John Cavanaugh

NE Senate District 9

Nonpartisan Nebraska since Jan 6, 2021

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Healthcare 23 Government Operations & Budget 22 Criminal Justice & Policing 13 Economy & Taxes 13 Housing 9 Social Services & Welfare 9 Education 7 Labor & Employment 7 Civil Rights & Liberties 5 Environment & Energy 5 Elections & Voting 4 Technology & Privacy 4 Agriculture 3 Gun Policy 3 Transportation & Infrastructure 3 Veterans Affairs 3 Banking & Finance 2 Defense & Military 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
NE Senate District 9 current Nebraska	Nonpartisan	Jan 6, 2021	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (1,770 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
LB 962 Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act	McKinney AM3130 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll f9215bcc-7e3c-4e48-a18f-286f049be64e	Apr 8, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/f9215bcc-7e3c-4e48-a18f-286f049be64e CC0-1.0
LB 921 Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing…	Bostar FA1184 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll c8a5e677-6a1f-4c33-9ac2-15cc012c1603	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c8a5e677-6a1f-4c33-9ac2-15cc012c1603 CC0-1.0
	Sorrentino AM3061 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 9287f56f-8c98-401b-8c6f-1dcf53cc282e	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9287f56f-8c98-401b-8c6f-1dcf53cc282e CC0-1.0
LB 937 Adopt the Prior Learning Act and the K-12 Education Cybersecurity Act and change provisions…	Lonowski FA1177 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 5428bbee-7509-4cbb-925a-b119b3f34db1	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5428bbee-7509-4cbb-925a-b119b3f34db1 CC0-1.0
	Kauth FA1180 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll cf227bc5-26c9-4b80-8b95-ccd4d5b37157	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cf227bc5-26c9-4b80-8b95-ccd4d5b37157 CC0-1.0
LB 1114 Adopt the Community Improvement District Act and the New Taxpayer Recruitment Grant Act, authorize…	McKinney MO565 prevailed	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll e6ea7511-81ca-407f-9ef2-4e04643f351b	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e6ea7511-81ca-407f-9ef2-4e04643f351b CC0-1.0
	McKinney FA1178 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll b1ece3aa-2259-405b-beef-dab7c6e99811	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/b1ece3aa-2259-405b-beef-dab7c6e99811 CC0-1.0
	McKinney AM2838 lost	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 74a37be6-868e-4d7e-95e1-228f9b54322d	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/74a37be6-868e-4d7e-95e1-228f9b54322d CC0-1.0
	Hallstrom AM3082 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll f37d194a-e8d8-4b83-b7b5-b5925019288f	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/f37d194a-e8d8-4b83-b7b5-b5925019288f CC0-1.0
LB 1165 Adopt the Grow the Good Life Act, provide an income tax credit, change provisions relating to the…	Conrad AM3117 lost	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll db2632cd-4280-4896-9314-cda31aec6915	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/db2632cd-4280-4896-9314-cda31aec6915 CC0-1.0
	von Gillern AM3035 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 9609781b-abaa-4a7f-899f-18171ad878fc	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9609781b-abaa-4a7f-899f-18171ad878fc CC0-1.0
LB 1126A Appropriation Bill	Moser AM3074 adopted	Nay	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 1d61f1e3-bf90-40e7-b80c-0685755e2a7b	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1d61f1e3-bf90-40e7-b80c-0685755e2a7b CC0-1.0
LB 962A Appropriation Bill	Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 04fcad2c-4c1f-412b-92db-598c324c62e2	Apr 7, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/04fcad2c-4c1f-412b-92db-598c324c62e2 CC0-1.0
LB 972A Appropriation Bill	Fredrickson AM3100 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 2f52334c-8b23-41f4-93ad-3e9d87449c59	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2f52334c-8b23-41f4-93ad-3e9d87449c59 CC0-1.0
LB 933 Provide immunity for health care practitioners under the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient…	Cavanaugh, J. AM3136 lost	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 00427345-928b-4db8-b5f5-8ecc5f2c154d	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/00427345-928b-4db8-b5f5-8ecc5f2c154d CC0-1.0
	Hardin FA1187 adopted	Nay	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 860de1c2-486b-4133-8920-d506010fc43f	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/860de1c2-486b-4133-8920-d506010fc43f CC0-1.0
	Kauth AM2855 adopted	Nay	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 41533119-34d6-4ca9-9ce6-2ca1e364a7d1	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/41533119-34d6-4ca9-9ce6-2ca1e364a7d1 CC0-1.0
LB 1096A Appropriation Bill	Bostar MO571 prevailed	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 457b52cd-26c4-46bb-b8c5-df19de752409	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/457b52cd-26c4-46bb-b8c5-df19de752409 CC0-1.0
LB 1096 Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts…	Bostar AM3101 adopted	Abstain	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 61824721-460c-4b17-b870-b9676688bf1b	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/61824721-460c-4b17-b870-b9676688bf1b CC0-1.0
LB 1075 Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village…	Raybould AM3054 lost	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 6bf3580d-23ce-4994-8890-76b0faecea02	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/6bf3580d-23ce-4994-8890-76b0faecea02 CC0-1.0
	Sanders AM3109 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 7a70b92b-fd32-46bb-bbd2-266bbdad2414	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7a70b92b-fd32-46bb-bbd2-266bbdad2414 CC0-1.0
	Sanders AM3110 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 9a0c1213-95fb-4ae7-8ec5-927094965800	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9a0c1213-95fb-4ae7-8ec5-927094965800 CC0-1.0
LB 878 Require paid parental leave for state employees	Cavanaugh, M. MO570 prevailed	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 9b8c37fb-d88d-48b9-8022-169532edc06e	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9b8c37fb-d88d-48b9-8022-169532edc06e CC0-1.0
LB 878 Require paid parental leave for state employees	Kauth FA1185 adopted	Nay	legislature · stage not recorded · roll 7770cacb-6e2a-4f20-9028-3db308a0f7e9	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7770cacb-6e2a-4f20-9028-3db308a0f7e9 CC0-1.0
LB 889 Change a penalty and provisions regulating licensure and registration under the State Electrical Act	Quick AM3058 adopted	Yea	legislature · stage not recorded · roll d9af807a-3160-4104-aa38-a5b6a3e4e89a	Apr 7, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d9af807a-3160-4104-aa38-a5b6a3e4e89a CC0-1.0

Endorsements

Endorser	Type	Stance	Date	Source
Sierra Club's Nebraska Chapter The Sierra Club's Nebraska Chapter announced its endorsement of State Senator John Cavanaugh for the U.S. House of…	Organization	Endorse	Mar 2, 2026	Endorsement source: Sierra Club fair-report GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Topics in their record

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (1,770 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (42 as lead sponsor)

Endorsements