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Nevada Legislature 2007
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Jun 16
• Gibbons signs final bills
• HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION: Gibbons vetoes controversial bill
Jun 15
• GIBBONS SIGNS LAW: Legal chokehold on meth epidemic
Jun 14
• Gibbons signs 155 bills into law; about 50 left for his OK or veto
Jun 12
• HOA bill's death urged
Jun 11
• Speaker, governor score points
Jun 10
• Here's news you may have missed
• And the survey says...
Jun 09
• Switch is on to recharge schools
Jun 08
• HIGHWAY FUNDING: Road bill pleases Gibbons
• Energy bills abound
Jun 07
• Paying for roadsmust be revisited, legislator says
• Touting Education First, Gibbons signs funding bill
• HIGHWAY BILL: I-15 gets budget support
Jun 05
• 2007 LEGISLATURE: Special delivery
Jun 05
• Legislators rush to the finish
• Assembly, Senate legislators uncover money, approve pork measures
• Gibbons signs measure affecting those who plead insanity in cases
• MAJOR BILLS
Jun 04
• MOST ISSUES RESOLVED: Session may beat deadline
• Highways to get additional $1 billion
• REDUCTION OF TAX BREAK: 'Green' construction bill sent to Gibbons
• Downtown developer seeing red
• Compromise would set up water panel
Jun 03
• Liability plan gets do-over
• Governor adds two more vetoes
• GOVERNOR SIGNS LEGISLATION: Illegal worker bill passes
• Democrats bid to boost road funding
• Bill supporting requests for public records advances to full Assembly
• Senate bill distances sex offenders from children
Jun 02
• County reluctantly goes along
• EDUCATION FIRST: Schools budget OK'd
• Bill limits some cold medicines to pharmacies
• Payday loan bill signed into law
• Board of Education bill tests GOP unity
• SIX PROJECTS EXEMPTED: Senate OKs lower 'green' tax breaks
• HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: Funding bill hits a roadblock
• Assembly retrieves damage awards bill that mirrors one Gibbons vetoed
Jun 01
• Education bill passes Assembly
• Bill links lawsuit limits, homestead exemption
• TAX BREAKS: 'Green' construction bill altered
• Truth in Music bill becomes law
• JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Prison reforms OK'd
• HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: Legislators land a road deal
• Money for prison projects approved
May 31
• TEACHER SALARIES: Windfall for schools in doubt
• Bill requiring utility 'prudence' signed
• Gibbons signs video voyeurism measure
• Committees progress on budget details
• Alcohol bill now law
• Gibbons issues veto of proposal to raise tort cap
• TRANSPORTATION FUNDING: Road plans kept on hold
May 30
• NO NEW TAXES: Budget: It's a deal
• Voters could decide taxes
• Panel OKs slicing tax break
May 29
• TRANSPORTATION FUNDING: Highways shortfall unresolved
• COMPROMISE COLLAPSE: Gibbons, lawmakers hit snag on budget
• Lobbyist: Tax breaks would cost county $30 million a year
• Collection of DNA from all felons wins OK
• Lawmakers consider package of criminal justice reforms
May 28
• Last full week of 2007 session kicks off today
May 27
• 'GREEN' CONSTRUCTION: Impact of tax breaks reduced
• Dozens of bills move to governor
• $6.8 BILLION: Lawmakers near deal on budget
• Highway plan roughed out
• Lawmakers revise anti-meth measure
May 26
• LAS VEGAS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY: Board blasts Gibbons proposal
• Gibbons plan could have hidden costs, experts say
• Assembly OKs bill on vaccine for women
• Parole Board under scrutiny
• Lawmakers in voting frenzy
• Gibbons signs discount drug measure
May 25
• TRANSPORTATION MONEY: Gibbons' road plan upcoming
• LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: Budget deadline slips
• Amended version of inmate release proposal advances
• EMINENT DOMAIN: Land measure OK'd
• Panel backs review of prison sentences
• Panel sets first lady's travel budget
• Assembly OKs bill to protect animals in cars
May 24
• Governor repeats budget veto threat
• Eminent domain measure now law
• 'GREEN' BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: Panel hears bill eliminating tax break
• Assembly approves 'Truth in Music' bill
• Legislative leaders revive plan to change selection of judges
May 23
