League Legislative Update: Week of March 27, 2017

The League of Women Voters of Nevada will be tracking the following bills for the week of March 27, 2017.

You can review how to use all the advocacy tools on the legislative website with the LWVNV Advocacy Guide:

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

You can live-stream committee hearings from any wifi-enabled device on this page:

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

You can provide your feedback on bills on this polling page:

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/79th2017/A/

You can watch archived committee hearings and floor sessions here:

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Granicus/

And you can learn more about League of Women Voters at:

www.lwvnv.org

www.lwvlasvegasvalley.org

www.lwvnn.org

 

Monday March 27, 2017

1:00 PM

Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

Agenda1

  • Room 3138 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.

AB366

Creates four behavioral health regions in this State and a regional behavioral health policy board for each region.

 

3:30 PM

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda

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

SB144

Omnibus voting & election bill.

3:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor, Subcommittee on Energy

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.

AB270

AN ACT relating to energy; revising provisions governing the eligibility of certain customers of electric utilities in this State to participate in net metering; revising provisions governing the billing of customers of electric utilities in this State who participate in net metering; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

You can register your opinion on any of the above bills at: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/79th2017/A/

 

Tuesday March 27, 2017

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.

AB293

This bill allows the major political parties to request that the Secretary of State and the Election Departments run a presidential primary instead of the parties running caucuses.

3:30 PM

Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development

Agenda

  • Room 2135 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
  • Videoconferenced to Room 4404B of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

SB343

Requires the Office of Economic Development to collect and report information related to gender equality in the workplace.

 You can register your opinion on any of the above bills at: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/79th2017/A/

 

Wednesday March 29, 2017

8:00 AM

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

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.

AB237

Abolishes capital punishment

You can register your opinion on any of the above bills at: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/79th2017/A/

 

Thursday March 30, 2017

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.

AB325

Creates the Task Force on the Modernization of State Government.

You can register your opinion on any of the above bills at: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/79th2017/A/