Nevada Sen. Pat Spearman (D)

NV - Commerce and Labor (Senate)

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Chair

NV - Committee of the Whole (Senate)

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Member

NV - Growth and Infrastructure (Senate)

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Member

NV - Health and Human Services (Senate)

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Vice Chair

NV - SB266 AN ACT relating to mental health; providing for the establishment of the Mental Health First Aid Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB368 AN ACT relating to victims of crime; eliminating the statute of limitations in civil actions to recover damages for certain sexual offenses; establishing a rebuttable presumption in civil actions concerning unwelcome or nonconsensual sexual conduct by a person in a position of authority over an alleged victim; revising provisions relating to confidential communications between a victim's advocate and certain victims; authorizing a child adjudicated delinquent for certain unlawful acts who was a victim of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude to petition the juvenile court to vacate the adjudication and seal all records relating thereto; eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault and various other sexual offenses; authorizing the imposition of an additional penalty against a person in a position of authority over another person who commits a sexual offense against the other person; establishing the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights; increasing the time within which an extended order of protection against a person who allegedly committed a sexual assault may remain effective; increasing the term of imprisonment and authorized fine imposed upon a person who possesses a visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a person under 16 years of age; exempting persons under 25 years of age from arrest or punishment for unlawful prostitution; revising provisions relating to sexual conduct between a law enforcement officer and a person in his or her custody; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime; transferring the administration of the process governing the application and determination of eligibility for compensation from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime from the Department of Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services; authorizing the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt certain rules and regulations; revising provisions relating to investigations by an administrator of a public school into a report of bullying or cyber-bullying; revising provisions relating to facilities that offer services to persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability; revising provisions relating to the testing of a person alleged to have committed a sexual offense; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SCR1 Directing the Legislative Committee on Energy to conduct an interim study concerning the development of renewable energy and clean energy resources in this State.

NV - SB203 AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; creating the Account to Provide Programs and Services to Children Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing; requiring the submission of an annual report to the Interim Finance Committee detailing expenditures made from the Account; providing for the establishment of criteria for evaluating the development of language and literacy skills by certain young children who are deaf or hard of hearing; requiring the Department of Education to develop a resource for parents or guardians to measure the development of such skills by such children; requiring a team developing certain plans and programs for such children to use the established criteria to measure the development of such skills by such children; requiring the Department to publish an annual report concerning the development of such skills by such children; providing for an interim study of the feasibility of establishing a public school for pupils who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB268 AN ACT relating to regulatory bodies; requiring any person authorized to make appointments to a board or commission that regulates certain occupations or professions to give consideration as to whether the members of the board or commission reflect the diversity of the State; requiring the expiration of the term of any member of the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board serving on July 1, 2019; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB194 AN ACT relating to public assistance; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the Individual Development Account Program under which certain persons may establish an individual development account; establishing a credit against the modified business tax for certain taxpayers or other persons; creating the Nevada Statewide Council on Financial Independence; prohibiting certain entities from considering money deposited into an individual development account by certain persons to be income under certain circumstances; requiring certain entities to ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to certain persons; requiring the State Treasurer to ensure that certain instruction and training is provided to a tenant of a housing project; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive certain fees and tuition for certain children placed in foster homes or in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB484 AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing reimbursement under Medicaid for the services of a chiropractor; authorizing the establishment of a program to negotiate discounts and rebates for hearing devices and related costs for children who are deaf and hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB204 AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring a policy for the prevention of suicide to be adopted for each public and private school in this State; requiring certain plans and outreach to address the needs of pupils who are at a high risk of suicide; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy for responding to suicides; requiring a plan for response to a crisis, emergency or suicide at a school to include certain provisions related to suicide response and intervention; requiring all pupils and school staff to receive training in the prevention of suicide; requiring a course in health to include instruction concerning mental health; revising the contents of certain suicide prevention training provided to certain law enforcement agencies; authorizing the denial or revocation of a license to operate a private school for failure to adopt such a policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB192 AN ACT relating to health care; prescribing certain requirements for health benefits for the purpose of determining the minimum wage required to be paid to employees in private employment in this State; creating the Office of the Ombudsman for Hospital Patients to advocate for the protection of the health, safety, welfare and rights of hospital patients and to investigate acts, practices, policies and procedures of hospitals and governmental agencies which relate to the care provided by hospitals; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB200 AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health insurance policies, health care plans and benefit plans and contracts to include coverage for certain services, devices and supplies relating to hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain persons; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to include coverage for children for certain services, devices and supplies relating to hearing aids and cochlear implants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB295 AN ACT relating to education; creating the Nevada National Guard Youth Challenge Program; setting forth the requirements for the operation of the Program; requiring the Office of the Military to enter into an agreement with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the board of trustees of a school district to establish a challenge school; setting forth certain requirements for the operation of a challenge school; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB225 AN ACT relating to veterans; requiring the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to submit to the Interim Finance Committee an annual report detailing expenditures made from the Account to Assist Veterans Who Have Suffered Sexual Trauma; authorizing veterans who experienced an act of sexual assault to obtain compensation from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB226 AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements to purchase prescription drugs on behalf of certain health benefit plans; authorizing the Department to enter into agreements to purchase other goods or services on behalf of such health benefit plans; replacing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the Silver State Scripts Advisory Board; requiring certain insurers to participate in a system that rates health care plans; requiring an insurer to allow an insured to credit certain amounts toward any copay or coinsurance for a prescription drug; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB331 AN ACT relating to highways; designating Interstate Highway No. 11 in Nevada as the Purple Heart Highway; directing the Director of the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB267 AN ACT relating to education; requiring the identification of social and environmental factors that affect the educational experience of pupils at each public school; requiring the consideration of those factors in certain circumstances; requiring the development of a plan for each school to mitigate the effect of those factors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB326 AN ACT relating to convicted persons; revising provisions governing the restoration of the right to vote for certain persons who have been convicted of certain felonies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SCR3 Directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study relating to the use of electric vehicles in this State.

