This bill revises provisions relating to voter registration. It requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in counties with a population of 100,000 or more (Clark and Washoe counties) to have extended hours of operation during certain periods before and after elections to allow people to apply for or renew driver's licenses and identification cards without requiring an appointment. The bill also makes an appropriation to the DMV for additional security costs related to the extended hours. The key changes include: - Allowing voters to register to vote in person during early voting or on election day by providing a current and valid driver's license, identification card, or tribal ID as proof of identity and residency, with some exceptions where a provisional ballot can be cast. - Requiring the DMV in larger counties to be open on weekends and extended hours during the 2 weeks before the voter registration deadline and 6 days after elections, solely for issuing or renewing licenses and IDs. - Prohibiting the DMV in larger counties from requiring appointments during those same periods. - Appropriating $15,449 from the State Highway Fund to the DMV for additional security costs related to the extended hours.

SB443

Relaxing Requirements to Register to Vote

This bill prohibits a person who is less than 21 years of age from possessing certain firearms, such as semiautomatic shotguns and semiautomatic centerfire rifles. It also imposes penalties on those who aid or knowingly permit a person under 21 to possess such firearms, with harsher penalties if the person knows there is a substantial risk the firearm will be used for a violent act. The bill also adds provisions related to the negligent storage of firearms that could be accessed by a person under 21. Additionally, the bill restricts children aged 14 and older from handling or possessing certain semiautomatic firearms, even with parental permission, and requires that rifles and shotguns be stored unloaded and securely locked when not in use.

AB355

Increasing the Minimum Age to own a Firearm

This bill prohibits a person from purchasing, owning, or possessing a firearm if they have been convicted within the last 10 years of a "hate crime" or "hate crime involving violence". A "hate crime" is defined as an offense punishable as a gross misdemeanor due to the offender's conduct being motivated by certain characteristics of the victim or an offense where the court imposed an additional penalty based on the offender's motivation. The bill provides an exception for individuals who legally owned a firearm before July 1, 2023, and were convicted of a hate crime or hate crime involving violence prior to that date.

SB171

Banning the Purchase of a Firearm for Citizens who have been Convicted of a Hate Crime

This bill introduces new penalties for trafficking and possessing fentanyl, lowering the threshold for what constitutes trafficking from 100 grams to 28 grams- which is a Category B felony with a potential prison sentence of one to ten years. Higher quantities, between 42 and 100 grams, are subject to more severe penalties, including imprisonment for two to fifteen years. SB35 also establishes penalties for the intentional misrepresentation of fentanyl products. The bill requires state and local law enforcement agencies, along with the Nevada Sentencing Commission, to submit detailed reports on fentanyl. 

SB35

Increased penalties for fentanyl trafficking

This bill establishes the maximum allowed salaries for certain state employees, with increases of 12% effective July 1, 2023, and 4% effective July 1, 2024. It makes appropriations from the State General Fund and State Highway Fund to cover these salary increases, as well as retention incentives and a plan to encourage continuity of service for eligible state employees. The bill also eliminates a salary limitation and revises provisions relating to the designation of the Legislative Fiscal Officer.

AB522

No cap on Government salaries

This bill requires the Director of the Department of Corrections, with the approval of the Board of State Prison Commissioners, to adopt regulations prescribing standards for the supervision, custody, care, security, housing, and medical and mental health treatment of offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary, and intersex. It also adds training in cultural competency for interacting with such offenders to the program of facility training for correctional staff. The bill defines the terms "gender non-binary," "gender non-conforming," "intersex," and "transgender" for the purposes of these regulations and training. The Director must adopt the required regulations by January 1, 2024.

SB153

Regulations for Transgenders in Correctional Facilities

This bill mandates health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and cities to reinvest a portion of their profits into specific social programs addressing homelessness, medication services, and other social programs. It revises the duties of the reinvestment advisory committee in counties with populations over 700,000 (currently only Clark County) to focus on the reinvestment of funds by MCOs to address homelessness and provide the services mentioned above. It requires DHHS to establish the Fiscal Advisory Committee for a Flexible Continuum of Care Plan, which will receive funding to provide these social programs. 

