Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to public office; revising provisions relating to the eligibility of a public officer to remain in office; requiring a public officer to take additional oaths of office; authorizing an elector to file a challenge to the eligibility of an incumbent of a public office; revising provisions relating to vacancies in nomination for a public office; providing that, with certain exceptions, the proof of identity and residency provided with a declaration of candidacy is a public record; revising provisions relating to a challenge to the qualifications of a candidate for public office; revising the information that must be included on a certified list of candidates for public office; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

AN ACT relating to social work; making appropriations to the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to award scholarships to certain students enrolled in social work programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to public health; creating the Account for Public Health; authorizing allocations from the Account to certain entities who have jurisdiction over public health; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services and entities which receive an allocation from the Account to prepare reports concerning the use of money in the Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to elections; revising provisions relating to certain deadlines relating to automatic voter registration; revising provisions relating to voter registration during certain periods preceding an election; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to have extended hours of operation in certain counties during certain periods preceding the deadline to register to vote by mail for certain elections and following the day of certain elections; prohibiting, in certain counties, the Department from requiring an appointment to obtain a driver's license or identification card during certain periods; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

AN ACT relating to business improvement districts; authorizing a person to submit a petition to create a business improvement district to the board of county commissioners of certain counties; prescribing certain requirements for a district management plan; requiring the board of county commissioners to hold a public hearing before creating a district; prescribing certain procedures for the renewal of a district; setting forth certain requirements for an owners' association to administer or implement the improvements or activities of a district; prescribing certain requirements for assessments; authorizing the board of county commissioners to enter into an agreement with the Department of Taxation; requiring the board of county commissioners to annually submit to the Legislature a report concerning the district; authorizing the board of county commissioners to issue bonds for the benefit of a district; requiring the board of county commissioners to have an independent auditor review certain claims; prescribing certain requirements to modify a district; authorizing a board of county commissioners to dissolve a district under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; removing requirements to include certain information relating to performance goals and objectives in the proposed budget for the Executive Department of State Government; removing the requirement for the Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor to establish the schedule for the analysis of incentives for economic development performed by certain agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to enter into any contracts necessary to assist the Economic Forum and the Technical Advisory Committee on Future State Revenues in carrying out their duties; revising the date by which certain reports of the Economic Forum are required to be prepared and presented; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Finance

AN ACT relating to public safety; authorizing the installation and use of an automated traffic enforcement system by a governmental entity under certain circumstances; setting forth the requirements for the installation and use of an automated traffic enforcement system; establishing provisions governing the issuance of a civil infraction citation based on evidence detected by an automated traffic enforcement system; requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety to provide certain recommendations to the Department; prohibiting an insurer from increasing rates for motor vehicle insurance under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring certain state employees to file financial disclosure statements; revising provisions governing financial disclosure statements filed by certain public officers and candidates for public office; defining the term “inaugural committee”; requiring an inaugural committee to report certain contributions and expenditures; requiring a candidate who is elected to a constitutional office to report certain contributions and expenditures for a certain period preceding the election and preceding the next regular legislative session; prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution or commitment to make a contribution to an inaugural committee; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MelanieChief Majority Whip ScheibleDemocrat

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military for the Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-CrawfordDemocrat

AN ACT relating to financial institutions; revising provisions relating to certain excise taxes on certain bank branches; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

AN ACT relating to public employees; revising the subjects of mandatory bargaining to include insurance benefits for a covered dependent of a local government employee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to education; repealing certain provisions relating to the requirement that a consultant selected by the State Board of Education review school districts based upon certain financial management principles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to education; creating the Subcommittee on Metrics of the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education; revising provisions governing competency-based learning; authorizing an alternative schedule for public schools; authorizing local educational agencies to develop, maintain and publish certain materials related to career exploration; requiring the Board of Economic Development to make certain recommendations relating to opportunities for pupils for career exploration in schools; authorizing the Office of Economic Development to require applicants for certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to agree to a plan to provide work-based learning opportunities to pupils or instructors for career and technical education courses; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MarilynPresident pro Tempore Dondero LoopDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing under certain circumstances the governing body of a county or city to create a restoration improvement district for the purpose of a project to restore certain buildings that are at least 50 years of age; authorizing under certain circumstances the governing body of a county or city to pledge certain property tax proceeds for the costs of such a project; establishing certain requirements for contracts or agreements for construction work performed on such a project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to redevelopment; revising provisions relating to the termination of certain redevelopment plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to alternative medicine; providing for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic physicians and naturopathic assistants by the Nevada Board of Homeopathic and Naturopathic Medical Examiners; authorizing homeopathic physicians to dispense, administer and prescribe drugs in certain circumstances; establishing additional grounds for disciplinary action against persons licensed by the Board; revising other provisions relating to the Board; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; creating the Medicaid Health Care Workforce Account; prescribing the authorized uses of the money in the Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to insurance; revising provisions relating to prior authorization for certain medical and dental care; revising provisions relating to the coverage of autism spectrum disorders for certain persons; prohibiting health insurers from considering the availability of certain public benefits for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lori RogichRepublican

