Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect committee assignments and leadership positions for state senators following the resignation of State Sen. Suzanne Geist.
Meet the state senators deciding policy and leading Nebraska’s legislative branch through 2024.
Nebraska’s current 49 state senators are among the most diverse in the state’s history with 18 women, six senators of color and two openly LGBTQ senators. The median age of the Legislature, at the start of the session, was 61 — the youngest senator was 26 while the oldest was 80.
The senators introduced 820 legislative bills and 95 resolutions in the 90-day 2023 session, as of April 14. Nine bills have been withdrawn by their introducers.
State Sen. Suzanne Geist resigned from the Legislature on April 6, citing her run for Lincoln mayor. Gov. Jim Pillen appointed State Sen. Carolyn Bosn to succeed Geist.
Geist sat on the Executive Board and Reference Committee and was chair of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee. State Sen. Beau Ballard of Lincoln will succeed Geist as a member of the Executive Board and Reference Committee while State Sen. Mike Moser of Columbus is the new chair of Transportation and Telecommunications.
Bosn will serve on the Transportation and Telecommunications and Judiciary Committees.
Among the most notable legislation this session includes concealed carry permits (LB77), access for LGBTQ Nebraskans to health care (LB574 and LB810) and bathrooms or sporting teams (LB575), school funding (LB583 and LB753), voter ID (LB535), taxes (LB589 and LB754) and abortion (LB626).
Meet the 2023-24 legislative leadership here.
Information is included below on committee assignments, counties within a senator’s district (an asterisk denotes a partial county), legislation introduced by each senator this session, senators’ service in the Legislature and contact information by respective senators.
State Sen. Ray Aguilar (Grand Island) — District 35
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs; Executive Board (Vice Chair); Reference (Vice Chair)
County: Hall*
Legislation this session: Seven bills
Appointed June 9, 1999; Elected 2001-2009, 2021-present
[email protected] | 402-471-2617 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1118
State Sen. Joni Albrecht (Thurston) — District 17
Committees: Education (Vice Chair), Revenue, Committee on Committees (Chair), State-Tribal Relations
Counties: Dakota, Dixon*, Thurston, Wayne
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 13 bills and five resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2716 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
Speaker John Arch (La Vista) — District 14
Committees: Executive Board, Reference, Rules (ex officio), Legislative Performance Audit, Legislature’s Planning Committee, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability (Chair), Economic Recovery Special Committee
County: Sarpy*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: Nine bills and six resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2730 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 2103
State Sen. Christy Armendariz (Omaha) — District 18
Committees: Appropriations, Economic Recovery Special Committee, Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Four bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2618 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Beau Ballard (Lincoln) — District 21
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Health and Human Services; Enrollment and Review (Chair); Executive Board; Reference Committee; Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
County: Lancaster*
Appointed Jan. 4, 2023-present
Legislation this session: 11 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2673 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1403
State Sen. Carol Blood (Bellevue) — District 3
Committees: Business and Labor, Judiciary, Urban Affairs
County: Sarpy*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 20 bills and five resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2627 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Carolyn Bosn (Lincoln) — District 25
Committees: Judiciary, Transportation and Telecommunications (subject to approval by the full Legislature)
County: Lancaster*
Appointed April 7, 2023-present
Because Bosn was appointed after bill introduction this year, she can introduce ceremonial or interim study resolutions throughout her tenure.
She picked up four bills (all originally introduced by Geist, her predecessor) and can introduce her own bills next year.
