Legislative Update Week of April 10, 2017

The League of Women Voters of Nevada is tracking these bills for the week of April 10, 2017. 

League of Women Voters of Nevada offers an Advocacy Guide with instructions for using all the legislative website’s tools for public engagement at: https://lwvlvvblog.org/2017/01/22/lwvlvv-2017-advocacy-guide/

You can live-stream legislative hearings here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Calendar/A/

You can watch past meetings archived here: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Granicus/

You can find out more about League of Women Voters at:

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Monday April 10, 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.

AB130, AB254, AB319

These three bills all reform the guardianship system.

 

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 4404B of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.

SB447 (WS) AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing a registered voter with a physical disability to request absent ballots for all elections held after submission of the request; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SB492 (WS) AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing the county clerk in counties with larger populations to establish polling places where any registered voter of the county may vote in person on the day of a primary or general election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

6:30 PM

Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy, Subcommittee on Energy

Agenda1

  • Room 2144 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.

SB65, SB145, SB146, SB150, SB392, SB407

All these bills deal with energy.

 

Tuesday April 11, 2017

1:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda2

  • 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.

AB45 Revises measures related to elections

AB272 (WS) Revises measures related to elections

AB418 Revises measures related to elections

AB478 Changes the deadline by which a person may register to vote by mail for certain elections

 

Wednesday April 12, 2017

3:30 PM

Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections

Agenda1

  • 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, NV.

AJR2 (WS) Proposes to amend the Nevada constitution to recognize all marriages regardless of gender

SB93 (WS)  Proposes various changes to elections.

SB144 (WS) Proposes various changes to elections.

SB491 (WS) Allows the Secretary of State to lease electronic voting equipment to small counties