AN ACT relating to veterans; prohibiting the Director of the Department of Veterans Services from charging a fee for the interment of the spouse of a veteran; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to establish a program to provide certain professional development relating to literacy instruction; requiring the submission of certain reports concerning literacy and the academic growth of pupils identified as having a reading disability; prohibiting various classes and services for pupils with certain disabilities from exceeding certain size limitations; setting forth certain requirements governing special education classrooms; setting forth certain provisions governing pupils with disabilities who require educational stability; revising provisions governing the safety of pupils in schools; revising certain definitions concerning pupils with disabilities; revising provisions governing instruction and services provided to certain pupils with disabilities; revising provisions governing early literacy screening assessments; revising provisions governing pupils with dyslexia; revising provisions governing due process hearings; revising provisions governing the suspension and expulsion of certain pupils; requiring the submission of certain reports; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lori RogichRepublican

AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles; revising requirements for a human operator to be present in an autonomous vehicle during operation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; providing for the imposition, administration, collection and enforcement of a tax on certain digital products electronically transferred to a purchaser; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to housing; revising the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act; clarifying the boundaries of the Windsor Park neighborhood for the purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the program established by the Act; revising certain requirements to be eligible to acquire a new single-family residence under the Act; authorizing certain owners of vacant lots in the Windsor Park neighborhood to exchange the vacant lot under the program; revising provisions governing the property taxes levied on a single-family residence acquired under the Act; revising provisions governing real property transfer taxes imposed on the transfer of such a residence; revising provisions governing the development of a park to memorialize the residents of the Windsor Park neighborhood; revising provisions governing the use of certain money for the purposes of the Act; extending the reversion date of appropriations made for the purposes of the Act; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to fireworks; prohibiting the sale of fireworks to a person who is less than 18 years of age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to the support of children; revising the duties of the Administrator of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; revising certain procedures and requirements relating to the collection of support of children; requiring the collecting and reporting of certain demographic information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to real property; limiting, with certain exceptions, the total aggregate number of units of residential real property in this State that may be purchased in any 1 calendar year by certain corporate investors; requiring, with certain exceptions, certain corporate investors in residential real property in this State to register with the Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State each time before purchasing a unit of residential real property; authorizing the Attorney General to bring certain actions; requiring the Secretary of State to establish requirements for the form and contents of an instrument that creates a life estate; prohibiting a county recorder from recording certain deeds and documents under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to health care; revising provisions relating to cost-sharing requirements for families receiving assistance under the Program for Child Care and Development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nicole J.Majority Leader CannizzaroDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; requiring applicants for certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to agree to a workforce development plan; prescribing the requirements for a program of workforce development implemented under the plan; authorizing the Office of Economic Development to investigate the recipient of certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements for compliance with a workforce development plan; requiring the recipient of certain transferable tax credits and certain tax abatements to repay the amount of the credits and abatements if the recipient is not in substantial compliance with the workforce development plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Robin L.Minority Leader TitusRepublican

AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions relating to deputy marshals in certain courts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; revising provisions relating to community service ordered for a child who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; revising provisions relating to the driving privileges of certain children who are adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to vehicles; authorizing certain trailers used for farm purposes to be registered for a 5-year period in lieu of a 12-month period; requiring a person who elects to register such a trailer for a 5-year period to pay fees commensurate with the 5-year period; authorizing autonomous vehicles to be equipped with certain marker lamps which indicate that an automated driving system is operating the autonomous vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; authorizing a sheriff or constable to appoint a civil enforcement officer; authorizing the electronic sale of real property under execution; authorizing a sheriff or constable to enter into a contract to conduct such a sale; revising the powers and duties of certain persons under the direction and supervision of a constable or sheriff; revising the powers and duties of sheriffs, constables and deputy constables; revising the qualifications of constables; eliminating the authority of certain boards of county commissioners to abolish the office of constable in certain townships; revising provisions relating to the service, execution and enforcement of certain process, writs and remedies; revising provisions relating to duties required of certain officers for unlawful or riotous assemblies; repealing a provision authorizing a magistrate to depute a person to act as constable under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to health care; revising requirements governing the electronic maintenance, transmittal and exchange of health information; establishing a program to increase awareness of information concerning independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring certain facilities that are owned or operated by, or otherwise part of, hospitals to be licensed as independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring certain independent centers for emergency medical care to provide urgent care services under certain conditions; authorizing the review of certain sealed records to determine the suitability of a person to provide services under Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to include a system of value-based payments for independent centers for emergency medical care; requiring a provider of services under Medicaid to maintain certain records; authorizing audits of such records, the review and denial of claims under Medicaid and the recovery of money paid under Medicaid under certain circumstances; prohibiting a noncompetition covenant from applying to a patient-facing provider of health care; requiring a custodian of health records to furnish health records within a specified period of time and without charging a fee under certain circumstances; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain policies of health insurance to include coverage for certain alternatives to opioids; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John C. SteinbeckRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district to ensure that by a certain date staff members have access to professional development training concerning the discipline and behavior of pupils; requiring the development and maintenance of a system to assist the board of trustees of a school district and certain governing bodies to address disproportionate or high levels of pupil discipline; requiring each public school to collect and report certain data on the number of pupils assigned to a temporary alternative placement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Angela D. TaylorDemocrat

