LINCOLN, Neb. — A filibuster has halted the Nebraska Legislature’s consideration of a proposal requiring two-person train crews within the state, the news site Nebraska Examiner reports.
The filibuster, carried out over parts of three days, stalled the bill when a Friday vote was unable to obtain the 33 votes needed to invoke cloture, the motion to end debate. The vote was 24-19 in favor of cloture.
The bill, proposed by state Sen. Mike Jacobson (R-North Platte) had advanced out of committee earlier in the week [see “Two person crew bill advances …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 1, 2024]. Jacobson argued that LB 31 would increase safety, but the Examiner reports opponents argued there is no proof two-man crews increase safety, that the legislation interfered with a matter for labor negotiations, and that it interfered with interstate commerce.
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