NV - SB228 AN ACT relating to marijuana; authorizing the medical use of marijuana or industrial hemp by certain licensed professionals or persons who provide wellness services on a patient or client; prohibiting disciplinary action against such professionals for administering or recommending the use of marijuana or industrial hemp; prohibiting certain medical professionals from refusing to prescribe certain controlled substances for the treatment of pain solely because the patient uses marijuana; creating the Cannabis Control Commission; prohibiting the Department of Taxation from issuing certain licenses related to marijuana without the approval of the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB166 AN ACT relating to employment; requiring certain penalties and fines imposed by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission for certain unlawful discriminatory practices to be deposited in the State General Fund; requiring civil penalties imposed by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission for certain unlawful employment practices to be deposited in the Nevada Equal Rights Commission Gift Fund and used for certain purposes; revising provisions governing the filing of complaints of employment discrimination with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission; revising provisions relating to unlawful employment practices; revising the relief that the Commission may order if it determines that an unlawful employment practice has occurred; revising provisions relating to the time in which a person may seek relief in district court for a claim of unlawful employment practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB483 AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention to include the provision of free suicide prevention training for family members of persons who are at risk of suicide; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB330 AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB142 AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; eliminating the statute of limitations for the prosecution of sexual assault if the identity of the person accused of committing the crime is established by DNA evidence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB152 AN ACT relating to historic preservation; revising and increasing the penalties for crimes related to certain actions which tend to injure or destroy historic or prehistoric sites or the trafficking of cultural property obtained from state land without a permit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB160 AN ACT relating to the Commission on Tourism; revising the composition of the Commission on Tourism to include two members who represent ecotourism; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB166 AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the crime of advancing prostitution; revising the penalties for the crime of living from the earnings of a prostitute; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB169 AN ACT relating to maternal health; establishing the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; requiring the Committee to review each incident of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB170 AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring an insurer to authorize a service from an out-of-network provider in certain circumstances; requiring an insurer to offer health insurance coverage regardless of health status; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB174 AN ACT relating to homelessness; establishing the Nevada Interagency Advisory Council on Homelessness to Housing; prescribing the membership and duties of the Council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB194 AN ACT relating to children; revising the membership of the Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB251 AN ACT relating to employment practices; expanding the employers subject to provisions prohibiting certain unlawful employment practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB316 AN ACT relating to public safety; enacting the Nevada 24/7 Sobriety and Drug Monitoring Program Act; establishing a statewide sobriety and drug monitoring program; requiring the Department of Public Safety to adopt regulations to implement the program; requiring such regulations to establish certain fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB338 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain young or inexperienced drivers to display a placard in a motor vehicle operated by the driver; requiring completion of a defensive driving course for any applicant for a driver's license who is under 21 years of age; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB342 AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the eligibility of a pupil who transfers schools pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to participate and practice in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic event; revising provisions relating to the administration and implementation of the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB363 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide a duplicate driver's license or duplicate identification card to a homeless person free of charge in certain circumstances; revising provisions requiring the State Registrar to provide certain certificates to a homeless person free of charge in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB403 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions relating to the applicability of certain traffic laws concerning reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB410 AN ACT relating to orders for protection; revising provisions relating to orders for protection against domestic violence or stalking, aggravated stalking or harassment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AB499 AN ACT relating to special license plates; providing for the limited issuance of special license plates that commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States; exempting the special license plates from certain provisions otherwise applicable to special license plates; imposing a fee for the issuance and renewal of such license plates; imposing a deadline on the issuance of such license plates; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - AJR6 Urging Congress to prevent the United States Census Bureau from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census.

