LINCOLN- A bill that would shield Nebraska businesses and local governments from coronavirus-related lawsuits won first round approval from state lawmakers on Tuesday. The measure would protect businesses so long as they were following federal public health guidelines. About 30 other states have enacted laws addressing the same issue.

“We need to do everything we can to help our state recover from the impact of the pandemic, and that's what this bill's intended to do,” said Briese, the measure's sponsor.

The proposal has backing from businesses, hospitals, schools, counties and cities, however organizations representing Nebraska trial attorneys and public school teachers opposed it. Sen. Matt Hansen of Lincoln said the state is taking “a serious misstep with liability protection for businesses, not directly for the people of Nebraska.

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