people within 48 hours and label them with a clear notice. Keep books and records during the agency and for three years after; officers and directors must ensure their organization complies. The Attorney General keeps a permanent public copy, may issue civil investigative demands and rules, reports to the Legislature every six months, and posts monthly updates online. Agents who testify to lawmakers or local boards must provide their latest registration, and businesses and nonprofits must attest on required filings that they follow this law. Willful violations or false filings can cost up to $50,000 per person per year; fix deficiencies within 10 days or stop acting as an agent.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Eliot Bostar

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 465 • No: 285

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

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Yes: 32 • No: 1 • Other: 16

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Yes: 10 • No: 27 • Other: 12

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Yes: 25 • No: 0 • Other: 24

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Yes: 32 • No: 1 • Other: 16

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Yes: 12 • No: 19 • Other: 18

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Yes: 18 • No: 23 • Other: 8

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Yes: 29 • No: 4 • Other: 16

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Yes: 1 • No: 30 • Other: 18

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Yes: 31 • No: 1 • Other: 17

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Yes: 9 • No: 30 • Other: 10

legislature vote • 5/30/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 37 • No: 11 • Other: 1

legislature vote • 5/14/2025

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Yes: 32 • No: 1 • Other: 16

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Yes: 25 • No: 0 • Other: 24

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Yes: 12 • No: 19 • Other: 18

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Yes: 29 • No: 4 • Other: 16

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Yes: 18 • No: 23 • Other: 8

legislature vote • 5/8/2025

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Yes: 32 • No: 1 • Other: 16

legislature vote • 5/8/2025

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Yes: 10 • No: 27 • Other: 12

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Yes: 1 • No: 30 • Other: 18

legislature vote • 5/8/2025

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Yes: 30 • No: 2 • Other: 17

legislature vote • 5/8/2025

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Yes: 31 • No: 1 • Other: 17

legislature vote • 5/8/2025

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Yes: 9 • No: 30 • Other: 10

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025

    6/6/2025legislature

  2. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    5/30/2025legislature

  3. Passed on Final Reading 37-11-1

    5/30/2025legislature

  4. President/Speaker signed

    5/30/2025legislature

  5. Presented to Governor on May 30, 2025

    5/30/2025legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading with ST40

    5/19/2025legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ST40 filed

    5/19/2025legislature

  8. Enrollment and Review ST40 recorded

    5/19/2025legislature

  9. Enrollment and Review ER80 adopted

    5/14/2025legislature

  10. McKinney MO201 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  11. McKinney MO202 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  12. Conrad FA142 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  13. Bostar AM1208 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  14. Andersen AM1205 adopted

    5/14/2025legislature

  15. Cavanaugh, J. AM1351 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  16. Cavanaugh, J. AM1455 filed

    5/14/2025legislature

  17. Cavanaugh, J. AM1455 adopted

    5/14/2025legislature

  18. Cavanaugh, J. AM1456 filed

    5/14/2025legislature

  19. Cavanaugh, J. AM1456 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  20. Dungan FA230 filed

    5/14/2025legislature

  21. Dungan FA230 lost

    5/14/2025legislature

  22. Cavanaugh, M. MO254 Reconsider the vote taken on FA230 filed

    5/14/2025legislature

  23. Cavanaugh, M. MO254 withdrawn

    5/14/2025legislature

  24. Cavanaugh, J. FA233 filed

    5/14/2025legislature

  25. Cavanaugh, J. FA233 lost

    5/14/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    6/6/2025

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

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  • Final / Enacted

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