Signed into law by the Governor
Change requirements relating to wholesale drug distributors and dispensing of certain prescription drugs ↗
latest roll call: Final Reading · 03/06/2025 · Yea 46 · Nay 0 · Not voting/absent 3 (Vote Record)
| Sponsor | Sen. Jana Hughes (District 24) (Introduced 01/09/2025) |
|---|---|
| Sponsor Ranking | The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, and no published ideology measurement of its members is in our database - so none is shown. This page shows how members voted, never where anyone places them. |
| KJV verdict | PASS · 2 grounds ↓ |
| Committees | Health and Human Services |
| Latest Action | 03/12/2025 Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 |
| Roll Call Votes | 3 |
| Source | view on nebraskalegislature.gov (new tab) → |
Brief (4)
If it passes, what changes
This is an amendment to existing wholesale drug distributor recordkeeping law, adding an emergency-dispensing carve-out.
- §1 exempts drug donation program distributors from the electronic pedigree requirement of §71-7456.
- §1 lets the department receive and dispense donated drugs during or preparing for a Governor-declared emergency.
- §1 lets the department distribute prescription drugs and supplies to individuals impacted by such an emergency.
- §1 keeps the existing duty on wholesale drug distributors to maintain accurate transaction records.
- §1 renumbers existing pedigree-standards and verification duties without changing their substance.
- §2 repeals the original version of section 71-7455.
Does it do what it claims
The title matches the operative sections: it is narrowly about wholesale distributor records and emergency dispensing under the donation program.
- Title's "records requirement" change matches the new pedigree exemption in §1(3).
- Title's "dispensing... in a state of emergency" matches the new §1(7) authority.
- Title's repeal-and-reenact structure matches §§1-2 exactly.
- §3's emergency clause matches the bill's own declared emergency, taking effect on approval.
The case each way
The disagreement is whether easing pedigree tracking for donated drugs trades safety oversight for emergency flexibility.
- For: it lets the department move donated drugs to people during declared emergencies without a paper/electronic pedigree delay.
- For: it leaves the core wholesale distributor recordkeeping and verification duties in §1(1) and §1(6) untouched.
- Against: exempting donation-program distributors from pedigree tracking in §1(3) removes a safeguard against diverted or counterfeit drugs.
- Against: §1(7) gives the department broad discretion to dispense and distribute drugs with no stated limits on quantity or drugs covered.
What the text cannot settle
This reading only covers what §1 states; it does not resolve how the new authority will operate in practice.
- The text does not define what counts as "impacted" for purposes of §1(7)(b) distribution.
- The bill does not state any dollar figures, appropriations, or funding source for this authority.
- The bill does not specify how long the §1(7) dispensing authority lasts once an emergency is declared.
- The text does not define the "Prescription Drug Donation Program Act" itself; it is referenced, not established here.
- No limits are stated on the types, quantities, or sources of drugs eligible for emergency distribution.
Written by claude-sonnet-5 from the Slip Law of this bill on 2026-09-13, and from nothing else. It is a reading, not a source: bullets naming a section this bill does not contain are dropped before the page is built, but the prose is not otherwise checked. The verdict above does not come from it.
KJV verdict (2)
PASS — Aligns with the KJV
The bill lets the state take donated prescription drugs and hand them out to people hurt by a declared emergency. That is care for the sick and the needy in their trouble, which scripture commends. Nothing the bill enacts does what the standard forbids.
2 grounds: 0 FAIL, 2 PASS. Any FAIL fails the bill.
PASS Sec. 1, 71-7455(7)(a)
“dispense such prescription drugs and supplies through licensed personnel during, or in preparation for, a state of emergency”
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”Matthew 25:36
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”Luke 10:33-34
Binding up the wounds of the sick and getting medicine to them in a crisis is the Samaritan's work that Christ commends.
PASS Sec. 1, 71-7455(7)(b)
“receive and distribute prescription drugs and supplies to any individual who is impacted as a result of a state of emergency”
“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”Deuteronomy 15:7-11
“He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.”Proverbs 14:31
Opening the hand to those in want, without hardening the heart, is what the standard commands and calls mercy on the poor.
Read against the KJV standard from the Slip Law text on 2026-09-13. Every quotation of the bill is checked against the bill's text and every verse is quoted from the 1769 text, not from the model.