• Risks of pursuing tax benefits broken down
• PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PRODUCTS: Anti-meth measure dies
• Assembly approves amended measure outlawing taping of 'private areas'
• Gibbons threatens budget veto
• Senator aims to revive bill on crimes against pregnant women
• Foes speak out on plan to relieve prison crowding
May 22
• Inmate early release bill becomes law
• Education initiative creating bottleneck at state Legislature
• TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY MONEY: Governor pushes road funding plan
• Problem gambling bill faces no 'real opposition'
• Paying unfunded liabilities urged
May 20
• $3.8 BILLION SHORTFALL: Highway spending up in air
• Lawmakers busy with budget-closing efforts
May 19
• Some disputed bills fail deadline
• GREEN ENERGY CONSTRUCTION LAW: Law's potential tally steep
• Legislative panel approves prisons budget
May 18
• Gibbons rethinks schools funding
• Bill to keep court records open rejected
• MIDNIGHT DEADLINE: Assembly won't vote on seat belt law
• Senate panel approves payday loan bill
• Advocate for education blasts governor's veto
• Vote on anti-methamphetamine bill delayed
• Measure would mandate requirements for investors
May 17
• Panel OKs combined cancer bill
• Inmate release plan prompts dire warnings
• Immigration bill sanctions watered down
• 'Green' decision criticized
• IN BRIEF
May 16
• Lawmakers work on 'green' bill
• Lawmaker: Let voters pick road projects
• Real ID funding delayed
May 15
• Gibbons delivers first veto
• Gibbons' plan to fund roads hits a bump
• Illegal worker bill decried
• Five mayors back legislation to help Nevada's homeless
May 13
• Gibbons faces decision on vetoing budget bill
May 12
• DRIVER'S LICEBSE PROGRAM: Some suggest wait and see on Real ID
• Senate panel votes to lift price caps on phone service
• Assembly OKs bill to exempt unfunded liabilities from cap
• Unions push for passage of lockout protection bill
• Crackdown urged on theft rings
May 11
• Gibbons has road revenue plan
• BUCKLEY: Close payday loan loophole
• Members of panel back raising gants for needy families
• $50 million to help pay down benefits liability
May 10
• Lawmakers enter beat-the-clock zone
• Gibbons seeks legal opinion on tax plan
• Bill would limit ability to close meetings
• Judge, prosecutor oppose bill to keep court records open
• TRANSPORTATION SHORTFALL: Road funding pursued
• Plan for Northern Nevada water agency debated
May 09
• Gibbons gets bill affecting judge election
• Legislators question cost of implementing highway fund bill
• ACLU lobbyist decries bill as 'law for the rich'
• Governor concerned state might get sued
• Mother asks lawmakers to toughen state's seat belt law
May 08
• Child welfare bill may be cut
• Music acts target imposters
• Panel looks at Spaghetti Bowl to Craig Road project funds
• Assembly backs appeals court plan
• Governor signs good-Samaritan doctor, DUI delayed-release bills
• Hearing on tip-sharing plan canceled
May 06
• Lawmakers to get revenue update
May 05
• TAX REVENUE PROJECTIONS: Report eases budget pressure
• State would get share of unused cards under bill
• Lawmakers consider cost of measures
May 04
• Senators consider ethics bills
• Senate Judiciary Committee passes bill to restore public's access to permit hearings
• Regents say voters should decide whether they serve
• Judge testifies in favor of measure targeting payday lenders' practices
• Governor considers vetoing 'green' tax break suspension
• Legislator voices frustration
• Bill would force adults to keep drugs from kids
• Official sees flaw in new measure
May 03
• Bill would shelve 'green' tax breaks
• Senators decline state lottery vote
• Bill opening children's abuse records advances
May 02
• Assembly panel looks at appointing judges
• Lawmakers urged to pass insurance rate bill
• STATE REVENUES: New figures equal leaner budget
• Small group possesses big voice
May 01
• Panel resurrects plan to establish state appeals court
• Domestic animal abuse bill advances
April 29
• Budget hinges on revenue report
April 27
• Bill would permit secret recordings of debt collectors
• Panel weighs 'I'm sorry' bill
• Bills target uninsured children
April 27
• UNLV building costs in question
