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Statutes of the State of Nevada - Seventy-Ninth Session, 2017 CONTENTS ________
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Legislative Fund for the costs of the 79th Legislative Session; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 1 — Senators Ford and Roberson. Approved February 14, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; exempting certain students within the System from the assessment of tuition charges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 24 — Committee on Education. Approved March 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Veterans Services; revising provisions governing the management of certain abandoned or unclaimed property by the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 70 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved March 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; revising provisions governing the membership of the Interagency Council on Veterans Affairs, the Nevada Veterans Services Commission and certain Advisory Committees; revising provisions relating to the service organizations which the Director and the Deputy Director of the Department of Veterans Services are required to aid and assist; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 58 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved March 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business; changing the name of the document issued upon payment of the annual fee for conducting business in Nevada from “state business registration” to “state business license”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 13 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved March 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Office of the Secretary of State; revising the position of the Administrator of the Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 9 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved March 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; removing the prospective expiration of the Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 92 — Senator Hardy. Approved March 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the state militia; revising certain provisions relating to the Patriot Relief Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 2 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved April 7, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to children; requiring certain institutions and agencies to treat a child as having the gender with which the child identifies; requiring certain persons to receive training on working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning children; requiring the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish protocols to follow or factors to consider before placing a child in certain placements; requiring the Division to establish a process for filing and resolving certain grievances; revising the manner in which a foster child is notified of his or her rights; requiring certain facilities to which a juvenile court commits a child to comply with certain federal law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 99 — Assemblymen Araujo; Bilbray-Axelrod, Daly, Diaz, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Sprinkle, Thompson and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cancela, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved April 11, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; revising provisions governing the reporting of certain information relating to veterans by certain public bodies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 19 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; reorganizing large school districts; requiring large school districts to deem each school in the district to be a local school precinct; transferring the authority to carry out certain responsibilities from the central administrative staff of large school districts to such local school precincts; requiring large school districts to allocate money to local school precincts to carry out the responsibilities transferred to the local school precincts; providing for the reorganization of the central administrative staff of large school districts; requiring a plan of operation to be developed for each local school precinct; requiring annual surveys to be administered to persons involved with local school precincts and to the central administrative staff of large school districts; providing for the continuation of an advisory committee to oversee the implementation of the reorganization of large school districts; repealing provisions requiring the reorganization of the Clark County School District; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 469 — Assemblymen Frierson and Paul Anderson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ford and Roberson. Approved May 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; revising provisions governing examinations of insurers; requiring the annual submission of a corporate governance annual disclosure by certain insurers and insurance groups; making confidential certain information contained in and relating to a corporate governance annual disclosure; authorizing the sharing of items relating to a corporate governance annual disclosure in certain circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner of Insurance to retain third-party consultants and enter into certain agreements; providing for the group-wide supervision of internationally active insurance groups; revising provisions governing captive insurers; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 35 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to occupational safety; revising provisions relating to reports of certain accidents or motor vehicle crashes by employers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 54 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to social work; revising provisions requiring licensed social workers to receive certain suicide prevention and awareness training in order to renew a license; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 387 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Approved May 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to notaries public; making various changes to the provisions governing electronic notaries public; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 476 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring a business that accepts a driver’s license for the purpose of identification to also accept a permanent resident card for that purpose; including permanent resident cards as proof of identity for various purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 162 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved May 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish a program for the issuance, without charge, of an annual permit for state parks and recreational areas to pupils enrolled in the fifth grade in this State under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 385 — Assemblymen Yeager, Araujo, McCurdy II, Watkins, Diaz; Benitez-Thompson, Flores, Jauregui and Joiner. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cannizzaro and Cancela. Approved May 12, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state parks; authorizing certain expenditures of money from the principal of the Account for Maintenance of State Park Facilities and Grounds; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 490 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 12, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to pay undergraduate fees and expenses of a dependent child of a public employee killed in the performance of his or her duties; authorizing the reimbursement of such fees and expenses for the dependent child of a public employee killed in the performance of his or her duties on or after a certain date; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 1 — Assemblywoman Carlton. Approved May 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to rules of the road; revising provisions relating to the duties of a driver when approaching an authorized vehicle of the Department of Transportation which is stopped and making use of certain flashing and other lights; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 17 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; making mandatory instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator provided by certain public schools and private schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 85 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring a member of the board of trustees of a school district to complete certain training for professional development; requiring the clerk of the board of trustees of a school district to take certain actions relating to the required training; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 451 — Assemblymen Frierson and Benitez-Thompson. Approved May 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care professionals; prohibiting certain health care professionals from providing sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy to a minor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 201 — Senators Parks, Ratti, Ford, Atkinson, Spearman; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Manendo, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Araujo, Carrillo, Carlton, Neal, Cohen; Brooks, Flores, Krasner, Ohrenschall, Swank, Thompson and Yeager. Approved May 17, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to days of observance; authorizing and requesting the Governor annually to proclaim May 18 to be “Asian Culture Day” in Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 175 — Senators Hammond; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Ford, Gansert, Hardy, Harris, Manendo, Parks, Roberson and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Paul Anderson, Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Carrillo, Cohen, Frierson, Fumo, Hambrick, Jauregui, Joiner, Kramer, Krasner, Marchant, McCurdy II, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Ohrenschall, Oscarson, Pickard, Spiegel, Thompson, Tolles, Watkins, Wheeler and Yeager. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motorcycles; abolishing the Advisory Board on Motorcycle Safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 13 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to justices of the peace; revising the date on which the board of county commissioners of each county is required to set the compensation for justices of the peace; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 42 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions relating to the periodic inspections of state buildings and facilities by the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 45 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Safety; changing the name of the General Services Division to the Records, Communications and Compliance Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 16 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to certain powers and duties of the Office of Finance and the Department of Administration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 22 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the military; revising provisions of the Nevada Code of Military Justice governing certain offenses subject to court-martial proceedings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 7 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to correctional institutions; transferring certain duties from the Executive Secretary of the State Board of Parole Commissioners to the Department of Corrections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 27 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Lake Tahoe Basin; extending the period for the issuance of certain bonds for certain environmental improvement projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 197 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; extending the deadline for the issuance of certain general obligation bonds to protect, preserve and obtain the benefits of the property and natural resources of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 198 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 18, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to support; repealing provisions relating to the reciprocal enforcement of support orders with foreign countries or political subdivisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 4 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business; removing an exemption from the requirement to obtain a state business registration for businesses whose primary purpose is to create or produce motion pictures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 6 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to unmanned aerial vehicles; revising provisions relating to restrictions on the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles near critical facilities to include within the term “critical facility” any transmission line that is owned, operated, inspected, maintained or repaired in whole or in part by the Colorado River Commission of Nevada; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 11 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; abolishing the Garlic and Onion Growers’ Advisory Board, the State Dairy Commission, the Alfalfa Seed Advisory Board and the Advisory Council for Organic Agricultural Products; transferring the powers and duties of the State Dairy Commission to the Director of the State Department of Agriculture; revising provisions governing the special assessment levied upon all garlic and onions grown and harvested in this State for commercial use and all alfalfa seed grown in this State; clarifying the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to test products to ensure appropriate food safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 33 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to digital assets; enacting the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 239 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the use of state money for programs of career and technical education; requiring representatives of industry sector councils to make recommendations on the awarding of certain grants; revising provisions relating to the proportion of the total amount of state money a school district or charter school may receive for programs of career and technical education; requiring the Executive Officer of the State Board for Career and Technical Education to designate certain program professionals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 482 — Committee on Education. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to adjusters; requiring adjusters to complete certain continuing education; establishing standards of conduct for adjusters; providing for the licensing of nonresident adjusters; revising provisions relating to the licensing of adjusters; authorizing the issuance of temporary emergency licenses for adjusters in a catastrophe; exempting certain persons from the requirement to pass an examination before issuance of a license as an adjuster; authorizing the Commissioner of Insurance to enter into certain contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 12 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; revising provisions relating to the Specialist for the Rights of Elderly Persons and the Community Advocate for Elder Rights; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 31 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to economic development; amending the Las Vegas Valley Water District Act to remove the designation of the District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority as the exclusive providers of water service for the Garnet Valley Ground Water Basin in Clark County, Nevada; revising a provision requiring the Legislature to review the implementation of certain economic development financing proposals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 79 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial administration; revising provisions governing the employees of the Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination and Management of the Department of Administration; eliminating the requirement that priority be given by the Office to certain grants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 98 — Assemblymen Bustamante Adams and Paul Anderson. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services periodically to review Medicaid reimbursement rates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 108 — Assemblyman Oscarson. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local government finance; increasing the limit on the amount of annual total expenditures for a special district to be eligible to petition for an exemption from certain requirements of the Local Government Budget and Finance Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 134 — Assemblyman Hansen. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to economic development; revising the requirement for the Office of Economic Development to submit quarterly reports relating to certain economic development incentives; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 170 — Assemblymen Hansen and Benitez-Thompson. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to document preparation services; revising the definition of a “document preparation service”; prohibiting a person providing a document preparation service from advertising or representing himself or herself as a paralegal or legal assistant; requiring certain fees to register or renew registration as a document preparation service; revising the period of time in which an application for registration as a document preparation service must be completed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 324 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint a committee to research opportunities to improve access to diapers and diapering supplies for recipients of public assistance and other low-income families; authorizing the Director to take any necessary action to take advantage of opportunities to increase the availability of diapers and diapering supplies to such persons; requiring the Director to work with diaper banks and similar organizations for certain related purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 340 — Assemblywoman Diaz. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state property; authorizing the Deputy Administrator of the Public Works - Compliance and Code Enforcement Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration to issue to a person certain permits for the planning, maintenance or construction of buildings and structures on property of the State or held in trust for the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 44 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to securities; revising the exemption from registration and filing requirements for certain transactions involving securities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 32 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic relations; revising the provisions of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act that set forth the procedures for serving notice of the registration of a child custody determination issued by a court in another state; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 40 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 19, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to unlawful detainer; providing for the sealing of court records relating to eviction under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 107 — Assemblywoman Bilbray-Axelrod. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to schools; requiring the model plan developed for the management of a crisis or an emergency that involves a public school to include a procedure for evacuating pupils and employees of a charter school to an identified public school if necessary during a crisis or emergency; requiring a charter school to indemnify a school district to which it evacuates during a crisis or emergency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 221 — Assemblywoman Bilbray-Axelrod. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to concealed firearms; authorizing certain persons who are at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age to be eligible for a permit to carry a concealed firearm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 118 — Assemblyman Daly. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child care; requiring a child care facility to give priority in admission to children whose parent or guardian serves or has served in the Armed Forces of the United States; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 326 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; requiring the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to provide certain assistance and information to veterans and members of the military who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; prohibiting the denial of certain benefits and services to a veteran solely on the basis of the veteran’s status as a discharged veteran who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 148 — Senator Spearman. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trade practices; authorizing certain service members who receive certain military orders to relocate or deploy to terminate, suspend or reinstate a contract for certain services under certain circumstances; providing such authority to the spouse of such a service member who receives certain orders to relocate; prohibiting the imposition of certain penalties, fees or other charges on a service member or the spouse of a service member who terminates, suspends or reinstates such a contract; authorizing a service member, the spouse of a service member or the Attorney General to bring an action against a person who violates certain provisions; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 282 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to peace officers; authorizing a peace officer or retired peace officer to request the display of an alternate address on his or her driver’s license, identification card, commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 252 — Assemblymen Titus, Wheeler, Oscarson, Ellison; Edwards, Hambrick, Hansen, Kramer, Krasner, Marchant, McArthur, Pickard, Tolles and Woodbury. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the definition of “officer” to include certain civilian employees and volunteers of certain governmental entities for the purpose of enhancing the penalties for assault and battery against such a person; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 132 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to law enforcement; requiring the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission to provide by regulation for the voluntary training of law enforcement dispatchers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 151 — Assemblywoman Carlton (by request). Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; prescribing the criteria for receipt of a standard high school diploma for a pupil with a disability; prescribing the criteria for receipt of an alternative diploma for a pupil with a significant cognitive disability; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 64 — Committee on Education. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V & T Railway; removing certain boards of county commissions from the governing bodies of the Commission; revising the membership of the Commission; eliminating authority for the Commission to enter into agreements with the district attorney or treasurer of certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 57 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to parentage; revising requirements for consent by a person who intends to be a parent of a child born by assisted reproduction; revising the requirements for obtaining a court order designating the contents of the birth certificate of a child who is the result of a gestational carrier arrangement; prohibiting the adoption of certain children from this State except upon a district court order; eliminating certain residence requirements relating to petitioners for the adoption of a child; establishing certain requirements for the development and distribution of a declaration for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 191 — Assemblymen Cohen; and Pickard. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; revising certain provisions relating to the proper venue in civil actions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 102 — Assemblymen Pickard and Cohen. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local government; requiring, with certain exceptions, each governing body of a county, city or town to designate at least one sheriff’s office or police station, as applicable, as a site for the completion of the sale of personal property initiated on the Internet; providing immunity from liability to counties, cities, towns, sheriffs, police departments and officers and employees thereof for certain incidents that occur at such sites; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 297 — Assemblymen Jauregui; and Ohrenschall. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to information concerning persons; requiring a petition for a change of name of a person who has a criminal record to be accompanied by a complete set of fingerprints; requiring a complete set of fingerprints to accompany certain court orders relating to a change of name of a person who has a criminal record; requiring a peace officer to obtain and forward to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History a complete set of fingerprints of a person who is detained and cited for domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 14 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; revising provisions concerning the duties and employees of the Bureau of Services to Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation; prohibiting, under certain circumstances, the solicitation, disclosure, receipt or use of information concerning persons receiving services from the Division; authorizing the Division to adopt, amend and repeal certain policies; authorizing the denial of services to persons who are blind under certain circumstances; removing the designation of the Division as the designated state unit for the purpose of certain federal regulations governing vocational rehabilitation; prescribing the purposes for which certain money may be used; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 20 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions governing a motion to disqualify a justice of the peace or municipal judge; creating the position of chief justice of the peace for certain justice courts; creating the position of chief municipal judge for certain municipal courts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 37 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to bail; authorizing the electronic transmission of certain notices relating to bail; requiring certain persons who are engaged in certain businesses relating to bail to receive electronic transmissions relating to bail; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 38 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to water; authorizing the State Environmental Commission to establish fees for certain services relating to public and community water systems; increasing the maximum civil penalties and administrative fines imposed on water suppliers for certain violations relating to public water systems; authorizing the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations and establish fees for the review of certain water issues relating to land development plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 50 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to real property rights; prohibiting adverse action against certain persons for requesting emergency assistance on a rental property in certain cases; specifying that a request for emergency assistance on a rental property does not constitute a nuisance in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 133 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic relations; revising provisions governing the recognition of domestic partnerships from other jurisdictions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 227 — Assemblyman Carrillo. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to courts; authorizing a justice court and a municipal court to transfer a criminal case to another such court or a district court in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 29 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 22, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada Commission for Women; revising provisions governing the members, officers and powers of the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 258 — Assemblymen Frierson, Carlton, Monroe-Moreno, Benitez-Thompson, Carrillo; Araujo, Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Cohen, Daly, Diaz, Flores, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, Miller, Neal, Ohrenschall, Spiegel, Sprinkle, Swank, Watkins and Yeager. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring a course of study in health prescribed for pupils enrolled in middle school, junior high school or high school to include certain information on organ and tissue donation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 112 — Senators Ratti and Kieckhefer. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; revising provisions relating to prohibited acts concerning the use of marijuana and the operation of a vehicle or vessel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 135 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to cemeteries; clarifying that a cemetery authority is not authorized to order the disinterment and removal of human remains from certain burial plots; requiring a governmental authority to make certain determinations before a cemetery authority may order the disinterment and removal of human remains; requiring a cemetery authority to prescribe a time for the removal and reinterment of human remains under certain circumstances; providing when a receptacle for reinterment will be deemed suitable; authorizing certain persons to maintain an action to require certain cemetery owners to keep the cemetery in an orderly condition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 203 — Assemblywoman Joiner. Joint Sponsor: Senator Ratti. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to surgical technologists; prohibiting a hospital, independent center for emergency care, psychiatric hospital or surgical center for ambulatory patients from employing a surgical technologist who does not possess certain qualifications; requiring such a facility to ensure that each surgical technologist at the facility receives certain continuing education; authorizing the State Board of Health and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce those requirements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 347 — Assemblywoman Joiner. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Commission on Judicial Discipline; authorizing the Commission to order a justice of the peace or municipal judge to forfeit his or her office for failure to attend certain required instruction; establishing procedures for the Commission to order such a forfeiture of office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 28 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pest control; requiring certain persons who engage in pest control, including governmental agencies and their employees, to obtain a certificate or license from the Director of the State Department of Agriculture; establishing procedures relating to such certification and licensure; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 32 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to interpreters; requiring an applicant for the issuance of a certificate as a court interpreter or appointment as an alternate court interpreter to submit his or her fingerprints and written permission to obtain certain records of criminal history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 63 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to offenders; revising provisions governing the disclosure of the name of an offender who tests positive for exposure to human immunodeficiency virus; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 74 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to gaming; revising certain definitions relating to gaming; exempting manufacturers, distributors and independent contractors associated with gaming from certain licensing requirements; revising provisions governing the regulation of trustees of an employee stock ownership plan by the Nevada Gaming Commission; authorizing the Commission to reject an application for a license, registration, finding of suitability or approval; making various other changes related to the regulation of gaming; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 75 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to property; revising procedures governing the disposal of certain property in the custody of certain governmental agencies; authorizing a board of county commissioners or its authorized representative to donate property pursuant to a district court order to certain organizations or entities for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 147 — Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions concerning the withdrawal of certain pleas after sentence is imposed or imposition of sentence is suspended; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 184 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; creating the crime of bestiality; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 391 — Assemblymen Carrillo, Swank, Ohrenschall, Ellison; Monroe-Moreno and Sprinkle (by request). Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to days of observance; authorizing and requesting the Governor to proclaim “Indigenous Peoples Day” as a day of observance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 105 — Senators Segerblom and Parks. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to municipal utilities; expanding the utility services for which delinquent charges may be collected with the general taxes of the county; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 8 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; revising provisions relating to the position of deputy director of the Department of Veterans Services; requiring the Director of the Department to create and maintain a statewide database of information relating to veterans and a registry of certain entities that provide services and resources to veterans; requiring the Director to ensure that each generation of veterans is recognized annually; removing provisions relating to the provision of guardianship services by the Director; removing the requirement that certain offices of the Department be located in certain cities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 22 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child support; prohibiting debts for support of a child from being incurred by a parent or other person receiving certain public assistance for the benefit of a dependent child under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 95 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motor carriers; expanding the circumstances under which an owner or operator of a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation of passengers or property is not subject to certain provisions governing fully regulated carriers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 96 — Assemblyman Araujo. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child welfare; authorizing the director of an agency which provides child welfare services or certain designees to request the education records of a pupil who is in the custody of the agency; requiring a public or private school or school district to comply with such a request; providing that the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or the governing body of a private school may be joined as a party in a proceeding concerning the protection of a child for failing to comply with such a request; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 236 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial institutions; changing the method by which the Commissioner of Financial Institutions charges and collects fees for providing supervision, audits, examinations, investigations or hearings; requiring the Commissioner to adjust the rate at which such a fee is to be paid by banks and other financial institutions for supervision and examinations in certain circumstances; requiring the Commissioner to publish each year the amount of the fee that is to be paid by banks and other financial institutions for the following year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 279 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; changing the deadline by which a person may register to vote by mail or computer for a primary election, primary city election, general city election or general election; providing that the county and city clerks are not required to distribute sample ballots for an election to certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 478 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to vehicle registration; revising provisions relating to replacement license plates and duplicate license plates; providing exemptions to mandatory reissue of certain license plates; providing exemptions from certain fees for the issuance and renewal of certain special license plates; revising provisions relating to the operation of certain commercial vehicles upon the highways of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 15 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; requiring licensed teachers to complete training in the laws of this State relating to schools and the provisions of the Nevada Constitution relating to schools; removing the requirement that examinations for the initial licensing of teachers and other educational personnel include the laws of Nevada relating to schools, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nevada; repealing provisions requiring teachers and other educational personnel to show knowledge of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 20 — Committee on Education. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to mental health; revising the definition of the term “mental illness” for purposes of provisions relating to criminal procedure, mental health and intellectual disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 27 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names; adding a representative of the United States National Park Service to the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 43 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the criminal justice system; creating the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Information Sharing of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; authorizing the Subcommittee to appoint working groups; revising the duties of the Advisory Commission; revising the membership of the Advisory Commission; repealing provisions governing the Advisory Committee on Nevada Criminal Justice Information Sharing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 35 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 23, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; prescribing the requirements for a pupil to enroll in a dual credit course; providing that the State Board of Education must not unreasonably limit the number of dual credit courses in which a pupil may enroll; requiring the board of trustees of each school district to provide written notice identifying the dual credit courses available to pupils enrolled in the district; requiring each school district and charter school to enter into a cooperative agreement with one or more community colleges, state colleges and universities to provide dual credit courses to pupils enrolled in the school district or charter school; providing that an academic plan for a pupil who is enrolled in a dual credit course must include certain information; providing that a pupil who successfully completes a program of workforce development must be allowed to apply any credit received for the completion of the program toward the total number of credits required for a related credential, certificate or degree; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 19 — Committee on Education. