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3	3	- 83rd Session (2025)
4	4	Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Committee
5	5	on Legislative Operations and Elections
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7	7	FILE NUMBER..........
8	8	ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION —Adopting the Joint
9	9	Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd
10	10	Session of the Legislature.
11	11	RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE
12	12	SENATE CONCURRING, That the Joint Rules of the Senate and
13	13	Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature are hereby adopted
14	14	as follows:
15	15
16	16	CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
17	17
18	18	Rule No. 1. Procedure Concerning.
19	19	1. In every case of an amendment of a bill, or joint or
20	20	concurrent resolution, agreed to in one House, dissented from in
21	21	the other, and not receded from by the one making the
22	22	amendment, each House may appoint a committee to confer with a
23	23	like committee to be appointed by the other; and, if appointed, the
24	24	committee shall meet publicly at a convenient hour to be agreed
25	25	upon by their respective chairs and announced publicly, and shall
26	26	confer upon the differences between the two Houses as indicated
27	27	by the amendments made in one and rejected in the other and
28	28	report as early as convenient the result of their conference to their
29	29	respective Houses.
30	30	2. The report shall be made available to all members of both
31	31	Houses. The whole subject matter embraced in the bill or
32	32	resolution shall be considered by the committee, and it may
33	33	recommend recession by either House, new amendments, a new
34	34	bill or resolution, or other changes as it sees fit. A new bill or
35	35	resolution so reported shall be treated as amendments unless the
36	36	bill or resolution is composed entirely of original matter, in which
37	37	case it shall receive the treatment required in the respective
38	38	Houses for original bills, or resolutions, as the case may be. A
39	39	conference committee shall not recommend any action which
40	40	would cause the creation of more than one reprint or more than
41	41	one bill or resolution.
42	42	3. The report of a conference committee may be adopted by
43	43	acclamation. The report is not subject to amendment.
44	44	4. There shall be but one conference committee on any bill or
45	45	resolution. A majority of the members of a conference committee
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50	50	from each House must be members who voted for the passage of
51	51	the bill or resolution.
52	52
53	53	MESSAGES
54	54
55	55	Rule No. 2. Biennial Message of the Governor.
56	56	Upon motion, the biennial message of the Governor must be
57	57	received and read and entered in full in the Journal of
58	58	proceedings.
59	59
60	60	Rule No. 2.2. Other Messages From the Governor.
61	61	Whenever a message from the Governor is received, it shall be
62	62	entered in full in the Journal of proceedings.
63	63
64	64	Rule No. 2.4. Proclamation by the Governor Convening Special
65	65	Session.
66	66	Proclamations by the Governor convening the Legislature in
67	67	special session must, by direction of the presiding officer of each
68	68	House, be read immediately after the convening of the special
69	69	session, and must be filed and entered in the Journal of
70	70	proceedings.
71	71
72	72	Rule No. 2.6. Messages Between Houses.
73	73	Messages from the Senate to the Assembly shall be delivered by
74	74	the Secretary or a person designated by the Secretary and
75	75	messages from the Assembly to the Senate shall be delivered by the
76	76	Chief Clerk or a person designated by the Chief Clerk.
77	77
78	78	NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION
79	79
80	80	Rule No. 3. Communications.
81	81	Each House shall communicate its final action on any bill or
82	82	resolution, or matter in which the other may be interested, by
83	83	written notice. Each such notice sent by the Senate must be signed
84	84	by the Secretary of the Senate, or a person designated by the
85	85	Secretary. Each such notice sent by the Assembly must be signed
86	86	by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or a person designated by the
87	87	Chief Clerk.
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97	97	BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
98	98
99	99	Rule No. 4. Signature.
100	100	Each enrolled bill or joint resolution shall be presented to the
101	101	presiding officers of both Houses for signature. They shall sign
102	102	the bill or joint resolution and their signatures shall be followed by
103	103	those of the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the
104	104	Assembly.
105	105
106	106	Rule No. 5. Joint Sponsorship.