NV - ACR3 Memorializing former Assemblyman Bob Price.

NV - ACR9 Celebrating the life of Assemblyman Odis “Tyrone” Thompson.

NV - SB115 AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the inclusion in the State Plan for Medicaid of coverage for donor breast milk for certain infants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB119 AN ACT relating to occupational safety; requiring certain employees performing work at sites where certain exhibitions, conventions or trade shows occur to receive certain health and safety training; providing administrative penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB142 AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing a school safety team; revising the name of the Safe-to-Tell Program; revising provisions related to the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB143 AN ACT relating to firearms; repealing, revising and reenacting provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms; prohibiting a fee from being charged for certain background checks; requiring a licensed dealer of firearms to conduct a background check before a private party sale or transfer in certain circumstances; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB151 AN ACT relating to property; revising certain provisions relating to actions for summary eviction; revising provisions governing notices to surrender possession of real property or a mobile home; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB155 AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing provisions regarding the possession and use of fictitious personal identifying information; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB158 AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; revising the definition of “supervisory employee” for the purposes of provisions relating to collective bargaining; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB159 AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to school uniforms; requiring each public school and private school to adopt a policy concerning safe exposure to the sun; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB160 AN ACT relating to gas utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt procedures for certain natural gas utilities to recover expenditures relating to the implementation of certain natural gas infrastructure projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB161 AN ACT relating to financial businesses; requiring the Attorney General to establish and administer the Regulatory Experimentation Program for Product Innovation; setting forth the requirements for the operation of the Program; providing for a temporary exemption from certain statutory and regulatory requirements related to financial products and services for a participant in the Program under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to submit to the Legislature an annual report on the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB165 AN ACT relating to public health; revising provisions concerning medical certificates of death relating to a person who self-administers a controlled substance designed to end his or her life; authorizing a physician to prescribe a controlled substance that is designed to end the life of a patient under certain circumstances; prohibiting persons other than a patient from administering a controlled substance that is designed to end the life of the patient; imposing requirements on certain providers of health care relating to the records of a patient who requests a controlled substance that is designed to end his or her life; providing immunity to certain providers of health care who take certain actions relating to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance that is designed to end the life of a patient; prohibiting certain fraudulent or coercive acts for the purpose of causing a person to self-administer a controlled substance that is designed to end the life of the person; authorizing the owner or operator of a health care facility to prohibit certain persons from providing certain services relating to a controlled substance that is designed to end the life of a patient; prohibiting a person from conditioning provisions of a will, contract, agreement or policy of life insurance on the request for or acquisition or administration of a controlled substance designed to end the life of the person; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or provide life insurance or denying benefits to or imposing additional charges against a policyholder or beneficiary because the insured requested or revoked a request for a controlled substance designed to end the life of the person; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB166 AN ACT relating to employment; requiring certain penalties and fines imposed by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission for certain unlawful discriminatory practices to be deposited in the State General Fund; requiring civil penalties imposed by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission for certain unlawful employment practices to be deposited in the Nevada Equal Rights Commission Gift Fund and used for certain purposes; revising provisions governing the filing of complaints of employment discrimination with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission; revising provisions relating to unlawful employment practices; revising the relief that the Commission may order if it determines that an unlawful employment practice has occurred; revising provisions relating to the time in which a person may seek relief in district court for a claim of unlawful employment practices; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB167 AN ACT relating to electricity; excluding from regulation as a public utility certain persons who own or operate systems which use renewable energy to generate electricity and sell that electricity to other persons; revising provisions governing net metering for certain renewable energy systems; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB168 AN ACT relating to energy; revising provisions governing energy conservation and energy efficiency standards for residences with an on-site renewable energy system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB173 AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions relating to vacating a judgment of conviction and sealing certain records of a victim of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude; revising provisions relating to the filing