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-LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
-ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
-FIRST SESSION
-LEGISLATIVE BILL 335
+ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
+COMMITTEE STATEMENT
+LB335
 
-Introduced by Conrad, 46.
-Read first time January 16, 2025
-Committee: Education
-A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education1
-Act; to amend section 85-2303, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska;2
-to redefine a term; and to repeal the original section.3
-Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,4
-LB335
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-LB335
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-Section 1. Section 85-2303, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is1
-amended to read: 2
-85-2303 For purposes of the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education3
-Act: 4
-(1) Associate degree program means a degree program at a community5
-college, state college, or state university which typically requires6
-completion of an organized program of study of at least sixty semester7
-credit hours or an equivalent that can be shown to accomplish the same8
-goal. Associate degree program does not include a baccalaureate degree9
-program; 10
-(2) Baccalaureate degree program means a degree program at a11
-community college, state college, or state university which typically12
-requires completion of an organized program of study of at least one13
-hundred twenty semester credit hours or an equivalent that can be shown14
-to accomplish the same goal; 15
-(3) Child means a resident or nonresident of Nebraska who is the16
-child by birth or adoption or the stepchild of a Nebraska law enforcement17
-officer killed in the line of duty or a Nebraska firefighter killed in18
-the line of duty; 19
-(4) Community college means a public postsecondary educational20
-institution which is part of the community college system and includes21
-all branches and campuses of such institution located within the State of22
-Nebraska; 23
-(5) Education benefit means the In the Line of Duty Dependent24
-Education Benefit established under section 85-2304;25
-(6) Fatal injury means an event occurring in the line of duty which26
-is a proximate cause of the death of a law enforcement officer or27
-firefighter; 28
-(7) Firefighter means a member of a paid or volunteer fire29
-department in Nebraska, including a member of a rescue squad associated30
-with a paid or volunteer fire department in Nebraska, and a member of an31
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-emergency medical services ambulance squad; 1
-(8) Law enforcement officer means any person who is responsible for2
-the prevention or detection of crime or the enforcement of the penal,3
-traffic, or highway laws of the State of Nebraska or any political4
-subdivision of the state for more than one hundred hours per year and who5
-is authorized by law to make arrests; 6
-(9) Line of duty means any action that a Nebraska law enforcement7
-officer or firefighter is authorized or obligated by law, rule, or8
-regulation to perform, related to or as a condition of employment or9
-service; 10
-(10) State college means a public postsecondary educational11
-institution which is part of the Nebraska state college system and12
-includes all branches and campuses of such institution located within the13
-State of Nebraska; 14
-(11) State university means a public postsecondary educational15
-institution which is part of the University of Nebraska and includes all16
-branches and campuses of such institution located within the State of17
-Nebraska; 18
-(12) Tuition and fees means the charges and cost of tuition and fees19
-as set by the governing body of a state university, state college, or20
-community college; and 21
-(13) Volunteer fire department means a volunteer department as22
-defined in section 35-1303 located in Nebraska which provides fire23
-protection services within Nebraska. 24
-Sec. 2.  Original section 85-2303, Reissue Revised Statutes of25
-Nebraska, is repealed. 26
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+Hearing Date: Tuesday January 28, 2025
+Committee On: Education
+Introducer: Conrad
+One Liner: Redefine child under the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act
+
+Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
+          Advanced to General File
+
+Vote Results:
+          Aye: 8 Senators Conrad, Hughes, Hunt, Juarez, Lonowski, Meyer, Murman,
+Sanders
+          Nay:
+          Absent:
+          Present Not Voting:
+
+Testimony:
+Proponents: Representing:
+Senator Danielle Conrad Opening Presenter
+Gary Bruns NE Professional Firefighters Association
+Micheal  Dwyer NE Line of Duty Death Team
+
+Opponents: Representing:
+
+Neutral: Representing:
+
+* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
+
+Summary of purpose and/or changes:
+LB 335 aims to update and amend existing provisions in the Nebraska Reissue Revised Statutes to redefine a term
+relating to the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act. The bill seeks to redefine the meaning of “Child” in sections
+85-2303 to include stepchildren within the definition. The original version of sections 85-2303 will be repealed to
+reflect the new, updated provisions as outlined in the bill.
+
+Dave Murman, Chairperson
+Committee Statement: LB335
+Education Committee
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