# Bob Hallstrom

Bob Hallstrom is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 1.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 1
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cc0182c9-3cfe-46b1-8fd2-03e90385c6d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc0182c9-3cfe-46b1-8fd2-03e90385c6d5 (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

Hallstrom has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.03), from 94 donors and 263 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (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 nay · 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 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 29. 43.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 17 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 488: Congratulate Haylee Trew on winning the 2026 Class B Girls State 100-pound Championship title (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR488/
- LR 487: Congratulate Hadley Mazzulla on winning the 2026 Class B Girls State 105-pound Championship title (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR487/
- LR 453: Interim study to review the impact on homestead exemptions of LB126, One Hundred Eighth Legislature, Second Session, 2024 (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR453/
- LR 457: Interim study to identify the barriers to multiple employer insurance plans (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR457/
- LR 454: Interim study to examine alternative funding sources for addressing the shortage of affordable and workforce housing in Nebraska (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR454/
- LB 873A: Appropriation Bill (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB873A/
- LB 1191: Change provisions relating to certain employment and investment requirements under the Nebraska Advantage Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1191/
- LB 1138: Adopt the Nebraska Protection of Seniors from Insurance Exploitation Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1138/
- LB 1160: Change provisions relating to civil procedure, decedents' estates, trusts, and inheritance taxes (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1160/
- LB 1139: Change provisions relating to liens arising from child and spousal support orders (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1139/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.7K (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/cc0182c9-3cfe-46b1-8fd2-03e90385c6d5