Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday he will sign a bill that supporters expect will bring the rooftop solar industry back to Nevada.
2017 Legislature
Days after failing twice amid a bitter tug-of-war between lawmakers, Nevada’s special sales tax on marijuana sales was revived and sent to the governor’s desk on the final day of the Legislature.
It wasn’t quite time for a good stiff drink — the Nevada Legislature remained hard at work throughout Monday with a looming midnight deadline to adjourn — but the hour was rapidly approaching.
Nevada lawmakers gave final legislative approval Monday to a package of bills that resolved a stalemate over the budget and signaled the 2017 Legislature would end without chaos by midnight.
Sponsors of Assembly Bill 404 said the office would have added oversight to organizations such as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor’s authority, and noted a Review-Journal investigation that showed lavish spending alcohol, showgirls and luxuries.
The Nevada Legislature on Monday pushed forward with a bill to allocate $25 million in new money to UNLV’s fledgling medical school, contingent upon the state funding getting a private donor match.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signs 35 bills into law on Sunday, including one making it easier to felons to vote and another adding protections for dogs and cats.
A bill seeking to re-establish the rooftop solar industry in Nevada is on its way to Gov. Brian Sandoval after the Assembly late Sunday agreed to an amendment to Assembly Bill 405 added by the Senate.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Senate reached agreement late Sunday to end a stalemate that threatened the state budget, agreeing to add $20 million in available tax credits to a scholarship fund in place of the Republican priority of education savings accounts.
Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed two more bills and signed 19 others on Saturday, including a bill requiring more reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect.
Protesters on both sides of the Education Savings Account debate rallied in Nevada on Saturday, as lawmakers continue fighting over the issue.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required drug manufacturers to notify the state in advance of planned price increases for diabetes-related drugs, among other provisions.
Governor signs into law dozens of measures on topics ranging from nursing mothers and parents of diaper-wearing children to rain barrels and heli-hunting.
Despite impasse over ESAs, Republican governor says legislative session “will end Monday midnight.”
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee amends and unanimously approves bill that would pay a net metering credit of 95 percent of the retail rate to customers who generate electricity from rooftop panels.