The session would focus on racial justice and civil rights.
The lawmakers delivered their request for the special session to the Secretary of State’s Office.
“We said our reasons were racial inequity. We wanted to address police brutality, and we wanted to address the disproportionate racial impacts of Covid-19,” Senator Megan Hunt tells 6 News.
Hunt, Machaela Cavanaugh, Ernie Chambers, Matt Hansen, Rick Kolowski, John McCollister, Adam Morfeld, Patty Pansing Brooks, Tony Vargas, and Justin Wayne make up the group.
“It takes political will to do these things,” Cavanaugh said. “These are big things and these are hard things.
Megan Hunt says she is frustrated;
“We hear protesters bringing us clear policy goals and solutions, but the Nebraska Legislature you know we haven’t done anything to address those things,” she said.
A special session can only be held if the Governor calls for one, or if 33 senators support the call, and Governor Ricketts does not support it.