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Senator Slama previews Legislative session

By John Nixon

01/03/2022

(KLZA)-- 2022 is the second session of the 107th Legislature in Nebraska.
The 60-day session will begin Wednesday, January 5 with a projected completion date of April 20.

First District State Senator Julie Slama anticipates that with carryover bills from the 2021 session and new bill introduction Senators will likely have more than 1,000 bills to consider.

With American Rescue Plan and a successful year for the Nebraska economy the state will have a record amount o funds available for tax relief and other projects.

Slama says it will be important for Senators to remain mindful that these funds are taxpayer dollars and mostly one-time revenues. The Legislature will not be able to throw money at unsustainable plans to increase long-term spending. She want to see funds returned to taxpayers as tax relief and invested in broadband expansion and rural main streets while considering one-time investments on projects that will draw additional tourism to Nebraska.

In her Legislative Session Preview Slama said she will introduce bills important to Southeast Nebraska and rural Nebraska as a whole including making ATVs and UTVs street legal through a statutory framework to cut red tape for sheriff's departments and a bill to expand advanced degree offerings at Peru State College.

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