# Mike Jacobson

Mike Jacobson is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 42.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 42
- Serving since: 2022-02-23
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/70b3f826-87f3-43c6-9762-27a178156a55

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70b3f826-87f3-43c6-9762-27a178156a55 (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

69% of the 42 bills Jacobson sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.02), from 119 donors and 520 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 93.2% (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 42 bills: 42 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 1. 69.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 2 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 493: Congratulate Jeff and Shae Caldwell for earning the Nebraska Business Development Center Champion of Small Business 2025 award (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR493/
- LB 838A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB838A/
- LR 446: Interim study to examine auctioneer licensing and continuing education requirements (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR446/
- LR 477: Congratulate Brittany McDaniel for earning the 2026 Nebraska School Activities Association Champions for Coaches Award for Play Production (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR477/
- LR 447: Interim study to examine how a baccalaureate degree requiring fewer than the traditional one hundred twenty hours, or four years, may benefit the state (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR447/
- LB 525A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB525A/
- LR 340: Recognize 2026 as the United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists in solidarity (passed both chambers, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR340/
- LB 1130: Adopt the Community Improvement District Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1130/
- LR 310: Interim study to examine the organizational structure of the Nebraska Tourism Commission (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR310/
- LB 967: Change provisions relating to insurance fees, licensing, and trade practices, pharmacy benefit managers, mutual insurance holding companies, the Population… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB967/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $116.6K (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=42
- Campaign site: https://www.senatormikejacobson.com/
- X: https://x.com/mjacobson1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenJacobson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jacobson-b6636751/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70b3f826-87f3-43c6-9762-27a178156a55