A bill to create a centralized, state-level database to help law enforcement combat gang-related crime would also make provisions for suspected or former gang members or their affiliates to formally refute the label and get removed from the list.
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Vaping products would be taxed like tobacco, at 30 percent of their wholesale cost, under a bill heard in committee Thursday. Health advocates said they were trying to reverse a rise in teenage vaping while shop owners said the tax would kill their business.
The Legislature’s latest effort to end its constitutionally set biennial sessions and begin meeting every year started its latest journey through the Statehouse on Wednesday.
The Washoe County Commission Tuesday chose Greg Smith, a retired labor union apprenticeship coordinator and widower of a state senator, to succeed Sparks Assemblyman Mike Sprinkle, who resigned from the Legislature March 14 amid claims of sexual harassment .
Lawmakers Friday took up three bills related to strengthening laws and protecting victims of sex trafficking and prostitution, passing two out of committee to the full Assembly for floor votes.
A bill to let under-16 charter school students drive to school raised concerns about safety and fairness and drew opposition from urban-area lawmakers in a hearing before the Assembly Growth and Infrastructure committee Thursday.
A Nevada Senate bill aimed primarily at strengthening the rights of police officers under investigation for misconduct will get revisions over concerns that it limits public access to body camera footage and tips the balance too far in favor of officers involved in internal affairs proceedings.
A divided legislative committee on Wednesday moved Nevada’s proposed physician-assisted suicide law to the Senate for a vote with amendments, one of which would bar the use of telehealth in connection the law’s provisions.
A proposed rewrite of Nevada’s abortion laws has been revised to leave in place existing parental notification requirements for minors while still amending informed consent provisions and removing from statute outdated criminal penalties.
A bipartisan bill that would remove the statute of limitations on reporting and prosecuting sex crimes where DNA evidence has been collected is running into a partial snag due to the lack of a statewide standard on how long unprocessed rape kits must be retained.