of a petition for the sealing of records of criminal history; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB175 AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions relating to the authority of a public body to enter into a contract with a design-build team for the construction of certain public works; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB177 AN ACT relating to employment; requiring the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to notify certain persons that the Commission shall, upon request, provide a right-to-sue notice; requiring a court to award certain relief to an employee injured by certain unlawful employment practices under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB178 AN ACT relating to public health; creating the Council on Food Security within the Department of Health and Human Services; prescribing the membership and duties of the Council; creating the Food for People, Not Landfills Program; authorizing the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt regulations to carry out the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB179 AN ACT relating to abortions; revising provisions relating to informed consent to an abortion; repealing criminal penalties on certain actions relating to the termination of a pregnancy or concealing birth; repealing the prohibition on the excusal of a person on certain grounds from testifying as a witness in a prosecution relating to the termination of a pregnancy; repealing parental notification requirements for abortions performed upon pregnant minors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB192 AN ACT relating to health care; prescribing certain requirements for health benefits for the purpose of determining the minimum wage required to be paid to employees in private employment in this State; creating the Office of the Ombudsman for Hospital Patients to advocate for the protection of the health, safety, welfare and rights of hospital patients and to investigate acts, practices, policies and procedures of hospitals and governmental agencies which relate to the care provided by hospitals; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB193 AN ACT making an appropriation for educational programs relating to history, law and civics; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB194 AN ACT relating to public assistance; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the Individual Development Account Program under which certain persons may establish an individual development account; establishing a credit against the modified business tax for certain taxpayers or other persons; creating the Nevada Statewide Council on Financial Independence; prohibiting certain entities from considering money deposited into an individual development account by certain persons to be income under certain circumstances; requiring certain entities to ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to certain persons; requiring the State Treasurer to ensure that certain instruction and training is provided to a tenant of a housing project; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive certain fees and tuition for certain children placed in foster homes or in the custody of an agency which provides child welfare services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB196 AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions relating to certain projects of the Nevada System of Higher Education; revising provisions relating to preferences in bidding for contracts for certain public works projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB200 AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health insurance policies, health care plans and benefit plans and contracts to include coverage for certain services, devices and supplies relating to hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain persons; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to include coverage for children for certain services, devices and supplies relating to hearing aids and cochlear implants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB201 AN ACT relating to financial services; adopting certain provisions of the federal Military Lending Act; requiring the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to develop, implement and maintain a database storing certain information relating to deferred deposit loans, title loans and high-interest loans made to customers in this State; providing that information in such a database is confidential under certain circumstances; authorizing a person who operates a deposit loan service, title loan service or high-interest loan service to distribute certain information and materials concerning public assistance and services; revising provisions that prohibit the making of a deposit loan or high-interest loan that exceeds or requires payments that exceed a certain percentage of the customer's expected gross monthly income; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB202 AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; requiring a biannual report to be compiled regarding certain issues related to autism spectrum disorders; requiring certain governmental entities to coordinate to ensure that the same examination may be used to determine the eligibility of a pupil for certain services for children with autism; requiring certain governmental entities to conduct outreach to parents or guardians of pupils with autism to determine whether the pupil is eligible for and may benefit from certain services; requiring an appointing authority to provide certain information to a certified person with a disability appointed on a temporary basis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB203 AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; creating the Account to Provide Programs and Services to Children Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, Deaf or Hard of Hearing; requiring the submission of an annual report to the Interim Finance Committee detailing expenditures made from the Account; providing for the establishment of criteria for evaluating the development of language and literacy skills by certain young children who are deaf or hard of hearing; requiring the Department of Education to develop a resource for parents or guardians to measure the development of such skills by such children; requiring a team developing certain plans and programs for such children to use the established criteria to measure the development of such skills by such children; requiring