Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Non-partisan

General

Gender: Female
Family: Widowed; 2 Children: Carrie, Sara; 1 Foster Child: Jessica
Birth date: 06/24/1945
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
Home City: Omaha NE
Religion: Lutheran

Profession

Adoption Specialist/Social Worker, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 1997-present Permanency Reviewer, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 1989-1997 Child Protective Worker, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 1975-1989 Case Manager, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 1969-1975

Education

MSW, University of Nebraska, 1974 BA, Sociology/Psychology, Midland Lutheran College, 1967

Committees

Education
Health and Human Services

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 421 Park Entry Permit Fees
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 22 Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 999 Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 861 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 780 PTSD Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 842 Repealing Special Prosecutor Requirement for In-Custody Deaths
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 1102 Legalizing "Horse Racing Machines"
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

LR 284 CA Abolishing Office of State Treasurer
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1105 Death Penalty Cost Study
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 952 Water and Natural Gas Infrastructure Replacement and Sewage Program Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: -

LB 675 Requiring Ultrasounds before Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 36 Requiring Lethal Injection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 355 Exempting Cigar Bars from the Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 260 Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 5 Trapping In Rights-of-Way
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 85 Bond Revenue to Fund Streets and Bridges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 4 to LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 1082 Expanding Workers' Compensation Benefits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

AM 2319 to LB 1174 Farm and Ranch Ownership Requirements
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 959 2007-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1063 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 395 Statewide Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 1736 Eliminating Opt-Out Provision of Smoking Ban
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 39 Restricting Petition Circulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 253 Repealing Motorcycle Helmet Law
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

LB 653 Standard Academic Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 641 School Property Tax and Learning Communities Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 476 Elimination of the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1024 School Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 239 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LR 449 Impeachment of C. David Hergert
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 3142 Redistricting of Omaha Public Schools
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 1060 2005-2007 Biennium Budget
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 188 Campaign Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 454 Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

LB 1060 2005-2007 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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