# Jana Hughes

Jana Hughes is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 24.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 24
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/967bf436-18bf-444e-bd2f-d83e5ec78995

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/967bf436-18bf-444e-bd2f-d83e5ec78995 (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

50% of the 30 bills Hughes sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 151 donors and 536 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% 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 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 8 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 496: Congratulate the YMCA for one hundred and seventy-five years of service to the nation and one hundred sixty years of service to Nebraska communities (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR496/
- LR 406: Interim study to examine the special fund for sites and buildings that public school boards or public boards of education may establish within their school… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR406/
- LR 440: Interim study to examine the identification, evaluation, and effectiveness of reading screeners approved by the State Department of Education and utilized by… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR440/
- LR 375: Congratulate the Milford High School Eagles on winning the 2026 Class C-1 Girls State Basketball Championship title and the Class C-1 State Volleyball… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR375/
- LR 339: Celebrate the history of the Blue River Cattle Trail and the historians who make such remembrance and celebration possible (passed both chambers, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR339/
- LR 319: Recognize the Concordia University men's soccer team for winning the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference Soccer championship (passed both chambers, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR319/
- LR 318: Recognize January 25, 2026, through January 31, 2026, as School Board Member Week (passed both chambers, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR318/
- LB 1238: Change the cigarette tax and distribution of such tax and change taxes imposed under the Tobacco Products Tax Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1238/
- LB 1089: Change enforcement provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1089/
- LB 1038: Change provisions relating to school funding and property taxes (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1038/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $74.3K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 96% 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=24
- Campaign site: https://janahughesforlegislature.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Jana-Hughes-100089096333521/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/967bf436-18bf-444e-bd2f-d83e5ec78995