SB400

Mandating Health Organizations to Invest in Reducing Homelessness

This bill requires the Director to apply for federal authority to provide prenatal, labor, and delivery coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program for uninsured individuals due to immigration status, and makes an appropriation for this purpose. SB419 declares that all state residents are eligible for Medicaid, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, and can receive benefits. Further, it creates the Medicaid Outreach Advisory Committee to advise on outreach to and enrollment of marginalized or underserved communities in Medicaid and CHIP. 

SB419

Medicaid for All Citizens Regardless of Immigration/Citizenship Status

This bill prohibits health care licensing boards from disqualifying or disciplining a pershttps://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1566758on for providing or assisting with certain reproductive health care services, even if they were sanctioned in another state. It also prohibits the Governor from surrendering or issuing an arrest warrant for a person in Nevada who is charged in another state for a criminal violation related to reproductive health care services, unless the acts would also be a crime in Nevada. Additionally, the bill restricts state agencies from assisting with investigations or proceedings initiated in other states related to the provision of reproductive health care services that are legal in Nevada. Finally, the bill requires health care licensing boards to examine the feasibility of providing reciprocal licensing for health care providers who offer reproductive health care services in other states, in order to facilitate the provision of such services to people from out of state seeking them in Nevada.

SB131

Prohibitiing Health Care Liscencing Boards for Disciplining a Person for Providing an Abortion

This bill requires certain public and private health insurance policies, including Medicaid, to cover the treatment of conditions relating to gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. It prohibits insurers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of gender identity or expression. The bill also authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to suspend or revoke the certificate of a health insurer that fails to comply with these requirements. Additionally, the bill makes appropriations and authorizes expenditures to cover the costs of providing this coverage under Medicaid.

SB163

Mandating Healthcare Providers to Cover Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

This bill allows minors to consent to receive preventive sexual health services, such as vaccinations and treatments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), without requiring parental consent. This includes services like the administration of the HPV vaccine and medications to prevent HIV, such as PrEP.

SB172

STI Treatment for Minors without Parental Consent

This bill aimed to establish provisions for medical aid in dying, and would have allowed terminally ill patients to request and self-administer medication to end their lives under certain conditions. This included requirements such as the patient being diagnosed with a terminal illness and deemed to have six months or less to live by a healthcare provider​. 

SB239

Assisted suicide 

This bill proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution by adding a new section to Article 1 which: (1) guarantees each individual in this State a fundamental right to reproductive freedom and (2) authorizes the State to regulate abortion care after fetal viability with certain exceptions; and (3) prevents the State from penalizing, prosecuting or taking any other adverse action against an individual or entity for exercising the right to an abortion or for aiding or assisting another individual in exercising his or her right to reproductive freedom. 

SJR7

Constitunional Right to Abortion in Nevada

This bill creates the Early Childhood Literacy and Readiness Account and authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to support early childhood literacy and readiness programs. It also revises various provisions relating to the Commission on School Funding, including requiring the Commission to review the academic progress of pupils in each public school and strategies to improve accessibility of programs. The bill authorizes cities and counties to sponsor charter schools, with certain limitations, and requires reporting by cities and counties that sponsor charter schools. The bill also revises provisions governing the Teach Nevada Scholarship Program, creates the Nevada Teacher Advancement Scholarship Program, and revises requirements for the promotion and retention of pupils in grade 3. The bill makes various appropriations to support these provisions.

AB400

Creating the Early Childhood Literacy and Readiness Account

This bill appropriates $12 billion to K-12 education over the upcoming biennium, including more than $2 billion in new funding. Democrats characterize the $2 billion as “a direct result” of the pupil-centered funding formula they passed during the 2019 session. The budget is $300 million higher than Gov Lombardo recommended; additional per-student funding for targeted populations and increases of $4,035 for English language learners and $3,137 for at-risk students.

SB503

Education Appropriation

This bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, the sale and distribution of certain products containing intentionally added (PFAS) or (forever chemicals), such as cosmetics, carpets, fabric treatments, food packaging, children’s products, indoor textile furnishings, and indoor upholstered furniture, beginning on October 1, 2024. The bill also requires manufacturers of cookware containing intentionally added PFAS to provide certain information to customers, including a list of the PFAS substances and an internet address and QR code for a website with more information. Violations of these provisions are punishable as misdemeanors.
PFA’s have been highly linked to: endocrine disruption, cancer, immune system effects, liver damage, high cholesterol levels, and negative reproductive and developmental effects. 

