Legislative Update: Week of March 13, 2017

The League of Women Voters of Nevada will be tracking the following bills the week of March 13, 2017.  Because the legislature has exempted itself from the Open Meeting Law, meetings can be scheduled with short notice; so please like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get updates.

LWVNV also offers help using the legislative website’s advocacy tools with our Advocacy Guide:

https://lwvlvvblog.org/2017/01/22/lwvlvv-2017-advocacy-guide/

If you would like to learn more about League, please visit our website: www.lwvnv.org

You can watch legislative hearings live on this page: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Calendar/A/

Monday March 13, 2017

3:30 PM

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda

  • Room 2144 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Video conferenced to Room 4412E of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

SJR3

Existing law provides voters with certain rights. (NRS 293.2546) This resolution proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution by adding a new section to Article 2 to provide those rights in the Nevada Constitution.

Tuesday March 14, 2017

1:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda1

  • 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.

 AJR7 (WS) , SJR2 (WS)

 AJR7: Expressing the opposition of the Nevada Legislature to certain proposed changes to the federal laws relating to Medicare and the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance provisions of the Social Security Act.

 SJR2: Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Wednesday March 15, 2017

 8:00 AM

Senate Committee on Finance and Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittees on Human Services

Agenda

  • Room 3137 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.

3161

Southern Nevada Mental Health Services Budget