Hundreds of bills were passed by the 2019 Nevada Legislature: Here’s how many of those new laws will affect everyday people.
2019 Legislature
While lawmakers significantly altered the education landscape in the state, they did not add as much money for public schools as some education advocates had sought.
The legislation provides for awareness training for families of at-risk individuals and increased suicide prevention efforts in public schools.
People gathered Tuesday night in front of the Nevada Legislature building in Carson City for a vigil for Nevada Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, who died last week.
The Nevada Legislature has passed a law writing federal protections on pre-existing health conditions into state law, sending the bill to the governor for his signature.
Such a strike would be illegal under Nevada law, and the Clark County Education Association could face fines up to $50,000 per day if educators walked off the job.
The measure would require every school board and charter school to ensure that all licensed staff receive training, including warnings signs that a pupil may be suicidal and on how to refer students to the appropriate services.
Commercial fossil hunters and others who remove historic or culturally significant artifacts from state lands could see tougher penalties under a measure that seeks to conform state law with its federal counterpart.
Clark County will accept applications through noon Monday to replace former Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson. The Commission will fill the vacancy on March 15.
A move to ban private, for-profit state and local prisons in Nevada, passed by the Legislature in 2017 but vetoed by then-Gov. Brian Sandoval, is back before lawmakers.
As more and more drivers with ride-hailing services take to Nevada roads, their impact is being felt at the department charged with overseeing them.
Nevada lawmakers are expected Tuesday to hear a new version of the background check initiative that state voters approved two years ago but never implemented.
Senate Bill 135, introduced on the Senate floor Thursday, it would require the state’s executive branch to negotiate with labor organizations representing state workers on issues such as wages, benefits and other employment terms.
Fourteen legislators ran uncontested in the Nov. 6 election, in addition to the five appointments. That means voters didn’t have a choice to pick 19 lawmakers in the general election.
Gregory Hafen II, the general manager of Pahrump Utility Company Inc., was appointed to fill the vacant Assembly District 36 on Friday in a joint meeting of three county commissions, Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly said.
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