Hundreds of bills fail in the Nevada Legislature
CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) - Roughly 300 bills are failing in the Nevada Legislature following the April 11th committee hearing deadline.
There are many bills that garnered attention across the Silver State, but will not move forward to become law because they didn’t make it out of the committee they were introduced in.
Nevadans will have to continue to cross state lines for the lottery.
Assembly Joint Resolution 5, which hoped to revise provisions relating to lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets in Nevada, failed.
A bill calling for a toll road in Spanish Springs also failed.
Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson released a statement saying, “Remember this when you are backed up in traffic on all roads leading south out of Spanish Springs in the morning and when you come home at night. The mayor of Sparks looks for alternate ways to make your quality of life better while your state representatives play politics.”
AB 33 failed in the Committee on Government Affairs hearing. The bill would’ve created the Nevada Office of the Inspector General, aimed at weeding out waste and fraud.
“This type of auditing can be very skill specific you would really want a robust process to identify and vet somebody who is going to be taking on this very important work and this massive responsibility,” said Andy Matthews, Nevada State Controller. “That’s why the bill is structured in a way so citizens can know the person in that job has the skill sets to do it.”
Matthews says 35 states currently have an Inspector General.
Lawmakers are still processing several bills.
AB 245 bans people who are under 21 from possessing a semiautomatic firearm. Las Vegas Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui is sponsoring the bill.
AB 256, which proposes creating a committee to study the implementation of rail transit in all parts of the state, is still being considered.
That bill, along with Assembly Bill 81, is sponsored by Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch. She says AB 81 removes daylight savings time because it’s a health hazard. “There are a lot of negative health impacts that come from changing the clocks. Increased car accidents. Strokes and cardiac arrests also increased anxiety and mental health workplace accidents.”
Bills that successfully made it out of committee hearings will need to be approved in both the House and the Senate before being sent to the governor. Governor Lombardo also has the option to veto bills approved by the legislature. If the governor vetoes a bill, the legislature can override the veto with a two-thirds majority vote in both the Assembly and the Senate.
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