107	107	1. A bill or resolution introduced by a standing committee of
108	108	the Senate or Assembly may, at the direction of the chair of the
109	109	committee, set forth the name of a standing committee of the other
110	110	House as a joint sponsor, if a majority of all members appointed to
111	111	the committee of the other House votes in favor of becoming a
112	112	joint sponsor of the bill or resolution. The name of the committee
113	113	joint sponsor must be set forth on the face of the bill or resolution
114	114	immediately below the date on which the bill or resolution is
115	115	introduced.
116	116	2. A bill or resolution introduced by one or more Legislators
117	117	elected to one House may, at the direction of the Legislator who
118	118	brings the bill or resolution forward for introduction, set forth the
119	119	names of one or more Legislators who are members elected to the
120	120	other House and who wish to be primary joint sponsors or non-
121	121	primary joint sponsors of the bill or resolution. Not more than five
122	122	Legislators from each House may be set forth on the face of a bill
123	123	or resolution as primary joint sponsors. The names of each
124	124	primary joint sponsor and non-primary joint sponsor must be set
125	125	forth on the face of the bill or resolution in the following order
126	126	immediately below the date on which the bill or resolution is
127	127	introduced:
128	128	(a) The name of each primary joint sponsor, in the order
129	129	indicated on the colored back of the introductory copy of the bill
130	130	or resolution; and
131	131	(b) The name of each non-primary joint sponsor, in
132	132	alphabetical order.
133	133	3. The Legislative Counsel shall not cause to be printed the
134	134	name of a standing committee as a joint sponsor on the face of a
135	135	bill or resolution unless the chair of the committee has signed his
136	136	or her name next to the name of the committee on the colored
137	137	back of the introductory copy of the bill or resolution that was
138	138	submitted to the front desk of the House of origin or the statement
139	139	required by subsection 5. The Legislative Counsel shall not cause
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144	144	to be printed the name of a Legislator as a primary joint sponsor
145	145	or non-primary joint sponsor on the face of a bill or resolution
146	146	unless the Legislator has signed the colored back of the
147	147	introductory copy of the bill or resolution that was submitted to the
148	148	front desk of the House of origin or the statement required by
149	149	subsection 5.
150	150	4. Upon introduction, any bill or resolution that sets forth the
151	151	names of primary joint sponsors or non-primary joint sponsors, or
152	152	both, must be numbered in the same numerical sequence as other
153	153	bills and resolutions of the same House of origin are numbered.
154	154	5. Once a bill or resolution has been introduced, a primary
155	155	joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor may only be added or
156	156	removed by amendment of the bill or resolution. An amendment
157	157	which proposes to add or remove a primary joint sponsor or non-
158	158	primary joint sponsor must not be considered by the House of
159	159	origin of the amendment unless a statement requesting the
160	160	addition or removal is attached to the copy of the amendment
161	161	submitted to the front desk of the House of origin of the
162	162	amendment. If the amendment proposes to add or remove a
163	163	Legislator as a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint
164	164	sponsor, the statement must be signed by that Legislator. If the
165	165	amendment proposes to add or remove a standing committee as a
166	166	joint sponsor, the statement must be signed by the chair of the
167	167	committee. A copy of the statement must be transmitted to the
168	168	Legislative Counsel if the amendment is adopted.
169	169	6. An amendment that proposes to add or remove a primary
170	170	joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor may include additional
171	171	proposals to change the substantive provisions of the bill or
172	172	resolution or may be limited only to the proposal to add or remove
173	173	a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor.
174	174
175	175	PUBLICATIONS
176	176
177	177	Rule No. 6. Ordering and Distribution.
178	178	1. The bills, resolutions, journals and histories will be
179	179	provided electronically to the officers and members of the Senate
180	180	and Assembly, staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the press
181	181	and the general public on the Nevada Legislature’s Internet
182	182	website.
183	183	2. Each House may order the printing of bills introduced,
184	184	reports of its own committees, and other matter pertaining to that
185	185	House only; but no other printing may be ordered except by a
186	186	concurrent resolution passed by both Houses. Each Senator is
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191	191	entitled to the free distribution of four copies of each bill
192	192	introduced in each House, and each Assemblymember to such a
193	193	distribution of two copies. Additional copies of such bills may be
194	194	distributed at a charge to the person to whom they are addressed.
