LINCOLN — A state lawmaker is seeking to uphold her promise to a Lincoln family to fight for and revive a 2024 vetoed proposal for families to sue public schools in some cases of child sexual assault.

State Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln introduced Legislative Bill 156 on Monday as a revived version of LB 25 of 2024, which Gov. Jim Pillen vetoed after lawmakers had already adjourned the 2024 legislative session, preventing any attempt at a possible veto override. The new bill is narrower, applying only to sexual assaults of children in school settings.

Conrad said the legislation comes in response to a string of Nebraska Supreme Court decisions that closed the courthouse doors for families to allege negligence against political subdivisions in cases more broadly including abuse of children in foster care and deaths of state prisoners.

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