Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to planning; declaring the importance of tribal knowledge and expertise and consulting tribal governments when engaged in the land use planning process; revising provisions relating to the State and Local Government Cooperation Act to include tribal governments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT making appropriations to Clark County and the Cities of Reno and Sparks for programs for rental assistance to certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nicole J.Majority Leader CannizzaroDemocrat

AN ACT relating to food; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer the Grocery Initiative to award grants of money and provide technical assistance and other information to certain grocery stores in this State for certain purposes; revising the duties of the Council on Food Security; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nicole J.Majority Leader CannizzaroDemocrat

AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring an allocation from the Fund for a Resilient Nevada for a program for certain young adults; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; requiring the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to adopt regulations setting forth the process by which a pupil who transfers schools may appeal a determination of eligibility to participate in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school under certain circumstances; requiring that any regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association relating to the eligibility to participate in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupil transfers authorize a pupil to demonstrate a hardship by providing certain evidence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

LisaMinority Whip KrasnerRepublican

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for carrying out a nurse apprentice program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Robin L.Minority Leader TitusRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring each contractor and subcontractor on a public work or a project paid for in whole or in part by public funds to produce certain documents for inspection upon request from certain entities; requiring a contractor or subcontractor to provide the representative of a joint labor-management committee reasonable access to a public work to monitor compliance with requirements relating to the use of apprenticeships and the payment of prevailing wages; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; establishing a credit against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program established and administered by the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology within the Office of the Governor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Robin L.Minority Leader TitusRepublican

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; requiring a county or city jail or detention facility to notify federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances; revising certain requirements related to model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to state or local law enforcement agencies and are published by the Attorney General; repealing certain provisions related to the questioning of a prisoner about immigration status; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John EllisonRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; imposing certain requirements and prohibitions on a state or local governmental agency that collects certain demographic information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lori RogichRepublican

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions governing the crime of burglary of a business; revising provisions governing the crime of organized retail theft; lowering the monetary threshold for the classification of certain theft and related offenses; providing a penalty for certain conduct determined to be habitual theft; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to housing; authorizing certain persons to file a complaint to request that a sheriff remove an unlawful or unauthorized occupant of a dwelling on the real property of the person; requiring the Administrator of the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry to prescribe by regulation a form to authorize a local law enforcement agency to enter certain properties that are listed for sale when a person forcibly enters or detains such a property; authorizing a sheriff to collect certain fees for serving a notice to vacate and for performing certain other actions; revising the crime of forcible detainer; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the permissible uses of proceeds of a certain sales and use tax for the benefit of counties and school districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to develop or prescribe certain surveys to be administered to the staff of public schools; requiring the board of trustees of each school district to administer such surveys to the staff of each public school within the school district; providing for the reporting of the results of those surveys; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the statewide system of accountability; creating the Charter School Facilities Account in the State General Fund for the acquisition, improvement and maintenance of facilities of certain charter schools; requiring the Department of Education to distribute money from the Account to certain charter schools based on the attendance of pupils and the eligibility of pupils for free and reduced-price meals; creating the State Public Charter School Facility Fund in the State Treasury for the payment of interest and redemption of outstanding bonds of certain charter schools and the design, construction, acquisition, leasing or renting of facilities for certain charter schools; directing revenue to be deposited into the Fund; revising provisions relating to the annual reports of accountability prepared by the State Board of Education and each school district; revising provisions relating to certain taxes to support public schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy concerning screening for the behavioral, social and emotional well-being of pupils; authorizing public and private schools to adopt the policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to education; establishing the Nevada Education Savings Account Program by which certain children may receive a grant of money for deposit into an education savings account; authorizing an account-granting organization to apply to the Department of Education for a certificate to open and manage education savings accounts; setting forth the duties and authority of a certified account-granting organization; establishing certain limitations on the use of money in an education savings account; exempting a child who receives an education savings account from certain educational enrollment and attendance requirements; establishing a credit against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to an account-granting organization; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain entities to allow a patient to take certain actions relating to access to his or her electronic health records; requiring the adoption of regulations to minimize the need for a patient to repeatedly provide certain information; providing that the health records of a patient are the property of a patient; requiring the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to compile certain reports; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

RobertaAssistant Majority Leader LangeDemocrat

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to license certain persons as Class I authorized third parties to provide registration, titling and other services; setting forth the fees and other requirements for licensure as a Class I authorized third party; setting forth the services a Class I or Class II authorized third party may perform; setting forth the fees a Class I or Class II authorized third party may collect for providing such services; requiring the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to use consistent terms relating to motor vehicles on certain forms provided by the Department; revising provisions related to towing certain vehicles from a residential complex; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing a certified registered nurse anesthetist to order, prescribe, possess and administer controlled substances, poisons, dangerous drugs and devices outside a critical access hospital under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

AN ACT relating to education; requiring each public school to establish and maintain a publicly available list in an electronic format cataloguing all print and digital materials available in the school library and all instructional materials used as a part of the school curriculum; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring, under certain circumstances, the Research Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to prepare health notes for bills and joint resolutions; requiring that certain governmental entities and officers provide the Research Division with assistance in preparing health notes; providing that information obtained by the Research Division relating to the preparation of health notes is confidential and privileged and is not subject to discovery or subpoena; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the State Seal of Civics Program; creating the Advisory Council on Civics Education; establishing the membership and duties of the Council; making an appropriation to the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement to raise awareness of and create awards for civics education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