• Bill helps prisons crack down on cell phones
• Internet predator law loophole gone
• Gibbons to review proposals for fee hikes
April 26
• Truckers oppose plans to scan
• Senate panel approves good-Samaritan measure
• INFECTED BABIES: Doctors push HIV testing bill
April 25
• Lawmakers vote to restrict use of eminent domain
• Tip sharing proposal revived
• ALIVE BILLS
• Driver-related bills approved, rejected
• Bills pass related to immigration
April 24
• Bill targets trafficking, hiring illegal persons
• Senators OK bills with conflicting provisions
• Panel weighs funding for new driver licenses
• Clark County officials offer compromise on judgeships
April 23
• Bill would measure emissions
April 22
• Bills facing extinction if they don't pass muster by Tuesday
April 21
• Bill for teachers advances
• Panel considers bills that would change family law
• Assembly votes to reinstate plea
April 20
• Democrats slam Gibbons school spending plan
• Disclosure precedes PERS vote
• Assembly passes bill targeting elder abuse
• 'Mixed-up notes' blamed for GOP votes in Assembly
• Officials urge Nevada to join DNA database
• Cervical cancer vaccine bill approved by Senate
April 19
• FOCUSED ON VIDEO VOYEURISM
• Budget back in black
• Assembly OKs drug program bill
• Cervical cancer vaccine bill faces another vote
• Defense attorneys back bill
April 18
• Titus will try to amend bill
• Supporters, opponents of state lottery face off
• Prisons too full, judge warns
April 17
• VACCINE, 'MISSOURI PLAN': Senators deny spat is political
• DUI among 48 bills OK'd by Assembly
• Lawmakers discuss ways to support the disabled
April 15
• Late amendment puts off any early release of inmates
• Panel looks at indigent care bill
• Sides reach deal on education program
April 14
• Make it or break it time here
• ALIVE BILLS
• DEAD BILLS
• Lobbyist spending tabulated
• Lawmakers vote for open records bill
April 13
• Measure on heavy truck tax advances
• Higher education makes pitch
• Concealed weapons bill dies in Senate
• Bill targeting attacks on homeless endorsed
• Committee OKs breaks for banks
• Panel OKs amended fetus death bill
April 12
• Trucks may bear burden
• Judge measure OK'd
• Bill lets police cite minors who smoke
• School voucher proposal withdrawn by committee
• Panel OKs eminent domain bill
April 10
• DNA testing bill passes
• Titus says bill would make vaccine more accessible
• Legislature rejects mobile gambling company's plan
• Senate panel compromises on open records measure
• Bill would exempt Parole Board from state open meeting law
• Committee OKs bill on drug prices
• STATE WORKERS: Bargaining bill advances
• 'Rainy day' fund urged for schools
• ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Panel OKs bill to halt benefits
April 8
• Legislators face Friday the 13th cutoff
April 7
• Teleconferences open doors to state's legislative process
• Panel OKs bill to help autistic kids
• Bill to limit judges' power to seal records supported
• Some fear bill would violate religious tenets
• English-only bill heard
April 6
• Porter backs I-15 toll lanes
• State judicial system plans under review
• CONFIDENTIAL VS. PUBLIC: Tax panel meetings debated
April 5
• Panel told of lending 'lies, fraud'
• Rory Reid testifies against UMC oversight board bill
• Prescription drug aid available for Nevadans
April 4
• Gibbons objects to plan for toll roads
• Cervical cancer vaccine bill debated
• Governor testifies for bill requiring stricter sex offender rules
• Heller tells state Legislature generals should run Iraq war
• Bill targets federal protests of water rights applications
April 3
• Panel OKs bill limiting use of congregate care
• Rainy day fund addition opposed
• Homeowners decry mandates of associations
• Municipal judge criticizes process of choosing a chief
• 16-year-old testifies for autism measure
• Ex-judge says school district abuses teachers
April 1
• Week nine has upside, downside for lawmakers
• Dialing state for an assist
Mar 31
• Panel backs filing change for judgeships
• Homeowner association bill criticized
• Meth panel offers tips
• Additional police privacy measure touted
• Election Day registration debated
Mar 30
• Buckley says bill still alive
• Legislator: Bill destroys status
