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    Legislative Bills, NCC Testimony & Legislative Statements for 2005

Testimony in Support of LB 28, 1/21/05 (Planned Giving Tax Credit)

Testimony in Support of LB 57*, 3/3/05 (Make Fetal Assault a Crime) Debate begins 1-12-05 with a vote expected following week.

Testimony in Opposition to 102*, 1/21/05 (Storm Water Taxation)

Testimony in Support of LB 239*, 3/2/05 (Illegal Immigrant College Tuition Bill)

Testimony for Increased Textbook Loan Funding, LB 425, 3/3/05

Testimony in Support of LB 437*, 3/10/05 (Ban on Human Cloning) & 750*  (Ban Cloning of Human Embryos for Any Purpose and Delivery & Receiving for Research)

Testimony for Amending LB 467*, 1/21/05  Highly Qualified Teacher Program Incentives

Testimony in Support of LB 554*, 2/14/05 (Minimum Wage)

Testimony in Opposition to LB 576 3/2/05 (Repealing Sales Tax Exemptions and Definitions)

Testimony in Opposition to LB 580*, 3/10/05 (Ban Implantation of Cloned Human Embryo, NOT cloning itself)

Testimony in Support of LB 586*, 2/17/05 (Food Stamp)

Testimony in Support of LB 598, 2/4/05 (Substance Abuse Funding)

Testimony in Support of LB 752*, 3/10/05 (Fetal Pain)

Testimony in Support of 760*, 3/16/05 (Death Penalty)

   Legislative Bills, NCC Testimony & Legislative Statements for 2003-2004

LB 32, Eroding the Tax Exempt Status of Non-Profit Organizations, January 29, 2003 

LB 172, School Abortion Notice, March 4, 2003

LB 368, 387 & 57-Sales Tax on Food-Testimony Opposing, February 20, 2003

LB 397, Sales Tax on Food-Testimony Opposing, February 20, 2003

LB 512, Human Fetal Tissue Ban, February 20, 2003

LB 566, Ban Human Embryo Research, February 20, 2003

LB 602, Human Reproductive Cloning,  February 20, 2003

LB 689, Eroding the Tax Exempt Status of Non-Profit Organizations, February 5, 2003 

LB 745, Newcomers Policies, March 12, 2003 

LB 791, Abolish the Death Penalty, March 13, 2003

LB 959, Allow for civil suits in a criminal assault of the unborn, February 5, 2004

LB 1083, Mental Health Bill-Statement of Conference position, February 25, 2004

   Legislative Bills & NCC Testimony for 2003

LB 32, Eroding the Tax Exempt Status of Non-Profit Organizations, January 29, 2003 

   Legislative Bills 2002

Talking Points for LB 18, LB 462, 824

LB 18, Death Penalty - Talking Points and Sample Letter to Senator, 2002

LB 462, Fetal Tissue - Talking Points and Sample Letter to Senator, 2002

LB 824, Fetal Homicide - Talking Points and Sample Letter to Senator, 2002

   Legislative Bills & Testimony for 2001

Euthanasia -  LB 70-March 4, 1999 (Carried over from 2000)

Fetal Tissue:  Prohibit Use of Tissue Obtained from Induced Abortions - LB 1405-February 23, 2000

Health Facility Licensing - LB 819-January 19, 2000

Human-Subject Research, Reporting On - LB 1417- February 9, 2000

Informed Consent and Parental Notification - LB 1291-February 23, 2000

Marriage Protection - LB 513-February 16, 1999  (Carried over to 2000)

Scholarship Assistance Act - LB 1136 - NCC FACT SHEET,  February 17, 2000

Welfare:  Child-in-Care Age - LB 914-February 10, 2000