[email protected] | 402-471-2731 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1110 (this is the office for the chair of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee; Bosn will likely move offices pending approval of a new chair)
State Sen. Eliot Bostar (Lincoln) — District 29
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Revenue; Committee on Committees; Executive Board; Reference; Rules; Legislature’s Planning Committee; Streamlined Sales and Use Tax System; Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: 30 bills, including one originally introduced by Geist
[email protected] | 402-471-2734 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Bruce Bostelman (Brainard) — District 23
Committees: Natural Resources (Chair), Transportation and Telecommunications, Committee on Committees, Rural Broadband Task Force, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
Counties: Butler*, Colfax, Saunders
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 16 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2719 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1210
State Sen. Tom Brandt (Plymouth) — District 32
Committees: Natural Resources, Transportation and Telecommunications
Counties: Fillmore, Jefferson, Lancaster*, Saline, Thayer
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 16 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2711 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1528
State Sen. Tom Brewer (Gordon) — District 43
Committees: Agriculture; General Affairs; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs (Chair); State-Tribal Relations
Counties: Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Dawes, Garfield, Keya Paha, Loup, Rock, Sheridan
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 27 bills and three resolutions, including one bill originally introduced by Geist (Brewer withdrew LB251)
[email protected] | 402-471-2628 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1423
State Sen. Tom Briese (Albion) — District 41
Committees: Education, Revenue, Executive Board (Chair), Reference (Chair), Legislative Performance Audit, Legislature’s Planning Committee
Counties: Boone, Buffalo*, Greeley, Hall*, Howard, Sherman, Valley, Wheeler
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 17 bills and two resolutions (Briese introduced one additional bill as chair of the Executive Board)
[email protected] | 402-471-2631 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 2108
State Sen. John Cavanaugh (Omaha) — District 9
Committees: General Affairs, Natural Resources, Urban Affairs, Midwestern Higher Education Compact Commission, Legislature’s Planning Committee, Justice Reinvestment Oversight, Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: 28 bills and four resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2723 | Nebraska State Capitol 8th Floor
State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh (Omaha) — District 6
Committees: Health and Human Services, Transportation and Telecommunications, Legislative Performance Audit
County: Douglas*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 27 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2714 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. Rob Clements (Elmwood) — District 2
Committees: Appropriations (Chair), Nebraska Retirement Systems, Executive Board (nonvoting ex officio), Reference (ex-officio), Building Maintenance, Legislative Performance Audit, Legislature’s Planning Committee
Counties: Cass, Lancaster*
Appointed Feb. 6, 2017; Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: Six bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2613 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1305
State Sen. Danielle Conrad (Lincoln) — District 46
Committees: Education; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs; Nebraska Retirement Systems
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2007-2015; 2023-present
Legislation this session: 22 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2720 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1206
State Sen. Jen Day (Omaha) — District 49
Committees: General Affairs, Health and Human Services, Urban Affairs, State-Tribal Relations (Chair), Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Sarpy*
Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: 15 bills and five resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2725 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. Wendy DeBoer (Bennington) — District 10
Committees: Judiciary (Vice Chair), Transportation and Telecommunications, Rules (Vice Chair), Legislature’s Planning Committee (Chair), Nebraska Information Technology Commission
County: Douglas*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 26 bills
[email protected] | 402-471-2718 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
State Sen. Barry DeKay (Niobrara) — District 40
Committees: Judiciary, Transportation and Telecommunications, State-Tribal Relations (Vice Chair), Justice Reinvestment Oversight, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
Counties: Antelope, Cedar, Dixon*, Holt, Knox, Pierce*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Seven bills and seven resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2801 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. Myron Dorn (Adams) — District 30
Committees: Appropriations, Building Maintenance, Legislative Performance Audit (Chair)
Counties: Gage, Lancaster*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 17 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2620 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1208
State Sen. Robert Dover (Norfolk) — District 19
Committees: Appropriations, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
Counties: Madison, Pierce*
Appointed July 22, 2022-present
Legislation this session: Six bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2929 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
State Sen. George Dungan (Lincoln) — District 26
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Revenue; Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 23 bills
[email protected] | 402-471-2610 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
State Sen. Steve Erdman (Bayard) — District 47
Committees: Appropriations, Committee on Committees, Rules (Chair)
Counties: Arthur, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith, Morrill, Sioux
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 19 bills and three resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2616 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1124
State Sen. John Fredrickson (Omaha) — District 20
Committees: Natural Resources, Transportation and Telecommunications, State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision
County: Douglas*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 10 bills
[email protected] | 402-471-2622 | Nebraska State Capitol 8th Floor
Former State Sen. Suzanne Geist (Lincoln) — District 25
Served on: Judiciary, Transportation and Telecommunications (Chair), Executive Board, Reference, Legislative Performance Audit, Rural Broadband Task Force, Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2017-present
Introduced 12 bills (A majority of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, with Geist as chair, introduced one additional bill)
Eleven of those bills have since been picked up by State Sens. Carolyn Bosn (four bills), Mike Moser (two bills), Eliot Bostar (one bill), Tom Brewer (one bill), Teresa Ibach (one bill), Brad von Gillern (one bill) and Justin Wayne (one bill).
