The 81st session of the Nevada Legislature is in full swing and legislators have introduced over 368 bills and resolutions. There are less than 90 days left for them to wrap up their work by May 31, the end of the regular legislative session.
The Senate and the Assembly each work on their own set of Bill Draft Requests (BDR). To date, the Senate has 166 Senate Bills (SB), three Senate Resolutions, three Senate Concurrent Resolutions (SCR) and five Senate Joint Resolutions in committee. On the Assembly side, 184 Assembly Bills (AB) have been sent to committee, along with one Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) and six Assembly Joint Resolutions (AJR).
A Senate or Assembly Resolution expresses facts, principles, opinions, and purposes of that one house. A Concurrent Resolution expresses facts, principles, opinions, and purposes of the Senate and Assembly and may authorize the creation of joint committees. A Joint Resolution urges federal officials to engage in an action, proposes amendments to the Nevada Constitution, or ratifies amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Some of the Assembly BDRs that have been sent to committee for initial review this session include AB7 that will add new fees for inter-casino linked systems, AB179 that will exempt payment of certain parking fees for family members of military personnel killed in the line of duty, AJR2 to recognizing that forest health and water quality are inextricably linked, ACR1 to adopt the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 81st Session of the Legislature and AR4 that will provide for the appointment of an additional attaché for the Assembly.
Some of the BDRs submitted by the Senate include SB10 which looks to revise the formula for calculating the partial abatement of the annual cap on property tax increases to be at least three percent but no more than eight percent, SB165 which will establish a Gaming Commission to regulate eSports, SJR1 which proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide that the Nevada Court of Appeals has original jurisdiction over certain cases arising from decisions from the State Engineer relating to water, SCR2 to honor former State Senator Allison Copening for her advocacy for organ donation and to express the support of the Nevada Legislature for the development of a transplant institute, and SR2 to provide allowances to the leadership and other members of the Senate for periodicals, stamps, stationery and communications.
There are currently no bills in the Governor's office waiting for his signature. However, the Governor signed two bills into law during February: AB106 that provided grants to certain entities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and SB1 that funded the costs of the 81st Legislative Session.
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