195	195	The amount charged for distribution of the additional copies must
196	196	be determined by the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau
197	197	to approximate the cost of handling and postage for the entire
198	198	session.
199	199
200	200	RESOLUTIONS
201	201
202	202	Rule No. 7. Types, Usage and Approval.
203	203	1. A joint resolution must be used to:
204	204	(a) Propose an amendment to the Nevada Constitution.
205	205	(b) Ratify a proposed amendment to the United States
206	206	Constitution.
207	207	(c) Address the President of the United States, Congress, either
208	208	House or any committee or member of Congress, any department
209	209	or agency of the Federal Government, or any other state of the
210	210	Union.
211	211	2. A concurrent resolution must be used to:
212	212	(a) Amend these Joint Standing Rules, which requires a
213	213	majority vote of each House for adoption.
214	214	(b) Request the return from the Governor of an enrolled bill
215	215	for further consideration.
216	216	(c) Request the return from the Secretary of State of an
217	217	enrolled joint or concurrent resolution for further consideration.
218	218	(d) Resolve that the return of a bill from one House to the
219	219	other House is necessary and appropriate.
220	220	(e) Express facts, principles, opinion and purposes of the
221	221	Senate and Assembly.
222	222	(f) Establish a joint committee of the two Houses.
223	223	(g) Direct the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim
224	224	study.
225	225	3. A concurrent resolution or a resolution of one House may
226	226	be used to memorialize a former member of the Legislature or
227	227	other notable or distinguished person upon his or her death.
228	228	4. A resolution of one House may be used to request the
229	229	return from the Secretary of State of an enrolled resolution of the
230	230	same House for further consideration.
231	231	5. A resolution of one House may be used for any additional
232	232	purpose determined appropriate by the Majority Leader of the
233	233	Senate or the Speaker of the Assembly, respectively.
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238	238	6. A concurrent resolution used for the purposes expressed in
239	239	paragraph (e) of subsection 2 may only be requested by a
240	240	statutory, interim or standing committee.
241	241
242	242	Rule No. 8. Reserved.
243	243
244	244	ADJOURNMENT
245	245
246	246	Rule No. 9. Limitations and Calculation of Duration.
247	247	1. In calculating the permissible duration of an adjournment
248	248	for 3 days or less, Sunday must not be counted.
249	249	2. The Legislature may adjourn for more than 3 days by
250	250	motion based on mutual consent of the Houses or by concurrent
251	251	resolution. One or more such adjournments, for a total of not
252	252	more than 20 days during any regular session, may be taken to
253	253	permit standing committees, select committees or the Legislative
254	254	Counsel Bureau to prepare the matters respectively entrusted to
255	255	them for the consideration of the Legislature as a whole.
256	256
257	257	Rule No. 9.5. Adjournment Sine Die.
258	258	1. The Legislature shall not take any action on a bill or
259	259	resolution after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th
260	260	consecutive calendar day of session, inclusive of the day on which
261	261	the session commences. Any legislative action taken after
262	262	midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar
263	263	day of session is void, unless the legislative action is conducted
264	264	during a special session.
265	265	2. A Legislator shall not take any action to impede the
266	266	progress of the Legislature in completing its business by the time
267	267	specified in subsection 1.
268	268	3. The Legislature and its members, officers and employees
269	269	shall not employ any device, pretense or fiction that adjusts,
270	270	evades or ignores the measure of time specified in subsection 1 for
271	271	the purpose of extending the duration of the session.
272	272	4. Any action taken in violation of subsection 2 or 3 shall be
273	273	deemed out of order.
274	274	5. As used in this Rule, “midnight Pacific time” must be
275	275	determined based on the actual measure of time that, on the final
276	276	calendar day of the session, is being used and observed by the
277	277	general population as the uniform time for the portion of Nevada
278	278	which lies within the Pacific time zone, or any legal successor to
279	279	the Pacific time zone, and which includes the seat of government
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284	284	of this State as designated by Section 1 of Article 15 of the Nevada
285	285	Constitution.
286	286
287	287	EXPENDITURES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE FUND
288	288
289	289	Rule No. 10. Manner of Authorization.
