Sen. Mike Jacobson
Nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature · District 42 · Nebraska
—Left–right score (within Legislature)−1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative in this chamber. Only compare with others in the same chamber.
—Chamber rank, liberal→conservative#1 is the most liberal ranked member of this chamber.
—Party unityHow often they vote the same way as most of their own party.
1705Roll calls (117 missed/absent)Recorded votes we have for this session; “missed” means they didn’t vote.
Not ranked: the chamber has too few Democrats and Republicans to anchor a left–right direction (e.g. nonpartisan legislature)
In office since 2022-02-23 · mike.jacobson@leg.ne.gov · nebraskalegislature.gov/…/index.php?District=42 · news.legislature.ne.gov/…/dist42 · Open States ID 70b3f826-87f3-43c6-9762-27a178156a55
Capitol: State Capitol Room 1117, P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE 68509 402-471-2729
Committees
- Banking, Commerce and Insurance (chair)
- Executive Board Special
- Legislative Performance Audit Special (vice chair)
- Revenue (vice chair)
- Select Committee on Committees
Recent votes (latest 60 of 1705 in the current session data)
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | LB 839 Rountree MO584 failed Change reporting requirements under the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act and provide requirements for projects under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act | Nay | Fail 19–28 |
| 2026-04-17 | LR 509 Adopted Congratulate Deloris Marshall Adamson for being inducted into the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame | Yea | Fail 47–0 |
| 2026-04-17 | LR 510 Adopted Thank Carol Koranda for her exceptional service and commitment to the Legislature and the State of Nebraska and congratulate her on her distinguished career and well-deserved retirement | Yea | Fail 49–0 |
| 2026-04-17 | LR 511 Adopted Thank Marcia McClurg for her service to the Legislature and the State of Nebraska and congratulate her on her career and well-deserved retirement | Yea | Fail 49–0 |
| 2026-04-17 | LB 929 Fredrickson MO586 failed Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees | Nay | Fail 22–26 |
| 2026-04-17 | LB 1256 Cavanaugh, J. MO585 failed Redefine a term under the Emergency Management Act | Nay | Fail 23–22 |
| 2026-04-17 | LB 878 Guereca MO587 failed Require paid parental leave for state employees | Nay | Fail 21–27 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 820A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 912A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 955 Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants | Yea | Pass 47–2 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1261A Passed on Final Reading 43-6*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 43–6 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 820 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 935 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0 Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victim | Yea | Pass 38–11 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 889 Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act | Yea | Pass 41–8 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 905 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 838A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 826 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Change provisions relating to late applications for homestead exemptions | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 852 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Provide for the recapture of funding distributed from the Convention Center Support Fund to certain recipients | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 839 Passed on Final Reading 34-15*-0 Change reporting requirements under the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act and provide requirements for projects under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act | Nay | Pass 34–15 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 972A Passed on Final Reading 48-1*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 965 Passed on Final Reading 39-10-0 Prohibit sexual abuse of a probationer or problem solving court participant and sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or child welfare service provider; change provisions relating to protection orde | Yea | Pass 39–10 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 815A Passed on Final Reading 42-7*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 42–7 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1212 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act and change provisions of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1022 Passed on Final Reading 37-12-0 Eliminate the human relations training requirement for obtaining a Nebraska substitute teacher's certificate | Yea | Pass 37–12 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 838 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-3*-0 Change provisions relating to the financial exploitation of vulnerable or senior adults, rules and codes of procedure, decedents' estates, inheritance taxes, deceptive trade practices, the Age-Appropriate Online Design C | Yea | Pass 46–3 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1048 Passed on Final Reading 48-1*-0 Change and eliminate reporting requirements involving certain government agencies and preparation of the state executive budget, require the provision of copies of certain contracts to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 815 Passed on Final Reading 35-14*-0 Provide for a tax on diesel fuels, change provisions relating to refunds for motor fuel taxes, the petroleum release remedial action fee, and the Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, change and eliminate | Yea | Pass 35–14 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1126 Passed on Final Reading 42-7*-0 Adopt the Infrastructure Development Investment Program Act and change and eliminate provisions relating to the Rural Road Improvement District Act, the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act, the Transport | Yea | Pass 42–7 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 972 Passed on Final Reading 48-1*-0 Adopt the Recreational Vehicle Industry Regulation Act and change provisions relating to parking spaces for handicapped or disabled persons, certain license revocations, the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act, the Mot | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 781 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1114 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 Adopt the Community Improvement District Act and the New Taxpayer Recruitment Grant Act, authorize community improvement districts to levy property taxes, and change provisions related to the Community Development Law, t | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1075 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village warrants and vacancies in a village board, change provisions of the Election Act, the Nebraska Political Accountability an | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1237 Passed on Final Reading 45-4-0 Prohibit bringing weapons or prohibited substances into the State Capitol | Yea | Pass 45–4 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1075A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1032 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1187 Passed on Final Reading 39-9*-1 Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act | Yea | Pass 39–9 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1091 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 986 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-8*-0 Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act | Yea | Pass 41–8 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 962 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 596 Passed on Final Reading 46-3*-0 Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to cha | Yea | Pass 46–3 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1010 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operati | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 966 Passed on Final Reading 38-11*-0 Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act and provide for an appropriation | Yea | Pass 38–11 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 304A Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 41–8 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 525 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Adopt the Agricultural Data Privacy Act and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 304 Passed on Final Reading 43-6-0 Eliminate a sunset date for the federal Child Care Subsidy program and state intent regarding funding | Yea | Pass 43–6 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1087 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Create the Nebraska-Ireland Commission | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1237A Passed on Final Reading 47-2-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 47–2 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1209 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 Provide and change appropriations for purposes of carrying out legislation and change provisions relating to appropriations and a transfer of funds | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 921 Passed on Final Reading 37-12*-0 Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act and change provisions of the Employment Security Law, the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act, th | Yea | Pass 37–12 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1181A Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 455 Passed on Final Reading 37-12-0 Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act relating to injury reports and workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles | Yea | Pass 37–12 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1261 Passed on Final Reading 33-16*-0 Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities | Yea | Pass 33–16 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 878 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-7*-1 Require paid parental leave for state employees | Nay | Pass 41–7 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1165A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-6*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 43–6 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 958 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 Provide for implementation of a home and community-based services waiver, retroactive coverage of certain benefits, and reimbursement of doula services and change reporting requirements under the Medical Assistance Act, | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 803A Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 Appropriation Bill | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 912 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 Adopt the Community Health Worker Training Endorsement Act, the Athletic Trainer Compact, and the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, change provisions relating to child care licensing and the practice of athletic train | Yea | Pass 49–0 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1096 Passed on Final Reading 34-15*-0 Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts with foreign principals, authorize the withholding of records, and provide civil penalties | Yea | Pass 34–15 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 1057 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 Redefine adult day service under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act | Yea | Pass 48–1 |
| 2026-04-10 | LB 937 Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions relating to student transfers, school absences, option enrollment, extracurricular activities, reports, school employment, the i | Yea | Pass 49–0 |