Nevada Legislative Update April 2025

 

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April 2025, In the Year of Our Lord                                                                              

Volume 52, Number 2, Email Version

 

 

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​​​​Nevada Legislative Update April 2025

The Legislature will be in Session until June 2, 2025

Thanks especially to everyone who has donated to our efforts at the Legislature! You have been essential to keeping me there every day. Thanks to the ALL of you who have participated in hearings… you have been essential. We need more people to participate in hearings. Thanks to everyone who has emailed. So many times when we are in the hearings the Legislators comment on how many emails they have received! Hooray for you! We also greatly appreciate all who have registered their opinions. Now we need you to keep it up!!!

 

The Very Best News

AJR6* National Popular Vote died on the April 11th deadline. I just didn’t see how we could ever win this one with the Democrats controlling both houses. The Lord intervened and the sponsor did not move it to a hearing.  It was a constitutional amendment, so the Governor could not veto it. It passed last session. If it had passed this session it would go on the ballot. The National Popular Vote Compact circumvents the Electoral College in violation of our U.S. Constitution. It is a vote stealing scheme. If Nevada’s popular vote is for a Republican for President but the national popular vote is for a Democrat, Nevada’s electors will be forced to vote for a Democrat. It will make Nevada a meaningless fly over state in Presidential Elections. California, Texas, New York and Florida will decide who the president is. NPV Compact has been enacted into law in 17 states with 209 electoral votes. NPV goes into effect when states totally 270 electoral votes pass it. Nevada was key to stopping it nationally.

 

AJR5* established a lottery for the State of Nevada. It passed last session but died on the April 11th deadline. Nevada’s Constitution forbids lotteries and therefore this was a Constitutional Amendment to allow lotteries. Why should we oppose lotteries? Most lottery tickets are bought by the poor and minorities…so they prey on the vulnerable.  “Nationwide, people who make less than $10,000 spend on average $597 on lottery tickets — about 6 percent of their income.” Lottery players with household incomes in the poverty level wager nearly three times as much as those with household incomes over $50,000. Interestingly, the top 5% of lottery players account for 54% of total sales. Adolescents are far more likely to become addicted to gambling through lotteries. This is a regressive tax on the poor.

 

SJR3 Constitutional Convention of States died on the deadline. It was never given a hearing. An Article V Constitutional Convention will put our Constitution and our fundamental rights in jeopardy.  In 2017 Nevada rescinded all previous applications for all Article V Constitutional Conventions unanimously, in all Senate and Assembly Committees and the full Senate and Assembly.

 

SJR7* was an extreme Abortion Rights constitutional amendment allowing abortion for all nine months, removing all protections from Women and allowing babies born alive to be left to die. It is similar to Question 6 which was on the ballot in 2024 and will be on the ballot in 2026. It was allowed to die most likely because they didn’t want two abortions questions on the ballot in 2026.

 

AB101 died. It would have shut down Community Pregnancy Resources Centers which provide compassionate care and choices to pregnant women. It also banned abortion pill reversal—the very treatment that has saved thousands of babies! The bill was completely gutted before the hearing and the substitute deceptive trade practices bill never made it out of committee.

 

AB199 died. It took maliciously, wantonly out of the law for negligently discharging a firearm, making someone who made a mistake now guilty of a C felony, instead of a misdemeanor.

 

SB415 the Automated Traffic Enforcement bill died. It would have allowed local governments to determine locations. This is a Big government bill with privacy concerns. It has been used in other states as a revenue generator.

 

AB346 Assisted Suicide passed out of the Assembly Select Committee. However, the good news is that the Governor has committed to veto it. There are enough Republicans and some Dems in the Senate to uphold the veto.

 

A Few Good Bills that Passed out of Committee

AB197 which protects non-profits free speech by protecting their donor and volunteer lists from government.

 

AB359 bill removes the sales tax from precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) coins, bullion and currency.  Only 5 states tax these items. It will encourage local businesses, open the door for coin conventions and promotes real hard currency.

 

SB240 lowers the Business license fee from $200 to $100 for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

 

SB445 is a good step towards protecting public school student data. It requires the State Dept of Education, one year after a student graduates from high school, to transfer any student data to the State Library Division where it is to be destroyed 10 years thereafter.

 

SB97 allowed Illegal Aliens to purchase insurance on the subsidized Silver State Insurance Exchange. The bill was gutted and the portion allowing illegals to purchase insurance is gone.

 

SB250 which created health information Repository for all medical records was gutted removing the health Repositories.

 

The bills listed below have passed the first committee will now go for a vote of the entire Senate or Assembly. We anticipate most will pass and then go to a committee hearing in the other house.

 

Here’s a list of Bad Bills that passed the first Committee:

These three gun bills were all heard at the same time in a joint Assembly Senate Judiciary Committee, so we can expect they will not have another hearing.  They will need to be voted on by the full Assembly and Senate.

AB105 Prohibits a firearm within 100 ft of a polling place. This makes a polling place a “gun free zone” making them a target for criminals. In some counties voting locations can be inside a mall or grocery store.

AB245 makes it a gross misdemeanor for anyone under 21 to possess a semiautomatic shotgun or semiautomatic centerfire rifle.

SB89 prohibits a person from purchasing, owning, or having possession, control, or custody of a firearm if the person has been convicted in the preceding ten years of committing or attempting to a hate crime.