AN ACT relating to financial institutions; requiring certain financial institutions, credit unions, savings banks and thrift companies to take certain actions relating to the use of an emergency financial contact for certain accounts and transactions which involve an older person or vulnerable person; authorizing certain persons to temporarily delay certain financial transactions involving the suspected exploitation of an older person or vulnerable person; exempting certain persons from liability for certain actions relating to the suspected exploitation of an older person or vulnerable person; creating a civil cause of action to recover damages for certain violations of certain requirements relating to the use of an emergency financial contact which result in exploitation of an older person or vulnerable person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; providing that a person who engages in road rage is guilty of a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor; defining road rage; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to education; providing that the provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto continue to apply in this State if the Act is repealed by the Federal Government; requiring certain actions to be taken if such a repeal occurs; authorizing certain persons to bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction of this State if the Act is repealed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lori RogichRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; establishing the Rural and Community Media Program in the Department of Administration; requiring the Director of the Department to report to the Legislature annually certain information relating to the Program; authorizing a department or agency of this State, to the extent possible, to utilize rural or community media outlets for public outreach, public engagement, marketing and advertising to certain communities; requiring such departments and agencies to report to the Director of the Department certain information relating to the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to attorneys; prohibiting an attorney who represents a plaintiff in certain civil actions from contracting for or collecting a fee contingent on the amount of recovery in excess of 20 percent of the amount recovered; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

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.

LisaMinority Whip KrasnerRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing certain qualified businesses in this State to apply to the Office of Economic Development for a partial abatement from certain taxes imposed in connection with the development of railroad tracks, railroad spurs and other railroad-related infrastructure; prescribing certain requirements and conditions relating to the partial abatement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-CrawfordDemocrat

AN ACT relating to civil actions; removing and repealing provisions relating to vicarious liability; revising provisions governing comparative negligence; requiring a trier of fact to consider the fault of all persons, including persons not named as a party, in an action to recover damages for death or injury to persons or for injury to property; authorizing the admission of certain evidence in certain civil actions; limiting the amount of medical expenses recoverable as damages in certain civil actions; limiting the amount of fees that a private attorney or representative may receive in proceedings under the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to gaming; requiring the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt certain regulations relating to gaming; retaining the jurisdiction of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Commission under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to certain institutional investors; revising certain provisions governing voting by the Commission; authorizing the Commission to reduce, defer or forgive certain fees under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; defining certain terms, including the term “tracking warrant”; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity from obtaining certain location information except when authorized by a tracking warrant; establishing provisions relating to the disclosure, application, issuance and execution of tracking warrants; establishing provisions relating to the disclosure and admissibility of location information in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to hotels; requiring the State Board of Health to adopt regulations requiring, with certain exceptions, certain hotel operators in a county whose population is 100,000 or more to ensure that each occupied guest room at the hotel receives daily room cleaning; requiring the Board to adopt regulations requiring certain hotel operators in a county whose population is 100,000 or more to ensure that the interior of each occupied guest room at the hotel is visually inspected by a room attendant not less than every second consecutive day during a guest's occupancy to ensure the safety of the guest and the public; authorizing a health authority to, upon receiving a complaint, inspect a hotel to ensure and enforce compliance with such regulations; establishing that a person aggrieved by a violation of such regulations may institute a civil action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lori RogichRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe certain standards for programs of instruction or special services for pupils with visual impairments; requiring the individualized education program team for a pupil with a hearing impairment or a pupil with a visual impairment to include certain provisions in the pupils individualized education program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

LisaMinority Whip KrasnerRepublican