Vote Nevada Supporters,

Saturday, April 1^st, 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 1^st, 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

Monday, March 27, 2023, is scheduled to be the cutoff for accepting new bills from legislators.  The legislature can move the deadline again, so, we will see what happens.

You can view this week’s upcoming legislative calendar as well as view committee and bill information here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023

You can view past Vote Nevada Updates here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/

There was an 8-hour hearing yesterday with the Joint Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee.  The Committee heard from the 17 county school superintendents on proposed funding for K12 education.  Again, this recording is a primary source to build the foundation for analyzing the facts related to proposed K12 funding.

You can review the hearing here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Meeting/11865?p=1011865

Of course, we also need to keep in mind that school funding does not encompass all the behavioral health services needed to ensure children and their families have the tools to address issues that happen outside of the school.   We must pair the two together.

Here are some of this week’s important hearings:

Monday, March 27, 2023

1:00 PM

AB47: Presentation on Background and Findings of the Commission on School Funding

Senate Committee on Education

Agenda

• Room 2134 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.

SB47

Friday, March 31, 2023

4:00 PM

This hearing is a continuation of the presentation by the school districts on funding for K12.

Joint Meeting of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance

Agenda¹

• 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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Vote Nevada Supporters,

Some very important legislative hearings related to education policy happened over the last week.  The topics covered, school policing and restorative justice, are very serious, and because the topics are politically sensitive, a lot of misinformation is already circulating.  As a historian, my strategy for determining the truth from partisan spin is to examine primary sources, so, here are the hearing links.

Background: In the 2019 legislative session Assembly Bill 168 proposed to replace progressive discipline with restorative justice practices. That bill passed and was meant to provide wraparound services for students and their families when students acted out.  You can watch the AB168 hearings below if you would like to hear exactly what was said and intended: 

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6255/Overview

Everyone now agrees that the wraparound services were not and have not been funded, but there are divergent views on what we should do to address the post-pandemic rise in school violence.

Here is a presentation from last week in the Assembly Education Committee on a bill that proposes changes to AB168 by removing the restorative justice requirement.  You can read the bill, AB285, and watch the hearing here: 

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Meeting/11871?p=1011871

Today the Governor submitted a bill to address the debate over restorative justice with AB330, which also repeals restorative justice.  You can read the bill and watch the hearing here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10198/Meetings

A third hearing related to school violence happened yesterday at a joint meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and the Senate Judiciary Committee.  This was a special hearing with CCSD Superintendent Jesus Jara and Captain of CCSD Policy Henry Blackeye. 

While the committee did show the video of the incident that recently happened at Durango High School, the majority of the hearing is a discussion of CCSD policing policies and administrative processes for dealing with complaints of excessive use of force.  You can watch the hearing here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Meeting/11865?p=1011865

If we hope to solve these very serious issues, we all should view the evidence.  While we may disagree about interpretations of the evidence, we all need to understand the same facts free from partisan spin.

Also, the Represent Women Democracy Solution Summit from two weeks ago now has recordings available you can watch by scrolling to the middle of this page: https://www.representwomen.org/democracy_solutions_summit

Lastly, please RSVP to join Vote Nevada for a screening of The Young Vote with special guest Diane Robinson, the film’s producer, on April 1^st, from 3 to 5 pm, via Zoom.  You can RSVP here: t.ly/sbCJ

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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We’ve made it to week 7 in the legislature and we have our first hard deadline tomorrow, March 20^th.  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 27^th, 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 16^th 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 21^st, from 12 to 2 pm, Chase Bank 200 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 3^rd 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 22^nd, 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 25^th, 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 25^th, 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 1^st, 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 1^st, 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

Agenda

• Room 3138 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.

AB292

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

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.

AB135,  AB237

 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

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.

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

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.

AB259

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

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.

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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We are heading into week 6 of the legislative session, so, deadlines are on the horizon.  Legislator bills must be introduced by March 20^th and bills must be heard and referred to the house of origin’s floor by April 14^th.  You can see the full calendar on NELIS https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023  (under the Floor Sessions calendar) or here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Docs/120-day_calendar.pdf

If a bill misses a deadline and hasn’t been granted an exemption, it is technically dead.

Here are some important bills:

AB212 instruction NSHE to not withhold official transcripts from students who owe at least $100.  Students request official transcripts when they are transferring to a new school or applying for a job, so when they are trying to finish their degree or get a job.