 

SB156 Creates the Office for the Prevention of Gun Violence with the Ombudsman in the Attorney Generals Office and to create a resource bank for data, research, and statistical information

pertaining to gun violence in the State.

 

SB347 This is a “Red Flag” law that allows an officer to immediately confiscate any firearms owned by a person who is subject to a “mental health crisis hold”. There are serious due process problems, the return process is not well defined. It violates the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendments to the U. S. Constitution, and the Nevada Constitution’s citizen’s right to arms.

 

AB119 which allows the Attorney General to investigate paramilitary activity was amended to provide that individuals or groups who unlawfully assume law enforcement or government roles, interfere with legal rights, or train for such activities must be armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon to be considered engaging in paramilitary activity.

 

AB140 extends Drivers Authorization cards for Illegal aliens to the same 8 year renewal as American Citizens.

AB144 Indigenous Peoples Day, moving it from August 9th to October 12 as a way to erase Columbus Day, disrespecting American Heritage and Italians who claim it as their day.

AB156 made School Board members salaries equal to county Commissioners in Clark County. In Clark County School Board members make $750 a month or $9,000 a year. Clark County Commissioners make between $56,000 and $131,000 a year. The bill was made worse when amended to authorize ALL counties and Carson City to make School Board Members salaries equal to County Commissioners and requiring them to provide compensation starting in Jan. 2026. It also provides that appointed School Board  members in Clark can now vote like elected members.

AB205 changes Sex Education from “Opt in” to “Opt out” undermining fundamental parental rights.

AB268 Universal Breakfast & Lunch for all school children (Clark County already has this.) Appropriation for 2 years $33,097,720. One more replacement of parental responsibilities.

AB328 which was renamed from the “Commission on Racial Equity and Social Justice” to “The Nevada Commission to Study and Develop Policy Recommendations for African Americans.” Creates it as a subcommittee of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education. It was designed to provide reparations for slavery.

AB402 Automated Traffic Enforcement in construction zones (cameras) passed out of the Committee.

AB416 Makes Librarians virtual dictators in allowing porn materials in the school or public library. The only way porn can be removed is if a parent goes to court. Takes away authority from elected School Board, County Commission, Library Board, and University governing bodies.

AB530 Clark County Gas Tax increase. Gives authority by a 2/3rds vote of the County Commission to continue the gas tax increases. It removes the vote of the people extending it out 10 years.

AJR1 Property Tax Constitutional Amendment which removes the requirement for equal and uniform property taxes and removes the property tax cap. 

AJR14 condemns President Trump and the J6rs who participated at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020.

SB116 raises the salaries of elected county officers to 3% above the highest paid employee of that officer. It also raises the salaries of county commissioners: Clark $121.000, Washoe $116,000, Rural Counties between $39,000 and $30,000. The amendment allows the County Commission to NOT raise the salaries of elected officers if financial resources are not available.

SB171 makes Nevada a Sanctuary State for Gender Affirming Doctors who are subject to discipline in another state for providing gender-affirming services, if those services would have been lawful in this state. It removes the Governor’s constitutional authority, prohibiting him from surrendering or issuing an arrest warrant for someone in this state who is charged with a criminal violation of the laws in another state if the violation involves gender-affirming services.

SB234 Medicaid for Illegal Aliens was amended to only include illegals under the age of 21 who have cancer or need a kidney transplant. And to the extend available under Federal funds provide ongoing cancer and kidney treatments. The original price tag for taxpayers was $61,000,000.

SB319 consolidate the fire districts of Washoe County, Reno and Sparks. The real purpose is to shift huge amounts of debt from Reno and Sparks to the County and then raise taxes to pay for it.

 

Nevada Legislative Election Bills

There are a dozen or more election bills, too many to cover, but every one of them passed the first committee, so they are moving forward. Almost without exception they undermine our election integrity and transfer more power from the County Clerks and Registrars to the Secretary of State.

 

AB306 mandates drop boxes be available between early voting on the Friday before the election and the day before Election Day. This means there will be an increase opportunity for stuffing the ballot box. Ballots can be dropped off by anyone…so this increases the ballot harvesting.

 

AB534 is one of the Secretary of State’s clean up bills. Electronic voting is now available for military and overseas voters. It extends electronic voting to people incarcerated in a county or city jail. It moves the filing date for candidates from the first of March to the first of February making the campaign season longer, more expensive and a shorter time for parties to recruit candidates. It interferes with the Presidential primary dates. It changes current law by requiring that ballots MUST BE COUNTED USING A MECHANICAL VOTING SYSTEM and much more in 62 pages/90 sections.

 

SB442 People can register to vote during early voting or on Election Day if they have a Nevada driver’s license or ID. This bill provides that a driver’s license from another state can prove the person’s identity and use such things as a utility bill to prove residency. Then they can cast a provisional ballot. If the person has no ID, they can provide a written affirmation under penalty of perjury to the election officer. Then the person, by the 5pm Friday AFTER the election, must provide a current Nevada driver’s license or ID card, so that his provisional ballot will be counted. It mandates that the DMV stay open on Saturday and Sunday in Washoe and Clark Counties the two weeks before the election, so people can update their driver’s license and be able to vote.

 

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