• Beers urges arming teachers
• Legislators consider two-state panel
Mar 29
• ABANDONED PROPERTY: Lawmaker sees more money in cards
• Gibbons directs state agencies to cut budget by $111.8 million
• Single dad among those urging more funds for homeless
• Sidewalk sign concerns cause consternation
Mar 27
• New law urged to stop distribution of tips
• ROAD CONSTRUCTION: Gephardt: Toll roads' use in state limited
• Bill would change practices of credit card companies
• Buckley urges open meetings for tax panel
• Panel debates bill that limits contributions to politicians' defense funds
Mar 27
• Empowerment school funding in question
• Measure would shift oversight of hospital
• Water agency fights disclosure measure
• Legislature Briefs
Mar 24
• MEDICAL APOLOGIES: Doctors testify for 'I'm sorry' bill
• Bill on guns killed by state Assembly panel
• Bill targeting crimes against homeless rejected
• Lawsuit guidelines proposed
Mar 23
• Bill targets guns of those under court constraint
• New helmet law touted
• Cost of open hearings discussed
• Bill raising cap on damages in government lawsuits decried
Mar 22
• Sheriff credentials at issue
• Bank lobbyists blast plan to shield elderly people from financial abuse
• Bill would sanction gun permits from some other states
Mar 21
• Assembly OKs lottery measure
• Lawyers oppose reinstating verdict
• Real ID program can wait, Beers says
• Family dispute reaches Legislature
Mar 20
• Lawmakers submit bills as deadline arrives
• Democrats raise more questions about budget
• Measure would put more medications behind counter
• Lawmakers, budget director tussle over fees
Mar 18
• Anti-meth proposals lead legislative agenda
Mar 17
• Bill puts weight on popular vote
• Lawmakers discuss special-needs kids
• When prisons, politics mix
• Wining, dining legislators $42,586 so far this year
Mar 16
• Bill limiting protests at funerals declined
• Titus seeks tough sex offender limitations
• Democrats present their plan for empowerment schools
• Panel passes lottery proposal
• Coffin proposes establishing state worker retirement age
Mar 15
• Assembly OKs bill on hoax terror
• Bill targets fraud in cases involving paternity tests
• State has enough scholarship funds available for 2014
• Buckley pushes disclosure of facts behind child deaths
• DRUG PRESCRIBING HABITS: Bill targets data collection
• Bill would let teachers carry guns at school
Mar 14
• Panel discusses breaking up school district
• Senate panel OKs seat belt measure
• Buckley decries rate of child support collections
• District attorneys oppose firearms bill
Mar 13
• 'POLITICAL WILL IS THERE': Child care measures get top pitch
• Parties resume their fight over full-day kindergarten
• Panel kills jail overcrowding bill
• Attorney seeks $200,000 to hire lawyer
• Lawmakers discuss state retirement benefits
Mar 11
• $3.8 BILLION HIGHWAY PLAN: Traffic congestion hits tax wall
• Democrats, Republicans head for collision over education
Mar 10
• Lawmakers debate imposing limitations on school testing
• Grieving dads speak out against crime bill
• Lawmaker cites 2005 threat on LV busin urging bill to prevent hoax terrorism
Mar 09
• Democrats complain about education cuts
• Car tax reduction proposed
Mar 08
• Court misinterpreted law in utility case, speaker says
• Bill to establish mortgage commission kindles discussion
• EMPOWERMENT SCHOOLS: Gibbons sees plan in action
• Measure takes aim at grade inflation
• Meth bill decried by public defenders
• Bill lets doctors speak freely
• Assemblyman tries again with proposal calling for creation of state lottery
• Lawmaker seeks secret recordings of abusive phone tactics
• Justice says crowded prisons, courts should be priorities
• Beers flags pay proposal for courts
• Medicaid forecast bleak
Mar 07
• Governor unveils schools plan
• Legislators asked to reserve funding for park
• Assembly bill would toughen penalties for graffiti vandals
Mar 06
• Drug price Web site proposed
• ASSEMBLY: Legislators say bill unnecessary
• Miller: Voting system ready
• Committee approves bill to broaden jury pools
• Democrats launch new Web site
• Bill would require children to wear bike helmets
• Raggio: Parental involvement key
Mar 04
• Bill adds crimes against homeless to 'hate' legislation