Currently, NSHE institutions refuse to release official transcripts if a student owes more than $100.  By blocking students from finishing a degree or from getting employment, NSHE is blocking students from accessing the funds they need to pay their debts.  This is illogical and should end; yes, collect the debt, but not this way.

Tuesday, March 14th at 1:30 PM

Assembly Bill 212: Instructs the Nevada System of Higher Education to not withhold official student transcripts from students due to owing a debt of at least $100.

Assembly Committee on Education

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.
• AB212

AB37 was scheduled for a hearing last Tuesday, but it was pushed back to this upcoming Tuesday.  AB37 is the behavioral and mental health workforce center bill.  This center will be housed at UNLV, which will coordinate with the other NSHE institutions.  We need this bill to pass if we hope to address our severe shortages of behavioral and mental health providers.

Tuesday, March 14th at 4:00 PM

Assembly Committee on Revenue

Agenda

• Room 4100 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.
• AB37

Some upcoming events:

There is no Carson City Democratic Men’s Committee luncheon tomorrow.

Thursday, March 16^th, at 4:00 pm, via Zoom, the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement is hosting an “Ask the Expert” on the history of the national Equal Rights Amendment.  You can RSVP here: t.ly/U68A  Read more here: https://nvcce.org/asktheexpert

Saturday, March 18^th, at 12:30 pm, NAACP Las Vegas Branch membership meeting, Pearson Community Center, 1625 West Carey Ave, North Las Vegas, 89032.

Tuesday, March 21^st, from 12 to 2 pm, Chase Bank 200 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 3^rd Act: National Day of Climate Action: Cleaning Up Dirty Banks.  You can receive more information here: t.ly/vkB6

Wednesday, March 22^nd, from 6 to 7:30 pm, via Zoom, the ACLU NV is hosting a webinar on Education and Policing.  You can log in on the day of the event here: HTTP://BHFS.Zoom.US/J/96549080164    

Saturday, March 25^th, from 12:30 to 4:30 pm, Reno Women’s March. You can find more information here: https://northernnevadamarchesforward.org/reno-womens-march/

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

The Nevada State Democratic Party conducted its officer elections yesterday and I served as the ad hoc Election Chair.  I have worked with members of the Republican Party who attended the Nevada Republican State Party officer elections as well.  Based on those experiences, I strongly support addressing Nevada’s toxic political culture. The problem is more than the negative political ads each election cycle and it is not enough to have an anti-bullying policy.

We need frank discussions about how our two main political parties not only treat each other but also how they treat their own members.  I plan to create opportunities for frank discussions as well as offer workshops this summer on civil conflict management and resolution; possibly with the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at UNLV. https://law.unlv.edu/saltman-center

There are better ways of practicing politics.  Please take time to listen to Congresswoman Mary Peltola explain how her indigenous culture informs her approach to politics that rejects negativity:

https://vote-nevada.news/Mary-Peltola-Webinar-Recording

 Vote Nevada hosted a Know Your Rights Zoom meeting with Rogelio Colon from the EECO and Athar Haseebullah from the ACLU NV on Friday.  Rogelio provided an in-depth explanation of what the EEOC can do as well as the steps to take when filing an EEOC complaint. While Athar spoke about our new Equal Rights Amendment and how we implement a new part of our state constitution.  You can watch the recording here: https://vote-nevada.news/EEOC-ACLUNV-Know-Your-Rights

Tomorrow, the Carson City Democratic Men’s Committee luncheon is featuring Karen Gedney MD, author of 30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor. Dr. Gedney is an internal medicine specialist who spent almost three decades as a physician in Nevada’s correctional system.  The event starts at 1:30 pm for anyone who would like to Zoom in; you can request the Zoom link by emailing Rich Dunn at richdunn as one word and then @aol.com.

Tomorrow also begins week 5 of our legislative session.  I am working with a large coalition that supports AB195, which has a hearing on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 1:30 pm.

1:30 PM

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

Agenda

• Room 3143 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.

AB195

We know a major barrier for formerly incarcerated Nevadans integrating back into society is the lack of a government-issued driver’s license when trying to access supportive services.  AB195 will waive the driver’s test fee as well as the fee for a driver’s license for all formerly incarcerated Nevadans who apply within one year of release.  These vulnerable Nevadans need this bill to pass.

