# Bob Andersen

Bob Andersen is a nonpartisan member of the Nebraska Legislature for district 49.

- Party: Nonpartisan
- Seat: Nebraska Legislature, district 49
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: NE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/db002bad-ee6a-4e22-b5c5-840c665ecad4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/db002bad-ee6a-4e22-b5c5-840c665ecad4 (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

20% of the 44 bills Andersen sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 55 donors and 282 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of Nonpartisan state legislators score lower.

## Votes (NE 2025–26 session)

1,770 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (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, 9 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 19. 20.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nebraska Legislature (nonpartisan) 36.9%; rank 40 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- LR 475: Interim study to conduct a comprehensive review of state funding provided to nonprofit organizations (in committee, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR475/
- LR 476: Interim study to examine the fiscal, constitutional, and administrative implications of adopting LB1095, 2026, relating to divesting assets of the retirement… (in committee, 2026-08-20) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR476/
- LR 458: Interim study to examine the availability and disclosure of data regarding tax exemptions and tax incentives to Nebraska state personnel (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR458/
- LR 441: Interim study relating to the applicability for residential versus commercial building codes and the implications of enacting LB1227, introduced in the One… (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LR441/
- LB 1262: Adopt the Foreign Adversaries Out of Postsecondary Education Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1262/
- LB 1227: Change provisions relating to local energy codes and local electrical codes (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1227/
- LB 1226: Provide for issuance of a combination hunting and fishing permit and certain stamps to certain veterans (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1226/
- LB 1095: Change provisions relating to the duties of the Nebraska Investment Council, the state investment officer, and the State Treasurer (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB1095/
- LB 997: Change provisions relating to emergency contracts in the State Procurement Act (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB997/
- LB 998: Change provisions relating to the state income tax deduction for members of the Nebraska National Guard (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/ne/bills/109/LB998/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (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/db002bad-ee6a-4e22-b5c5-840c665ecad4