Nevada Bills

AN ACT relating to education; eliminating certain requirements for a person to be eligible to receive a Nevada Promise Scholarship; requiring a participating community college to apply the money received pursuant to a Nevada Promise Scholarship to certain fees charged to a student before applying any other money the student may receive; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising the orders of immunity that a court may issue to compel a witness to testify or produce evidence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to energy; revising provisions governing the types of renewable energy used to determine whether a provider of electric service in this State has complied with the portfolio standard for the provider of electric service; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to fire protection; making it optional for a board of county commissioners to levy a tax for the support of a district for a county fire department or certain county fire protection districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the State Board of Education to create a subcommittee to study the manner in which to include certain instruction on substance abuse to the health courses taught in middle schools, junior high schools and high schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to public office; enacting provisions prohibiting gifts by lobbyists to public officers in the State Executive Branch, local public officers and their immediate families; revising provisions governing financial disclosure statements filed by public officers and candidates for public office; revising provisions prohibiting gifts by lobbyists to members of the State Legislative Branch and their immediate families; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to courts; providing the juvenile court with exclusive jurisdiction to grant or issue temporary or extended orders for protection when certain children are involved; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to economic development; revising provisions governing eligibility for a partial abatement of certain taxes imposed on aircraft, components of aircraft and other personal property related to aircraft; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to marijuana; authorizing the Department of Taxation to issue additional medical marijuana establishment registration certificates for medical marijuana dispensaries located in an incorporated city upon the request of the governing body of the incorporated city; authorizing the Department of Taxation to issue additional licenses to operate a retail marijuana store located in an incorporated city upon the request of the governing body of the incorporated city; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to land use planning; creating an exemption to provisions that limit the number of annual amendments to the land use plan of the master plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to public works; increasing the threshold for requiring the employment of a professional engineer, professional land surveyor or registered architect on certain public works; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to state governmental administration; replacing the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation with the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Innovation on the Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; replacing the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation with the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Innovation on the State Council on Libraries and Literacy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.