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Unicameral Legislature - ANSWEROne-house legislature Jim Scheer - ANSWERSenator Jim Sheer is Speaker of the house. what are jim sheer's duties - ANSWERHis duties are setting the session calendar and daily agenda, Serving as the Legislature's presiding officer in the absence of the Lt. Governor, Working with fellow legislators to overcome differences, Selecting up to 25 bills or resolutions as his or her priorities, Designationg up to five bills or resolutions each session as his or her major proposals with scheduling priority Pete Ricketts - ANSWER40th Governor of Nebraska. he is married and has 3 kids Patrick J. O'Donnell - ANSWERClerk of the Legislature What are Patrick J. O'Donnell's duties - ANSWERHis duties are to be responsible for ensuring that all constitutional, statutory and policy requirements are followed He is the administrative arm of the legislature Maintains official records of all legislative business He also oversees the printing and distribution of bills, resolutions, and amendments
Senator Steve Erdman - ANSWERHe is the district 47 senator. He is from Bayard, a farmer, and was mainly famous from his son, Phil E&R Enrollment and Review - ANSWER5th place a new bill goes to. Previously adopted amendments are combined with the original bill. Bill is then checked for technical and grammatical accuracy Senator Mike Foley - ANSWERLieutenant Governor. Duties are Presides over the Legislature Acts as Governor when the governor is out of the state or incapacitated Becomes governor in case of a vacancy or when the Governor is permanently incapacitated citizen legislature - ANSWERmembers do not hold professional full time paid jobs in the legislature.
a bill can or cannot be amended or debated on Final Reading - ANSWERcannot No more than half of the Legislature is up for election or re-election every _ years. - ANSWER 2 When does the Nebraska legislature start their session for the year? - ANSWERstart at 10 am on the first Wednesday following the first monday in January It takes a majority vote of the Legislature to adopt amendments, and to move a bill from General File to the next stage of consideration. How many is majority? - ANSWER 25 The Legislature may override a governor's veto if ______ senators vote to do so. - ANSWER_30__ Senators are elected by citizens and serve __ year terms. - ANSWER 4 How much money do the Nebraska senators make? - ANSWER$12, Every bill introduced in the Legislature has a _________ hearing. - ANSWER__public_____ The Nebraska Legislature has _____ standing committees. - ANSWER_14____
How does a bill start - ANSWERA senator brings their idea to a bill drafter 2nd step of making a bill - ANSWERthe bill drafter puts it into legal form 3rd step - ANSWERclerk of legislature 4th step - ANSWERThe clerk reads the title of the bill into the record, then assigns it a number, and then prints copies 5th step - ANSWERLegislative Fiscal Office 6th step - ANSWERstanding committee 7th step - ANSWERGeneral File 8th step - ANSWEREnrollment and Review 9th step - ANSWERGoes back to Select File 10th step - ANSWERFinal Reading 11th step - ANSWERGovernor When a constitutional amendment is proposed in May, you need how many votes - ANSWER4/5, 40