290	290	Except for routine salary, travel, equipment and operating
291	291	expenses, no expenditures shall be made from the Legislative
292	292	Fund without the authority of a concurrent resolution regularly
293	293	adopted by the Senate and Assembly.
294	294
295	295	LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION
296	296
297	297	Rule No. 11. Membership and Organization.
298	298	1. When members of the minority party in the Senate or in
299	299	the Assembly comprise one-third or less of the total number
300	300	elected to that House, minority party membership for that House
301	301	on the Legislative Commission must be:
302	302	(a) One, if such membership is less than one-fifth of the total
303	303	number elected to that House.
304	304	(b) Two, if such membership is at least one-fifth but not more
305	305	than one-third of the total number elected to that House.
306	306	 If the members of the minority party in the Senate or in the
307	307	Assembly comprise more than one-third of the total number
308	308	elected to that House, minority party membership for that House
309	309	on the Commission must be three, being equal to the membership
310	310	of the majority party.
311	311	2. Each House shall select one or more alternate members
312	312	for each member from that House, designating them according to
313	313	party or according to the individual member whom the alternate
314	314	would replace.
315	315	3. A vacancy in the regular Senate or Assembly membership
316	316	created by death or by resignation or by the Legislator’s ceasing to
317	317	be a member of the Legislature shall be filled by the proper
318	318	alternate member as designated by that House. If there is no
319	319	proper alternate member, the Legislative Commission shall fill the
320	320	vacancy by appointing a Senator or Assemblymember of the same
321	321	party.
322	322	4. If for any reason a member is or will be absent from a
323	323	meeting and there are no alternates available, the Chair of the
324	324	Commission may appoint a member of the same House and
325	325	political party to attend the meeting as an alternate.
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330	330	5. The members shall serve until their successors are
331	331	appointed by resolution as provided in NRS 218E.150, except that
332	332	the membership of any member who does not become a candidate
333	333	for reelection or who is defeated for reelection shall terminate on
334	334	the day next after the election and the vacancy shall be filled as
335	335	provided in this Rule.
336	336	6. The Chair shall be selected at the first meeting of the newly
337	337	formed Legislative Commission and shall serve until his or her
338	338	successor is appointed following the formation of the next
339	339	Legislative Commission.
340	340
341	341	RECORDS OF COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS
342	342
343	343	Rule No. 12. Duties of Secretary of Committee and Director.
344	344	1. Each standing committee of the Legislature shall cause a
345	345	record to be made of the proceedings of its meetings.
346	346	2. The secretary of a standing committee shall:
347	347	(a) Label each record with the date, time and place of the
348	348	meeting and also indicate on the label the numerical sequence in
349	349	which the record was made;
350	350	(b) Keep the records in chronological order; and
351	351	(c) Deposit the records upon completion with the Research
352	352	Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
353	353	3. The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall:
354	354	(a) Make the records available for accessing by any person
355	355	during office hours under such reasonable conditions as the
356	356	Director may deem necessary; and
357	357	(b) Retain the records for two bienniums and at the end of that
358	358	period keep some form or copy of the record in any manner the
359	359	Director deems reasonable to ensure access to the record in the
360	360	foreseeable future.
361	361
362	362	REAPPORTIONMENT AND REDISTRICTING
363	363
364	364	Rule No. 13. Reserved.
365	365
366	366	Rule No. 13.1. Reserved.
367	367
368	368	Rule No. 13.2. Reserved.
369	369
370	370	Rule No. 13.3. Reserved.
371	371
372	372	Rule No. 13.4. Reserved.
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377	377	Rule No. 13.6. Reserved.
378	378
379	379	LIMITATIONS ON INTRODUCTION AND REQUESTS
380	380	FOR DRAFTING OF LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
381	381
382	382	Rule No. 14. Limitations on Drafting and Requirements for
383	383	Introduction; Indication of Requester on Committee
384	384	Introductions.
