Nevada Legislature Archives

NV Dept of Education Adds Anti-Grooming Bill to Legislative Docket

November 27, 2024 5:07 pmDecember 7, 2024 1:23 pm

The Committee on Education, on behalf if the Nevada Department of Education, has submitted Senate Bill 59 for consideration in the next legislative session. The bill revises provisions NRS 391.330 governing the license of educational personnel. The provisions include the prohibition of “grooming” and acts of sexual impropriety. The description...

Fellner: End the forced masking of Nevada schoolchildren

February 7, 2022 8:45 amMarch 1, 2022 6:51 am

The Carson City School District has finally repealed its mask mandate after acknowledging that there were no discernible differences in Covid cases between schools that had a mandate and those that did not. Unfortunately, most Nevada students remain trapped within the Clark County School District, which still has a mask mandate...

Special Session: Legislative Redistricting Takes a Back Seat to Process and Politics

November 13, 2021 8:19 amNovember 13, 2021 9:52 pm

The work of the people was supposed to commence on Friday during the 33rd Special Session of the Nevada Legislature. With less than 24 hours to prepare, the part time legislators and interested parties had to make it to Carson City to debate, review and propose legislative maps that will...

NV Assemblyman Jim Wheeler: Democrats Have Redistricted Nevada Leg. into a Republican Minority

November 9, 2021 4:50 pmNovember 11, 2021 1:30 pm

The Nevada Legislature has published the proposed redistricting maps for the state. Congressional: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/663/8… State Senate: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/668/8… State Assembly: https://redistricting.leg.state.nv.us/legdistricting/comments/plan/670/8 These legislative maps are redrawn every 10 years and are based on Census data. Due to population growth, Nevada has become the third most diverse state in the nation, causing...