LB1051 • 2026

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Sponsor: Introduced By: Education Committee
Last action: 2026-04-17
Official status: Indefinitely postponed
Effective date: Not listed

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Bill History

2026-04-17 Nebraska Legislature
Indefinitely postponed
2026-02-06 Nebraska Legislature
Notice of hearing for February 24, 2026
2026-01-16 Nebraska Legislature
Referred to Education Committee
2026-01-15 Nebraska Legislature
Kauth FA709 filed
2026-01-14 Nebraska Legislature
Date of introduction

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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1051

Introduced by Education Committee: Murman, 38, Chairperson; Hughes, 24;
Juarez, 5; Lonowski, 33; Meyer, G., 17; Sanders, 45.
Read first time January 14, 2026
Committee: Education
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the University of Nebraska; to amend1
section 85-179.02, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change2
provisions relating to a definition; and to repeal the original3
section. 4
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5
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Section 1. Section 85-179.02, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,1
is amended to read: 2
85-179.02 For purposes of sections 85-179.01 to 85-179.03, unless3
the context otherwise requires, physicians' assistant or physicians'4
associate means shall mean a person who is qualified by training and5
experience to act as an assistant to, or an associate of, a licensed6
physician. 7
Sec. 2. Original section 85-179.02, Reissue Revised Statutes of8
Nebraska, is repealed. 9
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