Nebraska State Senator

Jana Hughes 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LB309

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Adopt the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LB303

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Engrossed
5/21/25  
Enrolled
5/28/25  
Passed
5/30/25  
Passed
6/5/25  
Create the School Financing Review Commission and change provisions relating to budget authority under the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LB334

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Provide for confidentiality of certain candidate filing form information for judges filing for retention
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LB1238

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Change the cigarette tax and distribution of such tax and change taxes imposed under the Tobacco Products Tax Act
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR318

Introduced
1/23/26  
Passed
2/2/26  
Recognize January 25, 2026, through January 31, 2026, as School Board Member Week
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR319

Introduced
1/23/26  
Passed
2/2/26  
Recognize the Concordia University men's soccer team for winning the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference Soccer championship
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR339

Introduced
2/3/26  
Passed
2/10/26  
Celebrate the history of the Blue River Cattle Trail and the historians who make such remembrance and celebration possible
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR375

Introduced
3/19/26  
Passed
3/30/26  
Congratulate the Milford High School Eagles on winning the 2026 Class C-1 Girls State Basketball Championship title and the Class C-1 State Volleyball Championship title
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR406

Introduced
3/24/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Interim study to examine the special fund for sites and buildings that public school boards or public boards of education may establish within their school district
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR440

Introduced
3/24/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Interim study to examine the identification, evaluation, and effectiveness of reading screeners approved by the State Department of Education and utilized by school districts, and to examine whether improvements to screening practices should precede consideration of student retention at the third-grade level
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR496

Introduced
4/7/26  
Passed
4/17/26  
Congratulate the YMCA for one hundred and seventy-five years of service to the nation and one hundred sixty years of service to Nebraska communities
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR52

Introduced
2/24/25  
Passed
3/4/25  
Congratulate the Seward High School Academic Decathlon team on winning the state championship in the Medium School Division
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR84

Introduced
3/25/25  
Passed
4/1/25  
Congratulate Larry Moore on his induction into the Nebraska Natural Resources Hall of Fame
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LB712A

Introduced
4/8/25  
Appropriation Bill
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Nebraska Legislature Bill LR111

Introduced
4/8/25  
Passed
4/15/25  
Congratulate the York High School speech team on winning the Class B state championship