# Stan Clouse

Stan Clouse is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 37.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 37
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4bfe5183-1afc-42fa-92c1-7ffe5cbb1080

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4bfe5183-1afc-42fa-92c1-7ffe5cbb1080 (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

48% of the 40 bills Clouse sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.03), from 104 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (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 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 3. 47.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 12 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 501: Congratulate and honor Dr. Neal H. Schnoor on his investiture as the tenth Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and commend his lifelong… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR501/
- LR 500: Recognize and commend Hot Meals for its rapid and sustained volunteer disaster response during the 2026 Nebraska wildfire emergency (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR500/
- LR 473: Interim study to examine opportunities for countywide local option sales taxes (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR473/
- LR 474: Interim study to examine the Municipal Equalization Fund that is used to provide state aid to equalize the property tax capacity of incorporated cities in… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR474/
- LR 472: Interim study to examine federally funded Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start programs and to provide state policy recommendations in support of such… (in committee, 2026-08-28) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR472/
- LR 429: Interim study to evaluate the compensation of members of the governing bodies of political subdivisions (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR429/
- LR 430: Interim study to examine the different forms of county government used throughout the United States (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR430/
- LR 397: Congratulate the University of Nebraska at Kearney's men's wrestling team on winning the 2026 Division II National Wrestling Championship title (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR397/
- LR 359: Express and extend sympathy and condolences to the family of Kellie John (passed both chambers, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR359/
- LR 353: Extend condolences to the family, friends, and community of Mike Yanney (passed both chambers, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR353/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,658 (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/4bfe5183-1afc-42fa-92c1-7ffe5cbb1080