I am working with the Disability Community this legislative session, so, I will be in Carson City Tuesday to help prepare for Developmental Disability Day at the legislature on Wednesday, March 8^th.  The disability community is interested in AB195 because they also face barriers to living fully integrated lives due to not having a “valid” ID.  AB195 does not include providing free IDs for disabled Nevadans, but the hearing offers an opportunity to lift up the disability communities’ needs in a public space.

I hope one day the issue of needing an ID will be decoupled from the partisan debate over voter ID.  Marginalized Nevadans need help getting a valid ID to access supportive services.  We must help these Nevadans.

Reminders:

On March 8^th, at 5:00 pm, via Zoom, Northern Nevada Indivisible is hosting an event: OUR FRAUGHT ELECTIONS, with Jamie Rodriguez, Washoe County Registrar of Voters. Ms. Rodriquez will review her plans for the 2024 election.  RSVP: t.ly/-lFK

Ms. Rodriguez is working to improve internal procedures and training, and she also has plans to form a group of outsiders to provide input on how to improve the process in Washoe County.

It is vital that we work with our election administrators.  We need as many solutions as possible to ensure mail-in ballots go to voters as smoothly as possible and to ensure we reduce the number of ballots that go uncounted due to uncured voter errors on mail-in ballots.  6,000 uncounted mail-in ballots in the general election is just too high.  (Reference: t.ly/iTlx1)

Represent Women is hosting a Democracy Solutions Summit on March 7, 8, and 9^th, via Zoom.  Here is the description:

Our second annual virtual Democracy Solutions Summit brings together experts and leaders in election administration, voting rights, and democracy reform who are working on innovative solutions that upgrade and strengthen our democracy. Women experts will discuss a range of critical issues related to fair access, fair elections, and fair representation. Experts will focus on viable, scalable, and transformative solutions to build a 21st century democracy that reflects today’s needs and values.

Each day’s sessions run from 3-5 pm ET.

Day 1: Fair Access – Ensuring ballot access for voters and candidates
Day 2: Fair Elections – Upgrading US Presidential Elections
Day 3: Fair Representation – Ranked Choice Voting and the Fair Representation Act

You can register here: t.ly/rguc

On March 10^th, from 9 to 10:30 am, via Zoom the College of Southern Nevada Women’s Alliance is hosting Women’s Hidden Diseases to discuss equity in health care.  You can RSVP here: t.ly/jAecs

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

The legislature came back into session yesterday after being shut down due to inclement weather.  Thankfully, our state representatives and employees are safe.  The legislature did not transition to remote hearings because legislators voted to remove rules that allowed legislators to participate remotely at the beginning of this session.  Legislative leaders feel time lost can be made up with a few evening sessions or possibly a Saturday session or two.

Some reminders:

Tomorrow, March 3rd, the College of Southern Nevada is hosting a Zoom meeting from 9 to 10:30 am with an EEOC representative and the Executive Director of the ACLU NV.  The topics will be knowing what rights the EEOC protects and options for enforcing our new Equal Rights Amendment in the Nevada Constitution.  You can RSVP here: t.ly/nv0s

On March 8^th, at 5:00 pm, via Zoom, Northern Nevada Indivisible is hosting an event: OUR FRAUGHT ELECTIONS, with Jamie Rodriguez, Washoe County Registrar of Voters. Ms. Rodriquez will review her plans for the 2024 election.  RSVP: t.ly/-lFK

Ms. Rodriguez is working to improve internal procedures and training, and she also has plans to form a group of outsiders to provide input on how to improve the process in Washoe County.

 It is vital that we work with our election administrators.  We need as many solutions as possible to ensure mail-in ballots go to voters as smoothly as possible and to ensure we reduce the number of ballots that go uncounted due to uncured voter errors on mail-in ballots.  6,000 uncounted mail-in ballots in the general election is just too high.  (Reference: t.ly/iTlx1)

 Represent Women is hosting a Democracy Solutions Summit on March 7, 8, and 9^th, via Zoom.  Here is the description:

Our second annual virtual Democracy Solutions Summit brings together experts and leaders in election administration, voting rights, and democracy reform who are working on innovative solutions that upgrade and strengthen our democracy. Women experts will discuss a range of critical issues related to fair access, fair elections, and fair representation. Experts will focus on viable, scalable, and transformative solutions to build a 21st century democracy that reflects today’s needs and values.

Each day’s sessions run from 3-5 pm ET.