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; providing for the establishment of the State Seal of STEM Program to recognize pupils who have attained a high level of proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; providing for the establishment of the State Seal of STEAM Program to recognize pupils who have attained a high level of proficiency in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 241 — Senators Woodhouse, Ratti, Cannizzaro, Cancela, Parks; Atkinson, Denis, Farley, Ford, Manendo, Segerblom and Spearman. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carrillo, Monroe-Moreno, Diaz, Neal; and Fumo. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools to establish standards of content and performance for ethnic and diversity studies in high school; authorizing school districts and governing bodies of charter schools that operate as a high school to provide instruction in ethnic and diversity studies to pupils in high school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 107 — Senator Segerblom. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the State Board of Education to create a subcommittee to study the manner in which to include certain instruction in criminal law in the social studies courses required for graduation from a public high school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 108 — Committee on Education. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to take certain actions relating to a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment; revising provisions governing the execution and revocation of a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment form; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 199 — Assemblywomen Woodbury and Titus. Joint Sponsor: Senator Hardy. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to occupational safety; requiring certain employees on certain sites related to the entertainment industry to receive certain health and safety training; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 190 — Assemblywoman Diaz. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to mental health; revising the definition of “mental illness” to include hoarding disorder for the purpose of assigning defendants to a program for treatment of mental illness established by a district court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 177 — Senators Parks; and Manendo (by request). Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carrillo and Neal. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; exempting from the publication requirement a court-ordered change of name if the reason for the change is to conform the person’s name to his or her gender identity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 110 — Senators Parks, Woodhouse, Ford, Atkinson, Ratti; Denis, Manendo, Segerblom and Spearman. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carlton, Araujo, Frierson, Carrillo; Spiegel, Sprinkle and Swank. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to coroners; requiring coroners to make a reasonable effort to notify the next of kin who is authorized to order the burial or cremation of a decedent of the decedent’s death; authorizing a coroner to notify certain other persons of the death of the decedent; authorizing a coroner to provide a coroner’s report to such persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 57 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to residential leasing; providing for the early termination of certain rental agreements by victims of harassment, sexual assault or stalking under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 247 — Assemblymen Yeager, Ohrenschall, Watkins, Carrillo, Monroe-Moreno; Araujo, Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Daly, Frierson, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Miller, Neal, Sprinkle, Thompson and Tolles. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring each public school and private school to display a poster featuring the toll-free telephone number for a child abuse or neglect hotline; authorizing each public school and private school to promote the toll-free telephone number for a child abuse or neglect hotline through social media and other electronic means; requiring the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services to design and distribute the poster to the boards of trustees of school districts, the governing bodies of charter schools and the governing bodies of private schools for posting at the schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 305 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; extending the statute of limitations for certain civil actions for damages to a person for injuries incurred as a child as a result of sexual abuse or pornography; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 145 — Assemblymen Krasner, Bustamante Adams; Bilbray-Axelrod, Carrillo, Joiner, Kramer, Titus, Tolles, Watkins, Wheeler and Woodbury. Joint Sponsors: Senators Denis; Cannizzaro, Gansert, Gustavson, Harris and Kieckhefer. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pharmacies; requiring each retail community pharmacy in this State to provide a prescription reader upon the request of a person to whom a drug is dispensed or advice on obtaining a prescription reader; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 131 — Senator Denis. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the City of Sparks; requiring newly elected municipal judges to be licensed members of the State Bar of Nevada; requiring that a candidate for City Council Member be voted on in a general election only by the registered voters of the ward that the candidate seeks to represent; providing that a candidate for office who receives a majority of the votes at the primary election must be declared elected and not appear on the ballot at the general election; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 202 — Senator Ratti. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal justice information; creating the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Information Sharing of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; authorizing the Subcommittee to appoint working groups; revising the duties of the Advisory Commission; revising the membership of the Advisory Commission; revising provisions governing the release of certain information relating to the medical use of marijuana; repealing provisions governing the Advisory Committee on Nevada Criminal Justice Information Sharing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 277 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; abolishing the State Board for Career and Technical Education and transferring certain duties to the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; changing the name of the Advisory Council on Parental Involvement and Family Engagement and revising certain duties of the Council; abolishing the Interagency Panel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 301 — Committee on Education. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; revising the definition of the term “crime related to racketeering” to include certain offenses; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 362 — Senators Cannizzaro, Manendo, Ratti, Spearman, Ford; Atkinson, Cancela, Farley, Parks, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to telecommunications; authorizing the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to terminate a contract entered into with an independent administrator to certify or recertify the eligibility of customers for lifeline service when the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier is able to provide such service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 412 — Senator Atkinson. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; directing the Legislative Committee on Energy to conduct an interim study on energy choice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 452 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to libraries; requiring a library foundation to comply with certain provisions relating to open meetings and public records; exempting a library foundation from the taxes on transfers of real property; authorizing the trustees of certain libraries to enter into a lease or lease-purchase agreement respecting certain property and to convey property for the purpose of such an agreement; revising provisions governing gift funds of certain public libraries; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 313 — Senator Denis. Approved May 24, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to telecommunications facilities; revising the duties of the Director of the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology relating to broadband services, telehealth services, fiber infrastructure and the fiber conduit trade policy; authorizing the Department of Transportation to grant longitudinal access and wireless access to certain rights-of-way owned by the Department to certain telecommunications providers to construct and install telecommunications facilities; requiring certain telecommunications providers to enter into agreements with the Department to fairly compensate the Department for longitudinal access and wireless access to certain rights-of-way; providing for monetary and in-kind compensation to the Department for longitudinal access and wireless access to certain rights-of-way; authorizing the Department to enter into agreements with certain telecommunications providers for the use of spare conduit and related facilities owned by the Department; establishing procedures for the valuation of certain types of in-kind compensation paid by certain telecommunications providers; creating the Telecommunications Advisory Council within the Department; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations relating to the granting of longitudinal access and wireless access to certain rights-of-way to telecommunications providers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 53 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to administrative regulations; revising provisions governing notice requirements under the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 160 — Senator Gansert. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to barbering; revising provisions governing the terms of appointed members of the State Barbers’ Health and Sanitation Board; requiring the Board to post certain financial information and examination dates on the Internet website maintained by the Board; revising the qualifications for a license as an instructor in a barber school; revising requirements for the operation of a barber school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 206 — Senators Atkinson, Spearman; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Farley, Goicoechea, Manendo, Segerblom and Settelmeyer. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; revising provisions governing the auction of property pursuant to the power of sale under a deed of trust; revising provisions requiring certain mortgagees and beneficiaries of a deed of trust to provide certain contact information to the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Business and Industry; providing for the continuation of certain provisions relating to an expedited process for the foreclosure of abandoned residential property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 267 — Senators Ford and Harris. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting the use of mechanical voting systems and mechanical recording devices unless the systems or devices are approved by the Secretary of State; authorizing the Secretary of State and certain counties to enter into an agreement for the lease of approved mechanical voting systems and mechanical recording devices without an option to purchase such systems or devices; making various other changes relating to mechanical voting systems and mechanical recording devices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 491 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trust companies; authorizing certain foreign trust companies that are not subject to certain federal regulation to engage in the solicitation of trust company business or open a trust representative office in this State under certain circumstances without licensure upon the approval of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions; authorizing certain foreign trust companies that are subject to certain federal regulation to act as a fiduciary or solicit trust company business in Nevada under certain circumstances without licensure by the Commissioner; authorizing certain foreign trust companies that are subject to certain federal regulation to establish and maintain certain offices and engage in the business of a trust company in Nevada under certain circumstances without licensure upon the approval of the Commissioner; revising the qualifications for serving as a trustee of a spendthrift trust; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 61 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to service of process; exempting certain unpaid individuals from the requirement to obtain licensure as a process server; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 128 — Assemblywoman Spiegel. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to cosmetology; providing for the temporary suspension of certain licenses and certificates of registration; revising provisions governing the State Board of Cosmetology; revising provisions governing instructors of various cosmetology professionals; revising provisions relating to the licensure or registration of various cosmetology professionals, cosmetological establishments and schools of cosmetology; imposing a fee upon certain applicants who request an examination be translated into a language other than English or Spanish; revising provisions relating to disciplinary action and certain prohibited acts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 195 — Assemblymen Bustamante Adams and Kramer. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public employment; revising the provisions governing a contract for services between an agency of this State and a former employee of an agency of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 466 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; requiring certain peace officers to wear a portable event recording device while on duty; requiring certain law enforcement agencies to adopt policies and procedures governing the use of portable event recording devices; revising provisions relating to the imposition and maximum amount of a surcharge which may be collected in certain counties used for the enhancement of the telephone system for reporting an emergency; providing that such a surcharge may also be used for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining portable event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 176 — Senators Ford, Atkinson, Spearman; Cancela, Manendo, Parks and Ratti. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Frierson, Neal, Thompson; Carrillo, Flores, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Ohrenschall, Spiegel and Yeager. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to long-term care; providing for the licensure of certain persons as health services executives; authorizing the holder of such a license to perform the functions of an administrator of a residential facility for groups and a nursing facility administrator; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 165 — Assemblyman Hambrick. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to surgical centers for ambulatory patients; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a quarterly report to the Legislature relating to surgical centers for ambulatory patients; prohibiting the Department from exercising its authority to suspend the collection or dissemination of certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 89 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 25, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; requiring an applicant for a name change to submit a statement signed under penalty of perjury; revising the requirement for publication of notice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 173 — Assemblymen Krasner; Jauregui, Tolles and Yeager. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a disclosure on certain elections-related communications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 392 — Assemblymen Oscarson; Ellison and Wheeler. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; authorizing the delivery by electronic means of notices or other documents relating to a policy of insurance in certain circumstances; authorizing the posting of certain standard policies of insurance or endorsements on an Internet website in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 455 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal records; revising provisions governing the dissemination of records of criminal history from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History pursuant to name-based searches conducted by a service within the Central Repository; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 26 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain educational personnel to meet with each pupil enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 to review the academic plan of the pupil and review the pupil’s academic strengths and weaknesses; authorizing the parent or guardian of a pupil to waive the requirement of such a meeting; requiring the academic plan of a pupil to be revised under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 117 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; enacting the Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act; requiring the enforcement of Canadian domestic-violence protection orders under certain circumstances; requiring the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History to include Canadian domestic-violence protection orders registered in this State in the Repository for Information Concerning Orders for Protection Against Domestic Violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 146 — Assemblymen Watkins; and Ohrenschall. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to lessors of motortrucks; authorizing a lessor of a motortruck to impose certain additional charges; requiring a lessor of a motortruck who wishes to impose an additional charge to disclose the amount of the additional charge in a price quote or estimate provided by the lessor; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 233 — Assemblyman Paul Anderson. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business practices; prohibiting a person from adopting certain fictitious names; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 317 — Assemblywoman Spiegel. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to highways; prohibiting a driver from operating a motor vehicle in the extreme left lane of a controlled-access highway under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 334 — Assemblymen Ellison and Edwards. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to vehicles; requiring a person driving a moped to drive in the right lane of the highway in certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 335 — Assemblymen Edwards and Carrillo. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to clinical trials; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program to encourage participation in clinical trials of drugs and medical devices by certain groups; requiring certain state and local governmental entities to adopt a policy concerning the identification and recruitment of members of those groups to participate in such trials; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 214 — Assemblywoman Neal. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pharmacy; requiring a pharmacist or his or her designee to make certain entries any time a biological product is dispensed under certain circumstances; requiring the dispensing of an interchangeable biological product in substitution for a prescribed biological product under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to maintain certain lists of approved interchangeable biological products, published by the United States Food and Drug Administration, on its Internet website; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 245 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Kieckhefer and Parks. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to counselors; authorizing certain holders of licenses and certificates issued by the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors to place those licenses and certificates on inactive status; authorizing the Board to impose administrative sanctions against a person who engages in certain activity without a license or certificate; authorizing certain certified alcohol and drug abuse counselors to supervise a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor intern; revising the required training for a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor intern; authorizing the Board to impose disciplinary action in certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 425 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to government land; reducing the number of independent appraisals of state land required before such land may be offered for sale or lease; revising certain restrictions on the performance of an appraisal of certain government land by an appraiser; revising provisions relating to the Revolving Account for Land Management; removing an exemption from procedural requirements for the sale or lease of state land for a lease of residential property with a term of 1 year or less; revising provisions relating to the requirement that the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources develop and make certain information useful to land use planning available to cities and counties; repealing obsolete provisions regarding the Lincoln County Pilot Land Development and Disposal Law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 34 — Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to irrigation districts; increasing the maximum amount of indebtedness that the board of directors of an irrigation district may incur and the amount of certain annual assessments that may be levied on lands in the district; requiring an annual adjustment of those amounts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 114 — Assemblywoman Titus. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to water; revising the criteria that the State Engineer must consider in determining whether to extend the time necessary to work a forfeiture; authorizing certain extensions to be for a period of not more than 3 years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 209 — Assemblyman Oscarson. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to redevelopment; expanding the purposes for which the proceeds of certain taxes levied in a redevelopment area may be used; revising the amount of the proceeds that must be set aside for such purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 70 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to care of children; establishing certain requirements for the operation of certain seasonal or temporary recreation programs; requiring the termination of certain staff members of such a program who have been convicted of certain crimes or who have had a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect made against them; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 176 — Assemblymen Frierson; Cohen, Diaz, Flores, Jauregui and Yeager. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning the cost and affordability of higher education in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 202 — Assemblymen Joiner, Cohen; Swank and Thompson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cancela and Ratti. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy; reducing the required membership of the Advisory Committee; reducing the length of the terms of the members of the Advisory Committee; revising provisions relating to the operation and governance of the Advisory Committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 465 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the protection of children; revising provisions relating to the voluntary surrender of a newborn child to a provider of emergency services; revising provisions relating to the transfer of certain identifying information relating to parents of such children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 2 — Senator Manendo. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; combining the HIV/AIDS Drug Donation Program and the Cancer Drug Donation Program to create the Prescription Drug Donation Program; authorizing a person or governmental entity to donate prescription drugs to the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 91 — Senator Hardy. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; establishing a procedure for a person to execute an advance directive for psychiatric care to direct a physician or other provider of health care in the event that the person is incapable of making or communicating decisions regarding psychiatric care; requiring a physician or provider of health care to make a reasonable inquiry to determine whether a person has executed such an advance directive under certain circumstances; requiring a physician or provider of health care to comply with such an advance directive under certain circumstances; providing immunity from civil or criminal liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct, to a physician or provider of health care under certain circumstances relating to compliance with such an advance directive; authorizing a person to register an advance directive for psychiatric care with the Secretary of State for deposit in the Registry of Advance Directives for Health Care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 50 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to long-term care; revising provisions governing the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; revising the authority of the Ombudsman to review and recommend changes to certain governmental policies relating to facilities for long-term care; revising provisions governing the appointment of advocates and the creation of a volunteer advocacy program; revising provisions relating to certain inspections of long-term care facilities by the Ombudsman; revising provisions concerning the reporting of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person; repealing certain provisions governing the investigation of certain complaints; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 123 — Senator Ratti. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to the adjudication of certain water rights; revising requirements relating to the notice of a pending determination of certain water rights; revising requirements for hydrological surveys and maps prepared by the State Engineer; revising provisions relating to a proof of appropriation; revising the time period in which a person may intervene in a determination of certain water rights; authorizing the State Engineer to make certain documents related to a determination of water rights available on the Internet; revising provisions relating to objections to certain orders of the State Engineer; requiring certain persons to pay certain costs for a hearing on objections; authorizing a district court to require parties to file a revised map under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 51 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to wildlife; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of certain information obtained by the Department of Wildlife; revising provisions governing the preparation and dissemination of certain reports and statements concerning the Wildlife Trust Fund, upland game bird projects and certain energy development projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 75 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to annual reports of accountability; removing the requirement that the Department of Education provide to certain persons written notice that certain information is posted on the Internet website maintained by the Department; revising the number of days’ notice certain boards of trustees of school districts are required to provide before adopting, repealing or amending certain policies or regulations; revising provisions concerning certain plans and reports relating to pupil discipline; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 247 — Committee on Education. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; authorizing the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to allow, by regulation, a pupil who is enrolled in a charter school, private school, parochial school or public school to participate in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic event at another public school that offers the sanctioned sport or other interscholastic event under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 252 — Senators Goicoechea, Hammond, Harris, Gustavson, Hardy; and Settelmeyer. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Ellison, Oscarson; Hansen and Wheeler. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to economic development; revising the deadline for the submission of certain reports concerning local emerging small businesses by the Office of Economic Development; repealing provisions requiring the Office to take certain actions concerning the development of inland ports; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 231 — Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil actions; establishing the procedure for changing the name of a minor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 232 — Assemblymen Bilbray-Axelrod, Spiegel; Daly, Fumo, Joiner and Monroe-Moreno. Joint Sponsors: Senators Parks; Manendo and Segerblom. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to county recorders; providing that a county recorder has discretion to accept and record a document that does not meet certain formatting requirements; revising certain fees collected by a county recorder; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 169 — Assemblymen Jauregui; Brooks and Carrillo. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child custody; revising the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act to apply to civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 133 — Senator Harris. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to family planning; establishing a program to award grants to local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing certain services relating to family planning; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 122 — Senators Cancela, Ratti; Cannizzaro, Parks and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Spiegel and Sprinkle. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; enacting the Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights; providing certain rights to children who are detained in a detention facility; requiring notice of those rights to be provided to children who are detained and to certain other persons, and that such notice be posted in certain locations; establishing a procedure for children to report alleged violations of those rights; requiring detention facilities to establish policies concerning certain medication given to children who are detained; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 180 — Assemblymen Monroe-Moreno; Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Cohen, Frierson, McCurdy II, Miller, Ohrenschall, Thompson and Yeager. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to parental rights; revising provisions governing the required service regarding a proceeding for the termination of parental rights; revising the time for a hearing to terminate parental rights; making certain hearings, files and records of the court relating to a proceeding for the termination of parental rights confidential in certain circumstances; authorizing the termination of parental rights in certain circumstances involving a sexual assault; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 228 — Assemblymen Pickard; Cohen and Tolles. Joint Sponsors: Senators Denis, Gansert, Goicoechea, Hammond, Hardy, Harris, Parks and Roberson. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic relations; authorizing the marriage of two persons of any gender under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the division of community property and liabilities in certain domestic relations actions; revising certain provisions governing domestic relations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 229 — Assemblymen Spiegel, Araujo, Carrillo; Brooks, Cohen, Flores, Frierson, Fumo and Joiner. Joint Sponsors: Senators Parks, Manendo, Atkinson, Spearman; and Segerblom. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial services; providing that provisions governing the licensing and regulation of certain short-term loans and installment loans do not apply to the extension of credit to any person who is not a resident of this State for any business, commercial or agricultural purpose that is located outside of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 255 — Assemblyman Hambrick. Joint Sponsor: Senator Cannizzaro. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to contracts for the sale of vehicles; expanding the circumstances under which certain actions taken by a seller against a buyer of a vehicle are deceptive trade practices; revising provisions relating to sureties who issue bonds to brokers, dealers, special dealers, rebuilders, distributors and manufacturers of vehicles and dealers, lessors and manufacturers of off-highway vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 262 — Assemblyman Carrillo. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public administrators; revising provisions governing the payment of compensation for certain public administrators; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 310 — Assemblywoman Titus. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to offenders; revising provisions governing the services provided to an offender before the offender’s release; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 316 — Assemblymen Thompson, Yeager, Ohrenschall; Araujo, Carrillo, Fumo, McCurdy II, Miller, Monroe-Moreno and Pickard. Joint Sponsors: Senators Segerblom; and Harris. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to guardianships; revising provisions governing the guardianship of minors; authorizing the appointment of a guardian ad litem or an advocate for the best interests of a proposed protected minor in guardianship proceedings; revising the required contents of a citation in guardianship proceedings for a protected minor; revising the procedures for requesting the appointment of a temporary guardian for certain minors; requiring the assignment of child support payments to a guardian for the support of a protected minor; authorizing the award of visitation rights between a protected minor and certain relatives; revising the factors for consideration in guardianship determinations regarding a protected minor; revising provisions for changing the residence of a protected minor to a location outside of this State; revising provisions governing obligations due to or for a protected minor; establishing certain requirements for the filing of a verified account upon the emancipation of a protected minor; providing for the extension or establishment of a guardianship of a minor after the age of majority; establishing certain required showings for certain terminations of guardianships; making various other changes pertaining to guardianships; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 319 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Joint Sponsor: Senator Harris. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; ratifying, enacting and entering into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 429 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; authorizing an attorney who represents a child in juvenile proceedings to consult with and seek appointment of certain persons; urging the Nevada Supreme Court to adopt certain court rules relating to juvenile justice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 341 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy efficiency programs; requiring an integrated resource plan filed by an electric utility with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to include a proposal for the expenditure of certain amounts on energy efficiency and conservation programs directed to low-income customers of the electric utility; revising provisions relating to the approval by the Commission of certain energy efficiency and conservation programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 223 — Assemblymen McCurdy II; Brooks, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno, Tolles, Watkins and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cannizzaro and Segerblom. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; revising continuing education requirements relating to suicide prevention and awareness for certain providers of health care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 105 — Assemblyman Thompson. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to vehicles; requiring the payment of a fee and the submission of certain information for the reinstatement of certain licenses relating to vehicles which are not timely renewed; revising provisions relating to fingerprint requirements for certain initial licenses relating to vehicles; revising the types of criminal convictions for which the Department of Motor Vehicles may deny an application for or suspend or revoke a salesperson’s license; repealing provisions requiring the payment of a fee for the issuance of certain temporary placards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 60 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motorcycles; requiring the holder of an instruction permit to operate a motorcycle who is of a certain age and who applies for a driver’s license to operate a motorcycle to comply with certain requirements for the issuance of the license; setting forth the requirements for the issuance and renewal of an instruction permit to operate a motorcycle; setting forth the requirements for a holder of an instruction permit to operate a motorcycle to apply for a motorcycle driver’s license; requiring a person who has been issued a driver’s license without an endorsement to drive a motorcycle to pass a certain test or course of instruction under certain circumstances before driving a motorcycle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 261 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions relating to the distribution of the proceeds of taxes on aviation fuel and fuel for jet or turbine-powered aircraft; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 64 — Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the requirements for registering certain commercial motor vehicles; revising procedures for registration, renewal of registration and revocation of registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles relating to certain commercial motor vehicles and motor carriers who are subject to certain out-of-service orders; authorizing a peace officer to impound or seize the license plates from certain commercial motor vehicles operated by a motor carrier who is subject to certain out-of-service orders; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 31 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to dentistry; requiring the Board of Dental Examiners of Nevada to appoint a panel to review investigations and informal hearings conducted by an investigator of the Board; requiring the review and consideration of the findings and recommendations of a review panel before disciplinary action is taken against a person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 256 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the protection of children; requiring a court to consider whether an agency which provides child welfare services has created an in-home safety plan for the protection of a child in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 237 — Senators Harris and Gansert. Approved May 26, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to tobacco products; revising provisions governing the reporting and disclosure of certain information relating to sales of cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco in and into this State; requiring the submission of certain monthly reports relating to the sale, transfer, shipment or delivery in or into this State of cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco; providing that an importer is jointly and severally liable for such monthly reports; providing that certain information reported to the Department of Taxation or the Attorney General relating to sales of cigarettes is confidential; requiring a nonparticipating manufacturer to post a bond approved by the Attorney General and revising the amount of such a bond; revising provisions governing the circumstances under which a nonparticipating manufacturer and its brand families may be denied listing in or removed from the directory of manufacturers and brand families created and maintained by the Department; revising provisions relating to the assignment to the State of the interest of a manufacturer in money in a qualified escrow fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 62 — Committee on Taxation. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; expanding the purposes for which the money in a county fund for medical assistance to indigent persons may be used; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 65 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to land use planning; setting forth legislative findings and declarations concerning certain changes in zoning and development standards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 393 — Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Carlton, Carrillo, Edwards; and Bilbray-Axelrod. Joint Sponsor: Senator Manendo. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to days of observance; requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 16 to be “Sarah Winnemucca Day” in Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 435 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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187 |
AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; revising provisions governing taxation of the sale, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property by a licensed veterinarian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 439 — Assemblymen Araujo, Brooks, Diaz; Bustamante Adams and Oscarson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Kieckhefer, Cannizzaro, Parks, Manendo; Atkinson, Ford, Hammond and Woodhouse. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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188 |
AN ACT relating to children; authorizing a court to order certain tests for the typing of blood or taking of specimens for the genetic identification of a child in need of protection, the natural mother of such a child or the alleged father of such a child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 459 — Assemblyman Frierson. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the state personnel system; revising provisions governing the temporary limited appointment of persons with disabilities by state agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 192 — Assemblymen Sprinkle; Benitez-Thompson and Frierson. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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190 |
AN ACT relating to public employees; providing, with limited exceptions, that communications between parties during a peer support counseling session for law enforcement or public safety personnel are confidential and not admissible in certain proceedings; conferring upon certain law enforcement and public safety personnel, with limited exceptions, a privilege to refuse to disclose those communications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 301 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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191 |
AN ACT relating to marriage; providing for the issuance of a certificate of vow renewal; authorizing certain persons to perform a marriage; authorizing a county clerk to establish a course for certain persons authorized to perform a marriage; revising various provisions governing the performance of marriages; increasing the penalty for certain crimes related to performing marriages; revising provisions related to certain fees for the issuance of a marriage license; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 365 — Assemblywomen Cohen; and Swank. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to reports; eliminating requirements to submit certain reports by or to certain governmental entities; requiring certain information be posted on the Internet websites of the Public Employee’s Retirement System and the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 464 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing additional uses of the proceeds of a tax for infrastructure by certain smaller counties; requiring periodic reviews of the plan for the use of the proceeds of such a tax by certain smaller counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 54 — Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local governmental financial administration; revising provisions governing the authority of a governing body of a local government to transfer money from an enterprise fund to the general fund of the local government for the purpose of subsidizing the general fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 78 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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195 |
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring certain accommodations be made for voters who are disabled or not physically able to wait in line to vote; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 117 — Senators Settelmeyer, Roberson, Kieckhefer, Harris, Gansert; Atkinson, Cannizzaro, Denis, Ford, Goicoechea, Gustavson, Hammond, Hardy, Manendo, Parks, Ratti, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local law enforcement agencies; revising provisions governing the fees charged by a sheriff or constable; prohibiting a deputy constable from being a bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 182 — Senator Parks (by request). Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to discrimination; revising existing provisions that prohibit various types of discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 188 — Senators Parks; Cannizzaro and Ford. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; revising provisions relating to the filling of vacancies on the executive board of a unit-owners’ association; revising provisions relating to the procedure for electing the executive board of such an association; revising provisions governing the transfer of special declarant’s rights in certain circumstances; revising provisions governing meetings of the executive board of a unit-owners’ association; requiring a unit-owners’ association to maintain directors and officers insurance; requiring certain disclosures to be included in a public offering statement filed with the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry by a developer of time shares; revising provisions governing the management of a time-share plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 195 — Senator Harris. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to gaming; providing that certain laws governing pari-mutuel wagering on a race or sporting event apply to pari-mutuel wagering on other events; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 240 — Senator Harris. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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200 |
AN ACT relating to special license plates; deleting provisions which require the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue license plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of Nevada’s admission into the Union; authorizing a person to renew those license plates under certain circumstances; setting forth the amount of the fee for renewal; providing for the distribution of those fees for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 37 — Committee on Transportation. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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201 |
AN ACT relating to water; increasing the limit on the assessment for water distribution expenses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 513 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved May 27, 2017 |
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202 |
AN ACT relating to real property; prohibiting the foreclosure of real property owned by certain military personnel or their dependents in certain circumstances; prohibiting the foreclosure of a lien against a unit in a common-interest community owned by certain military personnel or their dependents in certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 33 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 29, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the National Guard; conferring certain protections upon the members of the National Guard of another state concerning the unlawful termination of employment of those members in this State; authorizing a member of the Nevada National Guard or a member of the National Guard of another state to bring a civil action concerning his or her unlawful termination under certain circumstances; revising the remedies available to a member of the Nevada National Guard or a member of the National Guard of another state whose employment is unlawfully terminated; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 337 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Approved May 29, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to special license plates; providing for the issuance of special license plates inscribed with the international symbol of access to a veteran with a qualifying service-connected disability under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 141 — Senators Hardy; and Gustavson. Approved May 29, 2017 |
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205 |
AN ACT relating to veterans; establishing a standard for evidence of eligibility for any benefit, program or assistance provided to a veteran with a service-connected disability; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 191 — Senators Cannizzaro, Cancela, Segerblom, Parks, Spearman; Manendo and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Joiner, Spiegel and Yeager. Approved May 29, 2017 |
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AN ACT making supplemental appropriations to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for projected shortfalls for adoption subsidies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 519 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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207 |
AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Nevada Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety for a projected shortfall related to higher than anticipated costs for providing protective services for dignitaries visiting the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 525 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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208 |
AN ACT making supplemental appropriations to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for projected shortfalls related to child and adolescent services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 526 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety for a projected shortfall for activities related to reimbursements for the 2017 floods; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 495 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for a projected shortfall related to credit card processing fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 496 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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211 |
AN ACT relating to interpreters; requiring the adoption of regulations providing for the registration of court interpreters and governing the circumstances under which a court or juvenile court must proceed if a certified or registered court interpreter is not available; replacing the term “person with a language barrier” with “person with limited English proficiency”; removing provisions relating to alternate court interpreters; making various other changes to provisions relating to court interpreters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 125 — Assemblywoman Diaz. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to children; requiring a court to enter an order setting forth certain findings that enable a child to apply for status as a special immigrant juvenile with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security upon a determination that evidence exists to support such findings; authorizing a court to appoint or extend the appointment of a guardian of the person for a ward or proposed ward seeking such status in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 142 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; providing for an endorsement that a teacher, administrator or other educational personnel may obtain in cultural competency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 196 — Assemblymen McCurdy II, Diaz, Thompson, Flores; Brooks, Jauregui, Joiner and Miller. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ratti; and Segerblom. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to establish a statewide framework for providing integrated student supports for pupils enrolled in public schools and the families of such pupils; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to take certain action to provide academic and nonacademic supports for pupils enrolled in the school district or charter school and the families of such pupils; requiring any request for proposals issued by a local educational agency for integrated student supports to include provisions requiring a provider of integrated student support services to comply with the protocol for providing integrated student supports established by the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 275 — Assemblywomen Spiegel and Diaz. Joint Sponsors: Senators Parks and Manendo. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to educational personnel; requiring the State Board of Education to develop nonbinding recommendations for the pupil-teacher ratio in public schools for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 312 — Assemblymen Miller, Spiegel, Ohrenschall, Carrillo; Araujo, Brooks, Daly, Diaz, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno, Neal and Thompson. Joint Sponsor: Senator Segerblom. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; providing that certain phrases relating to a claim for compensation may be used interchangeably; authorizing an injured employee to obtain an independent medical examination under certain circumstances; setting forth the manner in which a vocational rehabilitation counselor is to be appointed; increasing the amount of medical benefits required to be paid during the first 12 months after a claim is opened; revising provisions relating to permanent partial disability; revising provisions concerning the payment in lump sum for a permanent partial disability; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 458 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental agencies; authorizing local governments and other governmental entities to use the services of the Central Mailing Room operated by the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 38 — Committee on Education. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; revising provisions governing background checks of operators, employees and certain adult residents of a child care facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 46 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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219 |
AN ACT relating to controlled substances; requiring the uploading of certain information to the database of the program developed by the State Board of Pharmacy and the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety to monitor prescriptions for certain controlled substances; authorizing an employee of a law enforcement agency or a coroner, medical examiner or deputy thereof who meets certain requirements to access the database of the program; expanding the scope of the program to include certain additional controlled substances; requiring a practitioner to obtain a patient utilization report before prescribing certain controlled substances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 59 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial security; creating the Nevada Task Force on Financial Security to conduct a comprehensive examination during the 2017-2018 legislative interim of the financial security of individuals and families in Nevada; prescribing the powers and duties of the Task Force; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 118 — Senator Ford (by request). Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to drugs; prohibiting a person from knowingly selling or offering to sell a material, compound, mixture or preparation containing dextromethorphan to a minor under certain circumstances; prohibiting a minor from knowingly purchasing any material, compound, mixture or preparation containing dextromethorphan under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 159 — Senator Farley. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to counties; revising the authority of a county treasurer to use a facsimile signature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 245 — Senators Parks; and Ratti (by request). Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Kramer. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to school personnel; revising provisions relating to the dismissal of a probationary employee of a school district; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 273 — Senator Goicoechea (by request). Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Ellison. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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224 |
AN ACT relating to marriage; authorizing a mayor to perform a marriage under certain circumstances; prohibiting a mayor from accepting any fee or anything of value for performing a marriage, except for nonmonetary gifts of nominal value; revising various provisions governing the performance of marriages; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 279 — Senator Settelmeyer; and Roberson. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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225 |
AN ACT relating to cemeteries; clarifying that certain cemeteries must operate as endowment care cemeteries; prescribing the frequency with which the trustee of an endowment care fund of a cemetery must make disbursements; authorizing a cemetery authority to operate an endowment care fund as a unitrust; requiring the trustee of an endowment care fund to pay all capital gains taxes imposed on the fund from the principal of the fund; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 295 — Senators Roberson, Atkinson and Ford. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to wages; authorizing an agency to provide personal care services in the home and its employee to enter into a written agreement to exclude from the employee’s wages payment for certain specified periods; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 318 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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227 |
AN ACT relating to contractors; revising provisions governing the statute of limitations to bring an action against an original contractor for the recovery of certain wages and benefits; revising provisions relating to mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien claimants; creating the notification requirement that a potential claimant to indebtedness for labor must provide to an original contractor or subcontractor; revising provisions relating to the liability of an original contractor for indebtedness incurred by a subcontractor for labor costs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 338 — Senator Settelmeyer. Approved May 30, 2017 |
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228 |
AN ACT making supplemental appropriations to the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for a projected shortfall for activities related to higher than anticipated costs for fire suppression and emergency response and conservation camp crews working on nonreimbursable flooding related projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 524 — Committee on Finance. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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229 |
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; repealing certain reporting requirements of the State Board of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation; repealing a requirement that the Administrator of the Employment Security Division print for distribution to the public certain regulations, rules, reports and other materials relating to unemployment compensation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 12 — Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; authorizing a court to set a second or third hearing on an extended order for protection under certain circumstances; requiring the service of certain documents related to an application for an extended order of protection; extending the time that a temporary order for protection remains in effect under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 177 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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231 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing a court in certain circumstances to reduce any mandatory minimum period of incarceration which is required to be served by a person who is convicted as an adult for an offense committed when he or she was less than 18 years of age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 218 — Assemblyman Hambrick. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to receiverships; enacting the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 235 — Assemblymen Monroe-Moreno, Cohen, Ohrenschall, Watkins, Carrillo; Jauregui and Yeager. Joint Sponsor: Senator Segerblom. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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233 |
AN ACT relating to guardianships; authorizing a court having jurisdiction of the guardianship of a ward to assume jurisdiction of a trust of which the ward is currently a beneficiary who is receiving or is entitled to receive distributions in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the filing of a verified inventory by a general or special guardian of the estate; requiring a guardian of the estate to obtain court approval before submitting an irrevocable trust to the jurisdiction of the court in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 254 — Assemblymen Yeager and Sprinkle. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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234 |
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; revising provisions governing employment with a department of juvenile justice services; authorizing a department of juvenile justice services to terminate the employment of certain persons after providing the employee reasonable time to correct information or resolve certain pending charges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 411 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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235 |
AN ACT relating to procedure in criminal cases; requiring the joinder of certain misdemeanors with certain felonies or gross misdemeanors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 412 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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236 |
AN ACT relating to search warrants; setting forth certain requirements relating to the search of the property of an attorney; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 444 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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237 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; establishing the procedure for a written conditional plea agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 453 — Assemblyman Yeager. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to professions; prohibiting the injection of neuromodulators derived from Clostridium botulinum, neuromodulators that are biosimilar to or the bioequivalent of such neuromodulators and dermal and soft tissue fillers by certain persons and under certain conditions; authorizing the imposition of professional discipline against persons who violate such a prohibition; requiring certain persons to receive training before injecting neuromodulators derived from Clostridium botulinum, neuromodulators that are biosimilar to or the bioequivalent of such neuromodulators or dermal or soft tissue fillers; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 101 — Senator Hardy. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; establishing as part of the Solar Energy Systems Incentive Program a program for the payment of incentives for the installation of certain energy storage systems; creating the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program; revising provisions relating to the payment of incentives to participants in the Solar Energy Systems Incentive Program, the Wind Energy Systems Demonstration Program and the Waterpower Energy Systems Demonstration Program; repealing provisions requiring each electric utility to create a Lower Income Solar Energy Pilot Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 145 — Senator Spearman. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to investigate and establish biennial targets for certain electric utilities to procure energy storage systems if certain criteria are satisfied; requiring energy storage systems procured by an electric utility to satisfy such targets to meet certain criteria; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 204 — Senators Atkinson, Spearman; Cancela, Goicoechea, Manendo and Segerblom. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising the circumstances under which the holder of a driver’s license or identification card must report a name change to the Department of Motor Vehicles; enacting provisions authorizing the holder of a driver’s license or identification card to request a name change upon the occurrence of certain events; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 215 — Senators Woodhouse, Manendo, Parks, Spearman, Cancela; Cannizzaro, Denis, Ford, Ratti and Segerblom. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring a court to appoint an attorney to represent a child in certain proceedings; providing for the compensation of the attorney; excluding certain persons from appointment as a guardian ad litem; increasing the maximum amount of the fee that a board of county commissioners may impose for recording certain documents; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 305 — Senators Ratti, Ford, Segerblom, Manendo, Parks; Atkinson, Cancela, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to drivers; revising the duties of a driver upon approaching or being approached by certain emergency vehicles and other vehicles displaying flashing lights; revising the duties of a law enforcement officer upon finding certain unattended or disabled vehicles or property; revising the duties of a driver upon approaching a traffic incident; revising the duties of the driver of a vehicle that crashes and causes only property damage to a vehicle or other property; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 312 — Senator Manendo. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to renewable energy; revising provisions concerning restrictions or requirements imposed by the governing body of a local government on the installation of a system for obtaining wind energy; specifying that a governing body is not precluded from denying the issuance of a permit for the installation of a system for obtaining wind energy under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 314 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; revising the provisions governing the requirements for the issuance of vintage license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 339 — Senator Settelmeyer. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the preparation of a report relating to Medicaid recipients and access to employer-based health insurance; creating the Advisory Committee on Medicaid Innovation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 366 — Senator Cancela. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to professional entities; prohibiting owners of certain professional entities from engaging in certain acts relating to the professional services provided by persons engaged in the practice of medicine, homeopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine or psychology; revising provisions governing the formation of professional entities to provide specific types of professional services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 163 — Senator Farley. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Araujo. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; revising the manner in which an association is required to provide notice of a change in the governing documents of the association; revising provisions governing the cancellation of a resale of a home or unit in a common-interest community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 255 — Senator Denis. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to sellers of travel; making permanent the repeal of provisions requiring certain sellers of travel to register and deposit security with the Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Business and Industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 311 — Senator Settelmeyer. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to regional planning; authorizing the regional planning coalition in certain counties to designate the regional transportation commission to administer the comprehensive regional policy plan; eliminating the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 422 — Senator Manendo. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to general improvement districts; authorizing a board of county commissioners to create a committee to review general improvement districts in the county; establishing certain requirements for such a committee; requiring a general improvement district to submit certain requested information to such a committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 462 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; requiring certain members of the Commission for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels to reside in a unit within this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 476 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising provisions governing the deposit and use of certain money received by the Administrator of the Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 515 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; revising the eligibility requirements for a child to receive assistance from the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 510 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to Oriental medicine; exempting certain physicians from the provisions governing Oriental medicine; providing that members of the State Board of Oriental Medicine serve at the pleasure of the Governor; revising the membership of the Board; requiring the Board to submit a biannual report to the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 466 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal records; revising provisions governing the sealing of the criminal records of a person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 125 — Senator Ford. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Frierson. Approved May 31, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; defining the term “obesity” as a chronic disease; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report on obesity; requiring certain school districts to collect data concerning the height and weight of pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 165 — Senator Denis. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Oscarson. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to liability for motor vehicles; increasing the amount of coverage that must be provided by a policy of insurance and certain bonds that are required for a motor vehicle in this State; increasing the minimum amount of money required to satisfy certain judgments relating to a crash involving a motor vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 308 — Senators Harris, Ford, Cancela, Settelmeyer, Roberson; Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Gansert, Goicoechea, Hardy, Kieckhefer, Manendo, Parks, Ratti, Segerblom, Spearman and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Watkins, Pickard, Frierson, Yeager; Araujo, Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Carlton, Cohen, Daly, Diaz, Edwards, Flores, Fumo, Hambrick, Jauregui, Joiner, Kramer, McCurdy II, Monroe-Moreno, Ohrenschall, Spiegel, Sprinkle, Swank, Thompson and Tolles. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to industrial hemp; authorizing the growth and handling of industrial hemp and the production of agricultural hemp seed in certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 396 — Senators Spearman, Segerblom, Parks; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Farley, Ford, Ratti and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Brooks and Carrillo. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to agriculture; authorizing a governing body of a city or county to establish an urban agriculture zone; providing that a master plan may include an urban agricultural element; authorizing a board of county commissioners or a governing body of a city to allow the use of vacant city- or county-owned land for community gardening; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 429 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; authorizing any registered voter to request absent ballots for all elections held during the year he or she requests an absent ballot; authorizing a registered voter with a physical disability or who is at least 65 years of age to request absent ballots for all elections held after submission of the request; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 447 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to personal financial administration; enacting the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 454 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions concerning the penalty for acts of open or gross lewdness or open and indecent or obscene exposure committed in the presence of a child or a vulnerable person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 473 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to children; requiring certain health care providers to notify an agency which provides child welfare services that a newborn infant has been affected by a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 480 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; revising provisions that exclude certain school administrators from membership in a bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 493 — Senators Parks, Ford, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to forestry; revising provisions governing logging and related activities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 499 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local improvements; providing for the creation of certain local improvement districts that include an energy efficiency improvement project or a renewable energy project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 5 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to State Government; revising qualifications for certain members of the State Public Works Board; revising qualifications for administrators of certain divisions of State Government; providing that the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State; authorizing the Chief Medical Officer to maintain a clinical practice under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 41 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to mental health; providing for the certification and regulation of providers of community-based living arrangement services; requiring a person or entity to consider certain factors when determining the placement of a person with a mental illness or a person with a related condition; clarifying that providers of community-based living arrangement services, supported living arrangement services and temporary respite services are not subject to certain licensing and regulatory requirements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 46 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public safety; revising provisions relating to the photograph on a driver’s license; revising provisions governing the licensure and operation of schools for training drivers; revising provisions relating to the fees paid by a person 65 years of age or older for an identification card; revising provisions relating to the issuance of a commercial driver’s license to a person who is not a resident of this State; revising provisions relating to the issuance of traffic citations; setting forth exceptions to certain restrictions on the placement of advertising on or near certain highways, rights-of-way, bridges or structures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 68 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; requiring certain employers to provide reasonable break times and a place for an employee who is a nursing mother to express breast milk; prohibiting an employer from retaliating against an employee for certain actions relating to this requirement; authorizing a public employee who is aggrieved by an employer’s failure to comply with this requirement or for retaliation by the employer to file a complaint; requiring the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board to provide for an expedited review of such complaints by local government employees; exempting certain small employers and contractors from this requirement; authorizing the Labor Commissioner to enforce the requirement against a private employer; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 113 — Assemblywoman Spiegel. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to water; authorizing the de minimus collection of precipitation for nonpotable domestic use and, under certain circumstances, to provide water to wildlife; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 138 — Assemblywoman Carlton (by request). Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration to conduct an evaluation on installing alternatives to window replacement before replacing windows in certain public buildings; extending the maximum length of the terms of certain performance, lease-purchase and installment-purchase contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 160 — Assemblywoman Swank. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial services; requiring a person who is licensed to operate certain loan services to verify a customer’s ability to repay the loan before making certain short-term loans to the customer; requiring a person who makes a deferred deposit loan to offer an extended payment plan under certain circumstances; providing that certain contracts for the lease of an animal are subject to certain requirements imposed on high-interest loans; revising provisions governing defaults, lengths of term and grace periods relating to certain short-term loans; requiring certain notices to be posted by a person who is licensed to operate certain loan services; revising the requirements for making a title loan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 163 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to massage therapy; changing the name of the Board of Massage Therapists to the Board of Massage Therapy; authorizing the Board to issue a license and a temporary license to practice reflexology and structural integration; requiring the Board to adopt regulations concerning the certification of a massage, reflexology and structural integration establishment; authorizing a local government to license and regulate a massage, reflexology and structural integration establishment; requiring that the Board consist of nine members; requiring the Board to adopt certain additional regulations; providing that a license is valid for 2 years; increasing the fee amount for the renewal of a license; creating a fee for the issuance and renewal of the certification of a massage, reflexology and structural integration establishment; authorizing the Board to establish different fee amounts for different types of licenses; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 179 — Assemblywoman Carlton. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public accommodations; providing that counties and cities must include in building codes or adopt by ordinance a requirement that certain buildings and facilities used by the public be equipped with one or more baby changing tables; requiring the board of trustees of any school district that adopts a building code to include such a provision in the code; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 241 — Assemblymen Frierson, Watkins; Araujo and Bilbray-Axelrod. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing for the vacating of a judgment of conviction and sealing of records of a victim of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 243 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the principal of a public school to submit a monthly report to his or her direct supervisor that includes certain information relating to reports of bullying or cyber-bullying; requiring the direct supervisor of a principal to report certain information relating to reports of bullying or cyber-bullying to the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment each quarter; revising provisions relating to the notification of the parents or guardians of the pupils involved in a reported incident of bullying or cyber-bullying; requiring the board of trustees of a school district to reassign a pupil who is a victim of bullying or cyber-bullying to a different school upon request of the parent or guardian of the pupil; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 292 — Assemblymen Carrillo, Fumo, Ohrenschall, Joiner; and Swank. Joint Sponsor: Senator Manendo. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults with Special Needs to conduct a study during the 2017-2018 interim concerning standards of training for unlicensed persons who provide care at certain facilities or homes or through certain agencies or providers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 299 — Assemblymen Cohen; Jauregui, Ohrenschall and Swank. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to autism; revising certain provisions relating to eligibility for services provided or coordinated by the Autism Treatment Assistance Program within the Aging and Disabilities Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services; redefining the term “autism spectrum disorder” for certain purposes; requiring an insurer to reimburse an early intervention agency for certain services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 304 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health insurance; prohibiting an insurer from taking certain actions concerning prescription drugs covered by certain policies of health insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 381 — Assemblywoman Spiegel. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public lands; establishing the last Saturday in September of each year as “Public Lands Day” in the State of Nevada; authorizing the Governor to issue annually a proclamation encouraging the observance of Public Lands Day; requiring the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to allow residents of this State to enter, camp and boat in all state parks and recreational areas in this State without the payment of any fees during Public Lands Day; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 449 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; abolishing the Advisory Committee on Housing; abolishing the Subcommittee on Personal Assistance for Persons with Severe Functional Disabilities of the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 126 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public affairs; increasing the penalties for willful violations of certain provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 148 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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285 |