the Department to publish an annual report concerning the development of such skills by such children; providing for an interim study of the feasibility of establishing a public school for pupils who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB204 AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring a policy for the prevention of suicide to be adopted for each public and private school in this State; requiring certain plans and outreach to address the needs of pupils who are at a high risk of suicide; requiring the Department of Education to adopt a model policy for responding to suicides; requiring a plan for response to a crisis, emergency or suicide at a school to include certain provisions related to suicide response and intervention; requiring all pupils and school staff to receive training in the prevention of suicide; requiring a course in health to include instruction concerning mental health; revising the contents of certain suicide prevention training provided to certain law enforcement agencies; authorizing the denial or revocation of a license to operate a private school for failure to adopt such a policy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB205 AN ACT relating to governmental administration; requiring the Administrator of the Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination and Management to create a pilot program to award grants of money to provide matching funds to certain governmental and nonprofit organizations; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB206 AN ACT relating to state financial administration; requiring staff to the Interim Finance Committee and staff to the Governor to coordinate, to the extent practicable, to standardize certain forms and materials; authorizing the Interim Finance Committee to grant provisional approval to a grant acceptance proposal under certain circumstances; reducing the time the Interim Finance Committee has to consider such a proposed acceptance before the proposal is automatically deemed approved; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB207 AN ACT relating to apprentices; prohibiting a public body from awarding certain contracts for a public work to a contractor unless the contractor complies with certain requirements relating to the use of apprentices on public works or pays a monetary penalty; prohibiting a contractor on certain public works from awarding subcontracts for more than 5 percent of the value of the public work to a subcontractor unless the subcontractor complies with certain requirements relating to the use of apprentices on public works or pays a monetary penalty; revising provisions relating to apprenticeship programs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB209 AN ACT relating to industrial hemp; requiring the State Board of Agriculture and the State Department of Agriculture to adopt regulations requiring the testing of a commodity or product made using industrial hemp which is intended for human consumption; requiring that the protocols and procedures for such testing be substantially similar to the protocols and procedures for the testing of certain marijuana products; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB210 AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations establishing a Community Solar Program; enacting provisions governing community solar facilities, organizations that own or operate such facilities and persons who subscribe to such facilities; establishing the requirements for a subscription to a community solar facility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB215 AN ACT relating to occupational diseases; revising provisions governing compensation for certain employees who develop cancer as an occupational disease; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB218 AN ACT relating to domestic violence; revising provisions relating to temporary and extended orders for protection against domestic violence; revising provisions relating to the crime of battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB220 AN ACT relating to Internet privacy; prohibiting an operator of an Internet website or online service which collects certain information from consumers in this State from selling certain information about a consumer if so directed by the consumer; providing a private right of action for a person injured by a violation of certain provisions relating to Internet privacy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB223 AN ACT relating to persons in need of care or assistance; revising provisions relating to the notarization of a nomination of a guardian and certain powers of attorney; revising provisions relating to the power of an agent, acting pursuant to a power of attorney, to consent to the placement of a principal in certain facilities; enacting provisions providing for notice and an opportunity to be heard before a patient is discharged or transferred out of certain facilities under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB225 AN ACT relating to veterans; requiring the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to submit to the Interim Finance Committee an annual report detailing expenditures made from the Account to Assist Veterans Who Have Suffered Sexual Trauma; authorizing veterans who experienced an act of sexual assault to obtain compensation from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB226 AN ACT relating to health insurance; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements to purchase prescription drugs on behalf of certain health benefit plans; authorizing the Department to enter into agreements to purchase other goods or services on behalf of such health benefit plans; replacing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee with the Silver State Scripts Advisory Board; requiring certain insurers to participate in a system that rates health care plans; requiring an insurer to allow an insured to credit certain amounts toward any copay or coinsurance for a prescription drug; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB228 AN ACT relating to marijuana; authorizing the medical use of marijuana or industrial hemp by certain licensed professionals or persons who provide wellness services on a patient or client; prohibiting disciplinary action against such professionals for administering or recommending the use of marijuana or industrial hemp; prohibiting certain medical professionals from refusing to prescribe certain controlled substances for the treatment of pain solely