Mar 03
• PHOTO: Opening the Eyes of Lawmakers
• Prison discussions focus on illegal aliens
• Full-day kindergarten critic says study data misleading
Mar 02
• Not so great pretenders
• Lawmakers weigh legislation against sealing of lawsuits
• Group meets to create plan against meth
• Water pricing policy questioned
• Pharmacy Board gets message, senator says
Mar 01
• BUDGET PRIORITIES: Bill offers school choice
• EMINENT DOMAIN: Land compromise pushed
• Some LV hospitals failing to track data
Feb 28
• PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY: Seat belt law trade-off urged
• Beers again pushing spending amendment
• Empowerment plan might lack funding
• Smoking fines enter debate
• Ethics panel would have more time to review cases
Feb 27
• PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Bill aims to spread discount
• Assembly Republicans launch podcasts
• UNINSURED WORKERS: Businessmen back insurance bill
• Activists praise records bill
• Berkley briefs Legislature about the federal budget
Feb 26
• Health care access, open records on legislative agenda
Feb 24
• Law on licensing hearings targeted
• Bill shields funerals from protesters
• Senator: Tests take too much class time
• Bill targets shortage of teachers
• Buckley bill backs full-day kindergarten
Feb 23
• Legislation takes aim at Internet predators
• Lawmakers hear pitch for probation
• Cold medicines would be prescription-only under bill
• Bill aims to stop stalling over open records requests
• State Senate committee advances bill outlawing video voyeurism
• TAXATION: State bankers decry payroll levy
Feb. 21
• LAS VEGAS MONORAIL: System's president sees bright future
• PRESIDENT'S WAR AUTHORITY: Reid lays out Iraq strategy
• Changes in procedures for driver's licenses explained
• Bill provides rules for setting alimony
• Lawmakers debate policy on drug tests for injured workers
Feb. 20
• Lobbyists assail bill on prices
• Assembly Democrats push ethics reform bills
• Legislators work on property bills
• Father describes path out of homelessness
• Gibbons bill would raise homestead exemption
Feb. 16
• Beers wants 'car tax' cut in half
• Efforts to double cap on damages opposed
• Lawmakers seek staffing plan for rural mental health clinics
Feb. 15
• ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WORK: Bills alter rules for jury duty
• Price-gouging plan kindles debate among lawmakers
Feb. 14
• Gibbons OK with road tax ballot question
• Veto of bill to widen prevailing wage law upheld
• Helmet law supported
• Beers touts English only legislation
Feb. 13
• Backer of election changes struggles
• Assembly leader urges tough stance on taggers
• PUBLIC EDUCATION: Schools proposal criticized
• JOHN L. SMITH: Bill another long shot aimed at eliminating bureaucratic overlap
• Bill would let state agency get criminal files
Feb. 12
• TAX QUESTIONS: Gibbons budget contains fee increases
Feb. 11
• THE 2007 LEGISLATURE: A state of conflict
Feb. 9
• TOBACCO POSSESSION: Juvenile smoking bill opposed
• GUINN VETO UPHELD: Assembly keeps cabbies' tips in place
• State officials wait for more answers on boost in wage
Feb. 8
• TARGETING DRUG USE: Lawmakers told of anti-meth tactics
Feb. 7
• Cobb vote draws fire in Assembly
• State resolution would oppose national ID law
• ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS: Budget off to rocky start
Feb. 6
• State lawmakers start with a first
• GOP freshman casts lone vote opposing Buckley
• THE STATE OF BUSINESS: Taxes main concern of businesses
Feb. 5
• Buckley set to make Nevada history
• HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION: Gibbons plan could hit home
Feb. 4
• HEALTH CARE: Proposal for small businesses could cause rift
• IMMIGRATION: Issues simmer on lower heat after boil of campaign season
• EMINENT DOMAIN: Lawmakers scheduled to debate 11 separate eminent domain proposals
• K-12 EDUCATION: Full-day kindergarten takes spotlight in education debate
• CHILD WELFARE: Inaction on problems with child welfare system unacceptable, assemblywoman warns
• HIGHER EDUCATION: Health Sciences Center at forefront of higher education issues
• ROADS: Funding shortfall drives urgency on road work
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