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Nebraska Legislature · 2026 Session

LB 653: Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline Act

Advance from General File · Jan. 23, 2026 · Yeas 30, nays 6

How the members voted

Senators

Yea 30 · Nay 6 · Absent, not voting 13

Speaker John Arch voted yea.

Bill: LB 653
Motion: Advance from General File
Date: Jan. 23, 2026
Session: 2026 Session
Yeas–nays: Yeas 30, nays 6; 13 didn't vote (4 excused, 9 present and not voting)
Result: Passed, as the official record marks it

The Legislature's record of the vote ↗
The bill's page on the Legislature's site ↗

The Legislature on this vote

Seats are today's senators in district order, District 1 at the left; senators who have left aren't shown.

← District 1District 49 →

How each member voted

Yea (30)

Bob Andersen Dist. 49
John Arch Dist. 14
Beau Ballard Dist. 21
Carolyn Bosn Dist. 25
Rob Clements Dist. 2
Danielle Conrad Dist. 46
Barry DeKay Dist. 40
Myron Dorn Dist. 30
Bob Hallstrom Dist. 1
Ben Hansen Dist. 16
Brian Hardin Dist. 48
Rick Holdcroft Dist. 36
Jana Hughes Dist. 24
Mike Jacobson Dist. 42
Kathleen Kauth Dist. 31
Loren Lippincott Dist. 34
Dan Lonowski Dist. 33
Fred Meyer Dist. 41
Glen Meyer Dist. 17
Dave Murman Dist. 38
Jason Prokop Dist. 27
Dan Quick Dist. 35
Merv Riepe Dist. 12
Victor Rountree Dist. 3
Tony Sorrentino Dist. 39
Tanya Storer Dist. 43
Jared Storm Dist. 23
Paul Strommen Dist. 47
Woody Wordekemper Dist. 15
Brad von Gillern Dist. 4

Nay (6)

Tom Brandt Dist. 32
Machaela Cavanaugh Dist. 6
Stan Clouse Dist. 37
Dunixi Guereca Dist. 7
Megan Hunt Dist. 8
Terrell McKinney Dist. 11

Present, not voting (9)

Christy Armendariz Dist. 18
Eliot Bostar Dist. 29
John Cavanaugh Dist. 9
George Dungan Dist. 26
John Fredrickson Dist. 20
Teresa Ibach Dist. 44
Margo Juarez Dist. 5
Jane Raybould Dist. 28
Ashlei Spivey Dist. 13

Excused, not voting (4)

Wendy DeBoer Dist. 10
Robert Dover Dist. 19
Mike Moser Dist. 22
Rita Sanders Dist. 45