because the patient uses marijuana; creating the Cannabis Control Commission; prohibiting the Department of Taxation from issuing certain licenses related to marijuana without the approval of the Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB245 AN ACT relating to civil actions; increasing the limitation on the amount of damages that may be awarded in certain tort actions brought against a governmental entity or its officers or employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB254 AN ACT relating to greenhouse gas emissions; requiring the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to issue an annual report concerning greenhouse gas emissions in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB255 AN ACT relating to community colleges; authorizing community colleges in the Nevada System of Higher Education to award a scholarship to certain students who are enrolled in such colleges; establishing certain requirements to be eligible to receive such a scholarship; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB256 AN ACT relating to housing; revising provisions relating to discrimination in housing; revising provisions relating to the return of security deposits; limiting the amount of fees for late rent; revising provisions relating to the recovery of damages by a tenant for a landlord's failure to maintain a dwelling unit in a habitable condition; requiring a landlord to allow a former tenant to retrieve essential personal effects and establishing an expedited procedure if a landlord acts unreasonably under such circumstances; authorizing a tenant to take certain actions if a landlord abuses the right of access to a dwelling unit or uses that right to harass the tenant; making various other changes to provisions relating to housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB261 AN ACT relating to public safety; prohibiting certain acts relating to the modification of a semiautomatic firearm; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB262 AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; making various changes to provide for tracking and reporting of information concerning the pricing of prescription drugs for treating asthma; requiring certain insurers to provide certain notice concerning those drugs to insureds; providing for an administrative penalty for failure to provide certain information concerning those drugs to the Department of Health and Human Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB266 AN ACT relating to mental health; providing for the establishment of the Mental Health First Aid Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB267 AN ACT relating to education; requiring the identification of social and environmental factors that affect the educational experience of pupils at each public school; requiring the consideration of those factors in certain circumstances; requiring the development of a plan for each school to mitigate the effect of those factors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB268 AN ACT relating to regulatory bodies; requiring any person authorized to make appointments to a board or commission that regulates certain occupations or professions to give consideration as to whether the members of the board or commission reflect the diversity of the State; requiring the expiration of the term of any member of the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Services Board serving on July 1, 2019; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB283 AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; revising provisions governing restrictions imposed on the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program; revising the criteria for selecting prescription drugs for inclusion on that list; authorizing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to close certain meetings under certain circumstances; expanding the scope of the computerized program to track prescriptions; authorizing the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to access the program for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB284 AN ACT relating to medical conditions; creating the Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Criminalization; setting forth the duties of the Task Force; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB286 AN ACT relating to offenders; revising provisions relating to the aggregation of sentences; establishing provisions relating to the determination of the minimum aggregate term of imprisonment in certain circumstances for purposes of determining eligibility for parole; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB287 AN ACT relating to public records; clarifying the records of a governmental entity that must be made available to the public to inspect, copy or receive a copy thereof; revising provisions relating to the manner of providing copies of public records; revising provisions governing the actions taken by governmental entities in response to requests for public records; revising provisions relating to the relief provided for a requester of a public record who prevails in a legal proceeding; revising provisions governing immunity from liability for public officers and employees who disclose or refuse to disclose certain information; revising provisions governing the fees that governmental entities are authorized to charge for a copy of a public record; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB293 AN ACT relating to protection of children; establishing a commercially sexually exploited children endorsement that may be obtained by a provider of foster care; prescribing requirements for obtaining and renewing such an endorsement; prohibiting the arrest of a commercially sexually exploited child in certain circumstances; requiring a determination about whether such a child is in need of protection; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to establish and carry out a plan to provide comprehensive, individualized services to commercially sexually exploited children; requiring a juvenile court and certain other entities in the juvenile justice system to transfer a commercially sexually exploited child to the child welfare system in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB295 AN ACT relating to education; creating the Nevada National Guard Youth Challenge Program; setting forth the requirements for the operation of the Program; requiring the Office of the Military to enter into an agreement with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the