LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker who’s worried about the spread of the coronavirus is calling for a legislative rule change that would allow state senators to vote on bills remotely when this year’s session resumes on July 20.
Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks, of Lincoln, sent a memo to her fellow lawmakers arguing for the change.
Legislative leaders have said the Nebraska Constitution requires state lawmakers to vote in-person.
Pansing Brooks made a similar argument in March, just before lawmakers briefly reconvened to approve emergency state funding to fight the coronavirus.