ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
COMMITTEE STATEMENT
LB669
Hearing Date: Thursday March 06, 2025
Committee On: Judiciary
Introducer: Storer
One Liner: Change requirements for voluntary and informed consent and civil actions relating to abortion
Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
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Vote Results:
Aye: 5 Senators Bosn, Hallstrom, Holdcroft, Storer, Storm
Nay: 1 Senator McKinney
Absent:
Present Not Voting:2 Senators DeBoer, Rountree
Testimony:
Proponents: Representing:
Senator Tanya Storer Opening Presenter
Marion Miner Nebraska Catholic Conference
Elizabeth Nunnally Nebraska Family Alliance
Adam Schwend Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
Bud Synhorst Nebraska Right to Life
Julie Schrader Innocence Freed
Gina Tomes Guiding Grace Motherhood Support Network
Opponents: Representing:
Erin Feichtinger Women's Fund of Omaha
Adelle Burk Planned Parenthood North Central States
Joy Kathurima ACLU of Nebraska
Taylor Givens-Dunn I Be Black Girl
Rose Kohl Nebraska Choose Life Now
John Mayes Self
Neutral: Representing:
David Zebolsky Nebraskans Embracing Life
Christon MacTaggart Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic
Violence
Jarrod Ridge End Abortion Nebraska
Jeff Spahr Abolish Abortion Nebraska
Teresa Fondren Abolish Abortion Nebraska
* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
Committee Statement: LB669
Judiciary Committee
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Summary of purpose and/or changes:
LB669 amends provisions of law regarding informed and voluntary consent for abortion. The bill adds requirements
for screening a pregnant woman to evaluate whether she is the victim of coercion, domestic violence, and human
trafficking. The bill also removes outdated language and several provisions that were found unconstitutional and
permanently enjoined by the federal courts in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Heineman, 724 F.Supp.2d
1025 (D. Neb. 2010), and 664 F.3d 716 (8th Cir. 2011).
Section-by-Section Summary:
Section 1: Amends legislative findings and declarations in § 28-325 to remove subdivision (4), which declares that
currently this state is prevented from providing adequate legal remedies to protect the life, health, and welfare of
pregnant women and their unborn children. The bill also adds a new subdivision to this section stating that abundant
research says pregnant women often feel coerced or pressured into abortion and that it is in the interest of the people
and the state of Nebraska that these women have an opportunity to report coercion, abuse, and human trafficking.
Section 2: Amends § 28-326 to remove “complications associated with abortion,” “negligible risk,” and “risk factor
associated with abortion” as defined terms for purposes of the applicable sections of law.
Section 3: Amends § 28-327 to require healthcare providers to assess whether a woman feels pressured into seeking
an abortion or has any history of domestic violence or human trafficking. A healthcare provider is also required to
provide the contact information for national hotlines related to these issues. This section also removes provisions
relating to the assessment of risk factors that were held unconstitutional.
Sections 4 and 5: Harmonizing changes to § 28-327.03 and § 28-327.04.
Section 6: Amends § 28-327.06 to add that a waiver of the requirements provided under § 28-327(4) is void and
unenforceable. Existing law only voids a waiver of the evaluations and notices under § 28-327(4) without also
mentioning the requirements under such subdivision.
Section 7: Amends § 28-327.11 to remove subdivision (5), which provides an affirmative defense to an allegation of
inadequate disclosure, and subdivision (4), which regulates any physician advertising in the state, both of which were
held unconstitutional.
Sections 8 and 9: Harmonizing changes to § 28-327.12 and § 38-2021.
Section 10: Repealer.
Carolyn Bosn, Chairperson
Committee Statement: LB669
Judiciary Committee
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