board of trustees of a school district to establish a challenge school; setting forth certain requirements for the operation of a challenge school; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB299 AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB310 AN ACT relating to programs for recycling; enacting provisions requiring the payment of deposits and refunds on certain beverage containers sold in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB311 AN ACT relating to credit; prohibiting discrimination against a person who seeks to obtain credit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB326 AN ACT relating to convicted persons; revising provisions governing the restoration of the right to vote for certain persons who have been convicted of certain felonies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB330 AN ACT relating to vehicles; revising provisions governing the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB331 AN ACT relating to highways; designating Interstate Highway No. 11 in Nevada as the Purple Heart Highway; directing the Director of the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB336 AN ACT relating to days of observance; requiring the Governor annually to proclaim Juneteenth Day to be “Buffalo Soldiers Day” in Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB342 AN ACT relating to animals; revising provisions relating to an animal impounded by a county, agency or facility under certain circumstances; providing for a hearing to determine whether a person is the owner of an animal and whether the person is able to provide adequate care and shelter for that animal; requiring and authorizing a court to issue certain orders after such a hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB344 AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid to pay certain minimum reimbursement rates for family planning services provided by a clinic that specializes in providing family planning services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB348 AN ACT relating to time shares; establishing provisions relating to persons who offer time-share exit assistance or relief services to owners of time shares who are not developers; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB358 AN ACT relating to renewable energy; declaring the policy of this State concerning renewable energy; revising provisions governing certain reports relating to the portfolio standard; revising provisions relating to the acquisition or construction of renewable energy facilities by certain electric utilities; revising provisions governing certain plans for the construction or expansion of transmission facilities to serve renewable energy zones and to facilitate compliance with the portfolio standard; revising the types of renewable energy that may be used to comply with the portfolio standard; revising the portfolio standard for providers of electric service in this State; revising the manner in which providers of electric service may comply with the portfolio standard; revising the applicability of the portfolio standard; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to revise any existing portfolio standard applicable to a provider of new electric resources to comply with the portfolio standard established by this act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB364 AN ACT relating to the protection of vulnerable persons; prohibiting a medical facility, facility for the dependent and certain other facilities from engaging in certain discriminatory actions; requiring such facilities to take certain measures to protect the privacy of persons receiving care from the facilities; requiring administrators and employees of such facilities to receive certain training; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB368 AN ACT relating to victims of crime; eliminating the statute of limitations in civil actions to recover damages for certain sexual offenses; establishing a rebuttable presumption in civil actions concerning unwelcome or nonconsensual sexual conduct by a person in a position of authority over an alleged victim; revising provisions relating to confidential communications between a victim's advocate and certain victims; authorizing a child adjudicated delinquent for certain unlawful acts who was a victim of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude to petition the juvenile court to vacate the adjudication and seal all records relating thereto; eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault and various other sexual offenses; authorizing the imposition of an additional penalty against a person in a position of authority over another person who commits a sexual offense against the other person; establishing the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights; increasing the time within which an extended order of protection against a person who allegedly committed a sexual assault may remain effective; increasing the term of imprisonment and authorized fine imposed upon a person who possesses a visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a person under 16 years of age; exempting persons under 25 years of age from arrest or punishment for unlawful prostitution; revising provisions relating to sexual conduct between a law enforcement officer and a person in his or her custody; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a State Plan for Services for Victims of Crime; transferring the administration of the process governing the application and determination of eligibility for compensation from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime from the Department of Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services; authorizing the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt certain rules and regulations; revising provisions relating to investigations by an administrator of a public school into a report of bullying or cyber-bullying; revising provisions relating to facilities that offer services to persons with an intellectual disability or developmental disability; revising provisions relating to the testing of a person alleged to have committed a sexual offense; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB370 AN ACT relating to health care; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid to provide certain benefits for screening and treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB371 AN ACT relating to manufactured homes; revising requirements relating to the maintenance of a manufactured home