A bill to require organizations that donate more than $10,000 to a candidate in any election cycle was approved by the state Senate on Monday.
2019 Legislature
The much-debated public records bill that was considered all but dead last week is headed to the governor’s desk, clearing the Nevada Legislature just 30 minutes before the close of session.
The first major overhaul of Nevada’s education funding formula in more than five decades is itself getting a re-write in the Assembly Ways & Means Committee on the session’s final day.
The Nevada Legislature passed the first of five budget bills on Sunday, a move that signals the beginning of the end of the 2019 session that’s set to close at midnight Monday.
Democrats amended a school funding bill to add dollars for a private school scholarship program favored by Republicans and make other changes to get the bill through with less than a day of session remaining.
The Nevada Legislature approved a bill that would compensate people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes for the time they spent behind bars.
The full Senate will consider Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro’s bill that would require any organization that gives more than $10,000 in campaign contributions in a given year to file a report with the Nevada secretary of state.
The Senate on Sunday approved a much-debated bill aimed at making it easier for the public to obtain or view official records from government agencies, sending the bill to the Assembly with a unanimous vote.
Republicans have introduced a last-minute bill to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21.
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A gun control bill that would ban bump stocks and enact “red flag” provisions to take guns away from people who may pose a threat to others passed the Legislature on Saturday and is now headed to Gov. Steve Sisolak’s desk.
Nevada lawmakers gathered Saturday to remember Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, who died last month. Two new purple rose bushes in front of the Legislature now honor him.
An overhaul of state law governing public access to official records was rescued from near-defeat in a Senate committee late Friday, as amendments toning down its toughest provisions won unanimous consent to move it out to the full Senate.
A much-amended bill on gun control advanced in the Neavda Legislature on Friday, including a provision that allows family members or police to take guns away from those who might pose a threat.
A bill intended to stop government noncompliance with records requests is still awaiting a committee vote with just four days left in the 2019 Nevada Legislature.
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