The League of Women Voters of Nevada is tracking the following bills the week of March 3, 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/
If you would like to send comments on bills, you can find email addresses for Assembly members here:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/
Email addresses for Senate members are here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Senate/
You can also use the Legislative Polling tool to indicate support or opposition on bills here:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/80th2019/
Monday, March 4, 2019
SB20: AN ACT relating to guardianships; enacting certain provisions of the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act; revising various provisions relating to guardianships; 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.
See Agenda
AB47: Makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to address behavioral health crisis response in certain counties.
AB85: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the adoption of regulations governing the involuntary administration of medication to persons with mental illness and the medical examination of a person alleged to be a person in a mental health crisis; authorizing the adoption of regulations concerning the plan for the discharge of a person admitted to a mental health facility or hospital; revising certain terminology and standardizing certain time periods relating to admission to mental health facilities; revising the authority of certain accredited agents to make certain certifications and transport persons with mental illness; revising the procedure for proceedings for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a person to a mental health facility or a program of community-based or outpatient services; authorizing the disclosure to a provider of health care of certain information related to a person who seeks mental health services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto
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.
- Videoconferenced to Room 102, McMullen Hall, Great Basin College, 1500 College Parkway, Elko, NV.**
1:30 PM
SB234: AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to collect certain information from providers of health care, establish a database comprised of such information and compile an annual report concerning such information; requiring the Commissioner to develop a form letter to provide certain notice to providers of health care relating to participation in the network of a health carrier; and providing other matters properly relating thereto
Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 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.
4:00 PM
SB60: AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain entities that provide behavioral health services to obtain a license; requiring certain persons employed by or affiliated with such entities to undergo a background check; prohibiting such an entity from being operated by or employing a person who has been convicted of certain crimes; making changes relating to the enforcement of provisions relating to Medicaid fraud; requiring each person who wishes to participate in the State Plan for Medicaid as a provider of services to undergo a background check; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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.
6:00 PM
Discussion and Recommendations Concerning Student Safety and Well-Being
Joint Meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Assembly Committee on Education
- Room 4100 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.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
1:30 PM
AB168: AN ACT relating to education; requiring a school to provide a plan of action based on restorative justice before suspending or expelling a pupil; prohibiting certain pupils from being suspended or expelled in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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.
4:00 PM
The League of Women Voters of Nevada endorses SJR3*
AJR5*: Constitutional amendment that removed the Board of Regents from the Nevada Constitution. This does not mandate that the Regents be appointed, if passed, the amendment leaves the election process of selecting Regents intact.
SJR3*: Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide certain rights to voters.
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.
4:00 PM
SJR3: Urging Congress to oppose the expansion of the United States Air Force into the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.
Senate Committee on Natural Resources
- 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.
8:00 AM
AB157: AN ACT relating to human trafficking; requiring certain law enforcement officials to take certain actions upon initially encountering a possible victim of human trafficking; requiring the owner or operator of certain establishments and facilities to post an informational sign relating to the National Human Trafficking Hotline; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a statewide plan for delivery of services to victims of human trafficking; requiring the Department of Education and the State Board of Education to develop and distribute certain informational materials relating to the human trafficking of children; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
AB158: AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing a court to take certain actions when determining the sentence of a person convicted as an adult for an offense committed when the person was less than 18 years of age if the person was a victim of sex trafficking or sexual assault and committed the offense against the abuser; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary
- 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
4:00 PM
The League of Women Voters of Nevada supports SB123, same-day voter registration, with the caveat that the legislature must provide our county clerks and registrars with the resources needed to manage the program with security and efficiency as the top two priorities. Nevada’s voters just passed automatic voter registration, which requires purchasing new technology and making changes to how we manage voter registration. Adding same-day registration will require additional procedural changes and possibly additional expenditures that must be funded.
Nevada ranks high nation-wide in election security and efficiency, so it is our position that we must vigorously defend this national standing by handling changes to voter registration and voting carefully.
SB123: AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing an elector to register to vote on the day of certain elections at certain polling places; setting forth requirements for such registration; authorizing county and city clerks to extend the period for early voting; making various other changes relating to elections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto
Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
- 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.
Friday, March 8, 2019
8:00 AM
AB236: AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to preprosecution diversion programs; establishing provisions relating to the duties of the Nevada Sentencing Commission; establishing provisions relating to the calculation and use of the amount of certain costs avoided by this State; establishing the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council; revising the contents required in the report of any presentence investigation; requiring certain judges to receive training concerning reports of presentence investigations; making various changes concerning probation and parole; authorizing a court to defer or suspend judgment on a case in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to specialty court programs; establishing provisions relating to batterers’ intervention programs; reducing the penalty for certain crimes from a category B to a category C felony; revising provisions relating to the crimes of burglary, invasion of the home and housebreaking; increasing the felony theft threshold and revising penalties for various theft offenses; revising provisions relating to habitual criminals; requiring the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission to develop and implement a mental health field response grant program; revising provisions concerning crimes involving controlled substances; repealing provisions relating to programs of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts and the civil commitment of such persons; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary
- 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.
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