AN ACT relating to marriage; providing that a marriage license and a certificate of marriage may include the name to be used by each spouse after the marriage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 204 — Assemblymen Tolles; Bilbray-Axelrod, Bustamante Adams, Edwards, Frierson, Jauregui, Joiner, Krasner, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Ohrenschall, Oscarson, Pickard, Spiegel, Titus, Wheeler and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Gansert; Cannizzaro, Ford, Hardy, Parks and Segerblom. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to gaming; revising the boundaries of the Las Vegas Boulevard gaming corridor; providing for the expiration of the designation of certain locations as a gaming enterprise district; creating the Historic Las Vegas Gaming District; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 219 — Assemblywoman Swank. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; authorizing certain types of insurance and insurers to give certain items and gifts not to exceed $100 in aggregate value per policyholder or insured or prospective policyholder or insured in any 1 calendar year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 244 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to regional development; revising provisions relating to the creation of a local improvement district; authorizing the governing bodies of two or more municipalities to jointly create a tax increment area under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 246 — Assemblymen Kramer; Benitez-Thompson, Daly, Hansen and Titus (by request). Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business practices; making the charging of certain fees a deceptive trade practice; revising provisions governing deceptive trade practices relating to gift certificates or gift cards; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 361 — Assemblyman Carrillo. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state purchasing; authorizing the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration to appoint a General Counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 477 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to new vehicle dealers; authorizing a new vehicle dealer to file, under certain circumstances, a claim for compensation with a manufacturer of motor vehicles relating to a used vehicle held by the new vehicle dealer which is subject to a stop-sale order or do-not-drive order; requiring a manufacturer of motor vehicles to provide compensation to a new vehicle dealer for the used vehicle under certain circumstances; establishing a rate for that compensation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 410 — Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to internal audits; eliminating the requirement for the appointment of a Manager of Internal Controls to the Division of Internal Audits of the Office of Finance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 481 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state purchasing; transferring the administration of the Program to Encourage and Facilitate Purchases by Agencies of Commodities and Services From Organizations from the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 483 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to confidential information; revising provisions concerning certain personal information contained in the records of a county assessor; authorizing certain persons and entities to request that certain personal information contained in the records of a county assessor, county recorder, the Secretary of State or a county or city clerk remain confidential; authorizing disclosure of such confidential information in certain circumstances; authorizing the denial of a request for such confidential information in certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to request that the Department of Motor Vehicles display an alternate address on the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license or identification card; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations; providing civil and criminal penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 79 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a school district to lease school buses or vehicles belonging to the school district in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 164 — Senator Farley. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; revising provisions authorizing an employee, agent or community manager of a unit-owner’s association to enter the grounds of certain units under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 239 — Senator Harris. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to hunting; requiring certain airports, airplane landing fields or heliports used in the transportation of game, hunters or hunting equipment to be accessible by a public road; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 370 — Senator Goicoechea. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to personal services; requiring a person to obtain a license from the State Board of Health to operate an employment agency that contracts with persons to provide certain nonmedical services to certain persons in the home; requiring the Board to adopt regulations establishing standards for the licensing of such employment agencies; prohibiting an employment agency from contracting with a person to provide certain nonmedical services to certain persons in the home if that person has not submitted a set of fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 388 — Senators Gansert, Hardy, Gustavson, Harris, Cancela; Cannizzaro, Goicoechea, Kieckhefer, Ratti, Segerblom, Settelmeyer, Spearman and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Edwards, Ellison; Krasner, Spiegel, Sprinkle, Swank, Tolles and Wheeler. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public lands; establishing the last Saturday in September of each year as “Public Lands Day” in the State of Nevada; authorizing the Governor to issue annually a proclamation encouraging the observance of Public Lands Day; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 413 — Senators Cannizzaro, Segerblom, Ratti, Ford, Cancela; Atkinson, Denis, Farley, Manendo, Parks, Spearman and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Yeager; and Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to physical therapy; changing the name of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners to the Nevada Physical Therapy Board; authorizing the Board to appoint nonvoting advisory members to the Board; authorizing the Board to issue citations for certain violations; changing the designation of physical therapists’ assistants and physical therapists’ technicians; revising the membership and duties of the Board; requiring the Board to elect certain officers annually; amending provisions governing the supervision and authorized activities of physical therapist technicians; revising provisions governing the supervision of physical therapist assistants; exempting certain providers of health care from the provisions governing the practice of physical therapy; revising terminology concerning the education of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants; combining similar provisions governing physical therapists and physical therapist assistants; authorizing the licensure by endorsement of physical therapist assistants; removing the requirement that the Board administer an examination to applicants for a license as a physical therapist; revising provisions prohibiting the use of certain names, titles and initials related to the practice of physical therapy; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 437 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to animals; authorizing a county to recover the reasonable cost of care and shelter furnished to an animal impounded by the county under certain circumstances; authorizing a county to take certain other actions relating to an impounded animal; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 371 — Senator Goicoechea. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public employees; making the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program part of the Department of Administration; revising the membership of the Board of the Public Employees’ Benefits Program and the Committee to Administer the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program; revising provisions relating to the procurement process for the Public Employees’ Benefits Program and the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program; making various other changes relating to the Public Employees’ Benefits Program and the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 502 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid; authorizing the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services to impose an assessment on the operators of agencies to provide personal care services in the home and the operators of certain medical facilities; prescribing the authorized uses of the revenue generated by such an assessment; authorizing the Division to impose an administrative penalty against an operator of an agency to provide personal care services in the home or an operator of a medical facility who does not pay an assessment in a timely manner; authorizing the Division to take certain measures to collect an unpaid assessment or administrative penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 509 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 1, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to governmental financial administration; prohibiting certain governmental entities, under certain circumstances, from contracting with companies that boycott Israel; requiring the Public Employees’ Retirement Board to identify and prepare a report concerning investments of money from the Public Employees’ Retirement System in certain companies that boycott Israel; requiring the State Treasurer to prepare similar reports with respect to investments of money from public funds administered by the State Treasurer; limiting the ability of the State Treasurer, under certain circumstances, to invest in companies that boycott Israel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 26 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to marijuana; authorizing the Governor or his or her designee to enter into agreements with Indian tribes in this State relating to the regulation of the use of marijuana; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 375 — Senator Segerblom. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the identification of persons; authorizing the use of a tribal identification card for various purposes; requiring a business that accepts a driver’s license for the purpose of identification to also accept a tribal identification card for that purpose unless otherwise provided by any federal law or regulation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 415 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to cybersecurity; creating the Nevada Office of Cyber Defense Coordination within the Department of Public Safety; providing for the powers and duties of the Office; requiring the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security to consider a certain report of the Office when performing certain duties; providing for the confidentiality of certain information regarding cybersecurity; requiring certain state agencies to comply with the provisions of certain regulations adopted by the Office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 471 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile offenders; authorizing the State Board of Pardons Commissioners to commute the sentence of a person convicted of any crime that the person committed when he or she was less than 18 years of age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 251 — Assemblymen Hambrick; Cohen, Edwards, Fumo and Tolles. Joint Sponsor: Senator Parks. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the court to conduct a hearing as soon as practicable on an application for a writ of habeas corpus relating to a person with mental illness or who is alleged to be a person with mental illness if the application is made before the initial hearing on a petition for the involuntary court-ordered admission of the person; expanding the definition of “person with mental illness”; revising provisions governing the examination and evaluation by a physician or licensed psychologist of a person alleged to be a person with mental illness; requiring a court to transmit an order for involuntary admission to a law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; establishing a procedure for certain hospitals and mental health facilities to request a copy of a court order for involuntary admission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 253 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; authorizing justice courts and municipal courts to suspend the sentence of certain persons convicted of solicitation for prostitution upon the condition that the person complete a program for treatment of persons convicted of solicitation for prostitution; revising provisions and penalties for certain acts relating to prostitution; enacting various provisions pertaining to the program of treatment; providing for the sealing of certain records related to the solicitation of prostitution; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 260 — Assemblymen Tolles, Oscarson; Benitez-Thompson, Hambrick, Krasner, Miller, Pickard, Wheeler, Woodbury and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Gansert, Cannizzaro, Harris and Hardy. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to estates; revising provisions relating to property exempt from a writ of execution; revising provisions relating to nonprobate transfers of property; establishing provisions relating to community property or separate property transferred into an irrevocable trust; revising certain definitions applicable to the administration of an estate; revising provisions relating to the revival of a will and the proving of a will as lost or destroyed; revising provisions concerning contests of wills; authorizing the extension of the period during which an agreement between an heir finder and apparent heir is void and unenforceable; revising provisions concerning special administrators and personal representatives; revising provisions relating to the filing of an inventory and appraisement or record of value of the assets of a decedent; revising provisions governing the presentation of claims against and the sale of real property of an estate; revising provisions relating to the period within which certain actions are performed; authorizing notice to be served by certified mail; revising provisions concerning fiduciaries; revising various provisions governing trusts and trustees; authorizing a person to provide for the burial or cremation of his or her remains in a will or durable power of attorney; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 314 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child care; authorizing the operator of a small child care establishment to register with the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring certain persons who are employed at or otherwise present at a registered small child care establishment to undergo a criminal background check under certain circumstances; authorizing the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department to collect from a child care facility or small child care establishment the costs relating to an investigation of a violation; providing for the inspection of such an establishment; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 346 — Assemblywoman Joiner. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising the procedure for giving instructions to the jury; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 356 — Assemblywoman Neal. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics; enacting the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2015); repealing the Uniform Athletes’ Agents Act; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 372 — Assemblymen Bilbray-Axelrod, Ohrenschall and Cohen. Joint Sponsor: Senator Segerblom. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the determination of death; revising provisions relating to the determination of brain death; revising provisions relating to the use of organ-sustaining treatment on a person determined to be brain dead under certain circumstances; requiring reasonable efforts to be made to inform the family or authorized representative of a person declared brain dead regarding the determination and the potential costs of continuing the administration of organ-sustaining treatment on the person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 424 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; creating the State of Nevada Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life; authorizing the Council to apply for and accept certain money; establishing the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the Department of Health and Human Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 136 — Senators Woodhouse, Ford, Atkinson, Parks, Manendo; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Hardy, Ratti, Segerblom and Spearman. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trade regulations; prohibiting a seller or lessor of consumer goods or services from including certain provisions in form contracts with consumers; authorizing a consumer and certain governmental entities to bring an action for the recovery of civil penalties for violating the prohibition; prohibiting a person from offering certain types of leases; requiring that certain retail installment contracts be subject to the federal Truth in Lending Act; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 185 — Senators Parks; Manendo and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Cohen, Neal, Spiegel and Yeager. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to nursing; authorizing a qualified advanced practice registered nurse to sign, certify, stamp, verify or endorse certain documents requiring the signature, certification, stamp, verification or endorsement of a physician; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to make certain certifications, diagnoses and determinations required to be made by a physician or other provider of health care; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 227 — Senators Woodhouse, Manendo, Parks, Ford, Spearman; Cancela, Denis, Ratti and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carlton, Oscarson and Titus. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to employment; establishing the Nevada Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act; requiring certain employers to provide reasonable accommodations to female employees and applicants for employment for a condition of the employee or applicant relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, except in certain circumstances; prohibiting certain other discriminatory practices by employers relating to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition; authorizing the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to investigate complaints of such unlawful employment practices; requiring the Commission to carry out programs to educate employers and others about certain rights and responsibilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 253 — Senators Cannizzaro, Ratti, Woodhouse, Cancela, Ford; Denis, Farley, Hardy, Manendo, Parks, Segerblom and Spearman. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals; providing that the release of a feral cat that has been vaccinated and spayed or neutered is not an abandonment of the feral cat for the purpose of the prohibition against engaging in cruelty to animals under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 411 — Senator Manendo. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of each charter school and the governing body of each university school for profoundly gifted pupils to adopt a written policy relating to the distribution of and right of expression for pupils working as journalists on pupil publications; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to adopt a similar policy for student publications; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 420 — Senator Cannizzaro. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial planners; imposing a fiduciary duty on broker-dealers, sales representatives and investment advisers who for compensation advise other persons concerning the investment of money; authorizing the Administrator of the Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State to adopt regulations concerning such fiduciary duty; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 383 — Senator Ford. Approved June 2, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid and certain health insurance plans to provide certain benefits relating to reproductive health care, hormone replacement therapy and preventative health care; revising provisions relating to dispensing of contraceptives; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 233 — Senators Ratti, Cancela, Spearman, Cannizzaro, Woodhouse; Atkinson, Denis, Ford, Manendo, Parks and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Benitez-Thompson and Frierson. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to employment; prohibiting an employer, employment agency or labor organization from discriminating against certain persons for inquiring about, discussing or voluntarily disclosing information about wages under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing noncompetition covenants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 276 — Assemblymen Spiegel, Joiner, Diaz; Bilbray-Axelrod, Carlton, Cohen, Miller, Swank, Thompson and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Parks; Manendo and Segerblom. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT providing a charter for the City of Mesquite, in Clark County, Nevada; authorizing the City Council of the City of Mesquite to establish certain fees and impose certain taxes; requiring the City Council to levy a tax upon the assessed value of real and personal property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 56 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; making certain provisions relating to the licensing and regulation of a medical facility applicable to a program of hospice care; revising the definition of the term “psychiatric hospital”; requiring persons who operate or work for psychiatric residential treatment facilities and certain psychiatric hospitals to undergo a criminal background check; revising certain administrative penalties; authorizing the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to take certain actions concerning a facility required by regulation of the State Board of Health to be licensed; amending the procedure by which the Division may impose a penalty or seek an injunction against certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 71 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to financial institutions; converting state-chartered savings and loan associations to savings banks; providing for the oversight and regulation of savings banks by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Business and Industry; establishing requirements for the operation of savings banks; establishing the powers of savings banks; providing for the liquidation, reopening and reorganization of savings banks; providing for the conversion of certain types of financial institutions to savings banks and of savings banks to certain types of financial institutions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 81 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local financial administration; making the provisions of the Local Government Budget and Finance Act applicable to certain housing authorities; revising requirements for certain commissioners and reducing the number of commissioners of a regional housing authority in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 183 — Senators Parks; Manendo and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Bustamante Adams, Carrillo, Neal and Ohrenschall. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to judgments; increasing the percentage of a judgment debtor’s disposable earnings which is exempt from execution under certain circumstances; authorizing a judgment debtor who is a resident of this State to bring a civil action in certain circumstances against a judgment creditor who obtains a writ of garnishment without domesticating a foreign judgment; extending the period for which a writ of garnishment served on an employer of a judgment debtor continues; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 230 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to child welfare; revising provisions governing certain reports of an agency which provides child welfare services concerning a child who is in need of protection; requiring a court to allow a sibling of a child who is found to be in need of protection to inspect certain records; revising provisions concerning agreements for postadoptive contact between a natural parent and a child or the adoptive parents of the child; revising provisions governing a hearing to determine whether to include an order for visitation with a sibling in a decree of adoption; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 274 — Senators Ratti, Farley, Segerblom, Cancela, Parks; Cannizzaro, Denis, Manendo, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; revising provisions relating to the disposition of excess proceeds received from the sale of real property by a county treasurer for delinquent taxes; revising provisions governing agreements to locate, deliver, recover or assist in the recovery of such excess proceeds; revising provisions governing the assessment of common expenses in a common-interest community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 281 — Senator Manendo (by request). Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; prescribing the manner in which the Department of Health and Human Services must calculate the 36-month time period for determining a person’s eligibility for benefits under the Program; requiring the Department to seek a waiver from certain federal requirements concerning eligibility for benefits under the Program under certain circumstances; authorizing the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department to grant exemptions from those requirements and to prioritize certain persons for such an exemption; requiring the Department to create a voluntary workfare program; authorizing the Division to contract with appropriate persons and entities for certain purposes relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; temporarily requiring the Department to consult with certain persons concerning actions of the Federal Government and the Department relating to the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 323 — Senators Cancela, Segerblom, Spearman, Woodhouse, Parks; Cannizzaro, Denis and Farley. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to wildlife; amending the definition of “trap” to exclude certain devices; requiring the Department of Wildlife to develop standard language for certain signs required to be posted in areas in which trapping may occur; requiring, with limited exception, each trap, snare or similar device used by a person in the taking of wild animals which is not registered with the Department, to bear the name and address of the owner; revising the fee to register a trap, snare or similar device; authorizing a person to remove or disturb a trap, snare or similar device under certain circumstances; expanding the requirement that a person who takes or causes to be taken any wild mammals by means of certain traps, snares or similar devices must visit such trap, snare or similar device at a certain frequency to include all traps, snares or similar devices; revising the circumstances under which a person is prohibited from placing or setting a trap, snare or similar device within 200 feet of any public road or highway; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 364 — Senators Parks, Segerblom, Manendo, Spearman; Ratti and Woodhouse. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the plan required of each public school for the progressive discipline and on-site review of disciplinary decisions; requiring each principal to establish a committee to review the temporary alternative placements of certain pupils by a certain date each school year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 386 — Senators Woodhouse, Denis, Segerblom, Ford, Spearman; Atkinson and Cancela. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to improvement districts; revising provisions governing the merger, consolidation or dissolution of certain general improvement districts; repealing the Nevada Improvement District Act; creating the Douglas County Lake Tahoe Sewer Authority and its governing Board of Trustees; setting forth the powers and duties of and procedures governing the Authority and the Board; abolishing Douglas County Sewer Improvement District No. 1; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 471 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; prescribing certain requirements relating to the zoning of certain facilities that provide residential care; requiring certain residential facilities for groups to be equipped with a fire sprinkler system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 477 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a public high school to require each pupil, with certain exceptions, to take an examination in civics; requiring, at a later date, each public high school to require each pupil, with certain exceptions, to take such an examination as a requirement for graduation from high school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 322 — Senator Denis. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to protection of children; requiring school employees and volunteers to report the abuse or neglect of a child and certain other prohibited acts; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to investigate such a report and forward a substantiated report to the Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child; authorizing a person to appeal the substantiation of such a report; revising certain provisions concerning background checks conducted on certain educational personnel and volunteers; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 287 — Senators Gansert, Roberson, Cannizzaro, Parks; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Farley, Ford, Goicoechea, Gustavson, Hammond, Hardy, Harris, Manendo, Ratti, Settelmeyer, Spearman and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Benitez-Thompson, Tolles and Yeager. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pharmacies; requiring certain pharmacies in this State to post or provide written instructions for the safe disposal of unused drugs; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 171 — Senators Gansert; Cancela, Ford, Harris, Manendo, Parks and Segerblom. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Tolles. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public employment; providing generally that the criminal history of an applicant or other qualified person under consideration for a position in the unclassified or classified service of the State may be considered only under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Administrator, when examining an applicant for a position in the classified service of the State, from considering the criminal history of the applicant; providing that, except in certain circumstances, the criminal history of a person may serve as the basis for the Administrator to refuse to certify an applicant or for rescission of a conditional offer of employment in the unclassified or classified service of the State only after consideration of certain factors relating to the criminal history of the person; providing for written notice to a person if the criminal history of the person is the basis for the Administrator’s refusal to certify the person or for the rescission of a conditional offer of employment; establishing similar provisions relating to the consideration by the governing body of a county, incorporated city or unincorporated town of the criminal history of an applicant for employment by a county, incorporated city or unincorporated town; authorizing the filing of a complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 384 — Assemblymen Thompson, McCurdy II, Flores, Araujo, Carrillo; Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Carlton, Daly, Frierson, Fumo, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Ohrenschall, Sprinkle and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ford, Atkinson, Spearman, Cancela, Parks; Denis, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Approved June 3, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the membership of the English Mastery Council; revising provisions concerning reporting and monitoring of criminal cases and actions taken pursuant to criminal convictions of certain charter school employees and applicants for employment; revising provisions relating to the suspension of a license to teach; revising provisions relating to the qualifications for the issuance of a license to teach middle school, junior high school education or secondary education; revising provisions relating to reciprocal licensure; providing that teachers and other educational personnel may obtain a license to teach pupils in a program of early childhood education; revising provisions governing the assignment of certain teachers and administrators; revising provisions governing the Commission on Professional Standards in Education; requiring that any cost associated with employing a substitute teacher while a teacher who is a member of certain councils or commissions attends meetings must be paid by certain persons or governmental entities; transferring, from the State Board of Education to the Commission on Professional Standards in Education, responsibility for prescribing standards for approval of a course of study or training offered by an educational institution to qualify a person to be a teacher or administrator or perform other educational functions; authorizing the Department of Education to waive certain fees for licensure for certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their spouses; requiring each school district to submit to the Department the overall performance rating for each licensed employee employed by the district; revising provisions relating to professional development training; authorizing the Department to charge and collect certain fees for the monitoring of certain criminal cases; authorizing the Department to charge and collect a fee to review certain information submitted by a prospective applicant for licensure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 77 — Committee on Education. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state governmental procurement; requiring the Administrator of the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration to establish by regulation a program of certification of vendors who pay equal pay for equal work without regard to gender; requiring the Purchasing Division to include the certification of such a vendor in certain records; authorizing a certified vendor to include its certification in advertising and promotional materials; providing a limited bidding preference for certified vendors under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 106 — Assemblywoman Spiegel. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to pupil data as a component of the statewide performance evaluation system for employees; requiring certain educational personnel to develop learning goals for pupils to measure pupil growth; providing for a review of the statewide performance evaluation system and the manner in which a school carries out certain evaluations; increasing the percentage of an evaluation of certain educational personnel that is based on pupil growth; revising the manner in which such evaluations are conducted; revising provisions relating to the number of evaluations that certain educational personnel are required to receive; revising provisions relating to the Teachers and Leaders Council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 320 — Assemblymen Frierson and Fumo. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; extending the duration of the Victory schools program; requiring the Department of Education to consult with the board of trustees of a school district when designating Victory schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 447 — Committee on Education. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to real property; requiring certain rental agreements to contain certain disclosures; creating certain presumptions with respect to certain crimes involving real property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 161 — Assemblyman Flores. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motor carriers; requiring certain motor carriers of passengers which transport certain persons with disabilities to ensure that each vehicle used for the transport is equipped with first-aid equipment and to provide each driver of the vehicle training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 234 — Assemblymen Fumo, Watkins, Frierson, Carrillo, Yeager; Araujo, Brooks, Cohen, Daly, Flores, Hambrick, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Ohrenschall, Pickard, Spiegel, Sprinkle and Thompson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ford and Woodhouse. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local government; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county and the city council or governing body of an incorporated city to adopt an ordinance requiring certain hosting platforms and owners and lessees of property who use hosting platforms to submit quarterly reports to the county or city; prescribing the contents of such a report; authorizing the issuance of a subpoena to a hosting platform, owner or lessee for the production of certain documents, records or materials; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 321 — Assemblymen Swank; Araujo, Bustamante Adams, Carlton, Carrillo, Daly, Fumo, Jauregui, Watkins and Yeager. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing that a voter may not be compelled to reveal under oath how he or she voted at any election; providing for the inspection during a contested election of certain records printed on paper of ballots voted by using a mechanical recording device; revising the method of counting ballots during a recount of an election; amending provisions specifying grounds upon which any election may be contested; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 418 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to days of observance; designating “Peace Week” in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 461 — Assemblyman Thompson. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; delaying the prospective expiration of certain provisions governing the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 473 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to purchasing; authorizing the assessment of an administrative fee on vendors of supplies, materials, equipment and services procured by the Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 480 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to school vehicles; revising the definition of a school bus for certain purposes; authorizing a school district to lease school buses or vehicles belonging to the school district in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the inspection of school buses; requiring new school buses purchased on or after a certain date be equipped with safety belts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 485 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing participation by public schools in the Breakfast After the Bell Program that provides breakfast to certain pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 3 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to unclaimed property; revising provisions governing the publication of information concerning certain unclaimed and abandoned property and the sale of such property; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 10 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business; removing the exemption from the requirement to obtain a state business registration for businesses whose primary purpose is to create or produce motion pictures; revising provisions governing the examination of the records required to be maintained by registered agents; revising the requirement for certain charitable organizations to register with the Secretary of State before soliciting charitable contributions in this State; revising provisions governing the reinstatement of the charter of a corporation sole; revising provisions governing the examination of the records required to be maintained by certain business entities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 41 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid; authorizing the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to include in Medicaid managed care plans a voluntary program through which certain governmental entities and Indian tribes may obtain supplemental payments for providing ground emergency medical transportation services to recipients of Medicaid; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 60 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; requiring certain state agencies and regulatory bodies to include certain questions on the forms used to collect data from a veteran; removing the prospective expiration of the Account to Assist Veterans Who Have Suffered Sexual Trauma and the duty of the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to develop plans and programs to assist veterans who have suffered sexual trauma; eliminating the requirement to transfer any remaining balance in the Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 137 — Senators Woodhouse, Spearman, Parks, Hardy, Ford; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Manendo, Ratti and Segerblom. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to local improvements; authorizing the creation of a local improvement district for a waterfront maintenance project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 138 — Senator Hardy. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring that payments for treatment relating solely to mental health or the abuse of alcohol or drugs be made directly to certain providers of that treatment; requiring a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor to be directly reimbursed for providing treatment under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the accreditation of medical facilities and facilities for the dependent for the purpose of determining whether an insured person is entitled to benefits for certain treatment provided at such facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 262 — Senator Farley. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pharmacists; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations pertaining to the collection of specimens and performance of certain laboratory tests by a registered pharmacist; authorizing a registered pharmacist to manipulate a person for the collection of specimens; authorizing a registered pharmacist to perform certain laboratory tests without obtaining certification as an assistant in a medical laboratory; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 337 — Senator Settelmeyer. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to court reporters; revising the qualifications for a certificate of registration as a court reporter; authorizing the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada to take additional actions against certain unlicensed practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 406 — Senator Hammond. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to civil rights; revising provisions governing the restoration of civil rights to certain persons who have been convicted of felonies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 181 — Assemblymen Frierson, Ohrenschall, Yeager; Araujo, Benitez-Thompson and McCurdy II. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to professional licensing; requiring the Board of Psychological Examiners, the Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors, the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug and Gambling Counselors to report certain information to the Legislative Committee on Health Care; requiring new members of those boards to complete an orientation; requiring those boards to adopt certain policies and regulations; authorizing those boards to enter into certain agreements; authorizing a person aggrieved by certain actions of those boards to appeal to the Commission; requiring the Commission to review all regulations adopted by those boards; revising the qualifications of certain members of the Commission; prohibiting certain persons from serving on the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 457 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to animals; revising provisions which prohibit a person from allowing a pet to remain unattended in a motor vehicle under certain circumstances; requiring an animal control officer to take possession of and provide shelter and care for an animal being treated cruelly under certain circumstances; authorizing an animal control officer to take possession of any animals or other property used in fights among animals under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 409 — Senators Manendo, Cannizzaro, Parks; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Ratti, Segerblom, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to deceptive trade practices; extending the prospective expiration of the Consumer Affairs Unit of the Department of Business and Industry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 501 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state lands; requiring the State Land Registrar to establish certain fees by regulation for the use of state lands; revising provisions relating to the accounting and use of the proceeds of certain fees for the use of state lands; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 512 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to issue revenue bonds and other securities to finance the construction of an engineering building and residence hall at the University of Nevada, Reno and a fitness complex at Truckee Meadows Community College; increasing the total amount of revenue bonds and other securities that the Board of Regents is authorized to issue for student facilities at the College of Southern Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 496 — Senator Woodhouse. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; removing the provision authorizing interest and income on money earned in the Contingency Account for Special Education Services to be credited to the Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 518 — Committee on Education. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring health maintenance organizations to provide certain data relating to health insurance claims to the person responsible for overseeing the health care plan of certain group purchasers of health insurance upon request; prohibiting the further disclosure of such data except in certain circumstances; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to impose an administrative penalty against a person who engages in the unauthorized disclosure of such data; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to study certain issues relating to health care during the 2017-2018 interim; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 394 — Senators Spearman, Segerblom, Denis, Manendo, Parks; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Ford and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Neal; Araujo, Diaz and Thompson. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the identification of persons; authorizing the use of a tribal identification card for various purposes; requiring a business that accepts a driver’s license for the purpose of identification to also accept a tribal identification card for that purpose unless otherwise provided by federal law or regulation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 399 — Senators Settelmeyer, Ford, Roberson; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Farley, Gansert, Goicoechea, Hammond, Harris, Kieckhefer, Manendo, Parks and Segerblom. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Hansen. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the support of children; creating the Committee to Review Child Support Guidelines; requiring the Committee to review quadrennially the support guidelines established in this State and submit any recommendations for revision to the Administrator of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring the Administrator to adopt regulations establishing support guidelines; repealing provisions relating to the calculation of support upon the adoption of such regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 278 — Assemblymen Pickard, Hambrick, Cohen, Elliot Anderson; Paul Anderson, Ellison, Tolles and Wheeler. Joint Sponsor: Senator Harris. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the owner of a single-family residence that is replaced after a flood, fire, earthquake or other event for which the Governor has proclaimed a state of emergency or declaration of disaster to apply to the county assessor for an exemption of a portion of the assessed value of the single-family residence; revising provisions governing the calculation of the property taxes imposed on such a single-family residence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 352 — Senator Kieckhefer. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Benitez-Thompson, Kramer, Krasner, Neal, Pickard and Spiegel. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the State Board of Health to adopt regulations authorizing an employee of a residential facility for groups, an agency to provide personal care services in the home, a facility for the care of adults during the day or an intermediary service organization to check vital signs and perform certain related tasks for a person receiving services from the facility, agency or organization; exempting such tasks from provisions governing respiratory care and medical laboratories; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 324 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trade practices; prohibiting the sale of products derived from or containing certain animal species under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 194 — Senators Denis, Parks, Cancela, Atkinson, Manendo; Ford, Ratti and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Swank, Edwards, Frierson, Carrillo; Bilbray-Axelrod, Daly, Jauregui and Joiner. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting employees and contractors of and volunteers for certain entities from engaging in sexual conduct with children or young adults under the care, custody, control or supervision of the entity; revising provisions prohibiting certain employees of or volunteers at a public or private school from engaging in sexual conduct with certain pupils; revising provisions prohibiting certain employees of a college or university from engaging in sexual conduct with certain students; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 169 — Senator Harris. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Yeager. Approved June 4, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to insurance; providing for administrative supervision of insurers and other entities by the Commissioner of Insurance; providing for the regulation of network plans; revising provisions relating to medical malpractice insurance, the general regulation of insurers, reinsurance, motor vehicle insurance, industrial insurance, health insurance in general, health benefit plans in general, funeral and burial services, individual health insurance, group and blanket health insurance, health insurance for small employers, service contracts, credit personal property insurance, nonprofit corporations for hospital, medical and dental service, health maintenance organizations, plans for dental care, prepaid limited health service organizations and managed care organizations; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of certain documents and other information; revising various references to insurance agents and brokers; repealing various provisions governing summaries of coverage, loss prevention, disclosures of certain information, continuation of coverage and insurance requirements for prepaid limited health service organizations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 83 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to state departments; revising provisions relating to the organizational structure and purposes of the Office of Minority Health; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 141 — Assemblymen Thompson, Araujo, Carrillo, Neal, Monroe-Moreno; Benitez-Thompson, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Diaz, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Ohrenschall and Sprinkle. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cancela, Ford, Spearman; and Woodhouse. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing a person who was dishonorably discharged from probation to apply to a court for the sealing of records of criminal history relating to the conviction; establishing a rebuttable presumption that records of criminal history should be sealed in certain circumstances; revising various provisions relating to the filing of petitions for the sealing of records of criminal history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 327 — Assemblymen McCurdy II, Fumo, Yeager, Frierson and Carrillo. Joint Sponsor: Senator Segerblom. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of certain larger school districts to establish a program of professional development to provide training on how to work collaboratively to ensure that a school environment is productive and collaborative; requiring teachers and principals to receive such training in certain circumstances; requiring the board of trustees of certain school districts to conduct an investigation at a school in certain circumstances to determine engagement of parents and families of pupils and whether the culture of the school is focused on pupil outcomes; requiring the board of trustees of certain school districts to provide certain training to members of the staff at a school in which an investigation occurs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 369 — Senators Ford, Woodhouse, Spearman, Denis, Segerblom; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Manendo, Parks and Ratti. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to private professional guardians; revising provisions governing the qualifications necessary to serve as a private professional guardian; requiring certain persons to submit fingerprints to the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Business and Industry not less than once every 5 years for the purpose of obtaining a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; requiring the Division to maintain a copy of all such reports; requiring the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to adopt regulations establishing any fee required to obtain such reports; prohibiting a person from engaging in any activity relating to service as a private professional guardian without meeting the necessary requirements; revising provisions relating to an application for a license to engage in the business of a private professional guardian; replacing references to the term “case manager”; revising certain reporting requirements for private professional guardian companies; revising provisions relating to required fidelity bonds; removing the provision that exempts private professional guardians from the provisions of law concerning summary administration granted by a court; revising provisions relating to certain investigations by the Commissioner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 150 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to legislative measures; revising requirements relating to requests for the drafting of legislative measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 296 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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382 |
AN ACT relating to the Office of the Attorney General; transferring authority over the application for a fictitious address from the Attorney General to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; revising the duties of the Committee on Domestic Violence; revising provisions relating to the appointment of members to the Committee on Domestic Violence; transferring the requirement to adopt regulations relating to programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence from the Committee to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; abolishing the Nevada Council for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and transferring certain duties of the Council to the Committee on Domestic Violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 25 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to require certain utilities which supply electricity in this State to provide an overview of the utility’s resource plan or any amendment to the resource plan at least 4 months before filing the plan or within a reasonable period before filing the amendment; requiring the Commission to give preference to certain measures and sources of supply when determining the adequacy of a resource plan; requiring the Commission to consider the cost of such measures and sources of supply to the utility’s customers when making such a determination; requiring the Commission to include its justification for the preferences given to such measures and sources of supply in certain orders approving or modifying a resource plan or an amendment to such a plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 65 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to ethics in government; revising certain procedures of the Commission on Ethics and the remedial authority of the Commission; designating certain persons as public officers and employees for the purposes of the Nevada Ethics in Government Law; revising the code of ethical standards applicable to public officers and employees; revising provisions governing the disclosure of certain information and the filing of certain disclosure statements by public officers and employees; providing for the execution and filing by a public officer of a single acknowledgment of statutory ethical standards for all public offices held concurrently by the officer; revising provisions relating to the employment of former public officers and employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 84 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to psychology; requiring the registration of psychological assistants by the Board of Psychological Examiners; authorizing the registration of psychological interns and psychological trainees by the Board; requiring an applicant for such a registration to submit an application, an application fee and his or her fingerprints; prescribing the fee for the initial registration and renewal of such a registration; requiring a licensed psychologist to supervise any activity or service provided by a psychological assistant, psychological intern or psychological trainee; authorizing a psychologist who supervises the performance of certain services by a registered psychological assistant, psychological intern or psychological trainee to be reimbursed for such services under the State Plan for Medicaid, to the extent authorized by federal law; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 162 — Senator Gansert. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to pharmacists; authorizing a pharmacist who has entered into a valid collaborative practice agreement to engage in the collaborative practice of pharmacy and collaborative drug therapy management under certain conditions; requiring a pharmacist who engages in the collaborative practice of pharmacy to maintain certain records; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 260 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the protection of certain persons; revising provisions relating to the imposition of an additional penalty upon a person who commits certain crimes or criminal violations of law against an older person or a vulnerable person; revising provisions relating to immunity from civil or criminal liability for certain acts; increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for a person who commits certain acts against an older person or a vulnerable person that result in substantial bodily or mental harm to or the death of the person; revising the penalties for the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person; establishing the Wards’ Bill of Rights; requiring each court having jurisdiction of the persons and estates of minors, incompetent persons or persons of limited capacity to perform certain actions to ensure the Wards’ Bill of Rights is available to the public; establishing provisions relating to certain arbitration clauses included in contracts used by facilities for long-term care; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 360 — Senators Cannizzaro, Ford, Spearman, Woodhouse, Ratti; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Farley, Manendo, Parks and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Joiner, Frierson, Benitez-Thompson, Carrillo, Diaz; Araujo, Carlton, Fumo, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno, Swank and Yeager. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to energy; creating the Nevada Clean Energy Fund; creating the Board of Directors of the Fund to administer the Fund; setting forth the duties and powers of the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 407 — Senators Spearman, Segerblom, Manendo, Cancela, Parks; Atkinson, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Ford, Ratti and Woodhouse. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; providing for the submission to the voters of the question whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to provide an exemption from the tax for feminine hygiene products; providing for the exemptions from certain analogous taxes if the voters approve this amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 415 — Senators Cancela and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblywomen Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno and Spiegel. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to guardianships; replacing the term “ward” with the term “protected person”; establishing provisions relating to the right of a protected person to communicate, visit or interact with certain persons; establishing provisions regarding certain notifications concerning a protected person that a guardian is required to give to certain persons; establishing provisions relating to guardians of the person; establishing provisions concerning sanctions that may be imposed upon and actions that may be taken against a guardian; revising provisions relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent a protected person; revising provisions relating to the appointment of counsel to represent a proposed protected person; removing the requirement that certain persons must inform a proposed protected person of his or her right to counsel; revising provisions relating to certain reports and accounts filed with the court by a guardian of the person and a guardian of the estate; revising the circumstances in which a court is authorized to remove a guardian; reducing the filing fee for a petition for a guardianship; prohibiting the charging or collecting of any other fee for the filing of such a petition; requiring a county recorder to charge and collect a fee for the recording of certain documents to be used for certain specified purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 433 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to electronic transactions; recognizing blockchain technology as a type of electronic record for the purposes of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; prohibiting a local government from taxing or imposing restrictions upon the use of a blockchain; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 398 — Senator Kieckhefer. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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392 |
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; revising provisions governing brew pubs; revising provisions governing a supplier of alcoholic beverages; revising provisions authorizing the operation of wineries in this State; revising provisions prohibiting a wholesaler dealer of alcoholic beverages from investing money in a retail liquor store; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 431 — Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Joint Sponsor: Senator Settelmeyer. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; providing for the licensing and operation of estate distilleries in this State; setting forth the conditions under which spirits manufactured at such estate distilleries may be sold; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 199 — Senator Settelmeyer. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; ensuring sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2017-2019 biennium; apportioning the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund for the 2017-2019 biennium; authorizing certain expenditures; making appropriations for purposes relating to basic support, class-size reduction and other educational purposes; temporarily diverting the money from the State Supplemental School Support Account to the State Distributive School Account for use in funding operating costs and other expenditures of school districts and charter schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 544 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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395 |
AN ACT relating to public employees; establishing the maximum allowed salaries for certain employees in the classified and unclassified service of the State; making appropriations from the State General Fund and State Highway Fund for increases in the salaries of certain employees of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 517 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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396 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; making appropriations from the State General Fund and the State Highway Fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the 2017-2019 biennium; providing for the use of the money so appropriated; making various other changes relating to the financial administration of the State; repealing the prospective expiration of certain provisions relating to the Nevada Supreme Court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 518 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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397 |
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; authorizing expenditures by various officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions of the State Government for the 2017-2019 biennium; authorizing the collection of certain amounts from the counties for the use of the services of the State Public Defender; requiring repayment of certain advances to state agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 545 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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398 |
AN ACT relating to controlled substances; authorizing a pharmacist to furnish an opioid antagonist without a prescription under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 428 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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399 |
AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for a projected shortfall resulting from an increase in the Medicaid caseload over the amount legislatively approved for Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017; authorizing the expenditure of certain money for the same purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 494 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for deferred maintenance projects essential for the security and operation of certain facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 534 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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401 |
AN ACT relating to records of criminal history; revising provisions governing requirements for the submission of information to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; reducing the period in which the Central Repository may not charge a fee for providing certain information relating to an applicant for professional licensure; revising provisions relating to the Revolving Account to Investigate the Background of Volunteers Who Work With Children; revising the information which must be included within the record of the Repository for Information Concerning Crimes Against Older Persons; revising and repealing certain provisions regarding the dissemination of certain information from the Central Repository; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 76 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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402 |
AN ACT relating to driver authorization cards; revising provisions governing the administration of driver authorization cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 322 — Assemblymen Flores, Diaz; Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Jauregui and McCurdy II. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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403 |
AN ACT relating to local governments; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the governing body of a county or city to create a parks, trails and open space district; setting forth the duties and authority of the board of trustees of such a district; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 379 — Assemblywoman Joiner. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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404 |
AN ACT relating to the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety; authorizing the Division to establish and operate independent reporting facilities for the purpose of providing services to certain parolees and probationers; authorizing the Division to adopt regulations relating to the establishment and operation of independent reporting facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 23 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts in certain counties to appoint an emergency manager; requiring boards of trustees of school districts and governing bodies of charter schools to consult with certain persons and entities before constructing, expanding or remodeling buildings for schools or related facilities or acquiring sites for those purposes; requiring the Department of Education to conduct an annual conference regarding safety in public schools; requiring the State Public Charter School Authority to annually discuss safety in charter schools at a meeting, workshop or conference; requiring the Department, to the extent that money is available, to make block grants to provide certain mental health workers in public schools; revising provisions governing the development and contents of a plan to respond to a crisis or an emergency in a school; revising provisions governing emergency drills in schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 127 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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406 |
AN ACT relating to cremation; authorizing the use of alkaline hydrolysis for cremation; requiring notice be provided to certain entities relating to a crematory which intends to use alkaline hydrolysis for cremation; revising provisions relating to the location of a crematory; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 205 — Assemblyman Araujo. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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407 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Corrections for a new telephone system and for certain information system projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 505 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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408 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for certain costs relating to the Alpha Migration Project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 506 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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409 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of vehicles, pickup trucks and motorcycles for the Nevada Highway Patrol; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 507 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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410 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of dispatch center consoles and portable hand-held radios; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 508 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Bureau of Services to Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired of the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Rehabilitation Division of the Department for the enhancement of client information systems; authorizing the expenditure of certain money by those Bureaus for the same purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 510 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for certain information system projects; authorizing the expenditure of certain money by the Division for such purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 533 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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413 |
AN ACT relating to labor relations in local government; increasing the size of the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board from three members to five members; increasing the number of members of the Board who may belong to the same political party from two members to three members; requiring that at least three members of the Board reside in southern Nevada; increasing the number of members that constitute a quorum of the Board from two members to three members; generally authorizing a majority of a quorum to exercise the powers of the Board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 460 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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414 |
AN ACT relating to certificates of title; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a new certificate of title or a state agency to issue a salvage title for a vehicle to a person who is unable to provide a certificate of title for the vehicle and who files a bond with the Department or state agency under certain circumstances; setting forth the requirements for filing the bond; requiring the Department or state agency to return the bond under certain circumstances; abolishing certain rights of action against the Department of Motor Vehicles and any officer or employee of the Department; requiring certain lienholders to process all notifications and releases of security interests through the electronic lien system established for the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 452 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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415 |
AN ACT relating to health records; requiring a custodian of health care records to perform certain duties; requiring a custodian of health care records to make certain health care records available for inspection by a coroner or medical examiner under certain circumstances; revising the civil and criminal penalties for a custodian who violates certain requirements; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to take possession of the health care records of a licensee’s patients under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the completion of a death certificate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 291 — Senators Hardy, Harris; Atkinson, Gansert, Parks and Settelmeyer. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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416 |
AN ACT relating to state employees; requiring the Governor to appoint alternate members to the Personnel Commission in the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration; revising the requirements for establishing a quorum of the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 467 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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417 |
AN ACT relating to group homes; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to conduct an interim study concerning the rates paid by the State to the group homes contracted with Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 343 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 5, 2017 |
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418 |
AN ACT relating to victims of crime; removing the prohibition on awarding compensation to certain victims of crime who do not meet certain citizenship or residency requirements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 122 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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419 |