SB76

Consumer transparency for PFAS (forever chemicals)

This bill imposes additional burdens on state agencies by expanding reserve calculations to include appropriations from various departments and agencies, potentially reducing fiscal flexibility. It requires extensive and detailed reporting on positions, vacancies, and privatization contracts, increasing administrative complexity and costs. This bill Expands bureaucracy in Nevada and increases government Spending.

AB527

Increases Administrative Costs and Regulations for State Agencies

This bill eliminates the requirement that members of certain town advisory councils and boards be qualified electors (registered voters). Instead, it requires that members be residents of the town and citizens of the United States or lawfully entitled to reside in the United States. The bill applies to citizens' advisory councils in towns in counties with populations under 100,000, as well as town advisory boards in unincorporated towns in any county, if the county commissioners have not designated specific services for the board to manage. The bill also makes a conforming change to the declaration of candidacy form for those town advisory board positions.

SB262

Removing the Mandate that Electors must be U.S Citizens

The bill mandates that licensed firearm dealers provide a locking device with each firearm sale or transfer and post a notice about the legal consequences of improper firearm storage. It also requires school districts and charter schools to include active assailant response plans in their crisis protocols and mandates specific training for school police officers on active assailant movement techniques. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services will develop a safe firearm storage education campaign. Penalties are provided for non-compliance

SB294

Mandates Firearm Dealers to Provide Locking Device with every Firearm Sale

This bill imposes extensive requirements on entities handling consumer health data, including developing and publicly posting privacy policies, obtaining explicit consent before data collection or sharing, and establishing processes for data requests and appeals. While intended to enhance privacy, the bill places significant burdens on organizations to comply with these regulations, potentially increasing administrative costs and complicating operations.

NV SB370

Increasing Regulations when Handling Consumer Health Data

This bill, known as "The Right to Reproductive Health Care Act" establishes protections for access to reproductive health services in Nevada, preventing government entities from enacting laws that would restrict access to these services. It also mandates that Medicaid cover additional reproductive health services, including voluntary sterilization for men and women, and provides funding for translation services to assist patients. The bill allows individuals to sue the government if they feel their access to reproductive health services is unfairly restricted and ensures that successful plaintiffs can recover legal costs. 

AB383

Right to Abortion

This bill requires the use of mechanical voting systems only to count votes in all elections. While it allows ballots to be cast using mechanical systems, it mandates that votes must be counted using these systems. Additionally, it ensures that polling places have at least two voting booths specifically designed for elderly voters and voters with disabilities, and requires election officials to be trained in using these booths. The bill also allows for the consolidation of precincts and emphasizes accessibility in polling places.

AB242

Removing Counties Right to Choose Which Voting Machines to use

This bill appropriates $43 million from the State General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture to provide grants to Nevada school districts to offer universal free breakfast and lunch for Nevada pupils. The appropriation must be fully spent or reverted to the State General Fund by September 19, 2025, and the bill becomes effective on July 1, 2024.

AB319

Free Breakfast and Lunch for Nevada Students

The bill includes rules for remote work by collection agents, requiring secure internet connections like VPNs to access agency systems. It mandates strict online data security measures, including encryption and real-time monitoring, to protect sensitive information. Additionally, the bill prohibits misleading online practices, ensuring transparency in remote collection activities.

SB276

Requiring VPN's for Collection Agencies

This bill prohibits healthcare licensing boards from taking certain actions against a provider of health care or certain other persons for providing or assisting in the provision of gender-affirming healthcare services; prohibits the Governor from surrendering, or issuing an arrest warrant for, a person who is charged in another state with a criminal violation related to gender-affirming health care services; prohibiting state agencies, local governments and members of the judiciary from assisting in certain investigations and proceedings initiated in other states related to gender-affirming health care services; requiring certain health care licensing boards to examine the feasibility of reciprocal licensure for health care providers who provide gender-affirming health care services in other states; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.


SB302

Prohibitiing Health Care Liscencing Boards for Disciplining a Person for Providing "Gender Affirming Care"

AB250 from Nevada's 2023 legislative session aims to align the state's prescription drug prices with those negotiated by Medicare under the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Set to take effect in 2026, the bill ensures that Nevada residents, particularly seniors, benefit from reduced drug costs achieved through federal negotiations. Passed along party lines, AB250 reflects a significant effort to make healthcare more affordable in the state by leveraging federal policy to control prescription drug prices


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