385	385	1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and Joint
386	386	Standing Rules Nos. 14.4, 14.5 and 14.6, after a regular legislative
387	387	session has convened, the Legislative Counsel shall honor, if
388	388	submitted before 5 p.m. on the 15th calendar day of the legislative
389	389	session, not more than 60 requests, in total, from each House for
390	390	the drafting of a bill or joint resolution. The Majority Leader
391	391	of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall, not later than
392	392	the 8th calendar day of the legislative session, allocate all, some or
393	393	none of the 60 requests and provide the Legislative Counsel with a
394	394	written list of the number of requests for the drafting of a bill or
395	395	resolution that may be submitted by each member and standing
396	396	committee of their respective Houses, and as Majority Leader or
397	397	Speaker, as applicable, within the limit provided by this
398	398	subsection. The lists may be revised any time before the 15th
399	399	calendar day of the legislative session to reallocate any unused
400	400	requests or requests which were withdrawn before drafting began
401	401	on the request.
402	402	2. A request for the drafting of a bill or resolution that is
403	403	submitted by a standing committee pursuant to this section must
404	404	be approved by a majority of all of the members appointed to the
405	405	committee before the request is submitted to the Legislative
406	406	Counsel.
407	407	3. A standing committee may only request the drafting of a
408	408	bill or resolution or introduce a bill or resolution that is within the
409	409	jurisdiction of the standing committee.
410	410	4. A measure introduced by a standing committee at the
411	411	request of a Legislator or organization must indicate the
412	412	Legislator or organization at whose request the measure was
413	413	drafted.
414	414	5. The following measures must be introduced by a standing
415	415	committee:
416	416	(a) Measures drafted at the request of agencies and officers of
417	417	the Executive Branch of State Government, local governments, the
418	418	courts and other authorized nonlegislative requesters.
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423	423	(b) Measures requested by statutory committees and interim
424	424	legislative studies.
425	425	(c) Bills requested by a standing committee, or by persons
426	426	designated to request measures on behalf of a standing committee
427	427	during the interim. Bills requested by or on behalf of a standing
428	428	committee must be introduced by that committee.
429	429	6. Resolutions requested by or on behalf of a standing
430	430	committee may be introduced by an individual member.
431	431	7. A Legislator may not change the subject matter of a
432	432	request for a legislative measure after it has been submitted for
433	433	drafting.
434	434
435	435	Rule No. 14.1. Secondary Deadline for Submission of Details to
436	436	the Legislative Counsel.
437	437	1. If a request for the drafting of a bill or resolution is
438	438	submitted to the Legislative Counsel by a Senator or
439	439	Assemblymember, a standing committee of the Assembly or Senate
440	440	or the Majority Leader of the Senate or the Speaker of the
441	441	Assembly on or before the 15th calendar day of the legislative
442	442	session pursuant to subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14,
443	443	the member, chair of the standing committee or his or her
444	444	designee, and the Majority Leader and Speaker, as applicable,
445	445	shall, by the 22nd calendar day of the legislative session, provide
446	446	the Legislative Counsel with information to draft the request
447	447	which is sufficient in detail to allow for complete drafting of the
448	448	request.
449	449	2. The Legislative Counsel shall give priority to the drafting
450	450	of bills and resolutions for which sufficient detail to allow
451	451	complete drafting of the request was submitted within the period
452	452	required by this Rule.
453	453	3. The provisions of this Rule apply to a request submitted by
454	454	a Legislator who is not returning to the Legislature for the
455	455	legislative session if the request was claimed by another Legislator
456	456	who is or will be serving during the legislative session.
457	457	4. The provisions of this Rule do not apply to:
458	458	(a) Emergency requests submitted pursuant to Joint Standing
459	459	Rule No. 14.4.
460	460	(b) Requests for which a waiver is granted pursuant to Joint
461	461	Standing Rule No. 14.5.
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469	469	Rule No. 14.2. Limitations on Time for Introduction of
470	470	Legislation.
471	471	1. Except as otherwise provided in Joint Standing Rules Nos.
472	472	14.4, 14.5 and 14.6:
473	473	(a) Unless the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) are
474	474	applicable, a bill or joint resolution may only be introduced on or
475	475	before:
476	476	(1) The 10th calendar day following delivery of the
477	477	introductory copy of the bill or joint resolution; or
478	478	(2) The last day for introduction of the bill or joint
479	479	resolution as required by paragraph (e),
480	480	 whichever is earlier.
