LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The second main deadline arrives at this time for the Nevada Legislature, but it surely’s unlikely to supply the type of shockwaves that adopted the primary deadline.
“Reba’s Law,” which might toughen the penalties in animal abuse crimes, induced an uproar when it did not get a committee vote on the April 11 deadline. Since then, lawmakers have given it an exemption, and it’s secure on the April 22 deadline. The regulation is known as for an English bulldog that died after it was sealed inside a plastic tub and left outdoors subsequent to a dumpster on a July 2024 day that reached 110 levels.
No such drama is predicted at this time because the Nevada Legislature hits the deadline for payments to cross a vote. Until they’re exempt, payments that originated within the Meeting should cross a vote of the complete Meeting; payments that originated within the Senate should cross a vote of the complete Senate. Exemptions are usually given to payments that make an appropriation. These payments require work by the finance committees, and additional time is supplied for that course of.
The April 11 deadline killed greater than 280 payments, however solely a handful of payments are in peril this time.
A few of these payments may get last-minute motion as the ground periods within the Meeting and Senate plod alongside in Carson Metropolis. And which may require lawmakers to revive laws that has been put aside. Agendas may altering quickly proper to the tip of at this time’s actions.
Some payments which have superior
PET STORES: AB487 would cease retail shops from promoting canines and cats. Advocates say the ban will assist cease animal abuse, shopper fraud and practices that put animals’ well being in peril. With shelters overflowing with canines and cats, advocates try to fight pet mills from flourishing. The invoice handed 32-9 on Monday, advancing to the Senate. It was sponsored by the Meeting Pure Assets Committee.
BALLOON BAN: AB194 takes a dim view of the custom of balloon releases at out of doors birthday events and different celebrations. The invoice would outlaw releasing balloons stuffed with helium or different lighter-than-air gases. It handed 26-15 on Monday, advancing to the Senate. The invoice was sponsored by Democratic Assem. Sandra Jauregui.
SHIELDING DOCTORS: SB171 would forestall shield medical professionals from having their license stripped or different punitive actions for offering or helping in medically needed gender-affirming well being care companies. Professionals who’re licensed in a number of states would not be penalized in Nevada if one other state acted to self-discipline them. The invoice handed on a 13-8 vote on Tuesday, advancing to the Meeting. Democratic Sen. James Ohrenschall sponsored the invoice.
Payments which are up for a vote
AI-MODIFIED IMAGES: AB73 would require marketing campaign supplies to reveal if photographs or video are modified by synthetic intelligence. The invoice is geared toward “deep fakes” and different makes use of of AI photographs that misrepresent info and erode belief in elections. The invoice has handed out of the Meeting Legislative Operations and Elections Committee, however has not acquired a vote but within the full Meeting.
GUN OWNERSHIP: AB 245 would ban anybody below the age of 21 from proudly owning a semi-automatic shotgun or center-fire rifle. A violation can be punishable by as much as a 12 months in jail and a positive of as much as $2,000. The invoice additionally criminalizes letting somebody below 21 deal with these forms of weapons. The invoice handed within the Meeting Judiciary Committee on Monday. Democratic Assem. Sandra Jauregui sponsored the invoice. Comparable laws was vetoed by Gov. Joe Lombardo in 2023.
‘INTIMATE IMAGES’: SB213 would add AI-modified or AI-created photographs/movies to supplies addressed in present regulation about unlawfully distributing intimate photographs. It could be a class D felony to blackmail somebody with some of these photographs — the identical as in the event that they had been actual photographs. The invoice hasn’t acquired motion because it was handed in committee on April 17 and positioned on Common File the subsequent day. Republican Sen. Jeff Stone sponsored the invoice.
STREET VENDORS: SB295 requires the well being district to provide you with pre-approved carts that individuals should buy to get licensed. It is a answer that lawmakers imagine is required after solely six distributors within the Las Vegas valley really went by means of the method to get a license for the reason that laws was initially handed in 2023. Many distributors say the necessities are too costly. The invoice handed within the Senate Committee on Well being and Human Providers on Monday, however wants a vote of the complete Senate to advance. Democratic Sen. Fabian Doñate is the invoice’s sponsor.
CONFISCATING GUNS: SB347 rewrites provisions within the regulation that permit police to confiscate weapons from folks positioned on a “Legal 2000” psychological well being maintain. Police approached lawmakers with issues that the prevailing regulation appeared to conflict with Fourth Modification rights towards unreasonable search and seizure. The invoice, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Melanie Scheible, handed the Senate Judiciary Committee, however wants a vote from the complete Senate.
