Current Office: Senator
First Elected:
Next Election: 2014
Party: Non-partisan

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Janet Hyde; 3 Children: John Jr., Jeffrey, Jill
Birth date: 10/02/1938
Birthplace: North Platte, NE
Home City: Lexington NE
Religion: Methodist

Profession

Attorney, Wightman and Wightman, 2002-present Attorney, Cook, Wightman, and Doyle, 1990-2001 Attorney, Wightman and Fallesen, 1974-1990 Attorney, Smith Brothers, 1962-1974

Education

JD, University of Nebraska, 1963 BS, Education, Kearney State College, 1959

Committees

Appropriations

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 703 2011 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 704 2011 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 521 Requiring Physician Presence During Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 421 Park Entry Permit Fees
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 22 Prohibits Insurance Coverage of Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

LB 999 Temporary Prohibition on New Hospital Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 594 Abortion Screening Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1103 Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 861 Alcohol Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 780 PTSD Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 842 Repealing Special Prosecutor Requirement for In-Custody Deaths
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

Amdt 2454 Limiting First Responder PTSD Death Benefits to 1 Year
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

Amdt 2455 Limiting First Responder PTSD Benefits to 26 Weeks
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 1102 Legalizing "Horse Racing Machines"
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: -

LR 284 CA Abolishing Office of State Treasurer
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1105 Death Penalty Cost Study
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 952 Water and Natural Gas Infrastructure Replacement and Sewage Program Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 675 Requiring Ultrasounds before Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 36 Requiring Lethal Injection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 355 Exempting Cigar Bars from the Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 260 Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 5 Trapping In Rights-of-Way
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 85 Bond Revenue to Fund Streets and Bridges
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 4 to LB 1 Establishing an Age Limit on Safe Haven Law
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 1082 Expanding Workers' Compensation Benefits
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

LB 1157 Uniform School Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 959 Gas Tax Veto Override
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

AM 2319 to LB 1174 Farm and Ranch Ownership Requirements
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 959 2007-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 1063 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

LB 395 Statewide Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

AM 1736 Eliminating Opt-Out Provision of Smoking Ban
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

LB 39 Restricting Petition Circulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 253 Repealing Motorcycle Helmet Law
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

LB 653 Standard Academic Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 551 Sports Arena and Convention Center Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 641 School Property Tax and Learning Communities Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 367 Tax Credits and Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

LB 476 Elimination of the Death Penalty
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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