Omaha has protection through a 2012 ordinance. It is the only city in the state to have such a law.

But Nebraska has no laws blocking protections either, along the lines of the new North Carolina or Mississippi laws.

Gov. Pete Ricketts declined to say whether he would support legislative proposals blocking protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity, saying he doesn’t comment on hypotheticals.

On May 13, however, he urged local school boards to reject federal guidelines about transgender bathroom use. The guidelines said transgender students should be allowed to use bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity.

Earlier this year the Ricketts administration backed a bill that would have shielded faith-based foster care agencies from penalties for refusing to work with same-sex couples.

Ricketts said the NCAA policy or the potential loss of NCAA events would not affect the positions he takes.

“They need to make rules as they see fit, but it doesn’t impact my thought processes on what we need to do here in Nebraska,” he said.

Nate Grasz, a policy analyst for the Nebraska Family Alliance, said that the state should not bend to the NCAA policy.