# Eliot Bostar

Eliot Bostar is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 29.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 29
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5e6ca662-d4e3-405b-a060-d0150546eede

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e6ca662-d4e3-405b-a060-d0150546eede (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

Bostar missed 14% of 1,770 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) (average 95.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 120 donors and 557 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 95.5%).

Key votes:

- 2026-04-17 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 61 bills: 61 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 6. 37.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 21 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 499: Recognize the month of May 2026 as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR499/
- LR 480: Interim study to examine how public resources for youth development programming are currently distributed across Nebraska, identify gaps in availability and… (in committee, 2026-09-21) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR480/
- LR 481: Interim study to examine the fiscal and operational issues related to the addition of long-term care services and supports to the medicaid managed care program (in committee, 2026-07-21) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR481/
- LB 1096A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1096A/
- LR 482: Interim study relating to insurance coverage practices and policies and reimbursement structures for access to nonopioid treatment options to address opioid… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR482/
- LB 1185: Adopt the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1185/
- LB 1254: Prohibit sale of electronic smoking devices without a child safety feature (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1254/
- LB 1253: Change provisions relating to the laws that apply to certain tax sale certificates (became law, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1253/
- LB 1255: Prohibit public power suppliers from exercising the power of eminent domain (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1255/
- LB 1131: Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act and eliminate personal property tax and sales and use tax exemptions… (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1131/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.0K (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=29
- Campaign site: https://eliotbostar.com/
- X: https://x.com/EliotBostar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votebostar/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e6ca662-d4e3-405b-a060-d0150546eede