Indefinitely postponed
Provide for grants for bike-sharing programs ↗
| Sponsor | Sen. John Cavanaugh (District 9) (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 | NEITHER · 0 grounds ↓ |
| Committees | Transportation and Telecommunications |
| Latest Action | 04/17/2026 Indefinitely postponed |
| Roll Call Votes | There have been no roll call votes |
| Source | view on nebraskalegislature.gov (new tab) → |
Brief (4)
If it passes, what changes
This bill sets up a state grant program for bike-sharing nonprofits, funded only by a stated intent, not a binding appropriation.
- §1 directs the Department of Economic Development to establish a grant program for bike-sharing programs.
- §1 limits eligibility to nonprofit organizations the department deems eligible.
- §1 requires grant recipients to report to verify funds were used as intended.
- §1 requires the department to create a process for returning unused or misused funds.
- §1 states legislative intent to appropriate $250,000 from the General Fund, not a binding appropriation.
Does it do what it claims
The title matches the operative text closely; this is a narrow grant-program bill, not a broader public-health measure despite that label.
- Title says "relating to public health and welfare," but §1 only creates a bike-sharing grant program.
- Title promises grants for bike-sharing programs, and §1 delivers exactly that, no more.
- Title states intent regarding appropriations, matching §1's non-binding $250,000 intent language.
- No provision in §1 defines "public health and welfare" benefit or requires health-related outcomes.
The case each way
The disagreement centers on whether a small, discretionary grant program is worth creating without guaranteed funding.
- For: §1 targets a concrete transportation option, with accountability via required reporting and fund-return rules.
- For: The $250,000 figure in §1 sets a clear, modest funding expectation for lawmakers to act on.
- Against: §1's "intent to appropriate" language creates no legal obligation to fund the program.
- Against: §1 gives the department unchecked discretion over which nonprofits qualify as "eligible."
What the text cannot settle
This reading covers only what §1 states; it cannot resolve funding, eligibility, or oversight details left open.
- §1 does not define criteria for the department to deem a nonprofit "eligible."
- §1 does not specify how much each grant recipient can receive or a total cap.
- §1 does not state whether the $250,000 intent will become an actual appropriation.
- §1 does not set a timeline for establishing the program or awarding grants.
- §1 does not describe what counts as a violation triggering the fund-return process.
Written by claude-sonnet-5 from the Introduced 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 (0)
NEITHER — The KJV does not speak to this bill
The bill creates a state grant program paying nonprofits to run bike-sharing, with reporting and a way to return unused money. Nothing in the standard commands or forbids funding bicycles for public use, and the accountability terms are ordinary administration rather than anything scripture addresses.
Read against the KJV standard from the Introduced 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 (1)
- Introduced (new tab) (application/pdf)
Each link opens the legislature's own document.
All Actions (6)
| Date | Actor | All Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2026 | Indefinitely postponed | |
| 01/07/2026 | Title printed. Carryover bill | |
| 01/21/2025 | Notice of hearing for January 28, 2025 | |
| 01/13/2025 | Raybould name added | |
| 01/13/2025 | Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | |
| 01/09/2025 | Date of introduction |
Votes (0)
There have been no roll call votes on this bill.
Sponsors (2)
- Sen. John Cavanaugh [District 9] — primary sponsor
- Sen. Jane Raybould [District 28] — cosponsor (01/13/2025)
Committees (1)
| Committee | Activity | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation and Telecommunications | Referred | 01/13/2025 |
Amendments (0)
There are no amendments to this bill.
Fiscal Notes & Statements (2)
The legislature's own companion documents; each link opens the official copy.
Related Bills (0)
No related bill information was received.
How this was worked out (1)
1. What was read
| version | Introduced |
| file | 01-introduced.pdf |
| sha256 | 7b1a3b724db179c12d305572fa8a36c5 |
| characters | 1,104 |
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 (0)
| none -- the standard does not speak to what this bill does |
4. How the verdict follows
| FAIL grounds | 0 |
| PASS grounds | 0 |
| 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 | NEITHER — The KJV does not speak to this bill |
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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