The funding bill, Senate Bill 543, now heads to the Assembly for action with five days remaining in the session. The Senate voted 18-3 to approve it after debate.
2019 Legislature
The sponsor of a public-records reform bill says he’s not giving up yet, although the bill has yet to have a vote and the 2019 session ends on June 3.
Senate Democrats introduced a new bill Monday that ties revenue from the tax extension directly to education funding.
A funding bill that is key to balancing Gov. Steve Sisolak’s proposed $8.8 billion two-year budget got expedited action in committee Thursday, as well as another measure anchoring Democrat-backed efforts to raise the state’s minimum wage.
The Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill reversing 2015 Republican-backed changes to state prevailing wage laws.
The signature gun control measure of the 2019 Nevada Legislative session is being changed to remove a provision that would have allowed counties to pass their own gun control laws.
The Nevada Legislature passed a few bills on Thursday, but most of the work took place in committees as lawmakers worked to pass bills ahead of Friday’s bill-passage deadline.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed bills Wednesday aimed at protecting patients with pre-existing conditions and helping them avoid high emergency-room bills for out-of-network hospitals.
Democrats hold the advantage in Carson City. But as the session nears its end, big pieces of their ambitious agenda could falter due to lack of votes, money or time.
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.
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