AN ACT relating to business organizations; revising provisions governing the initial and annual lists filed with the Secretary of State by business entities; revising provisions relating to a series created by a limited-liability company; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 123 — Assemblyman Ellison. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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420 |
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to establish the Nevada Model Code of Educator Ethics governing interpersonal interactions and certain communications by teachers, administrators and other employees with pupils; requiring the boards of trustees of school districts and the governing bodies of charter schools to provide training on the Code; requiring teachers, administrators and other persons employed by a school district or charter school to sign an acknowledgment of the Code upon completion of the training; creating the Nevada Educator Code of Ethics Advisory Group and prescribing its membership and duties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 124 — Assemblywomen Diaz; and Tolles. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to disabilities; replacing the term “related conditions” with the term “developmental disability” for certain purposes; prohibiting a provider of jobs and day training services from entering into certain contracts or arrangements except under certain conditions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 224 — Assemblyman Carrillo. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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422 |
AN ACT relating to the protection of certain persons; revising provisions governing the additional penalty that must be imposed for certain crimes of criminal violations of law committed against an older person or a vulnerable person; revising provisions relating to immunity from civil or criminal liability for certain acts; increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for a person who commits certain acts against an older person or a vulnerable person that result in substantial bodily or mental harm to or the death of the person; revising the penalties for committing certain acts against an older person or a vulnerable person or conspiring to commit certain acts against an older person or a vulnerable person; establishing provisions relating to certain clauses relating to dispute resolution included in contracts used by facilities for long-term care; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 288 — Assemblymen Joiner, Frierson, Benitez-Thompson, Carrillo, Diaz; Araujo, Carlton, Fumo, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno, Spiegel and Swank. Joint Sponsor: Senator Cannizzaro. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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423 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions relating to reports of presentence investigations and general investigations; requiring certain information to be included in a presentence report; authorizing the court to order the correction of the factual content of reports of presentence investigations and general investigations by the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 291 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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424 |
AN ACT relating to professions; establishing limitations on the employment or retention of attorneys by certain regulatory bodies; requiring attorneys who contract with certain regulatory bodies to act as legal counsel for the regulatory body to carry professional liability insurance that satisfies certain criteria; requiring the Department of Administration to adopt regulations relating to the financial operation and administration of certain regulatory bodies; revising the qualifications for the executive director or executive secretary of certain regulatory bodies; revising the disciplinary process for certain regulatory bodies which administer occupational licensing; revising requirements for certain regulatory bodies of this State to prepare a balance sheet or hire a public accountant or accounting firm to conduct an audit of the body for a fiscal year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 328 — Assemblymen Pickard, Bustamante Adams; Bilbray-Axelrod, Edwards, Kramer, Marchant, Sprinkle and Titus. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners to take possession of the health care records of a licensee’s patients under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Medical Examiners to adopt policies and procedures for placing information on the Internet website of the Board; revising provisions relating to communications concerning certain background checks by the Board of Medical Examiners or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; revising provisions relating to the requirement for certain persons to maintain a permanent mailing address with the Board of Medical Examiners; revising provisions requiring certain information be reported to the Board of Medical Examiners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 339 — Assemblywoman Woodbury. Joint Sponsor: Senator Hardy. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to business; requiring the Office of Economic Development and the Regional Business Development Advisory Council for Clark County to provide certain businesses with information concerning public and private programs to obtain financing for small businesses; requiring the Secretary of State to ensure that the state business portal enables an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a state business license to provide certain information concerning the applicant; requiring the Secretary of State to provide through the state business portal and the Internet website of the Secretary of State certain information concerning public and private programs to obtain financing for small businesses and the process for obtaining certification as a disadvantaged business enterprise; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 436 — Assemblymen Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Spiegel, Bustamante Adams, Carrillo; and Frierson. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to employment; requiring the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to provide certain reports on the rate of unemployment of residents in this State to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; requiring the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board to conduct certain activities to reduce the rate of unemployment for certain groups; requiring the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Innovation to submit each year a report containing certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 354 — Assemblywoman Neal. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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428 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions governing taxation of personal property owned by nonresidents and located in Nevada solely for the purposes of a display, exhibition, convention, tradeshow, carnival, fair or circus; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 414 — Senators Hammond, Manendo, Farley, Cancela and Ford. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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429 |
AN ACT relating to disabilities; transforming the Subcommittee on Communication Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Persons With Speech Disabilities of the Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities into the Nevada Commission for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Speech Impaired in the Office of the Governor; requiring the Governor to appoint a Director of the Commission; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies to the Commission; revising the duties of the Commission; requiring the Legislative Committee on Health Care to study the sources of money available for certain purposes; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 481 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 6, 2017 |
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430 |
AN ACT relating to economic development; repealing the prospective expiration of the NV Grow Program that provides certain assistance to existing small businesses; recognizing the Small Business Development Center in Clark County and requiring the Centers in Clark and Washoe Counties to cooperatively expand the NV Grow Program; making appropriations to support the NV Grow Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 94 — Assemblywoman Neal. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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431 |
AN ACT relating to crimes; requiring a law enforcement agency to submit certain sexual assault forensic evidence kits to a forensic laboratory within a certain period after receipt thereof; requiring a forensic laboratory to test sexual assault forensic evidence kits within a certain period after receipt thereof and to report certain information concerning sexual assault forensic evidence kits on an annual basis; requiring the Attorney General to designate a department or division of the Executive Department of State Government to establish a statewide sexual assault forensic evidence kit tracking program; making various changes to the Subcommittee to Review Arrestee DNA of the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; authorizing a county to be reimbursed from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime for the payment of costs associated with forensic medical examinations of victims of sexual assault; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 97 — Assemblymen Benitez-Thompson and Yeager. Joint Sponsor: Senator Ford. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for the cost of the Women’s Health Connection Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 388 — Assemblywoman Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants of money to local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations for certain family planning services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 397 — Assemblymen Frierson, Carlton and Carrillo. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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434 |
AN ACT relating to gender equality; requiring the Secretary of State to conduct a survey of certain businesses to collect data and information related to issues of gender equality in the workplace; requiring the Secretary of State to make certain information relating to the survey available on the Internet and to submit an annual report regarding the survey to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; requiring the Nevada Commission for Women to assist the Secretary of State in developing the survey; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 423 — Assemblywomen Miller and Carlton. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cannizzaro, Farley, Ford, Harris, Ratti, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Department of Education for incentives for hiring new teachers to teach at Title I schools and schools designated as underperforming and incentives for certain teachers who transfer to teach at those schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 434 — Assemblymen Frierson, Araujo and Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Corrections for a projected shortfall related to outside medical expenditures, contract temporary professional services and personnel expenditures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 493 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Administrative Services of the Department of Motor Vehicles for a projected shortfall related to credit card processing fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 497 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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438 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety for a joint field office to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on certain flood reimbursements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 498 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to restore the balances in the Stale Claims Account, Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account and Contingency Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 499 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Account for the Governor’s Portrait for the preparation and framing of a portrait of Governor Brian Sandoval; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 500 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Legislative Fund for dues and registration costs for national organizations and for computer hardware and radio replacements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 501 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Account for Pensions for Silicosis, Diseases Related to Asbestos and Other Disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 502 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for the second phase of the replacement of the Electronic Secretary of State System (ESOS) software and hardware; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 503 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of Finance and the Interim Finance Committee to replace the existing financial and human resource management information technology system and requiring that certain related costs be included in the statewide cost allocation plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 504 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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445 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Millennium Scholarship Trust Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 511 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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446 |
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence; temporarily extending the prospective expiration of the fee for the provision of specialty court programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 512 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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447 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Secretary of State to award grants of money to the counties in this State for the purchase of voting machines and certain related costs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 519 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas for the construction of a new playground at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 520 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to veterans; establishing a program authorizing a member of a veteran’s family to apply to the Director of the Department of Veterans Services for financial assistance for the disinterment of a veteran for relocation to a veterans’ cemetery; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 521 — Assemblymen Paul Anderson, Krasner, Tolles, Edwards, Wheeler; Ellison, Hambrick, Hansen, Kramer, Marchant, McArthur, Oscarson, Pickard, Titus and Woodbury. Joint Sponsor: Senator Hammond. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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450 |
AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring the Office of Economic Development to develop and carry out a program to provide loans to small business enterprises, minority-owned business enterprises, women-owned business enterprises and disadvantaged business enterprises; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 126 — Senator Ford. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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451 |
AN ACT making an appropriation for the implementation and operation of educational leadership training programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 155 — Senator Farley. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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452 |
AN ACT making an appropriation for the creation and maintenance of school gardens for certain Title I schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 167 — Senators Farley, Cannizzaro, Cancela, Woodhouse and Harris. Joint Sponsors: Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; replacing the term “limited English proficient” with the term “English learner” for consistency with federal law; creating the Account for the New Nevada Education Funding Plan; providing for the distribution of money from the Account for the support of certain pupils who perform below a designated level of proficiency and are English learners or eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch; prescribing the purposes for which such money may be used; requiring the collection and reporting of certain information relating to the use of such money; requiring the Department of Education to contract with an independent consultant to research issues relating to certain categories of pupils; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 178 — Senators Denis; and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Diaz and Thompson. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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454 |
AN ACT making an appropriation for the establishment of a fine arts museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the expansion of the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 187 — Senators Segerblom, Cancela, Kieckhefer, Harris; Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Gansert, Hammond, Manendo, Parks, Ratti and Woodhouse. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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455 |
AN ACT relating to mental health; establishing required hours of operation for mobile units operated by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide mental health services in certain counties; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 192 — Senators Cannizzaro, Cancela, Segerblom, Parks, Spearman; Ford, Manendo and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Spiegel, Thompson and Yeager. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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456 |
AN ACT relating to education; requiring instruction in financial literacy for certain pupils enrolled in public schools; requiring a pupil enrolled in a public high school to receive instruction in economics; creating the Account for Instruction in Financial Literacy in the State General Fund; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 249 — Senators Woodhouse, Ratti, Cannizzaro, Cancela, Parks; Atkinson, Denis, Farley, Ford, Manendo, Segerblom and Spearman. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Monroe-Moreno, Cohen, Diaz, Neal, Flores; Fumo and Joiner. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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457 |
AN ACT relating to children; expanding the rights of children placed in foster care; creating the Normalcy for Foster Youth Account in the State General Fund; authorizing money in the Account to be used to provide opportunities for children to participate in certain activities; providing civil and criminal immunity to a person with whom a child has been placed who acts in accordance with certain standards in approving or allowing the child to participate in certain activities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 257 — Senators Farley, Cannizzaro, Spearman, Ratti, Ford; Atkinson, Denis, Manendo, Parks, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Education for allocation to school districts to carry out a program of peer assistance and review of teachers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 300 — Committee on Education. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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459 |
AN ACT relating to the Department of Business and Industry; requiring the Director of the Department of Business and Industry to appoint a Minority Affairs Management Analyst within the Office of the Director; establishing the duties of the Minority Affairs Management Analyst; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 373 — Senator Ford. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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460 |
AN ACT relating to indigent defense; creating the Nevada Right to Counsel Commission; prescribing the membership and duties of the Commission; authorizing the Commission to request the drafting of not more than one legislative measure for each regular session of the Legislature; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 377 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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461 |
AN ACT relating to community colleges; authorizing community colleges in the Nevada System of Higher Education to award a scholarship to certain students who are enrolled in such colleges; requiring that a plan to improve the achievement of pupils include strategies to provide certain persons with information concerning the availability of such scholarships; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 391 — Senators Denis, Cancela, Woodhouse, Segerblom, Ford; Harris and Ratti. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Thompson, Diaz and McCurdy II. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Veterans Services to provide financial assistance and support for the Adopt a Vet Dental Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 444 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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463 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Eighth Judicial District Court for a Veterans Court Coordinator; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 445 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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464 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 543 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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465 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration for certain projects, services and technology; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 549 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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466 |
AN ACT relating to financial administration; creating a disbursement account for administration by the Legislative Counsel Bureau; making an appropriation to the disbursement account for costs relating to a human resource management information system for the Clark County School District; making an appropriation to the Washoe County School District for certain expenses; making an appropriation to the Nevada Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc. for certain grants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 550 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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467 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Account for the Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 503 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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468 |
AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the State Distributive School Account for an unanticipated shortfall in local school support tax revenues and an increase in K-12 enrollment for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 522 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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469 |
AN ACT making a supplemental appropriation to the Nevada Supreme Court for a projected shortfall related to judicial selection processes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 527 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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470 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Fund for Aviation for the enlargement, improvement or maintenance of rural airports, landing areas or air navigation facilities in Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 528 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety for the costs associated with emergency responses to flood events that occurred in 2017; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 529 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services for the completion of the Medicaid Management Information System modernization project; authorizing the expenditure of certain money by the Division for the same purpose; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 530 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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473 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services for deferred maintenance projects at the Desert Regional Center and for changing the information system platform for early intervention services; authorizing the expenditure of certain money by the Division for changing the information system platform for early intervention services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 531 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT making appropriations to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for a laboratory information system for the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services and for an integrated medication management system for the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 532 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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475 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for certain equipment, a vehicle and certain deferred maintenance projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 537 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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476 |
AN ACT relating to programs for public personnel; establishing for the 2017-2019 biennium the subsidies to be paid to the Public Employees’ Benefits Program for insurance for certain active and retired public officers and employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 551 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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477 |
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions governing registration and community notification of juveniles adjudicated delinquent for committing certain sexual offenses; revising provisions concerning the release of certain information relating to a child subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; revising provisions concerning the penalty for acts of open or gross lewdness or open and indecent or obscene exposure committed in the presence of a child or a vulnerable person; providing a penalty; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 395 — Assemblymen Frierson, Ohrenschall and Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions relating to a postconviction petition for a genetic marker analysis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 268 — Assemblymen Watkins, Fumo, Ohrenschall, Jauregui, Bilbray-Axelrod; Brooks, Edwards, Frierson, Kramer, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Tolles and Yeager. Joint Sponsor: Senator Hardy. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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479 |
AN ACT relating to mental health; creating four behavioral health regions in this State; creating a regional behavioral health policy board for each region to advise the Division of Public and Behavioral Health and the Commission on Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding certain behavioral health issues; authorizing each regional behavioral health policy board to request the drafting of not more than one legislative measure for each regular session of the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 366 — Assemblymen Araujo, Bustamante Adams, Frierson, Thompson, Yeager; Paul Anderson, Benitez-Thompson, Carlton, Joiner, Monroe-Moreno, Oscarson and Sprinkle. Joint Sponsors: Senators Woodhouse, Ford, Ratti, Gansert, Kieckhefer; Cancela, Hardy, Harris and Manendo. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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480 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; prohibiting a prosecuting attorney from seeking an indictment while competency proceedings are pending except with leave of the court; prohibiting a prosecuting attorney from refiling charges against a defendant who has been found incompetent except with leave of the court; authorizing the extension of the commitment of a person in a forensic facility under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 377 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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481 |
AN ACT relating to tourism; creating the Nevada Main Street Program within the Office of Economic Development in the Office of the Governor; setting forth the requirements for the operation of the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 417 — Assemblywoman Swank. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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482 |
AN ACT relating to mental health; authorizing a proceeding for the involuntary court-ordered admission of a criminal defendant to a program of community-based or outpatient services to be commenced by the district court or by motion of the defendant or the district attorney under certain circumstances; requiring the court to dismiss the charges against the defendant if the defendant successfully completes such a program to the satisfaction of the court; requiring certain judges to hear proceedings for involuntary court-ordered admission; requiring a district court to request an evaluation of a person alleged to be a person with mental illness by an evaluation team; revising requirements concerning courses of instruction for certain judges; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 440 — Assemblyman Yeager. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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483 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing the creation of a preprosecution diversion program for defendants charged with certain misdemeanor offenses; establishing qualifications for participation in such a program; requiring discharge of the defendant and dismissal of the original charge upon the successful completion of such a program; requiring a defendant who fails to complete the program to enter a plea on the original charge; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 470 — Assemblyman Yeager. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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484 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions concerning the eligibility of a defendant for assignment to a program for the treatment of veterans and members of the military; authorizing a district court, justice court or municipal court to establish such a program; making various other changes relating to such a program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 286 — Assemblyman Elliot Anderson. Joint Sponsor: Senator Cannizzaro. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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485 |
AN ACT relating to real property; authorizing the recording of certain documents relating to real property; limiting an action constituting an easement by prescription under certain circumstances; authorizing the governing body of a city or county to adopt certain ordinances governing a sign posted by an owner of land; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 380 — Assemblyman Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cannizzaro, Denis, Ford, Gustavson, Harris, Roberson and Segerblom. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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486 |
AN ACT relating to mortgage lending; revising provisions which apply to mortgage brokers to also apply to mortgage bankers; revising the terms which identify mortgage brokers, mortgage agents and mortgage bankers; revising provisions governing bonds required for mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers; revising certain exemptions from licensing requirements for mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers; repealing provisions relating to mortgage bankers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 468 — Assemblywoman Jauregui. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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487 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions governing the total amount of transferable tax credits that may be approved by the Office of Economic Development pursuant to applications submitted to the Office by a production company that produces film, television or other media productions in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 492 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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488 |
AN ACT relating to education; requiring, with limited exception, that a child in foster care remain enrolled in his or her school of origin; providing that the relevant agency which provides child welfare services and local education agency are jointly liable for the costs of transportation for the child in foster care to attend his or her school of origin; requiring the Department of Education and each agency which provides child welfare services and local education agency to develop certain policies and procedures relating to children in foster care; eliminating the Program of School Choice for Children in Foster Care; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 491 — Committee on Education. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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489 |
AN ACT relating to education; requiring an additional apportionment of money from the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund to certain school districts and charter schools for pupils with disabilities; revising provisions governing the reimbursement of certain hospitals and other facilities for educational services provided to certain children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 49 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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490 |
AN ACT relating to firearms; revising provisions concerning the surrender, sale or transfer of any firearm by an adverse party subject to an extended order for protection against domestic violence; requiring a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence and a person convicted of stalking in certain circumstances to permanently surrender, sell or transfer any such firearm; adding additional persons to the list of persons who are prohibited from owning or having in their possession or under their custody or control any firearm; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 124 — Senators Spearman, Ratti, Ford, Woodhouse, Atkinson; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Manendo, Parks and Segerblom. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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491 |
AN ACT relating to education; providing for the establishment of an individual graduation plan for certain pupils to allow them to remain in high school for an additional period to work towards graduation; requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine certain requirements for eligibility for such a plan; revising provisions relating to academic plans for high school pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 132 — Senator Harris. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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492 |
AN ACT relating to regional transportation commissions; authorizing certain regional transportation commissions to provide grants of money for the research, development or implementation of transportation projects that use new technologies; authorizing certain regional transportation commissions to enter into agreements with private entities for certain projects; authorizing certain regional transportation commissions to recommend the imposition of certain taxes to fund the transportation projects of the commission and to submit the recommendation to the board of county commissioners which created the commission; authorizing the board of county commissioners to submit the recommendation for the imposition of such taxes to the voters of the county; requiring the board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance imposing any such taxes that are approved by the voters; revising provisions governing the composition of regional transportation commissions; authorizing certain regional transportation commissions to develop and maintain high-capacity transit systems; authorizing certain regional transportation commissions to adopt rules for the parking of unauthorized vehicles at facilities of the commission and the imposition of fees for the use of services or facilities of the commission; repealing provisions requiring certain regional transportation commissions to establish a regional rapid transit authority; revising various provisions relating to the powers and duties of regional transportation commissions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 149 — Senators Manendo and Hammond. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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493 |
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to carry out an inspection of a provider of special education in certain circumstances; authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to take certain measures to ensure compliance with the laws governing the education of pupils with disabilities in certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Education to prescribe certain policies and procedures for programs of special education; revising certain provisions concerning background checks conducted on certain educational personnel and volunteers; authorizing a court to appoint an educational surrogate parent for a child; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 213 — Senators Gansert, Roberson, Kieckhefer; Atkinson, Denis, Farley, Goicoechea, Hammond, Hardy, Harris, Manendo, Settelmeyer and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Benitez-Thompson; Oscarson and Tolles. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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494 |
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to generate and carry out a plan for auditing the assessments conducted to monitor the performance of pupils and schools in the public school system in this State; requiring the plan to comply with the grant application process set forth in applicable federal law; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 303 — Senators Woodhouse, Ford, Manendo, Denis, Parks; Cancela, Harris, Ratti, Segerblom and Spearman. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carlton; and Fumo. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to grief support; creating the Grief Support Trust Account in the State General Fund; requiring the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the Grief Support Trust Account; requiring the fee for the furnishing of a copy of a certificate of death to include 50 cents for credit to the Grief Support Trust Account; requiring the Grants Management Advisory Committee to establish a list of nonprofit community organizations eligible to receive awards of money from the Grief Support Trust Account to provide certain grief support services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 355 — Senators Segerblom, Cannizzaro, Harris, Manendo; Farley, Goicoechea, Hammond and Hardy. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to domestic violence; providing under certain circumstances for hours of leave if an employee is a victim of an act which constitutes domestic violence; prohibiting the Administrator of the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation from disqualifying certain persons from receiving unemployment benefits under certain circumstances; prohibiting employers from conditioning employment in certain circumstances; revising the list of persons against whom domestic violence may be committed; revising provisions that exclude certain misdemeanor offenses related to domestic violence from provisions that limit the time of day that an arrest for a misdemeanor may be made; increasing the penalty for a battery which constitutes domestic violence in certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 361 — Senators Cannizzaro, Segerblom, Manendo, Ratti, Farley; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Ford, Parks, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; setting forth certain conditions relating to the towing of a motor vehicle from a residential complex; authorizing the immobilization of a vehicle under certain circumstances in certain parking structures; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 320 — Senator Denis. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public health; authorizing the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into success contracts; requiring the Department to publish on its Internet website certain information concerning such contracts; requiring the Department to report certain information to the Legislature; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 400 — Senators Spearman, Segerblom, Parks, Woodhouse, Cannizzaro; Cancela, Denis, Ford, Gansert, Manendo and Ratti. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Diaz. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to the administration of justice; establishing certain restrictions and procedures for the use of disciplinary segregation and solitary confinement by the Department of Corrections or a private facility or institution; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 402 — Senators Spearman, Segerblom, Manendo; Cancela, Denis, Ratti and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Neal; Araujo, Frierson and Thompson. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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500 |
AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions concerning the authorization in certain counties of a private entity to undertake certain public works; authorizing a public body in certain counties to enter into a public-private partnership in connection with certain transportation facilities; providing for the financing of certain transportation facilities in certain counties; providing for the disposition of money which is received and is to be retained by a public body pursuant to a public-private partnership in certain counties; providing for the confidentiality of certain information submitted to a public body in certain counties; revising provisions concerning agreements between a public body and a person concerning certain transportation facilities in certain counties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 448 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 8, 2017 |
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501 |
AN ACT relating to education; revising certain references and terms in conformance with revisions to federal law; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; repealing provisions requiring certain schools to carry out a process for peer review of a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a school in accordance with federal law; requiring the State Board of Education to establish criteria for assessments that may be used to determine pupil achievement; revising provisions governing the count of pupils for purposes of calculating basic support; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations regarding end-of-course finals; revising the requirements for receipt of a standard high school diploma; providing for the creation of a college and career ready high school diploma; requiring a public awareness campaign concerning high school diplomas and endorsements to be conducted to the extent that money is available; revising provisions governing the annual reports of accountability prepared by the State Board and each school district; revising provisions governing evaluations of the overall performance of teachers and paraprofessionals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 7 — Committee on Education. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to elections; providing certain remedies and penalties in a preelection challenge to the qualifications of a candidate; revising the forms for declarations of candidacy, acceptances of candidacy and declarations of residency; allowing certain proofs of identity and residency when filing for candidacy; clarifying the deadlines for filing written challenges of the qualifications of candidates and determining if probable cause exists to support such challenges; requiring, under certain circumstances, that a candidate, committee for political action, committee sponsored by a political party and committee for the recall of a public officer open and maintain a separate account in certain financial institutions; making changes to the definition of “actual residence” for purposes of candidacy; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 21 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to criminal offenders; revising provisions relating to certain allowable deductions from the period of probation or sentence of a person; authorizing the Governor to grant certain deductions from the period of the sentence of a person under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 25 — Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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504 |
AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles; creating the Off-Highway Vehicles Program in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; placing the Commission on Off-Highway Vehicles within the Department; revising provisions regarding the membership and duties of the Commission; reducing the late fee imposed for failure to register an off-highway vehicle; requiring the Commission to conduct an evaluation and develop certain recommendations for legislation related to the operation of an off-highway vehicle on certain highways in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 29 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public office; requiring a nongovernmental entity that sends a notice relating to voter registration to include certain information in the notice; updating citations in Nevada Revised Statutes to certain provisions of federal law; revising the deadlines for registering to vote by mail or computer for a primary, primary city, general city or general election; providing that the county and city clerks are not required to distribute sample ballots for an election to certain persons; revising the deadlines for submitting reports of campaign contributions, expenses and expenditures; requiring a candidate to include the ending balance in his or her campaign account on reports of campaign contributions; revising the campaign finance reporting requirements for certain candidates, persons, committees and parties relating to a special election to recall a public officer; revising the categories of campaign expenses and expenditures on campaign finance reports; setting forth the requirements to withdraw a petition for initiative or referendum; extending, under certain circumstances, the deadline for submitting for verification certain petitions for initiative; clarifying that a copy of a petition of candidacy of an independent candidate for the office of President of the United States must be filed with the Secretary of State before the petition is circulated for signatures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 45 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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506 |
AN ACT relating to education; revising the requirements for a charter school to be eligible to be rated using the alternative performance framework; prohibiting certain actions relating to written charters and charter contracts; creating a process for filing complaints regarding charter schools which are sponsored by the State Public Charter School Authority; requiring a charter school to give written notice to the parent or legal guardian of each pupil and take certain actions after the occurrence of certain events; establishing a process for a charter school to have an expedited review to become a qualified provider of an alternative route to licensure; prohibiting a member of the State Public Charter School Authority from engaging in certain acts; revising provisions relating to the appointment of the Executive Director of the Authority; revising various other provisions relating to charter schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 49 — Committee on Education. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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507 |
AN ACT relating to water; defining certain terms relating to dissolved mineral resources; setting forth certain provisions relating to the drilling and operation of a dissolved mineral resource exploration well; establishing certain requirements for an application to drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration well; providing that certain losses of water by a dissolved mineral resource exploration project are not subject to certain appropriation procedures; requiring the Commission on Mineral Resources to establish a fee for the issuance of a permit to drill a dissolved mineral resource exploration well; requiring the Commission, in coordination with the Division of Water Resources and the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to adopt certain regulations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 52 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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508 |
AN ACT relating to redevelopment; allowing certain cities to extend the date for termination of certain redevelopment plans under certain circumstances; requiring that the payment of certain costs by a redevelopment agency be made pursuant to a written agreement; revising provisions relating to the area included within a redevelopment area; requiring certain cities to set aside a portion of the revenues from taxes imposed on property in certain redevelopment areas to be used to improve and preserve existing public educational facilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 80 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to provide competency-based education; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt regulations relating to the pilot program; establishing the Competency-Based Education Network; revising provisions governing the requirements for a pupil to receive credit for a course of study without attending the classes for the course; requiring the Department of Education to conduct a public awareness campaign regarding competency-based education; authorizing the Department to distribute certain money through a competitive grants program to carry out the pilot program to provide competency-based education; requiring the Competency-Based Education Network to prepare a comprehensive report relating to competency-based education; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 110 — Committee on Education. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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510 |
AN ACT relating to state employment; imposing additional duties on the Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration and certain state agencies relating to veterans and certain widows and widowers; revising provisions governing the preference provided to veterans and certain other persons relating to employment in the classified service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 309 — Assemblymen Cohen, Miller, Yeager, Watkins, Frierson; Benitez-Thompson, Fumo, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno, Sprinkle and Swank. Joint Sponsors: Senators Spearman and Parks. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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511 |
AN ACT relating to electronic documents; establishing provisions relating to electronic wills and trusts; revising provisions governing electronic notaries public; authorizing electronic notaries public to perform authorized electronic notarial acts remotely using audio-video communication; establishing provisions concerning electronic documents relating to real property located in this State; authorizing the Secretary of State to require notaries public registering as electronic notaries public to complete an online course on electronic notarization; increasing the amount of the fees authorized to be charged by an electronic notary public for the performance of certain electronic notarial acts and authorizing the collection of a fee to recover certain costs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 413 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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512 |
AN ACT relating to professions; revising provisions relating to the qualifications and appointment of members of the Nevada State Board of Accountancy; revising provisions relating to the adoption or amendment of rules of professional conduct by the Board; revising the qualifications for a certificate of certified public accountant; revising certain educational and work experience requirements for a certificate of certified public accountant; authorizing the issuance of a cease and desist order to a person believed to be engaged in the unlawful practice of accounting; repealing provisions relating to the registration of public accountants and business entities formed by public accountants; exempting certain professionals who hold a valid and unrestricted license to practice in another jurisdiction from provisions governing the practice of those professions for certain purposes relating to athletics; increasing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 454 — Committee on Commerce and Labor. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions; revising the composition of the Commission on Postsecondary Education; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 484 — Committee on Education. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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514 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising provisions relating to the allocation of a certain portion of the proceeds of the basic governmental services tax; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 486 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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515 |
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Business and Industry for the implementation of an electronic management system for public works and prevailing wage surveys in the Office of the Labor Commissioner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 509–Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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516 |
AN ACT relating to prisoners; authorizing the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety to provide money for transitional housing for indigent prisoners released on parole under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 514 — Committee on Ways and Means. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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517 |
AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to prepare a water budget and inventory of groundwater for each basin in this State; declaring the policy of this State to manage conjunctively all sources of water in this State; revising provisions relating to certain applications to appropriate water; revising provisions relating to certain fees collected by the State Engineer; revising the provisions governing the procedures for the State Engineer to declare a forfeiture of certain water rights; revising provisions relating to the Program for the Management of Groundwater in the Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 47 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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518 |
AN ACT relating to state government; requiring certain regulatory bodies to adopt regulations governing the issuance of a license by endorsement to a natural person who holds a comparable license issued by the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States and meets certain other requirements; prohibiting the appointment as a member of a regulatory body of a person who has served as a member for 12 years or more under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the payment of fees for legal services on a contingent basis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 69 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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519 |
AN ACT relating to state employees; revising provisions governing the Merit Award Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 72 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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520 |
AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to a plan of water conservation; revising the membership of the Western Regional Water Commission; providing for the transfer to the State General Fund of certain fee revenue collected by the State Engineer; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 74 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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521 |
AN ACT relating to problem gambling; revising the membership and duties of the Advisory Committee on Problem Gambling; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 120 — Senators Cancela; and Segerblom. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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522 |
AN ACT relating to health care; directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study concerning issues regarding the behavioral and cognitive care needs of older persons in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 121 — Senators Woodhouse, Parks, Ford, Denis, Farley; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Manendo, Ratti, Segerblom and Spearman. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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523 |
AN ACT relating to historic preservation; requiring notice and consultation with Indian tribes with regard to native Indian human remains, funerary objects and other cultural items under certain circumstances; requiring the Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum and the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to adopt regulations concerning the process for repatriation of prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; revising the membership of certain related boards and commissions; increasing the penalties for the defacement of prehistoric sites, historic sites and Indian burial sites; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 244 — Senators Ratti, Cannizzaro, Ford; and Goicoechea. Joint Sponsor: Assemblywoman Swank. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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524 |
AN ACT relating to storage tanks; requiring the Board to Review Claims to adopt regulations for the administration of a program to award grants of money from the Fund for Cleaning Up Discharges of Petroleum to certain operators of storage tanks; authorizing the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to award grants of money to those operators under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations for the administration of a program to provide assistance in complying with certain laws or regulations to any operator; requiring the Division to administer the program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 251 — Senators Goicoechea; and Settelmeyer. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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525 |
AN ACT relating to water; requiring a claimant of pre-statutory water rights to submit proof of the claim to the State Engineer on or before a certain date; requiring the State Engineer to provide certain notice of this requirement; eliminating the procedure for taking proofs of claims on and after a certain date; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 270 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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526 |
AN ACT relating to license plates; providing for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for Tule Springs State Park; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 428 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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527 |
AN ACT relating to special license plates; providing for the issuance of special license plates indicating support for the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team; exempting the special license plates from certain provisions otherwise applicable to special license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 283 — Senators Atkinson, Manendo; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Goicoechea, Kieckhefer, Parks, Ratti, Segerblom, Settelmeyer, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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528 |
AN ACT relating to interpreters; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services, to the extent money is available, to employ interpreters for a certain program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 443 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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529 |
AN ACT relating to education; abolishing the P-20W Advisory Council; creating the P-20W Research Data System Advisory Committee; prescribing the membership and duties of the Committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 458 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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530 |
AN ACT relating to education; creating the Advisory Task Force on School Leader Management; requiring the Task Force to conduct a study concerning the evaluation, preparation, licensure, recruitment, professional development and compensation of educational administrators; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 497 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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531 |
AN ACT relating to mortgage lending; revising provisions relating to continuing education for mortgage brokers and mortgage agents; revising provisions for the examination of mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers; authorizing the Commissioner of Mortgage Lending to waive the monthly report of activity of a mortgage broker or mortgage banker; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 498 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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532 |
AN ACT relating to State Government; consolidating the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry within the Housing Division of the Department; creating the Account for Housing Inspection and Compliance within the Housing Division; revising provisions governing the Account for Low-Income Housing; creating the position of Housing Advocate within the Housing Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 500 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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533 |
AN ACT relating to licensing of outdoor activities; revising provisions governing applications for a license, tag or permit to hunt, fish or trap; revising the fees for the issuance of an apprentice hunting license; revising the period of validity of a fishing license, hunting license and combination hunting and fishing license; requiring a tag to hunt any bighorn sheep, moose, mountain lion or mountain goat; revising various other provisions governing the issuance of, and the payment of fees for, certain licenses and permits; requiring the Department of Wildlife to use a portion of the fees charged and collected for certain purposes relating to wildlife; authorizing the use of not more than two combinations of hook, line and rod by one person at any time; providing for the renewal of a certificate of number for a motorboat; revising provisions governing the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number and an aquatic invasive species decal; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 511 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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534 |
AN ACT relating to public employees; making appropriations from the State General Fund and State Highway Fund for increases in the salaries of certain employees of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 368 — Senators Ford, Atkinson, Spearman, Cancela and Denis. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Neal, Frierson, Thompson, Monroe-Moreno, Miller; and McCurdy II. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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535 |
AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions governing the disposition of certain fees collected by the State Engineer; carrying forward certain money appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the South Fork Dam; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 514 — Committee on Natural Resources. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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536 |
AN ACT relating to public employees; revising the method of determining the amount that certain local governmental agencies are required to pay as a subsidy for the cost of coverage for retired persons of the agencies who are participants in the Public Employees’ Benefits Program; expressing the intent of the Legislature regarding the transitional responsibility for any increased costs to such local governmental agencies relating to the subsidy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 552 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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537 |
AN ACT relating to offenders; revising provisions governing the authorization for offenders to have access to telecommunications devices under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Corrections to create a pilot program governing certain uses of telecommunications devices by offenders; directing the Board of State Prison Commissioners to create a pilot program of education and training for certain offenders; setting forth the goals and functions of the pilot program of education and training; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 306 — Senators Ford, Parks, Cancela, Atkinson, Farley; Denis, Manendo, Ratti, Segerblom, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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538 |
AN ACT relating to corrections; authorizing the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish by regulation a charge on the use of videoconference equipment by offenders to conduct certain visits; revising provisions governing the use of electronic devices by offenders for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 420 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 9, 2017 |
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539 |
AN ACT relating to marijuana; revising standards for the labeling and packaging of marijuana for medical use; prohibiting the production of edible marijuana products or marijuana-infused products that are or appear to be lollipops or may appeal to children; establishing certain requirements for the production, packaging and labeling of products by a facility for the production of edible marijuana products or marijuana-infused products; prohibiting advertising by a medical marijuana establishment that would be appealing to children; requiring a medical marijuana dispensary to offer certain containers for sale and provide notification with each sale of marijuana; establishing similar provisions for recreational marijuana establishments with a delayed effective date; establishing limits on the quantity of marijuana for recreational use that may be sold in a single package; establishing certain restrictions on advertising by a recreational marijuana establishment; prohibiting regulation of certain matters relating to marijuana which is more restrictive than or conflicts with state law or regulation by a local government; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 344 — Senators Farley and Segerblom. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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540 |
AN ACT relating to marijuana; revising various provisions relating to the medical use of marijuana; transferring responsibility for the regulation of medical marijuana establishments from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Taxation; revising provisions relating to registry identification cards and letters of approval; revising provisions relating to the authorization of nonresidents to engage in the medical use of marijuana; prohibiting the Department of Taxation from requiring a medical marijuana dispensary to determine whether a person has exceeded the legal limits for possession of marijuana for medical use; revising provisions relating to medical marijuana establishment agents; prohibiting the use of a vending machine to dispense marijuana; requiring each marijuana establishment and medical marijuana establishment to submit to the Department of Taxation a report of information concerning the production and sale of marijuana; establishing limitations on the regulation and taxation of a marijuana establishment or medical marijuana establishment by a city, town or county; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 422 — Assemblyman Araujo. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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541 |
AN ACT relating to marijuana; revising provisions governing the excise taxes on sales of marijuana for medical purposes; imposing an excise tax on sales of marijuana and related products by a retail marijuana store; distributing the money raised by such excise taxes; requiring each marijuana establishment and medical marijuana establishment to submit to the Department of Taxation a report of information concerning the production and sale of marijuana; establishing limitations on the regulation and taxation of a marijuana establishment or medical marijuana establishment by a city, town or county; transferring responsibility for the regulation of medical marijuana establishments from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Taxation; providing for the issuance of additional medical marijuana establishment registration certificates; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 487 — Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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542 |
AN ACT relating to state land; revising provisions governing the Revolving Account for Land Management; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 489 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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543 |
AN ACT making appropriations to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for projects at certain parks and recreation areas; authorizing the expenditure of certain money by the Division for the Walker River State Recreation Area; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 536 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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544 |
AN ACT relating to education; extending the duration of the Zoom schools program; authorizing a Zoom elementary school to use money distributed to the school to provide an extended school day or summer academy or intersession; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 390 — Senators Denis and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Diaz and Thompson. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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545 |
AN ACT relating to economic development; revising the requirements that a business must satisfy to obtain a partial abatement of certain taxes and certain transferable tax credits; providing for the partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on a project located at multiple sites in this State that satisfies certain capital investment and other requirements; authorizing a municipality to create an improvement district to acquire, improve, equip, operate and maintain a rail project for a qualified project; revising provisions governing an improvement district created to finance certain infrastructure improvements for a qualified project; revising provisions governing the creation of a tax increment area by the governing body of a municipality; authorizing the governing body of a municipality that creates a tax increment area to enter into a contract for the payment of money in the tax increment account to a property owner to reimburse the property owner for certain costs paid by the property owner for an undertaking; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 442 — Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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546 |
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, under certain circumstances, county and city clerks to establish polling places within the boundaries of Indian reservations and Indian colonies; authorizing voting materials to be provided in certain languages; authorizing a voter to sign a signature card rather than a roster; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 492 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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547 |
AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions relating to taxicabs in certain counties of this State; conferring limited enforcement jurisdiction upon the Taxicab Authority over persons who are drivers for transportation network companies; authorizing the use of money obtained from the imposition of a technology fee for certain purposes; revising provisions governing the exterior appearance of certain taxicabs; revising the amount of time a vehicle used as a taxicab may remain in service as a taxicab; requiring the inspection of a taxicab not more than once each year; revising provisions governing the authority of certain certificate holders to lease a taxicab to an independent contractor; authorizing an independent contractor who leases a taxicab to use the taxicab in accordance with an agreement with a transportation network company; revising provisions relating to vehicles equipped with a dynamic display; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 487 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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548 |
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State to ensure that a person may use a mobile device to access certain information and submit certain information electronically to the Secretary of State; providing for voter preregistration by certain persons who are at least 17 years of age but less than 18 years of age; extending the deadline for a covered voter to use a federal postcard application to register to vote and request a military-overseas ballot; authorizing, under certain circumstances, a covered voter to request a local elections official to resend to the covered voter a military-overseas ballot; making various other changes relating to elections; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 144 — Senator Spearman. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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549 |
AN ACT relating to juries; revising the provisions governing the selection of jurors; requiring the jury commissioner to report certain information about trial jurors to the Court Administrator; prohibiting certain conduct relating to the use of certain employment information; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 207 — Assemblymen Fumo, Miller, Ohrenschall, Thompson; McCurdy II, Monroe-Moreno and Yeager. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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550 |
AN ACT relating to domestic workers; enacting the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights; providing for the mandatory payment of wages and, under certain circumstances, overtime wages for certain hours worked, limitations on deductions for food and lodging, rest breaks and days off; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 232 — Senators Segerblom, Manendo, Cancela, Parks; and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Neal; Araujo, Daly and Joiner. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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551 |
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising provisions governing prohibitions on the payment of compensation for disability caused by certain occupational diseases under certain circumstances; restricting the dissemination and use of the results of certain physical examinations required of certain firefighters, arson investigators and police officers for insurance coverage of cancer, lung disease and heart disease; authorizing the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to order the payment of a benefit penalty; providing for the payment of a claimant’s medical costs under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 267 — Assemblymen Araujo, Carlton, Frierson; Daly, Fumo, Jauregui, Monroe-Moreno and Spiegel. Joint Sponsors: Senators Segerblom, Cancela, Manendo, Parks and Cannizzaro. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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552 |
AN ACT relating to guardianships; authorizing a court to require a proposed guardian to file a proposed preliminary care plan and budget; establishing the process by which a person may obtain the approval of the court for the payment of attorney’s fees and costs from the assets of a ward; establishing the State Guardianship Compliance Office; replacing the term “incompetent” with the term “incapacitated” for purposes of guardianships and revising the definition thereof; revising various provisions relating to notice given to certain persons; revising provisions concerning the sale of real and personal property of a ward; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 130 — Assemblyman Sprinkle. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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553 |
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid to provide certain benefits relating to contraception; revising provisions relating to dispensing of contraceptives; requiring all health insurance plans to provide certain benefits relating to contraception; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 249 — Assemblymen Frierson, Bilbray-Axelrod, Sprinkle, Benitez-Thompson, Yeager; Elliot Anderson, Araujo, Brooks, Bustamante Adams, Carlton, Carrillo, Cohen, Daly, Diaz, Flores, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Ohrenschall, Spiegel, Swank, Thompson and Watkins. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ford, Ratti and Cancela. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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554 |
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions relating to certain information included in reports of presentence investigations; authorizing the court to order the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety to correct the contents of a report of any presentence investigation or general investigation in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 326 — Assemblymen McCurdy II, Yeager; and Fumo. Joint Sponsor: Senator Segerblom. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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555 |
AN ACT relating to contractors; exempting certain entities that enter into contracts or agreements with the State or a political corporation or subdivision of this State from certain provisions relating to contractors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 359 — Assemblyman Thompson. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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556 |
AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting certain persons from assisting certain employees, contractors or agents who work at a public school to obtain new employment; prohibiting a local educational agency or public school from entering into certain agreements; requiring an applicant for employment who may have direct contact with pupils to provide certain information and written authorizations; requiring the board of trustees of a school district, governing body of a charter school, governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils, governing body of a private school and certain independent contractors to take certain action regarding persons who may have direct contact with children; requiring certain employers to provide certain information regarding an applicant for employment who may have direct contact with children; providing that an employer who fails to provide certain information regarding an applicant for employment who may have direct contact with children is subject to certain disciplinary action; providing that a teacher or administrator may be subject to disciplinary action for certain violations; authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to deny an application for a license if a report on the criminal history of the applicant indicates that an applicant has been arrested for or charged with a sexual offense involving a minor or pupil; requiring the Superintendent to provide certain notice when an application for a license is denied; requiring the Department of Education to maintain a list of the names of persons whose application for a license has been denied for certain purposes; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 362 — Assemblymen Tolles, Watkins; Benitez-Thompson, Diaz, Krasner, Monroe-Moreno, Oscarson, Pickard, Wheeler, Woodbury and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Denis, Ford, Gansert, Gustavson, Hammond, Harris, Segerblom, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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557 |
AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the governing body of a flood management authority under specified circumstances to adopt a resolution establishing a flood control project needs committee to recommend the imposition of certain taxes, fees, rates, charges, levies or assessments to fund the approved flood management projects of the flood management authority; providing that if such a committee is established and submits its recommendations to the governing body of the flood management authority and the board of county commissioners within the time prescribed, the governing body of the flood management authority is required to impose certain recommended fees, rates or charges and the board of county commissioners is required to submit a question to the voters at the 2018 General Election asking whether the other recommended taxes, fees, levies or assessments should be imposed in the county; requiring the board of county commissioners to adopt an ordinance imposing any such taxes, fees, levies or assessments that are approved by the voters; providing for the use of the proceeds of such taxes, fees, rates, charges, levies or assessments for approved flood management projects; providing that if a flood control project needs committee is established, the committee is required to obtain information and submit a report concerning certain flooding issues in the county; providing for the prospective expiration of the authority of a governing body to establish such a committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 375 — Assemblymen Sprinkle, Benitez-Thompson, Joiner and Daly. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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558 |
AN ACT relating to corrections; requiring the coordination of certain care for a prisoner to be arranged by a sheriff, chief of police or town marshal in certain counties and the Department of Health and Human Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 421 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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559 |
AN ACT relating to business associations; expressing the intent of the Legislature concerning the law of domestic corporations; revising the presumption against negligence for the actions of corporate directors and officers; clarifying the factors that may be considered by corporate directors and officers in the exercise of their respective powers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 203 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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560 |
AN ACT relating to insurance; authorizing the Commissioner of Insurance to accept an independent audit in lieu of an examination of a nonprofit organization of surplus lines brokers; limiting when a surplus lines broker may charge a fee; authorizing the Commissioner to adopt regulations for the charging and collection of certain fees for the purchase of individual or group life or health insurance or an individual or group annuity; authorizing an employee or authorized representative of a vendor to receive certain compensation relating to offering portable electronics insurance; revising provisions relating to the termination of the membership of a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 209 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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561 |
AN ACT relating to the welfare of pupils; expanding the scope of the Safe-to-Tell Program; requiring the appointment of a team at each public school to receive reports from the Program; providing immunity from civil liability to such a team and its members; providing for the establishment of a support center to receive reports to the Program; requiring the Director of the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment of the Department of Education to provide certain training; requiring that certain plans used by schools in responding to a crisis or emergency include procedures for responding to a suicide of certain persons; authorizing a provider of mental health services to provide services to a school after a crisis, emergency or such a suicide; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 212 — Senators Gansert, Ratti, Woodhouse, Hammond, Parks; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Farley, Ford, Goicoechea, Hardy, Harris, Kieckhefer, Manendo, Roberson, Segerblom and Settelmeyer. Joint Sponsors: Assemblywomen Benitez-Thompson; Joiner and Tolles. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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562 |
AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions governing a contract for a public work involving a construction manager at risk; revising provisions relating to the authority of public bodies to enter into a contract with a design-build team for the construction of a public work; extending the prospective expiration of provisions relating to construction managers at risk; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 246 — Senators Manendo, Hardy, Parks, Settelmeyer, Hammond; Atkinson, Denis and Farley. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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563 |
AN ACT relating to property; establishing the requirements for a written notice to request the curing of a violation of the governing documents of a unit-owners’ association without imposition of a fine; establishing provisions relating to property owned by more than one person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 258 — Senators Gustavson, Hardy; Gansert, Hammond, Manendo, Parks, Settelmeyer and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Kramer and Krasner. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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564 |
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain persons to install an ignition interlock device following a revocation of a driver’s license, permit or privilege to drive; revising the provisions governing the period of revocation of a driver’s license, permit or privilege to drive related to certain offenses involving driving under the influence; requiring the court to order certain persons to install an ignition interlock device in certain circumstances; revising provisions governing the installation of an ignition interlock device following a conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; prohibiting a person from providing his or her breath for an ignition interlock device required to be installed in the vehicle of another person under certain circumstances; requiring the Committee on Testing for Intoxication to adopt certain regulations; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 259 — Senators Manendo, Parks, Cannizzaro, Segerblom, Gustavson; Atkinson, Cancela, Denis, Farley, Ford, Gansert, Hammond, Hardy, Ratti, Spearman and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Carrillo. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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565 |
AN ACT relating to corrections; requiring the Director of the Department of Corrections to verify the full legal name and age of an offender who is to be released by obtaining certain documents before providing a photo identification card to the offender; authorizing a sheriff, chief of police or town marshal, upon request, to provide certain information and assistance to a person who is to be released from a jail or detention facility; revising provisions governing the allowance of credits to a prisoner of a local detention facility who successfully completes a program of education, a program of vocational education and training, a program of treatment for alcohol or drug abuse or another approved program; revising the documents which may be furnished to the Department of Motor Vehicles as proof of the full legal name and age of the offender to apply for a driver’s license or identification card; providing for the waiver of certain fees relating to driver’s licenses and identification cards for certain persons who are released from a jail or detention facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 268 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to trade regulations; prohibiting certain persons from installing, requiring to be installed or using certain technology devices in a motor vehicle in certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 350 — Senator Atkinson. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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567 |
AN ACT relating to gaming; revising provisions relating to the confidentiality of certain information and data provided by gaming applicants and licensees to state agencies that regulate gaming; clarifying the privileged nature of such information and data; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 376 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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568 |
AN ACT relating to public welfare; authorizing the filing of a motion for the termination of parental rights as part of a proceeding relating to the abuse or neglect of a child; establishing provisions concerning the process for the termination of parental rights following the filing of such a motion; requiring the court to conduct a hearing to determine whether to transfer venue for proceedings on a petition for the termination of parental rights under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing in which county a petition for the termination of parental rights may be filed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 432 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the crime of facilitating sex trafficking; establishing a rebuttable presumption that certain children who commit the crime of sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking are acting under duress; establishing the privilege of confidential communication between persons who are victims of human trafficking and certain advocates for those victims; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a Medicaid service package to assist victims of sexual trauma who are eligible for Medicaid; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations relating to the development of such a Medicaid service package; requiring the Department to hold certain periodic meetings relating to sex trafficking; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 488 — Senators Spearman, Cancela, Woodhouse, Parks; Denis, Farley and Ford. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Miller, Joiner, Diaz; Neal, Spiegel and Thompson. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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570 |
AN ACT relating to Internet privacy; requiring certain operators of Internet websites or online services which collect certain information from residents of this State to provide notice of certain provisions relating to the privacy of the information collected by the operator; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 538 — Senator Ford. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Frierson. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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571 |
AN ACT relating to real property; revising provisions relating to the foreclosure of real property; authorizing electronic delivery of certain notices relating to the foreclosure of real property; revising provisions relating to the Foreclosure Mediation Program; requiring Home Means Nevada, Inc., or its successor organization, to administer certain functions of the Program; replacing the Account for Foreclosure Mediation with the Account for Foreclosure Mediation Assistance; requiring the Interim Finance committee to administer the Account; providing for the continuation of the Program; requiring the State Controller to transfer money remaining in the Account for Foreclosure Mediation to the Account for Foreclosure Mediation Assistance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 490 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 12, 2017 |
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572 |
AN ACT relating to procurement; establishing provisions relating to preferences in bidding for certain contracts with Nevada-based businesses for state purchasing; revising provisions relating to the disclosure of the weight assigned to certain factors used to evaluate proposals for certain state purchasing contracts; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 280 — Assemblymen Frierson, Carrillo, Monroe-Moreno, Sprinkle, Neal; Araujo, Benitez-Thompson, Bilbray-Axelrod, Carlton, Cohen, Daly, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, McCurdy II, Miller, Ohrenschall, Spiegel, Thompson, Tolles, Watkins and Yeager. Joint Sponsors: Senators Ford and Cannizzaro. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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573 |
AN ACT relating to hospitals; limiting the amount that a hospital may collect or attempt to collect from a patient or other responsible party under certain circumstances; establishing provisions relating to statutory liens on a judgment or settlement; requiring a hospital to provide notice of intent to file such a lien in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 183 — Assemblyman Ohrenschall. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to historic buildings; authorizing the State Land Registrar to purchase certain historic buildings and enter into a public-private partnership to facilitate certain activities related to such a historic building; providing requirements and exemptions relating to such a public-private partnership; establishing the Restore Nevada’s Treasures Revolving Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 371 — Assemblymen Swank and Elliot Anderson. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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575 |
AN ACT relating to public works; establishing the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank; providing for the governance of the Bank by a Board of Directors; establishing the powers and duties of the Board of Directors; providing for the administration of the Bank by an Executive Director to the extent that certain money is available; establishing the powers and duties of the Executive Director; establishing the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank Fund; authorizing the Bank to perform certain acts in connection with the financing of certain transportation facilities and utility infrastructure; providing civil immunity for certain persons for certain official actions; revising provisions governing revenues pledged for the payment of bonds to finance the renovation or expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center; revising provisions governing audits of the use of such revenues; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 399 — Assemblywoman Bustamante Adams. Joint Sponsors: Senators Hammond and Manendo. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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576 |
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the College Savings Plans of Nevada to delegate certain powers and duties relating to the Nevada Higher Education Prepaid Tuition Program to the State Treasurer; requiring the Board of Trustees of the College Savings Plans of Nevada to establish the Nevada College Kick Start Program; revising the membership of the Board; authorizing certain qualified beneficiaries to apply unused prepaid tuition benefits toward graduate-level studies; providing that the Nevada Higher Education Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund consists, in part, of payments received pursuant to a loan made to the Trust Fund for purposes of the fiscal stabilization of the Nevada Higher Education Prepaid Tuition Program; transferring the duty to adopt regulations governing the Nevada College Savings Program from the State Treasurer to the Board; requiring the transfer of money in accounts created under the Program to the Endowment Account in the State General Fund under certain circumstances; revising provisions governing the expenditures authorized from the Endowment Account; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 475 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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577 |
AN ACT relating to education; clarifying that the prohibition on bullying and cyber-bullying applies to all public schools in this State, including charter schools; authorizing a private school to comply with anti-bullying provisions; providing that certain requirements relating to reported incidents of bullying or cyber-bullying do not apply to pupils in prekindergarten, certain employees of a school or school district and certain adults; authorizing an administrator of a school to defer an investigation relating to bullying or cyber-bullying in certain circumstances; requiring certain training concerning the needs of persons with diverse gender identities or expressions and the needs of pupils with disabilities or autism spectrum disorders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 225 — Senators Parks, Woodhouse, Cancela, Spearman; and Farley. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Spiegel, Bilbray-Axelrod, Ohrenschall; Araujo, Brooks, Carlton, Cohen, Swank and Thompson. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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578 |
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain medical facilities and facilities for the dependent to post certain information near each public entrance to the facility and on any Internet website maintained by the facility; requiring the State Board of Health to establish a system for rating certain health care facilities based on compliance with requirements concerning staffing; revising requirements concerning money received by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services from licensing certain health care facilities; establishing requirements concerning the membership of the staffing committee of certain hospitals; requiring that written policies concerning refusal of or objection to work assignments and documented staffing plans established by the staffing committee of certain hospitals be signed by each member of the staffing committee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 482 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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579 |
AN ACT relating to education; creating the Nevada Ready 21 Technology Program; establishing requirements for participation in the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 467 — Committee on Education. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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580 |
AN ACT relating to wages; authorizing a domestic service employee who resides in the household where he or she works and his or her employer to enter into a written agreement to exclude from the wages of the domestic service employee certain specified periods for meals, sleep and other free time; authorizing such an agreement to be used to establish the number of hours worked by the domestic service employee during a pay period; revising provisions relating to the payment of certain compensation for overtime to a domestic service employee who resides in the household where he or she works; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 468 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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581 |
AN ACT relating to state employees; revising provisions governing the dismissal, involuntary demotion or suspension of a permanent classified employee in the state service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 478 — Committee on Government Affairs. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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582 |
AN ACT relating to transportation network companies; requiring a driver to provide to a transportation network company certain information relating to his or her state business registration; requiring a transportation network company to terminate an agreement with a driver who fails to comply with the requirement to provide such information to the company; requiring the Nevada Transportation Authority to provide certain information to the Secretary of State for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of law governing the state business registration; providing for the confidentiality of the information provided to the Secretary of State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 554 — Senator Atkinson. Approved June 13, 2017 |
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583 |
AN ACT relating to criminal justice; creating the Nevada Sentencing Commission; prescribing the membership and duties of the Sentencing Commission; enacting various provisions relating to the Sentencing Commission; authorizing the Sentencing Commission to issue subpoenas; revising certain provisions governing the Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice; authorizing the Sentencing Commission to request the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for each regular session of the Legislature; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 451 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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584 |
AN ACT relating to the City of Reno; revising provisions relating to appointive officers and employees; creating a sixth ward for the City; requiring that a candidate for Council Member be voted upon in a special or general election only by the registered voters of the ward that the candidate seeks to represent; revising provisions relating to interactions between the City Council and employees; eliminating the office of the Council Member who represents the City at large; requiring the City Council to adopt an ordinance requiring the Mayor and Council Members to submit reports of campaign contributions in certain years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 36 — Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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585 |
AN ACT relating to firefighters; directing the Legislative Commission to authorize the construction or installation of a memorial to Nevada firefighters on the Capitol Complex; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 540 — Senators Ford, Denis, Parks, Spearman, Atkinson; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Farley, Manendo, Ratti, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsor: Assemblyman Frierson. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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586 |
AN ACT relating to crimes; enhancing the criminal penalty for certain crimes committed against first responders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 541 — Senators Ford, Denis, Parks, Spearman, Atkinson; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Farley, Manendo, Ratti, Segerblom and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Ellison and Frierson. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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587 |
AN ACT relating to public welfare; revising the amount and type of training that an employee of a child care facility is required to complete; setting forth certain requirements relating to services performed by an independent contractor at a child care facility; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a system of rating child care facilities; revising provisions concerning certain background investigations required to be conducted by the Division; authorizing the imposition of administrative sanctions against a child care facility for certain violations; requiring the Legislative Auditor to report certain findings of an audit of a public or private facility for children to a licensing entity or the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department; requiring a licensing entity to conduct reviews of a child care facility after a legislative audit in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 189 — Senator Woodhouse. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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588 |
AN ACT relating to applied behavior analysis; creating the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis; transferring the responsibility for the regulation of applied behavior analysis from the Board of Psychological Examiners to the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis; requiring the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce provisions of law governing applied behavior analysis and the regulations of the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis; replacing the term “autism behavior interventionist” with the term “registered behavior technician”; requiring a behavior technician to obtain registration from the Division; providing for the certification of state certified behavior interventionists; revising the composition of the Board of Psychological Examiners; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 286 — Senators Gansert, Ford, Parks; Cancela, Cannizzaro, Goicoechea, Hammond, Hardy, Ratti and Roberson. Approved June 14, 2017 |
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589 |
AN ACT relating to renewable energy; creating the contractual requirements for an agreement for the lease or purchase of a distributed generation system and a power purchase agreement; describing utility rates; establishing the minimum warranty requirements for an agreement concerning a distributed generation system; creating the Renewable Energy Bill of Rights; requiring certain electric utilities to file a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to establish an optional time-variant rate schedule for customers; requiring a utility to provide a credit to certain customer-generators for excess electricity generated by the net metering systems of such customer-generators; revising provisions governing the eligibility of certain customers of electric utilities in this State to participate in net metering; revising various other provisions relating to net metering; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 405 — Assemblymen Brooks, Watkins, Frierson, Yeager, McCurdy II; Araujo, Bilbray-Axelrod, Carrillo, Cohen, Diaz, Fumo, Jauregui, Joiner, Miller, Monroe-Moreno, Neal, Swank and Thompson. Joint Sponsors: Senators Atkinson, Ford, Manendo, Segerblom and Spearman. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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590 |
AN ACT relating to energy; requiring certain electric utilities in this State to file with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada a distributed resources plan; prescribing the minimum requirements of such a plan; revising provisions governing the filing of a plan by one electric utility to increase the supply of electricity or reduce demand; increasing the period by which the Commission must issue an order accepting or modifying certain portions of such a plan or amendments to such a plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 146 — Senator Spearman. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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591 |
AN ACT relating to energy efficiency programs; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to establish for each electric utility in this State annual goals for energy savings resulting from the implementation of energy efficiency programs; requiring each electric utility to implement an energy efficiency plan designed to be cost effective and to meet the annual goals for energy savings established by the Commission; revising certain provisions relating to the recovery of costs based on the implementation by an electric utility of energy efficiency and conservation programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 150 — Senator Spearman. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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592 |
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to compile certain lists of certain prescription drugs that are used to treat diabetes; requiring the manufacturer of a drug included on such lists and a pharmacy benefit manager to provide certain information to the Department; requiring the Department to compile a report based on such information; requiring a manufacturer of prescription drugs to submit a list of each pharmaceutical sales representative who markets prescription drugs to certain persons in this State; prohibiting a pharmaceutical sales representative who is not included on such a list from marketing prescription drugs on behalf of a manufacturer; requiring each pharmaceutical sales representative included on such a list to report certain information to the Department; requiring certain nonprofit organizations to report to the Department certain information concerning certain contributions and benefits received from drug manufacturers, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers or trade and advocacy groups for such entities; requiring the Department to place certain information on its Internet website; authorizing the Department to impose an administrative penalty in certain circumstances; providing that certain information does not constitute a trade secret; imposing certain requirements on a pharmacy benefit manager; requiring a private school to allow a pupil to keep and self-administer certain drugs; requiring certain insurers to provide certain notice to insureds; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 539 — Senators Roberson, Gansert; Atkinson, Cancela, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Ford, Goicoechea, Harris, Manendo, Parks, Ratti, Segerblom, Settelmeyer, Spearman and Woodhouse. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to authorize certain children to enroll in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program; authorizing the Director to reduce or eliminate benefits provided to such children under those programs in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 325 — Senators Cancela, Segerblom, Woodhouse, Spearman, Parks; Cannizzaro, Denis and Farley. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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594 |
AN ACT relating to education; creating the Nevada Advisory Commission on Mentoring; providing for the membership, powers and duties of the Commission; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 144 — Assemblymen Thompson, Neal, Joiner, Flores; Brooks, Fumo, McCurdy II, Monroe-Moreno and Ohrenschall. Joint Sponsors: Senators Cancela, Ford; and Denis. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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595 |
AN ACT relating to employment; creating the Office of Workforce Innovation within the Office of the Governor; establishing the duties of the Office and the Executive Director of the Office; revising the membership, procedures and duties of the State Apprenticeship Council; revising the qualifications, requirements and duties of the State Director of Apprenticeship; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 516 — Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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596 |
AN ACT relating to education; removing the limitation on the amount of credit a pupil may earn for successful completion of certain work programs; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or a nonprofit organization to apply for a grant of money from the Department of Education to develop and implement certain work-based learning programs; requiring the board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of a charter school that offers a work-based learning program to biennially prepare and submit a report concerning the manner in which the program has been carried out; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 66 — Committee on Education. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain pupils to receive instruction in computer education and technology; authorizing a pupil to apply credit received for certain courses in computer science to fulfill requirements for graduation from high school, admission to college and eligibility for the Millennium Scholarship under certain circumstances; requiring a school district or charter school to provide professional development concerning computer science and computer education and technology; requiring the Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to appoint a subcommittee on computer science to make recommendations concerning instruction in computer education and technology; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 200 — Senators Woodhouse, Denis, Ford, Spearman, Cancela; Atkinson, Cannizzaro, Gansert, Manendo, Parks, Ratti and Segerblom. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Carlton, Frierson; and Fumo. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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598 |
AN ACT relating to trade practices; making certain sales of tickets a deceptive trade practice; regulating the manner in which tickets to an athletic contest or live entertainment event may be sold in certain circumstances; prohibiting the use of an Internet robot for certain purposes relating to ticket sales; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 235 — Senators Woodhouse, Parks, Cancela, Spearman; Atkinson, Cannizzaro, Denis, Farley, Manendo and Segerblom. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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599 |
AN ACT relating to guardians; establishing a form by which a person may request to nominate another person to serve as his or her guardian; revising provisions governing registered agents to authorize a person to serve as a registered agent for a nonresident guardian; revising provisions relating to the Nevada Lockbox; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 229 — Senator Harris. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the Department of Taxation to approve an additional amount of credits against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate money to a scholarship organization; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 555 — Senators Ford and Roberson. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Frierson and Paul Anderson. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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601 |
AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing and providing funding for the advance planning of the College of Engineering, Academic and Research Building and to complete planning and begin construction of a new building for the Medical School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 553 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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602 |
AN ACT relating to education; providing for the establishment of the Nevada Institute on Teaching and Educator Preparation; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 548 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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603 |
AN ACT relating to postsecondary education; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to consult with certain entities to establish statewide standards for the awarding of credit for military education, training or occupational experience; requiring that credit earned by a student for military education, training or occupational experience be applicable toward the course work required for the award of a degree or certificate at a community college, state college or university in the Nevada System of Higher Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 457 — Senators Parks, Spearman, Hardy; Denis, Ford and Woodhouse. Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen Edwards, Kramer, Wheeler, McArthur; and Pickard. Approved June 15, 2017 |
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AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; creating the Juvenile Justice Oversight Commission and an Advisory Committee to the Commission; prescribing the powers and duties of the Commission and the Advisory Committee; imposing requirements related to juvenile justice on the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services and local departments of juvenile services; providing for the establishment of an evidence-based program resource center; requiring the juvenile court to make certain findings before committing a child to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children or a public or private institution or agency in another state; requiring departments of juvenile services to conduct a risk assessment and a mental health screening before the disposition of a case involving a child who is adjudicated delinquent; requiring the Division to consider the results of such an assessment and screening in making decisions concerning the placement of a child; revising provisions relating to mental health screenings of children referred to the system of juvenile justice; revising provisions concerning the release of certain information relating to a child subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; requiring the Youth Parole Bureau to adopt policies and procedures relating to responses to a child’s violation of his or her terms and conditions of parole; requiring the juvenile court to consider the adherence of the Youth Parole Bureau to such policies and procedures in determining whether to suspend, modify or revoke a child’s parole; revising provisions relating to revocation of a child’s parole; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 472 — Committee on Judiciary. Approved June 16, 2017 |
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605 |
AN ACT relating to drugs; requiring certain persons to make a report of a drug overdose or suspected drug overdose; revising provisions concerning the computerized program to track each prescription for a controlled substance; revising provisions governing the accessibility of health care records in certain investigations; requiring an occupational licensing board that licenses certain practitioners who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances to review and evaluate information and impose disciplinary action in certain circumstances; authorizing such an occupational licensing board to suspend the authority of a practitioner to prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled substance in certain circumstances; imposing certain requirements concerning the prescription of a controlled substance; revising the required contents of certain written prescriptions; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 474 — Committee on Health and Human Services. Approved June 16, 2017 |
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606 |
AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing certain expenditures by the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration; levying a property tax to support the Consolidated Bond Interest and Redemption Fund; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Senate Bill No. 546 — Committee on Finance. Approved June 16, 2017 |
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AN ACT making an appropriation to the NevadaTeach Program at the University of Nevada, Reno; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 522 — Assemblymen Frierson and Benitez-Thompson. Approved June 16, 2017 |
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608 |
AN ACT relating to transportation; revising requirements for the testing or operation of an autonomous vehicle on a highway within this State; authorizing the use of driver-assistive platooning technology; authorizing the use of a fully autonomous vehicle to provide transportation services in certain circumstances by persons licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, Nevada Transportation Authority or Taxicab Authority; providing for the regulation of autonomous vehicle network companies; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Assembly Bill No. 69 — Committee on Transportation. Approved June 16, 2017 |
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