Day 1: Fair Access – Ensuring ballot access for voters and candidates
Day 2: Fair Elections – Upgrading US Presidential Elections
Day 3: Fair Representation – Ranked Choice Voting and the Fair Representation Act

You can register here: t.ly/rguc

 On March 10^th, the College of Southern Nevada Women’s Alliance is hosting Women’s Hidden Diseases to discuss equity in health care.  You can RSVP here: t.ly/jAecs

 The National Constitution Center is celebrating Women’s History Month with a Live Virtual Event series.  You can RSVP on this page toward the bottom: https://constitutioncenter.org/calendar/womens-history-month-2023

This interview features Arizona’s new Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes: https://youtu.be/qYxdr-TulXM

This forum is from Up the Vote Virginia: The Impact of Ranked Choice Voting on Communities of Color: https://youtu.be/qTa7_-YAiH8

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

Tomorrow starts week 4 of our legislative session. The beginning of the week looks like pretty bad weather in the Washoe Valley and Carson City, so, if you prefer to not provide in-person public comments, I have good news.

The rule created at the beginning of the session that anyone wishing to provide public comments over the phone had to email the committee 24 hours before a bill hearing is gone!  So, the meeting agenda now provide instructions for calling in public comments during the hearing.

Here is a list of events this week:

Monday, February 27, 2023, 1:30 pm

The Carson City Democratic Men’s Club is hosting Carson City Superintendent of Schools, Andrew Feuling. If you would like to join through Zoom, to receive the Zoom link email Rich Dunn at richdunn as one word and then @aol.com.

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 4:00 pm

Vote Nevada is tracking bills related to mental and behavioral health and AB37 is at the top of that list.  We must address our severe shortages of mental and behavioral health providers.  Please consider providing public comments on this bill in person, in writing, or over the phone.  You can click on the agenda below to see information about providing public comments.

4:00 PM  AB37: Creates a Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce Center in higher education

Assembly Committee on Revenue

Agenda

• Room 4100 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.

AB37

 Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 8:00 to 9:00 am (doors open at 7:30)  Dona Maria’s Restaurant 910 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 89101

Hispanics in Politics Monthly Breakfast: Celebrating Two Secretaries of State

Guests: Outgoing Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and Current Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar

Friday, March 3, 2023, 9:00 to 10:30 am, via Zoom RSVP: t.ly/nv0s

Vote Nevada, ACLU NV, and the CSN Women’s Alliance Presents

Know Your Rights with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission & “We have an Equal Rights Amendment, now what?” with the ACLU NV Executive Director Athar Haseebullah.

Friday, March 3, 2023

1:00 PM

SB142: Homeless Persons Bill of Rights

Senate Committee on Judiciary

Agenda

• 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.

SB142

 Friday, March 10, 2023, 9:00 to 10:30 am, via Zoom RSVP t.ly/jAecs

Hidden Women’s Disease: Join the CSN Women’s Alliance as we discuss policy priorities for establishing women’s healthcare equity

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

Some reminders:

Thursday: February 23^rd, Noon, via Zoom, EEOC Equity in the Workplace, EEOC, and Nevada Equal Rights Commission. RSVP: t.ly/Nusj

Thursday: February 23^rd, 5:30 to 7:00 pm, via Zoom, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! K-12 Education Civil Rights Community Town Hall with Office of Civil Rights Special Education. RSVP: t.ly/TaSq

Sunday: February 26^th, 1 to 2:30 pm, via Zoom, Vote Nevada & Family to Family, Connections: Early Learning, Mental Health, and Workforce Development. RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Early-Learning

Join us for a discussion of how early learning, mental health, and workforce development tie together legislatively.

Friday: March 3^rd, 9 to 10:30 am, via Zoom, Vote Nevada: EEOC Know Your Rights & ACLU NV “We have an equal rights amendment, now what?”  RSVP: t.ly/W_1k

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 4:00 PM

AB37: Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce Center                                           

AB62: Tax exemptions for low-income housing

Assembly Committee on Revenue

Agenda

• Room 4100 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.

AB37, AB62

March 7, 8, and 9^th via Zoom                                                                                                        Represent Women: Democracy Solutions Summit

“We’re thrilled to announce the 34 women (and counting!) who will be speaking at our virtual 2023 Democracy Solutions Summit! With attorneys general, election administrators, advocates, five Madam Secretaries of State, and MORE, there is certainly no shortage of brilliance at this summit. There’s still time to register for the event, so be sure to claim your FREE spot today!”

Friday, March 10, 2023, 9 to 10:30 am via Zoom.

