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URGENT Action Needed May 30, 2023: Strip Provision to Repeal Nebraska All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Requirement From LB 138

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May 30, 2023

Background on Status of Nebraska Bill to Repeal All-Rider Helmet Requirement: Numerous efforts have been made to repeal Nebraska’s all-rider helmet law since it was first enacted more than 33 years ago. They have all failed and for good reasons.…

Lincoln Journal-Star Letter to the Editor: Motorcycle helmet law saving lives

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February 13, 2021

The Nebraska Legislature will once again consider repealing the all-rider motorcycle helmet law, which has been saving lives and preventing catastrophic injuries for more than 30 years. If advanced, LB581 would severely, if not completely, nullify current protections by reducing compliance to only minors.

Letter Opposing Legislative Bill (LB) 271 to Weaken Nebraska’s All-Offender Ignition Interlock Device (IID) Law

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February 12, 2021

LB 271 would weaken the IID law by allowing participation in a 24/7 sobriety program and use of a 24/7 sobriety program driving permit as an alternative to the IID requirement. This change would not prevent an offender from getting behind the wheel and driving drunk, which the IID technology requirement does, and therefore fails to safeguard the offender and all other road users.