RobertaAssistant Majority Leader LangeDemocrat

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to cover certain treatments for obesity and the services of certain programs for the prevention of diabetes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

RobertaAssistant Majority Leader LangeDemocrat

AN ACT relating to property; prohibiting certain investment companies from entering into an executory contract for the purchase of certain residential property under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to state business licenses; reducing the fee for the issuance of a state business license for certain businesses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Julie PazinaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to crimes; increasing the penalty for engaging in hazing on the property of a college or university; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to seek an increase to certain reimbursement rates under Medicaid; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada from assessing tuition charges or certain fees against students who are a surviving spouse or child of a person killed in the line of duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; revising certain provisions relating to the waiver of certain fees for public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to provide certain limited coverage to certain persons who would otherwise be ineligible for Medicaid because of their immigration status; prescribing the scope and limitations of such coverage; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to seek an increase to rates of reimbursement under Medicaid for services relating to certain childhood diseases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to real property; defining the terms “squatter” and “tenant” for certain purposes relating to summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property, a recreational vehicle or a mobile home; reducing the period for seeking reentry of a dwelling and the return of personal property contained therein under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing the crime of unlawful occupancy; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Evans-Kendall Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8071 for the construction of a veterans and community center; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

LisaMinority Whip KrasnerRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring regulations adopted by the State Environmental Commission for the control of emissions from motor vehicles to provide for the biennial inspection and testing of motor vehicles and systems; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John C. SteinbeckRepublican

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising provisions relating to the use of cellular telephones and other handheld wireless communications devices by persons who are less than 18 years of age while operating a motor vehicle; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to education; revising requirements for a pupil to be awarded a State Seal of Financial Literacy; making certain requirements relating to the provision of instruction in financial literacy to pupils enrolled in grades 3 to 12, inclusive, applicable to the provision of such instruction to pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MarilynPresident pro Tempore Dondero LoopDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; enacting the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact; exempting a person licensed pursuant to the Compact from certain requirements generally applicable to licensure; authorizing the sharing of certain information when required pursuant to the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to health care; appropriating money to establish a Pediatric Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplant Program in this State; requiring certain reports to the Interim Finance Committee; requiring the authorization of certain audits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Julie PazinaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the principal of each public school to prepare an instructional model for the school which may be shared with other public schools; prescribing requirements for the Department of Education to convert certain public schools to Department charter schools under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements for the operation of a Department charter school; providing for the use of certain school buildings by a Department charter school free of charge; requiring a school district to provide facilities or services to a Department charter school under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing the use of school buildings owned by the board of trustees of a school district by a Department charter school; prohibiting collective bargaining concerning the termination of employment or reassignment of the employees of a Department charter school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to economic development; enacting the Nevada Film Infrastructure, Workforce Development, Education and Economic Diversification Act; requiring the Office of Economic Development to enter into a development agreement to establish certain criteria for the development of infrastructure for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions; establishing requirements for a production company located at such a development to be eligible for film infrastructure transferable tax credits for qualified productions produced at the development; providing for the calculation of the amount of film infrastructure transferable tax credits; revising provisions governing noninfrastructure transferable tax credits for motion pictures and other qualified productions produced in this State; authorizing an additional amount of noninfrastructure transferable tax credits; establishing the Account for Nevada Film, Media and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training and a board to approve distributions from the Account; providing for the distribution of money in the Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

RobertaAssistant Majority Leader LangeDemocrat

AN ACT relating to crimes; increasing the penalties for sex trafficking a child or facilitating the sex trafficking of a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; revising provisions relating to the recording of certain meetings in a common-interest community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; providing that certain complaints, documents and information filed with the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry and certain documents and information relating to such complaints and the investigation thereof are public records; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions governing the amount of the penalty for the late payment of certain taxes and fees administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development

AN ACT relating to crimes; increasing the penalty for organized retail theft under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John EllisonRepublican

AN ACT relating to unfair trade practices; enacting the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT making an appropriation to United Citizens Foundation, Inc. for the provision of certain services in connection with the K-12 public education system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

RobertaAssistant Majority Leader LangeDemocrat

AN ACT relating to excavations; revising the definition of “excavation” for the purposes of certain provisions governing excavations conducted in areas known or reasonably known to contain subsurface installations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; making an appropriation to City of Hope to establish an outpatient cancer treatment clinic; establishing the Oncology Excellence Committee within the Department of Health and Human Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to public employees; authorizing, under certain circumstances, peace officers or firefighters in the Executive Department of State Government to collectively bargain for insurance benefits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers; expanding the scope of certain provisions; prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in certain practices; requiring pharmacy benefit managers to make certain disclosures; requiring pharmacy benefit managers to pass rebates along to certain insurers and insureds; requiring pharmacy benefit managers and the Commissioner of Insurance to prepare certain reports; providing a cause of action for certain pharmacies; requiring certain insurers to use passed-along rebate funds for certain purposes; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican