The League of Women Voters of Nevada is tracking the following bills the week of February 25, 2019. If you are interested in how we select bills for tracking, please see the LWV US “Impact on Issues 2016-2018,” which details the League’s approved issues and positions. https://www.lwv.org/league-management/other-issues-tools/impact-issues-2016-2018-online-edition
We are a non-partisan organization that does not promote nor work directly with either political party or candidates, but we do advocate for issues that align with our mission. Issues and positions are vetted, studied, and approved through a rigorous consensus process. You can learn more about League here: https://www.lwv.org/
You can view legislative hearings online and read the content of bills through the legislature’s website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Calendar/A/
For a full review of the Nevada legislative website’s tools and as well as tips for tracking bills and providing testimony, the League of Women Voters of Nevada offers a 2019 Legislative Engagement and Advocacy Guide. https://lwvnvblog.org/civics/
Monday, February 25, 2019
AB44: Enacts provisions relating to the administration of the Stewart Indian School land and facilities
AB52: Creates the Division of Natural Heritage within the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
9:00 AM
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
- Room 3143 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.
AB124: Requires a hospital or independent center for emergency medical care to take certain actions when treating a female victim of sexual assault.
AB133: Requiring every county to provide care, support and relief to a runaway or homeless youth; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
See Agenda
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
AB155: Reducing the minimum number of credit hours required per semester for eligibility for a grant awarded under the Silver State Opportunity Grant Program
1:30 PM
Assembly Committee on Education
- 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.
AB186: National Popular Vote Compact
The League of Women Voters of Nevada supports the National Popular Vote Compact as a method of achieving the direct election of the President and Vice President. The League strongly supports every vote counting equally in an election and every voter being treated equitably.
4:00 PM
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
- 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.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
AB66: AN ACT relating to mental health; providing for the establishment of centers to provide crisis stabilization services in certain highly populated counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AB76: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the Commission on Behavioral Health to employ a coordinator for each regional behavioral health policy board; revising the counties that comprise certain behavioral health regions; revising the duties of a regional health policy board; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
See Agenda
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
SB173: AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions relating to vacating a judgment of conviction and sealing certain records of a victim of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude; revising provisions relating to the filing of a petition for the sealing of records of criminal history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
8:00 AM
- Room 2135 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.
AB50: Revises provisions governing the dates for certain city elections
The League of Women Voters of Nevada will testify in favor of AB50 as it requires that all elections be held in the same general election cycle. Election data clearly demonstrates that off-cycle municipal elections regularly attract under 10 percent turnout, while costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars to administer. Holding municipal elections when voters are not engaged and distracted by the legislative session is also not conducive to representative democracy.
4:00 PM
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
- Room 3142 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.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Various Health and Human Services budgets, including the Nevada Check Up Program and Medicaid.
8:00 AM
- Room 3137 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.
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