Legislative Update: Week of Feb. 13th

We are now entering the second week of the 2017 legislative session.  We are still waiting for quite a few Bill Draft Requests (BDR) to receive bill language and numbers, but we have enough now to be able to start sharing those that League of Women Voters of Nevada is tracking.  In sum, we are tracking bill related to these topics:

Voting and Elections

Mental Healthcare and Reforms

Green and Renewable Energy

Civil Rights

Education

For the week of February 13, 2017 we will be following these committee hearings, which you can live stream here:

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Calendar/A/

Monday February 13

3:30 PM

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

Agenda

  • Room 2149 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4412 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

SB28, SB95, SB96

All three bills deal with Medicaid reimbursement rates, which are a major obstacle to recruiting more mental health professionals into the state.

 

4:00 PM

Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor, Subcommittee on Energy

Agenda1

  • Room 4100 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4406 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

Energy Policy Updates

 

Tuesday February 14

1:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda

  • Room 3142 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

I.P 1 Automatic Voter Registration will be heard

 

4:00 PM

Joint Meeting of the Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development and Assembly Committee on Taxation

Agenda

  • Room 4100 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

Overview of property taxes

 

Wednesday February 15

1:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

Agenda

  • Room 3138 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

AB46

Change to licensing for community-based living options for mental health patients

 

Because the Nevada legislature exempts itself from the Open Meeting law, meetings can be scheduled and rescheduled without the usual notice periods.  The same applies for bills being added to hearing agendas. 

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