Text (4)
- Introduced (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Final Reading (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Slip Law (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Engrossed (new tab) (application/pdf)
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All Actions (17)
| Date | Actor | All Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 03/12/2025 | Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 | |
| 03/06/2025 | Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 | |
| 03/06/2025 | President/Speaker signed | |
| 03/06/2025 | Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 | |
| 02/20/2025 | Placed on Final Reading | |
| 02/19/2025 | Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment | |
| 02/19/2025 | Enrollment and Review ER3 adopted | |
| 02/11/2025 | Hallstrom name added | |
| 02/10/2025 | Enrollment and Review ER3 filed | |
| 02/10/2025 | Placed on Select File with ER3 | |
| 02/05/2025 | Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial | |
| 02/05/2025 | Health and Human Services AM12 adopted | |
| 01/29/2025 | Health and Human Services AM12 filed | |
| 01/29/2025 | Placed on General File with AM12 | |
| 01/13/2025 | Notice of hearing for January 22, 2025 | |
| 01/13/2025 | Referred to Health and Human Services Committee | |
| 01/09/2025 | Date of introduction |
Votes (3)
03/06/2025 · Final Reading · 46-0-3
Yea (46): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Juarez, Ballard, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, Bostar, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Conrad, Prokop, DeBoer, Quick, DeKay, Raybould, Dorn, Riepe, Dover, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper
Not voting / absent (3): McKinney, Guereca, Hunt
02/05/2025 · ADVANCE TO E&R INITIAL · 39-0-10
Yea (39): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Conrad, Prokop, DeBoer, Raybould, Dorn, Riepe, Dover, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Guereca, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper
Not voting / absent (10): Juarez, Ballard, Bostar, Lonowski, Brandt, Meyer, Quick, DeKay, Sorrentino, Hunt
02/05/2025 · AM 12 Health · 39-0-10
Yea (39): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Conrad, Prokop, DeBoer, Raybould, Dorn, Riepe, Dover, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Guereca, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper
Not voting / absent (10): Juarez, Ballard, Bostar, Lonowski, Brandt, Meyer, Quick, DeKay, Sorrentino, Hunt
Every roll call as the legislature recorded it, with each member's vote by name.
Sponsors (2)
- Sen. Jana Hughes [District 24] — primary sponsor
- Sen. Bob Hallstrom [District 1] — cosponsor (02/11/2025)
Committees (1)
| Committee | Activity | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Human Services | Referred | 01/13/2025 |
Amendments (2)
Fiscal Notes & Statements (4)
- Fiscal Note (new tab)
- Committee Statement (new tab)
- Non Testifiers (new tab)
- Statement of Intent (new tab)
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Related Bills (0)
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How this was worked out (1)
1. What was read
| version | Slip Law |
| file | 03-slip-law.pdf |
| sha256 | f853c0e97f87e8a9f2def828780e1afe |
| characters | 3,615 |
2. What it was read against
| the standard | bills/kjv_prompt.txt, sha256 79671b42553a40fe28a8ac9c8ce9e60a |
| model | claude-fable-5-1 |
| read on | 2026-09-13 |
| the model was shown | the standard -- the verses of the 1769 text, quoted in full -- and the bill's words, and nothing else |
3. The grounds (2)
| PASS | |
|---|---|
| PASS | Sec. 1, 71-7455(7)(a)
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Matthew 25:36 “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.” Luke 10:33-34 Binding up the wounds of the sick and getting medicine to them in a crisis is the Samaritan's work that Christ commends. |
| PASS | Sec. 1, 71-7455(7)(b)
“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.” Deuteronomy 15:7-11 “He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.” Proverbs 14:31 Opening the hand to those in want, without hardening the heart, is what the standard commands and calls mercy on the poor. |
4. How the verdict follows
| FAIL grounds | 0 |
| PASS grounds | 2 |
| the rule | any FAIL ground fails the bill -- even one, even beside good provisions (1 Corinthians 5:6), even for a good end (Romans 3:8); PASS grounds alone pass it; no grounds, no verdict. No counting, no weighing, nothing added up. |
| verdict | PASS — Aligns with the KJV |
5. What this cannot tell you
Every ground above quotes the bill and quotes the verse, so each can be checked. What the model did not raise cannot be checked the same way: a provision it passed over looks exactly like one that is not there. How often a ground is wrong, and how often one is missing, are not known.
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