2025LB317

Expanding Bureaucracy Under the Guise of Conservation

2025 - Nebraska Legislature

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill merges the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy to form the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, creates a new Chief Water Officer position, and alters responsibilities related to water, conservation, state game refuges, and radioactive waste disposal. It risks growing unnecessary government oversight in environmental management. CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-01 by a vote of 34-12. The bill later became law.

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Legislators · 50

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Bob Andersen NE	Independent	83%	Conservative
John Arch NE	Independent	73%	Conservative
Christy Armendariz NE	Independent	73%	Did Not Vote
Beau Ballard NE	Independent	74%	Conservative
Carolyn Bosn NE	Independent	38%	Conservative
Eliot Bostar NE	Independent	42%	Conservative
Tom Brandt NE	Independent	59%	Conservative
Machaela Cavanaugh NE	Independent	31%	Did Not Vote
John Cavanaugh NE	Independent	29%	Did Not Vote
Robert Clements NE	Independent	87%	Conservative
Stanley Clouse NE	Independent	67%	Conservative
Danielle Conrad NE	Independent	27%	Did Not Vote
Wendy DeBoer NE	Independent	34%	Did Not Vote
Barry DeKay NE	Independent	72%	Did Not Vote
Myron Dorn NE	Independent	60%	Conservative
Rob Dover NE	Independent	69%	Did Not Vote
George Dungan iii NE	Independent	45%	Did Not Vote
John Fredrickson NE	Independent	26%	Did Not Vote
Brad Von Gillern NE	Independent	67%	Conservative
Dunixi Guereca NE	Independent	44%	Did Not Vote
Robert Hallstrom NE	Independent	67%	Conservative
Ben Hansen NE	Independent	75%	Did Not Vote
Brian Hardin NE	Independent	74%	Conservative
Rick Holdcroft NE	Independent	74%	Conservative
Jana Hughes NE	Independent	64%	Did Not Vote
Megan Hunt NE	Independent	28%	Did Not Vote
Teresa Ibach NE	Independent	85%	Conservative
Mike Jacobson NE	Independent	67%	Did Not Vote
Margo Juarez NE	Independent	55%	Did Not Vote
Kathleen Kauth NE	Independent	80%	Conservative
Loren Lippincott NE	Independent	82%	Conservative
Dan Lonowski NE	Independent	92%	Conservative
Daniel McKeon NE	Independent	82%	Conservative
Terrell McKinney NE	Independent	32%	Did Not Vote
Fred Meyer NE	Independent	82%	Did Not Vote
Glen Meyer NE	Independent	67%	Conservative
Mike Moser NE	Independent	72%	Conservative
Dave Murman NE	Independent	81%	Conservative
Jason Prokop NE	Independent	64%	Did Not Vote
Dan Quick NE	Independent	45%	Did Not Vote
Jane Raybould NE	Independent	27%	Conservative
Merv Riepe NE	Independent	71%	Conservative
Victor Rountree NE	Independent	50%	Leftist
Rita Sanders NE	Independent	69%	Conservative
Tony Sorrentino NE	Independent	83%	Conservative
Ashlei Spivey NE	Independent	36%	Did Not Vote
Tanya Storer NE	Independent	83%	Conservative
Jared Storm NE	Independent	92%	Conservative
Paul Strommen NE	Independent	83%	Conservative
Dave Wordekemper NE	Independent	67%	Conservative