March 11, 2026 · Business and Labor · 692 words · 3 speakers · 3 segments
This is going to be an abbreviated opening. Welcome to the business and labor Committee.
I'm Senator from omaha representing the 31st legislative district. If you're planning to testify today, please fill out one of the green testifier sheets for each bill you are testifying on and hand it to the clerk. Let's see. When you come up to testify, please speak clearly into the microphone. Tell us your name and spell your first and last name to ensure we get an accurate record. We'll go proponents, opponents and neutral three minute light system and Committee members may come and go during this hearing. I think we probably won't. We're all just here. If you have anything to share, bring it up 12 copies to the page if need be. We'll have some copies made for you. Silence or turn off your cell phones and verbal outbursts are not permitted in the hearing room. Let's see. Written comments on the bill must be included in the record if they are submitted by 8 a.m. The day of the hearing. We have none so far. I will have our Committee members introduce themselves starting on my part. Right. Good afternoon. I'm jane raybould, legislative district 28, which is central lincoln. Ben hansen, district 16. Tracy ibach, district 44. And I did not introduce myself. Kathleen kauth 31. If we're ready. That's it. Okay. Oh, sorry. Paige. Helping us today is lexi pabloc from Nebraska, senior at unl agricultural communications. Thank you for being here. And I am opening on. Can we wait the opening? I think you have. Officially opened. I think somebody has opened on it in some fashion. I can spell the name. For. Are you getting 15 minutes or 5 minutes. For one minute? 30s. Let's see. Thank you. Welcome. We're now going to have a m 2413 to lb. 1133. Thank you.
My name is kathleen kauth, k a t h l e e n k a u t h. And this is one additional state claims it is $289,360.48 for a line of duty claim against the state of Nebraska. For kyle casey, who died in the line of duty, paid out to kevin and teresa casey out of the general fund. So I would ask everyone to say yes, and we will get this amended onto 1133. Questions from the Committee. Yes. Senator kauth, isn't there one additional claim? $51,791.88 per miscellaneous claim? That is already on the bill. So I don't know if that. I think we have already voted on that. She struck the whole section, just requested a white copy. Okay. Thank you. Other questions? Seeing none, you're welcome to close. Closing. Proponents. Proponents. Yeah. Good afternoon. Thank you. Members of the business and labor Committee. My name is phoebe p h o e b e l u r z. I'm an assistant attorney general in the civil litigation bureau, and I also serve as legal advisor to the state claims board and to the risk manager. As Senator kauth stated. AM 2413 updates section one of LB 1133. It includes one additional claim for payment. It's claim 2026-01453 is a line of duty claim filed by kevin and teresa marchese following the death of their son, kyle marchese, who died in the line of duty. He was killed in a car accident while serving as a state patrol trooper last january or february. I forget the total amount of this claim is $289,360.48. This claim was approved by the state claims board at a hearing that took place after the hearing on LB 1133 and AM 2008, which is why we're here today. Our office recommends that you appropriate sufficient funds to pay this and the prior claims that were included in LB 1133 and AM 2008. And I'm happy to answer any other questions you might have. So any questions from the Committee? Seeing none, thank you very much for your testimony. And Senator kauth will waive closing. Well, any opponents? No. Any neutral? No. Senator will waive closing. Thank you very much. That concludes our hearing on AM 2413 to lb