Revises provisions relating to public employees. (BDR 23-953)

SB 319-82 amends Nevada law to expand the definition of "employee" for collective bargaining purposes to include category I, II, and III peace officers working in the unclassified service of the state. This directly affects those peace officers, who previously could not participate in collective bargaining under the existing definition. The bill revises NRS 288.425 to add a new subsection (b) specifying that such peace officers qualify as "employees" under the law. The change allows these officers to join unions and negotiate terms like pay and working conditions, aligning their status with other state employees covered by collective bargaining. The law does not alter pay structures but extends bargaining rights to this specific group of public safety workers.