Vote Nevada Supporters,
We’ve made it to week 7 in the legislature and we have our first hard deadline tomorrow, March 20th. Legislators’ bills must be submitted in a floor session to still be viable, with the caveat that leadership still has time to submit their bills until March 27th, and they can grant some exemptions. The next big deadline is April 14, when bills must be passed by the first committees.
Reminder: You can track bills, committees, and calendars on NELIS here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023
There was one hearing that was particularly important last week, it was the March 16th Assembly Education Committee meeting. The topic was the restorative justice bill passed in 2019. I recommend watching the hearing, which you can do here. Click on View to watch the recording. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Meeting/11871
Before I run down the week’s legislative hearings, here are some upcoming events:
There is no Carson City Democratic Men’s Club luncheon tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 21st, from 12 to 2 pm, Chase Bank 200 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 3rd Act: National Day of Climate Action: Cleaning Up Dirty Banks. You can receive more information here: t.ly/vkB6
Wednesday, March 22nd, Vote Nevada is co-hosting a candidate forum for the Henderson Ward 1 special election. If you live in Ward 1 and would like to attend, the forum is from 6 to 7 pm, at the Gibson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 89105.
Wednesday, March 22nd, the ACLU NV is hosting a Zoom meeting on Education and Policing, from 6 to 7:30 pm. You can receive more information here: https://fb.me/e/1lgwsV9r1
Saturday, March 25th, is the Reno’s Women’s March starting at 12:30 pm, you can find more information here: https://fb.me/e/SGLLOM85
Saturday, March 25th, is Genderfest 2023 in Las Vegas from 9 am to 5 pm, you can find more information here: https://fb.me/e/3SN2Bf9m1
Saturday, April 1st, the Las Vegas Alliance of Black School Educators is hosting Dr. Kyle Rogers who will discuss Discipline Practices in the Clark County School District, starting at 1 pm via Zoom. You can RSVP here: t.ly/ki6O
Saturday, April 1st, Vote Nevada is hosting a special movie viewing from 3 to 5 pm, via Zoom. We are watching the new indie movie called The Young Vote and the film producer, Diane Robinson, is our special guest. You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/The-Young-Vote-Viewing
For this week, here are some important bill hearings I will be watching:
Monday, March 20, 2023
9:00 AM
AB292 Addresses deplorable conditions for women who are incarcerated in Nevada.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary
- Room 3138 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.
1:30 PM
AB135 Makes it much easier for a homeless person to obtain a certified birth certificate if the person was born in Nevada and to receive a free DMV-issued identification card. Applying for social services requires a valid ID.
AB237 Authorizes Medicaid to negotiate in good faith with school-based healthcare centers to provide services for individuals covered by Medicaid.
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1:30 PM
AB212 Instructs the Nevada System of Higher Education to no longer withhold transcripts needed to transfer to complete a degree or apply for a job if a student has scho
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1:30 PM
AB212 Instructs the Nevada System of Higher Education to no longer withhold transcripts needed to transfer to complete a degree or apply for a job if a student has school-related debt. NSHE representatives testified that students will now be placed on a payment plan instead.
WS means a work session, so the committee will vote on whether the bill should advance to a full vote of the house. There is no public comment period for a work session.
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.
AB212 (WS)
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
1:30 PM
AB259 Ensures that Nevadans with disabilities cannot be paid less than the minimum wage.
Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
We have our first Saturday hearing. The Joint Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee will hear presentations from our K12 superintendents on funding recommendations.
9:00 AM
Joint Meeting of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance
- 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.
Thank you for being Nevadans with me,
Sondra
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