The JCRC Public Policy & Civil Rights Committee is committed to keeping you informed on the bills and issues that we are watching during this Legislative session.

We encourage you to use your voice and your keyboard to share your concerns, support, or opposition on bills impacting our community, Nebraska’s most vulnerable and marginalized citizens, and our state. Whether you want to testify at a hearing or submit an online comment, we value your advocacy. If you have any questions about bills and issues, want to learn more about the process of participating in grass-roots advocacy, or would like assistance crafting your letters or testimonies, JCRC staff is here to help!

To view the bills that JCRC is monitoring, visit click here.

Watch Archived Hearings

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✅ LB 257 (Quick): Change reciprocity provisions for credentialing of marriage and family therapists.

Health and Human Services Committee Hearing | February 7, 2025

LB257 introduction and testimony began at 1:51:34 

✅ LB 538 (Hardin): Require school boards and postsecondary educational institutions to adopt a policy and provide training relating to discrimination and antisemitism and provide for Title VI coordinators. 

Education Committee Hearing | February 3, 2025

LB538 introduction and testimony began at 15:25

❌ LB 3 (Lippincott): Change provisions relating to selection of presidential electors

 Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing | January 30, 2025

LB3 introduction and testimony began at 7:40

✅ LB84 (Rountree): Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact

 Health and Human Services Committee Hearing | January 30, 2025

LB84 introduction and testimony began at 2:17:11 

Upcoming Webinars and Events

2025 Legislative Update with Nebraska Appleseed

February 13 | 5:30 PM | Register Here

Join Nebraska Appleseed on Thursday, February 13th to hear important updates about the 2025 Nebraska Legislative session. Get an update on important priority bills and learn how you can get involved during the rest of the legislative session. NE Appleseed State Policy Director, Katie Pitts, will lead a presentation starting at 5:30, followed by a Q&A session.

Protecting Academic Freedom, the First Amendment -- and Jewish Students

February 20 | 11:15 AM |  Register Here 

The JCRC of Greater Washington, American Jewish Committee (AJC), The American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ), The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Next Gen Lawyers and Lawyers Divisions, and Tzedek DC invite you to the next session in our Brown Bag Lunch Speakers Series, for a discussion with Asaf Romirowsky, Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).

Guided by Jewish values, the nonpartisan Jewish Community Relations Council works in common cause with other religious, racial, ethnic, and civic groups to foster a just, democratic, and pluralistic society. The JCRC advocates, educates, collaborates, and mobilizes action on issues important to the Jewish Community and greater community to fight antisemitism and hate in all its forms and promote the security of Israel and Jews everywhere.