park or repair of a manufactured home in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB385 AN ACT relating to insurance; providing for the regulation of persons who offer, sell, solicit or negotiate coverage of personal property storage insurance; providing for the issuance and renewal of limited licenses for such persons; providing for a producer of insurance to hold a line of authority for personal property storage insurance as a limited line; authorizing certain fees; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB386 AN ACT relating to the taxation of property; revising the requirements to receive a partial exemption from certain property taxes for certain persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB413 AN ACT relating to prostitution; prohibiting the granting of a license for a house of prostitution; eliminating an exemption from criminal liability for prostitution committed in a licensed house of prostitution; eliminating exemptions from certain laws for licensed houses of prostitution; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB416 AN ACT relating to public retirement systems; eliminating a provision that ceases the payment of benefits to the child of a deceased member of a public retirement system upon the child's adoption; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB477 AN ACT relating to child welfare; revising provisions governing the release of a child in a child welfare proceeding to a parent or guardian; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB483 AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring the Statewide Program for Suicide Prevention to include the provision of free suicide prevention training for family members of persons who are at risk of suicide; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB484 AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing reimbursement under Medicaid for the services of a chiropractor; authorizing the establishment of a program to negotiate discounts and rebates for hearing devices and related costs for children who are deaf and hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB489 AN ACT relating to the state business portal; requiring the Secretary of State to adopt regulations to provide that certain licenses to conduct a business in this State all expire on the same date; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB490 AN ACT relating to government contracts; requiring the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs to conduct a study relating to disparities and unlawful discrimination on the basis of race or gender in the awarding of purchasing and public works contracts by the State or a local government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB491 AN ACT relating to salvaged vehicles; authorizing a salvage pool to tow and store certain abandoned vehicles and providing that such a salvage pool has a lien on the vehicle for the costs of towing and storage; revising provisions relating to obtaining a salvage title for a vehicle that is the object of certain insurance settlements; revising provisions relating to the issuance of a salvage title by the Department of Motor Vehicles; revising provisions relating to a lien on certain vehicles; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB493 AN ACT relating to employee misclassification; requiring certain state agencies to share information relating to suspected employee misclassification under certain circumstances; creating the Task Force on Employee Misclassification; providing its duties; making various other changes relating to employee misclassification; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB494 AN ACT relating to procurement; creating preferences in bidding for certain government contracts with local emerging small businesses; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB547 AN ACT relating to energy; excluding from regulation as a public utility certain plants or equipment used by a data center; revising provisions governing the applicability of certain assessments imposed by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; revising the information required to be included in the integrated resource plan filed by an electric utility with the Commission; revising the criteria to be eligible to apply to the Commission to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources; revising the requirements a provider of new electric resources must satisfy to be eligible to sell energy, capacity or ancillary services to eligible customers; revising the requirements an eligible customer must satisfy to be authorized to purchase energy, capacity or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources; revising the terms and conditions for the purchase of energy, capacity or ancillary services by eligible customers who have been approved to make such purchases from a provider of new electric resources; repealing provisions governing certain agreements relating to generation assets of an electric utility; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SB557 AN ACT relating to campaign practices; defining “personal use” of campaign contributions; prohibiting a candidate or public officer from paying himself or herself a salary with campaign contributions; requiring certain organizations that make monetary contributions to candidates to file a report of such contributions with the Secretary of State; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

NV - SR5 Inducting Valerie Wiener into the Senate Hall of Fame.

NV - SR6 Inducting Barbara Katherine Cegavske into the Senate Hall of Fame.

NV - SJR5 Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for limited annual regular legislative sessions and for legislative compensation and expenses to be paid in a manner fixed and determined by law.

NV - SJR8 Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to guarantee equal rights.

NV - SCR1 Directing the Legislative Committee on Energy to conduct an interim study concerning the development of renewable energy and clean energy resources in this State.

NV - SCR3 Directing the Legislative Commission to appoint a committee to conduct an interim study relating to the use of electric vehicles in this State.

NV - SCR7 Celebrating the sister-state relationship between the State of Nevada and Taiwan, and urging the enhancement of bilateral trade, educational and cultural relations.

NV - SCR8 Memorializing former Nevada Attorney General and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles E. Springer.