LB317

Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal

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Merges the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy, renaming it the Department of Water, Energy, and.

Nebraska LB317 merges the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy, renaming the resulting department the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment. The bill also creates the position of Chief Water Officer within the new department. It changes the names of the Director of Natural Resources and the Director of Environment and Energy to the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment.

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Roll Call Votes

34 Yea

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12 Nay

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3 Absent

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Calendar

Feb 13, 2025

1:30 PM

Hearing

Feb 13, 2025

1:30 PM

Natural Resources Hearing

History

May 6, 2025

Legislature

Approved by Governor on May 6, 2025

May 1, 2025

Legislature

Dispensing of reading at large approved

May 1, 2025

Legislature

Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 34-12*-3