# Brian Hardin

Brian Hardin is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 48.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 48
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a98b3cf6-9bf8-40a3-94f3-1c196e233ebd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a98b3cf6-9bf8-40a3-94f3-1c196e233ebd (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

57% of Hardin’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Nebraska, in the bottom tenth of Nonpartisan state legislators.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 14 donors and 545 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 94.1% (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 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 18. 31.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 28 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 489: Congratulate the Scottsbluff High School Boys Basketball Team on winning the 2026 Class B State Championship (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR489/
- LB 867A: Appropriation Bill (passed both chambers, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB867A/
- LR 425: Interim study to examine the rehabilitation and treatment of youth and the transition back to their communities (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR425/
- LR 426: Interim study to examine the evolving pattern of management of health information (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR426/
- LR 390: Interim study to allow the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature to examine any health and human services issues within the jurisdiction of… (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR390/
- LB 912A: Appropriation Bill (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB912A/
- LR 365: Celebrate the forty-third anniversary of Nebraska's sister-state relationship with Taiwan (passed both chambers, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR365/
- LB 1217: Authorize schools to maintain epinephrine for emergency first aid (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1217/
- LB 1143: Change provisions relating to nursing facility rates and establish a money follows the person program under the Medical Assistance Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1143/
- LB 1142: Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Visitors Development Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1142/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.9K (Nonpartisan state legislators median $10.9K). 57% 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=48
- Campaign site: https://hardin2022.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brianhardin2022/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-hardin-b1145368/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a98b3cf6-9bf8-40a3-94f3-1c196e233ebd