Let’s discuss how the medical establishment treats or fails to treat diseases especially associated with women, and the society-wide repercussions of not taking women’s health seriously.  Our guest speaker has written a book about her journey with endometriosis.  RSVP: t.ly/TfE7

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

Vote Nevada: Solving Problems with Civics

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

We are entering week 3 of the legislative session.  Despite tomorrow being a holiday, the legislature will be open and running.  You can view each day’s calendar of hearings here: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023

You can review all the events related to “Know Your Rights” with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission & our newly approved Equal Rights Amendment, as well as Vote Nevada’s event on engaging in advocacy for early learning here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/2023/02/17/vote-nevada-update-2-16-2023/

You can watch our recording of the Zoom meeting on “What is the Forward Party?” here: https://vote-nevada-blog.org/vote-nevada-community-meeting-recordings/

You may want to listen to the KNPR State of Nevada interview with Governor Lombardo, it is very interesting: https://knpr.org/

This is the sign-up for the upcoming virtual Represent Women’s Democracy Solutions Summit, via Zoom, March 7^th to 9^th:  https://www.representwomen.org/democracy_solutions_summit

Here are some issues I will be following this week in the legislature:

Monday, February 20, 2023:

8:00 AM

1. AB131: Puts Governor Sisolak’s Executive Order to protect women who travel to Nevada for reproductive services and the doctors who provide those services into law.

Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

Agenda

• Room 2134 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.

SB131

1:00 PM

2. SB142 is a Homeless Bill of Rights

Senate Committee on Judiciary

Agenda²

• 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.

SB142

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

3:30 PM

3. SB42: Medical care for the indigent

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

Agenda¹

• Room 2134 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.

SB42

Thursday, February 23, 2023

8:00 AM

4. AB35 & AB121 are both criminal justice reforms.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Agenda

• 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.

AB35, AB121

8:00 AM

5. Budgets: For Child and Family Services

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittees on Human Services

Agenda

• 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.

3141, 3142, 3145, 3146, 3229

 Friday, February 24, 2023

8:00 AM

6. Budgets: Secretary of State Elections & Nevada Commission on Ethics

Joint Meeting of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance

Agenda¹

• 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.

1008, 1050, 1051, 1343, 1499

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Here are some event updates:

Saturday: February 18th, 12:30 pm, Las Vegas Branch of NAACP, Pearson Community Center, 1625 West Carey Ave.  In-person. 

Sunday: February 19^th, 4 to 5:30 pm, via Zoom, Nevada NOW: Celebrating Black History Month Program RSVP: t.ly/mpFS

Monday: February 20^th, 10 am, via Zoom, Know Your Rights with the EEOC, National Association for Equal Justice in America.  RSVP: t.ly/rYaQy

Tuesday: February 21^st, 6 to 7 pm, via Zoom, Vote Nevada Mental and Behavioral Health Committee: Discussion with the founder of the Cactus Park Elementary School, which is a new charter school focused on mental health.  You can log into the meeting through this link: https://vote-nevada.news/Mental-Health-Committee-Feb

More on Cactus Elementary School: https://nevadabusiness.com/2022/06/student-enrollment-now-open-at-groundbreaking-new-cactus-park-elementary-in-las-vegas/

Thursday: February 23^rd, Noon, via Zoom, EEOC Equity in the Workplace, EEOC, and Nevada Equal Rights Commission. RSVP: t.ly/Nusj

Thursday: February 23^rd, 5:30 to 7:00 pm, via Zoom, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! K-12 Education Civil Rights Community Town Hall with Office of Civil Rights Special Education. RSVP: t.ly/TaSq

Sunday: February 26^th, 1 to 2:30 pm, via Zoom, Vote Nevada & Family to Family, Connections: Early Learning, Mental Health, and Workforce Development. RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Early-Learning

Join us for a discussion of how early learning, mental health, and workforce development tie together legislatively.

Friday: March 3^rd, 9 to 10:30 am, via Zoom, Vote Nevada: EEOC Know Your Rights & ACLU NV “We have an equal rights amendment, now what?”  RSVP: t.ly/W_1k

For your reading pleasure, Scott Gavorski has new posts on his Rurals of Nevada blog: https://ruralsofnevada.substack.com/

And the legislative session continues….

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

Vote Nevada: Solving Problems with Civics

Vote Nevada is now qualified to receive donations through Facebook fundraisers.

Vote Nevada is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit civic engagement organization.  Anyone can become a supporter by emailing info@vote-nevada.org, we have no membership dues.  We do, however, accept donations Here