# Paul Strommen

Paul Strommen is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 47.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 47
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0ae0ba8c-757e-459f-aecc-4a0501a25cbb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ae0ba8c-757e-459f-aecc-4a0501a25cbb (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

Strommen has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.04), from 39 donors and 247 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 95.1% (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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 2. 28.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 31 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LB 1230: Provide for mobile homes in the Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act and change provisions relating to certificates of title for mobile… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1230/
- LB 1231: Transfer money from the Panhandle Improvement Project Cash Fund to the Animal Damage Control Cash Fund and state legislative intent (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1231/
- LR 315: Congratulate the Garden County High School football team on winning the 2025 Class D-6 state championship (passed both chambers, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR315/
- LB 1232: Provide for mountain lion hunting permits (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1232/
- LR 314: Congratulate the Sidney High School football team on earning the 2025 Class C-1 state runner-up title (passed both chambers, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR314/
- LB 1229: Create the Rural Health Transformation Fund (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1229/
- LR 205: Interim study to examine barriers to and benefits of data sharing between the State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services… (in committee, 2025-10-03) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR205/
- LR 206: Interim study to examine the initiative and referendum petition processes in the twenty-six states in which such a process exists (in committee, 2025-08-06) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR206/
- LR 177: Congratulate the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired on celebrating one hundred fifty years of service to Nebraska (passed both chambers, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR177/
- LR 118: Interim study to examine and formulate a standardized method of classifying and valuing property relating to biofuel facilities (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR118/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.7K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ae0ba8c-757e-459f-aecc-4a0501a25cbb