Senate committee hears bill to eliminate or consolidate about two dozen state reports
February 06, 2026 | 2026 Legislature NE, Nebraska
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Sen. John Arch introduced LB10‑48 to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee as an effort to reduce what he called unnecessary reporting burdens on state agencies.
"LB 10 48 builds on LB 3 76's efforts and calls for eliminating or streamlining 24 additional agency reports," Arch told the committee, saying agencies had identified the reports as obsolete, duplicative or no longer read.
The bill, introduced on behalf of Gov. Jim Pillen, would consolidate some mandatory reports into annual agency submissions and eliminate others that agencies and the administration consider irrelevant. Arch said he has filed AM1957 to reinsert language preserving the small business compliance advisory panel report and to incorporate recent changes made in LB518 so the bills do not conflict.
Dustin Antonello, appearing for the governor's office, said the proposal grows out of last session's workload reduction efforts. "All told, LB 10 48 will impact roughly 25 reports that are required to be submitted by state code agencies to the legislature on a regular basis," Antonello said, and added the administration is willing to amend the bill to retain reports the legislature or stakeholders still find useful.
Committee members pressed for specific effects. A senator asked whether eliminating reports would eliminate staffed positions; Arch said he was not aware of any positions scheduled for removal. Members raised agency‑specific concerns, including a broadband office requirement to collect telecom rate data that the office has struggled to obtain and several water‑resource reports that agencies would like to fold into a single annual submission for the Department of Water, Energy and Environment.
No formal vote was recorded in committee on LB10‑48 during this hearing. Arch closed by asking the committee to advance the bill with AM1957 and reiterated he and the administration would accept edits if the committee determines some reports should continue.
What happens next: The committee will consider whether to advance LB10‑48. No committee action was taken during this hearing.
"LB 10 48 builds on LB 3 76's efforts and calls for eliminating or streamlining 24 additional agency reports," Arch told the committee, saying agencies had identified the reports as obsolete, duplicative or no longer read.
The bill, introduced on behalf of Gov. Jim Pillen, would consolidate some mandatory reports into annual agency submissions and eliminate others that agencies and the administration consider irrelevant. Arch said he has filed AM1957 to reinsert language preserving the small business compliance advisory panel report and to incorporate recent changes made in LB518 so the bills do not conflict.
Dustin Antonello, appearing for the governor's office, said the proposal grows out of last session's workload reduction efforts. "All told, LB 10 48 will impact roughly 25 reports that are required to be submitted by state code agencies to the legislature on a regular basis," Antonello said, and added the administration is willing to amend the bill to retain reports the legislature or stakeholders still find useful.
Committee members pressed for specific effects. A senator asked whether eliminating reports would eliminate staffed positions; Arch said he was not aware of any positions scheduled for removal. Members raised agency‑specific concerns, including a broadband office requirement to collect telecom rate data that the office has struggled to obtain and several water‑resource reports that agencies would like to fold into a single annual submission for the Department of Water, Energy and Environment.
No formal vote was recorded in committee on LB10‑48 during this hearing. Arch closed by asking the committee to advance the bill with AM1957 and reiterated he and the administration would accept edits if the committee determines some reports should continue.
What happens next: The committee will consider whether to advance LB10‑48. No committee action was taken during this hearing.
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