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Robert Hilkemann
Member of the Nebraska Legislature
from the 4th district
In office
January 7, 2015 –January 4, 2023

In the 2015 session of the legislature, Hilkemann was appointed as vice-chairman of the Appropriations Committee. [13]

Among the most significant [14] actions taken by the Legislature in its 2015 session were three bills that passed over vetoes by governor Pete Ricketts. LB268 repealed the state's death penalty; Hilkemann voted in favor of the death-penalty repeal, and to override Ricketts's veto of the measure. [15] LB623 reversed the state's previous policy of denying driver's licenses to people who were living illegally in the United States after being brought to the country as children, and who had been granted exemption from deportation under the Barack Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; Hilkemann abstained in the vote to pass LB623, and voted to sustain the gubernatorial veto. [16] LB610 increased the tax on gasoline to pay for repairs to roads and bridges; [14] [17] [18] Hilkemann abstained in the vote on the gas-tax increase, then voted to sustain the veto. [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Biography: Sen. Robert Hilkemann". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived March 2, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hilkemann puts his best foot forward". Unicameral Update. February 20, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived March 2, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Member of the Legislature— District 4". Voter Information Project. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived March 2, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 Nitcher, Emily. "Retired Omaha podiatrist Bob Hilkemann will run for Legislature". Omaha World-Herald. March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Burbach, Christopher. "No strangers to political process in Legislative District 4 race". Omaha World-Herald. June 11, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ Sources differ on the dates of Hilkemann's tenure on the State Board of Health. His biography at the Nebraska Legislature website (archived March 2, 2015, at Wayback Machine) gives dates of 1984–1988. An Omaha World-Herald article, "Retired Omaha podiatrist Bob Hilkemann will run for Legislature", gives dates of 1983–1988.
  7. ↑ "Legislative District 4 LB 703 – (2011)". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived February 5, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska: Primary Election, May 13, 2014", p. 34. Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Issues Statements". Bob Hilkemann, Legislature, District 4. Retrieved June 4, 2015. Archived October 31, 2014, at Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Issues". Stacy Ryan for Legislature. Website offline; archived November 1, 2014, at Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Devera, Jobeth. "Commitment 2014: Neb. Legislature District 4". KETV. October 8, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska: General Election, November 4, 2014", p. 19. Nebraska Secretary of State. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "2015 Legislative Committees". Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Archived February 22, 2015, at Wayback Machine.
  14. 1 2 Knapp, Fred. "2015 Legislature Leaves Its Mark On Nebraska". NET (Nebraska public radio and television). June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB268 is at pp. 1738–39; override of veto is at pp. 1896–98.
  16. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB623 is at pp. 1791–92; override of veto is at pp. 1930–32.
  17. ↑ Walton, Don. "Senators override Ricketts' veto of Dreamers licenses". Lincoln Journal Star. May 28, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  18. ↑ Pluhacek, Zach. "Gas tax hike gets Nebraska lawmakers' OK, governor's veto". Lincoln Journal Star. May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Legislative Journal, One Hundred Fourth Legislature, First Session". Nebraska Legislature. Vote on final reading of LB610 is at p. 1500; override of veto is at p. 1623.

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