March 23, 2021
Nevada Legislature
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said Friday that three bills he requested this legislative session will enhance consumer protections in Nevada, including AB61 that prohibits price gouging during times of emergency.
The bill setting salaries for state workers including cost of living increases passed the Assembly on Thursday despite objections from Republican members.
One day after the bill was introduced, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved spending $15.98 million for electronic system enhancements and maintenance projects including a new roof on the Legislature.
The Nevada Legislature is hosting a special vaccination event on Friday for children ages 12 and older.
A joint panel of Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means was urged Monday to set aside $54 million in federal stimulus money to pay for a new computer system for the Employment Security Division.
The Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee on Thursday voted to support passage of a bill making it easier for people with disabilities to register and vote.
Legislation increasing the age at which people can purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 passed the Nevada Senate on Monday on a split vote.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, issued statements Thursday effectively saying the bill to abolish the death penalty in Nevada is dead this session.
Law enforcement joined community organizations, including the ACLU, on Thursday to support legislation making it more difficult for police to get no-knock warrants that allow them to break into a residence without warning.
Lawmakers have introduced a resolution that would remove language allowing slavery or indentured servitude from the Nevada Constitution.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee was urged Thursday to double the amount of money going to domestic violence programs statewide.
Just two weeks after the Legislature building reopened to the public, officials there reported the building’s first COVID case Wednesday.
Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday passed dozens of bills through the Senate and Assembly and diverted several others to a key committee to ensure their priority proposals survived past a crucial deadline.
The Nevada Senate on Friday approved legislation expanding where the state can place blind vendors. And blind vendors have first right of refusal on vending facilities in those public buildings.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee voted Friday to back creation of a diversion program for defendants convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery.
The Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services on Monday voted for a bill to enable schools to get drugs to counter the effects of an opioid overdose.
Saying childcare is critical to getting Nevadans back to work, lawmakers on Thursday approved $92.7 million to support childcare providers across the state.
The legislative money committees Tuesday began the process of closing the budgets that fund the operation of state government.
Nevada lawmakers on Monday introduced a flurry of proposals covering topics ranging from energy to immigration in a rush toward the first bill deadline of the 2021 legislative session.
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