“Modernize Nebraska's land-ownership laws to prohibit land purchases by foreign adversaries.”
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CHAMPIONED is upheld. The PRIMARY source (LB1301 slip law) was reachable and its text extracted directly: it confirms verbatim "LEGISLATIVE BILL 1301 / Approved by the Governor April 16, 2024" and states "Introduced by DeKay, 40; ... at the request of the Governor," and that the bill adopts the Foreign-owned Real Estate National Security Act, changes/eliminates foreign real-property-ownership provisions, and assigns duties to the Department of Agriculture and Attorney General. "At the request of the Governor" is the formal legislative designation for a governor-initiated bill, so the primary alone documents both leadership (Pillen requested it) and completion (Pillen signed it). CropWatch (UNL) independently confirms verbatim "LB1301 was introduced by Sen Barry DeKay (Verdel) at the request of Gov. Pillen." NTV confirms Pillen signed the law limiting foreign control of farmland. Together these show sponsorship-level leadership (initiated + partnered + signed), not a mere vote — the CHAMPIONED bar is met. One caveat: the Nebraska Examiner URL returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but I independently verified via WebSearch that the article exists with the exact headline and the body phrase "That tough-on-China law, championed by Pillen and overwhelmingly approved by the Legislature," so the "Pillen-championed" quote is genuine, not fabricated. Note the earlier automated PDF summary that named "McDonnell ... at the request of the Department of Agriculture" was a fast-model hallucination, contradicted by the actual slip-law text (McDonnell is one of ~17 co-sponsors; DeKay is lead; the request came from the Governor). No source overstates the evidence; the promise was fully realized with documented gubernatorial leadership.
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