The 360 Legislative Summary – Week of May 30th
This week we primarily discussed bills that impact revenue and budgets in our episode “Sine Die”. Our guest, Senator Pat Spearman, discussed some key pieces of legislation she is moving through the legislature. You can access the bills on NELIS, the Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System, which you can access at this link: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021
TIP: Search all bills by choosing All bills and resolutions for the 81st Session and then typing in the bill number with NO SPACES (ex: AB321, SB200, et al)
BILLS DISCUSSED on The 360 Legislative RoundUp for the week of May 30th
The following bills were discussed in the Legislative RoundUp. The bill numbers are linked so that you can monitor progress and where the bills land on the other side.
Assembly Ways and Means makes decisions on key bills requiring funding from the state in order to close the budget. To see what was heard and follow the bills use this link to the committee agenda from May 30th. Senate Finance will also hear bills that impact the budget. For Senate Finance bills use this link to the Senate Finance Committee agenda from May 30th.
To find any of the listed bills:
Go to leg.state.nv.us
Click NELIS in the top-right corner.
Choose Legislation and a drop-down menu will appear
Select “Assembly Bills” for bills starting with AB or “Senate Bills” for bills starting with SB
Enter the bill number with no spaces or punctuation (ex. AB321)
Hit Enter
OTHER BILLS
Below are links to the Assembly Bill and Senate Bill status. Check out the Legislative Calendar link on mpower360.org or NELIS. You can also reference our “Guide to Legislative Engagement” for a step-by-step process.
Assembly Bill Status Report:
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Reports/LastHistActionA.cfm
Senate Bill Status Report
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Reports/LastHistActionS.cfm
DON’T forget that you can submit your opinion on any bill outside of the hearing at the opinion link available on NELIS. You can submit an opinion up to 48 hours after a bill hearing.
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/81st2021/
Look out for these and more legislative updates on Sunday at 1pm on IG Live or on the next episode of “The 360”! Follow @mpower_360 on IG, FB, and Twitter and join our text community by texting 702-935-2813.
The bills we selected to include on “The 360” Legislative RoundUp are bills that have significant implications for communities of color. Many of the bills introduced during the legislative session impact communities of color and it is important to follow the process on bills that may have profound direct or unintended consequences for communities of color. Key issues like healthcare access, criminal justice, reproductive justice or economic issues tend to have dire impacts on specific groups. Our intent is to make the community aware of these bills so they can follow them and advocate for or against them during the session and also complete the process by measuring their impact and effectiveness after implementation. Moving the needle for racial justice is imperative since our legislature only meets once every two years for 120 days. Everything in the previous and following biennium needs to be legislated. If the community is not involved in the process, it takes two years to change anything that was passed.