LINCOLN — State lawmakers on Thursday rejected a motion from Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha to reassign a resolution objecting to federal government overreach to the Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

Hunt sought to rereference LR107, introduced by Sen. Mike Groene of North Platte, from the Executive Board, saying the subject matter of the document was the responsibility of the government panel. The resolution, co-signed by 30 senators, objects to incursions by the federal government into everything from religious freedom and Second Amendment rights to elections, land usage and vaccinations.

Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha said the Executive Board, under the rules of the Legislature, doesn't have purview over the issues raised in Groene's resolution and warned that lawmakers were diminishing the integrity of the institution.

What we're doing here now is trying to pick a committee where this particular resolution will receive favorable treatment," Lathrop said. "This isn't how we ought to operate in this body."

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