The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at preventing Nevadans under the care of guardians from isolation.
2017 Legislature
Here are three things to watch for on day 101 of the 2017 Legislative Session.
Environmentalists, ranchers, farmers and rural residents lined up Tuesday to oppose a bill backed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority that they say would upend state law and make it easier for large water import projects.
Senate Republicans cried foul Tuesday when the Democratic majority named six members to Nevada’s Legislative Commission, ousting the GOP minority leader in favor of an independent.
Assembly Bill 218 would allow judges to reduce sentences by up to 35 percent of those convicted as an adult for crimes committed while less than 18 years old.
Senate Bill 156 would require children under age 8 and less than 57 inches tall to be secured in a motor vehicle restraint system, an expansion from the current law that covers children under age 6; a weight limit factor also would be eliminated.
A bill allowing transgender people to change their names without publishing their new and original names in a newspaper was passed unanimously Tuesday by the Assembly, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Sandoval.
A transcript of a surreptitiously recorded conversation between Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett and Attorney General Adam Laxalt was released by the Legislature on Tuesday.
The Nevada Senate gave unanimous support Tuesday to an effort to abolish sales tax on feminine hygiene products.
Motorists convicted of drunk driving may be able to get behind the wheel sooner by breathing into an ignition interlock device installed on their vehicle that measures the alcohol in a driver’s breath.
Nevada is a vote and a signature away from becoming the first state in the nation to regulate and allow public marijuana use, but Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval appears wary of signing the bill should it hit his desk.
Achievement School District, collective bargaining funds and ignition locks highlight day 100 of the Nevada Legislature.
A Nevada Senate committee approved a bill Monday allowing terminally ill people to obtain life-ending drugs from a doctor.
The legal battle over the state-mandated reorganization of the Clark County School District is over, after the district announced Monday it is dropping the lawsuit against the state.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed bills Monday extending benefits to children of state workers killed on the job and protecting highway crews working along the roadside.
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