State Sen. Steve Halloran (Hastings) — District 33
Committees: Agriculture (Chair); Business and Labor; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Counties: Adams, Kearney, Phelps*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 15 bills and one resolution (A majority of the Agriculture Committee, with Halloran as chair, introduced an additional three bills) (Halloran withdrew LB780 and LB781)
[email protected] | 402-471-2712 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1115
State Sen. Ben Hansen (Blair) — District 16
Committees: Agriculture, Business and Labor, Health and Human Services (Chair), Rules, Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
Counties: Burt, Cuming, Stanton*, Washington
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 12 bills and one resolution (A majority of the Health and Human Services Committee, with Hansen as chair, introduced one additional bill)
[email protected] | 402-471-2728 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1117
State Sen. Brian Hardin (Gering) — District 48
Committees: General Affairs, Health and Human Services (Vice Chair), Nebraska Retirement Systems, Urban Affairs
Counties: Banner, Kimball, Scotts Bluff
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Eight bills and one resolution (Hardin withdrew LB594)
[email protected] | 402-471-2802 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. Rick Holdcroft (Bellevue) — District 36
Committees: Agriculture, General Affairs, Judiciary, Legislature’s Planning Committee, Justice Reinvestment Oversight, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
County: Douglas*, Sarpy*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Seven bills and five resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2642 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1302
State Sen. Jana Hughes (Seward) — District 24
Committees: Agriculture, General Affairs (Vice Chair), Natural Resources, Building Maintenance (Vice Chair)
Counties: Butler*, Polk, Seward, York
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Eight bills
[email protected] | 402-471-2756 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Megan Hunt (Omaha) — District 8
Committees: Business and Labor; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs; Urban Affairs (Vice Chair); Committee on Committees; State-Tribal Relations
County: Douglas*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 14 bills and two resolutions (Hunt withdrew LB86)
[email protected] | 402-471-2722 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
State Sen. Teresa Ibach (Sumner) — District 44
Committees: Agriculture (Vice Chair), Business and Labor (Vice Chair), Judiciary, Nebraska Retirement Systems (Vice Chair), Rules, Building Maintenance, Legislature’s Planning Committee
Counties: Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock, Perkins*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Seven bills, including one originally introduced by Geist
[email protected] | 402-471-2805 | Nebraska State Capitol 12th Floor
State Sen. Mike Jacobson (North Platte) — District 42
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance (Vice Chair); Natural Resources; Committee on Committees; Legislative Performance Audit (Vice Chair); Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
Counties: Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins*, Thomas
Appointed Feb. 23, 2022; Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 12 bills and three resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2729 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1523
State Sen. Kathleen Kauth (Omaha) — District 31
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Revenue; Education Commission of the States
County: Douglas*
Appointed June 7, 2022; Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 13 bills and three resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2327 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1522
State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan (Elkhorn) — District 39
Committees: Education, Revenue (Chair), Committee on Committees, Education Commission of the States, Streamlined Sales and Use Tax System
County: Douglas*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 35 bills and three resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2885 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1116
State Sen. Loren Lippincott (Central City) — District 34
Committee: Appropriations
Counties: Hall*, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: Six bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2630 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. John Lowe (Kearney) — District 37
Committees: General Affairs (Chair); Government, Military and Veterans Affairs; Urban Affairs; Committee on Committees (Vice Chair); Executive Board; Reference
County: Buffalo*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 13 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2726 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1306
