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Sex-Change Surgery On Children, Funded By Taxpayers, Advances To Senate Finance Committee

May 22, 2023 8:21 pmMay 30, 2023 2:32 pm

Senate Bill 163 requires health insurance companies and Medicaid to cover treatment, including sex-change surgery, relating to gender dysphoria and gender incongruence for minors less than 18 years of age. According to SB163, the diagnosis and medical treatment of such conditions must be prescribed by “medical providers” such as voice therapists...

Tax Hikes Consume Nevada Legislature

April 7, 2023 2:05 pmApril 14, 2023 10:08 am

The many reasons why people from all over the country, especially from California, move to Nevada is due to the fact that we do not have a state income tax as prohibited by the Nevada Constitution. Yet, Nevada Democrats mimic the policies of their California colleagues in the numerous tax...

NV Dems: No Citizenship Required To Serve on Citizens Advisory Councils

March 29, 2023 2:43 pmMarch 30, 2023 2:13 pm

Democratic legislators continue to fight on behalf of non-citizens in the state legislature. After introducing a bill that would allow non-citizens to enroll in Medicaid, Sen. Fabian Doñate has sponsored another bill that eliminates the requirement for a member of a citizens’ advisory council of a town or a town advisory...

SB 163 Mandates Tax Payer Funded Gender Reassignment Surgery For Minors

March 15, 2023 4:33 pmMarch 21, 2023 8:54 am

Today, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee heard Senate Bill 163 which “requires certain health insurance to cover treatment of certain conditions relating to gender dysphoria, gender incongruence and other disorders of sexual development.” The bill is sponsored by Sens. Melanie Scheible, Pat Spearman and Dallas Harris. The bill is cosponsored...

Democrats Move To Eliminate Parental Consent For Minors To Receive STD Prevention And Contraception

March 9, 2023 6:45 pmMarch 15, 2023 5:13 pm

Today, the Judiciary Committee heard SB 172, a bill that would eliminate parental consent by authorizing a minor to give express consent to certain health care providers for provision of services for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including the prescribing, dispensing or administration of a contraceptive drug or device, without...

NV Dems Want Environmental Rights And Protections Added To State Constitution

March 9, 2023 3:07 pmOctober 16, 2023 3:56 pm

A constitutional amendment has been proposed and passed by the Democratic majorities in the Nevada Assembly and Senate. Assembly Resolution AJR 3 states, in part, that the State “shall take no action that would cause unreasonable degradation, diminution or depletion of the environment, through direct state action, or inaction, or...

Homeless Bill Of Rights On Legislative Docket

March 1, 2023 10:31 amMarch 2, 2023 12:03 pm

The Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America (LVDSA) is supporting and advocating for a Homeless Bill of Rights and their comrades in the Nevada Legislature have submitted a bill to meet their demands. State Senators Melanie Schieble, Edgar Flores, Skip Daly, Roberta Lange, Dallas Harris, and Fabian Doñate are backing...