# Barry DeKay

Barry DeKay is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 40.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/01d5ca17-53a1-463a-b2f6-74fe24833c0f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01d5ca17-53a1-463a-b2f6-74fe24833c0f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

57% of the 54 bills DeKay sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.03), from 63 donors and 511 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · Fredrickson MO586 failed · LB 929 Provide for managed care organizations to pay the deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges on behalf of medicaid enrollees · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB929/
- 2026-04-17 · voted nay · Cavanaugh, J. MO585 failed · LB 1256 Redefine a term under the Emergency Management Act · fail · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1256/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1*-0 · LB 912A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB912A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 · LB 955 Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB955/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 43-6*-0 · LB 1261A Appropriation Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261A/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 820 Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB820/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11-0 · LB 935 Provide for court fees; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, sentencing, support order liens,… · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB935/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading 41-8*-0 · LB 889 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB889/
- 2026-04-10 · voted yea · Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 · LB 905 Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate · pass · https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB905/

## Legislation (NE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 54 bills: 54 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 31. 57.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 3 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 497: Congratulate the 2025-26 Nebraska FFA Association State Officers for their leadership, dedication, and service to the State of Nebraska (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR497/
- LR 450: Interim study to examine issues within the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR450/
- LR 451: Interim study to review occupational regulations for bulk milk haulers and field representatives under the Nebraska Milk Act for purposes of the Occupational… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR451/
- LR 449: Interim study to examine state resources and programs to assist with recovery and restoration of agricultural lands that have suffered from devastating… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR449/
- LB 1261A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261A/
- LB 1261: Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1261/
- LR 329: Recognize the month of January 2026 as Nuclear Power Month in Nebraska (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR329/
- LR 326: Congratulate Avery Arens of Crofton High School for winning the 2025 NSAA Class D Girls State Cross Country Championship race (passed both chambers, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR326/
- LR 325: Congratulate the Creighton High School Bulldogs on earning the 2025 NSAA Class D Boys Golf Championship and a sweep of individual titles (passed both chambers, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR325/
- LR 323: Congratulate the Crofton Warrior Marching band for earning the Nebraska State Band Association's competitive marching competition in the Class 1A division (passed both chambers, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR323/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.8K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/landing-pages/index.php?District=40

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01d5ca17-53a1-463a-b2f6-74fe24833c0f