State Sen. Mike McDonnell (Omaha) — District 5
Committees: Appropriations, Nebraska Retirement Systems (Chair), Building Maintenance, Homeland Security Policy Group, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability, Economic Recovery Special Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 59 bills and three resolutions (McDonnell withdrew LB109 and LB158)
[email protected] | 402-471-2710 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1101
State Sen. Terrell McKinney (Omaha) — District 11
Committees: Business and Labor, Judiciary, Urban Affairs (Chair), Economic Recovery Special Committee (Chair), Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: 31 bills and four resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2612 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1212
State Sen. Mike Moser (Columbus) — District 22
Committees: Natural Resources (Vice Chair), Transportation and Telecommunications (Chair, Vice Chair prior to Geist’s resignation), Committee on Committees
Counties: Platte, Stanton*
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: Six bills, including two originally introduced by Geist
[email protected] | 402-471-2715 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1529
State Sen. Dave Murman (Glenvil) — District 38
Committees: Education (Chair), Revenue, Committee on Committees
Counties: Clay, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Phelps*, Red Willow, Webster
Elected 2019-present
Legislation this session: 18 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2732 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1107
State Sen. Jane Raybould (Lincoln) — District 28
Committees: Agriculture, General Affairs; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs; Justice Reinvestment Oversight; Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 18 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2633 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Merv Riepe (Ralston) — District 12
Committees: Agriculture, Business and Labor (Chair), Health and Human Services, Executive Board, Reference
County: Douglas*
Elected 2015-2019; 2023-present
Legislation this session: 14 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2623 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1308
State Sen. Rita Sanders (Bellevue) — District 45
Committees: Education; Government, Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair); Committee on Committees; Homeland Security Policy Group, Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
County: Sarpy*
Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: Eight bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2615 | Nebraska State Capitol 11th Floor
State Sen. Julie Slama (Dunbar) — District 1
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance (Chair); Natural Resources; Executive Board; Reference
Counties: Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson
Appointed Jan. 9, 2019; Elected 2021-present
Legislation this session: 18 bills
[email protected] | 402-471-2733 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1401
State Sen. Tony Vargas (Omaha) — District 7
Committees: Appropriations, Nebraska Retirement Systems, Committee on Committees, Executive Board, Reference, Legislature’s Planning Committee (Vice Chair), Economic Recovery Special Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 26 bills and one resolution
[email protected] | 402-471-2721 | Nebraska State Capitol 8th Floor
State Sen. R. Brad von Gillern (Elkhorn) — District 4
Committees: Banking, Commerce and Insurance; Revenue (Vice Chair); Committee on Committees; Building Maintenance (Chair)
County: Douglas*
Elected 2023-present
Legislation this session: 14 bills, including one originally introduced by Geist
[email protected] | 402-471-2621 | Nebraska State Capitol 10th Floor
State Sen. Lynne Walz (Fremont) — District 15
Committees: Education, Health and Human Services, Education Commission of the States, Midwestern Higher Education Compact Commission
Counties: Dodge, Douglas*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 22 bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2625 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1120
State Sen. Justin Wayne (Omaha) — District 13
Committees: Education, Judiciary (Chair), State-Tribal Relations, Justice Reinvestment Oversight (Chair), Economic Recovery Special Committee
County: Douglas*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: 41 bills and one resolution, including one bill originally introduced by Geist (Wayne withdrew LB476 and LB790)
[email protected] | 402-471-2727 | Nebraska State Capitol Room 1103
State Sen. Anna Wishart (Lincoln) — District 27
Committees: Appropriations (Vice Chair), State-Tribal Relations, Statewide Tourism And Recreational Water Access and Resource Sustainability, Economic Recovery Special Committee
County: Lancaster*
Elected 2017-present
Legislation this session: Seven bills and two resolutions
[email protected] | 402-471-2632 | Nebraska State Capitol 8th Floor
