Late efforts fail to ban Nebraska gender care for minors, restrict public bathrooms by sex

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 781

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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LINCOLN — Late-session efforts to restrict public bathrooms to users’ sex at birth and outlaw certain medical care for Nebraska youths with gender dysphoria failed Tuesday and are done for the year.

State Sen. Kathleen Kauth of the Millard area had introduced the measures as Legislative Bill 730, around bathrooms, and LB 732, around puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. She had selected LB 730 as her 2026 priority bill, increasing the chances that …

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