481	481	(b) If a bill or joint resolution requires revision after the
482	482	introductory copy has been delivered, such information as is
483	483	required to draft the revision must be submitted to the Legislative
484	484	Counsel before the 10th calendar day following delivery of the
485	485	introductory copy of the bill or joint resolution. The revised bill or
486	486	joint resolution may only be introduced on or before:
487	487	(1) The 15th calendar day following delivery of the original
488	488	introductory copy of the bill or joint resolution; or
489	489	(2) The last day for introduction of the bill or joint
490	490	resolution as required by paragraph (e),
491	491	 whichever is earlier.
492	492	(c) If the bill or joint resolution requires a second or
493	493	subsequent revision, such information as is required to draft the
494	494	revision must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel before the
495	495	15th calendar day following delivery of the original introductory
496	496	copy of the bill or joint resolution. A bill or joint resolution revised
497	497	pursuant to this paragraph may only be introduced on or before:
498	498	(1) The 20th calendar day following delivery of the original
499	499	introductory copy of the bill or joint resolution; or
500	500	(2) The last day for introduction of the bill or joint
501	501	resolution as required by paragraph (e),
502	502	 whichever is earlier.
503	503	(d) A request that was designated for prefiling pursuant to
504	504	NRS 218D.150 must be introduced on or before the 15th calendar
505	505	day of the legislative session.
506	506	(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the last day
507	507	for introduction of a bill or joint resolution that was requested by:
508	508	(1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), a
509	509	Legislator is the 43rd calendar day of the legislative session.
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514	514	(2) A Legislator, pursuant to subsection 1 of Joint Standing
515	515	Rule No. 14, a standing or interim committee or other requester is
516	516	the 50th calendar day of the legislative session.
517	517	2. The Legislative Counsel shall indicate on the face of the
518	518	introductory copy of each bill or joint resolution the final date on
519	519	which the bill or joint resolution may be introduced.
520	520	3. If the final date on which the bill or joint resolution may be
521	521	introduced falls upon a day on which the House in which the bill
522	522	or joint resolution is to be introduced is not in session, the bill or
523	523	joint resolution may be introduced on the next day that the House
524	524	is in session.
525	525
526	526	SCHEDULE FOR ENACTMENT OF BILLS
527	527
528	528	Rule No. 14.3. Final Dates for Action by Standing Committees
529	529	and Houses.
530	530	Except as otherwise provided in Joint Standing Rules Nos.
531	531	14.4, 14.5 and 14.6:
532	532	1. The final standing committee to which a bill or joint
533	533	resolution is referred in its House of origin may only take action
534	534	on the bill or joint resolution on or before the 68th calendar day of
535	535	the legislative session. A bill may be re-referred after that date
536	536	only to the Senate Committee on Finance or the Assembly
537	537	Committee on Ways and Means and only if the bill is exempt
538	538	pursuant to subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6.
539	539	2. Final action on a bill or joint resolution may only be taken
540	540	by the House of origin on or before the 79th calendar day of the
541	541	legislative session.
542	542	3. The final standing committee to which a bill or joint
543	543	resolution is referred in the second House may only take action on
544	544	the bill or joint resolution on or before the 103rd calendar day of
545	545	the legislative session. A bill may be re-referred after that date
546	546	only to the Senate Committee on Finance or the Assembly
547	547	Committee on Ways and Means and only if the bill is exempt
548	548	pursuant to subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.6.
549	549	4. Final action on a bill or joint resolution may only be taken
550	550	by the second House on or before the 110th calendar day of the
551	551	legislative session.
552	552
553	553	Rule No. 14.4. Emergency Requests.
554	554	1. After a legislative session has convened:
555	555	(a) The Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the
556	556	Assembly may each submit to the Legislative Counsel, on his or
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561	561	her own behalf or on the behalf of another Legislator or a
562	562	standing committee of the Senate or Assembly, not more than 10
563	563	requests for the drafting of a bill or resolution.
564	564	(b) The Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority
565	565	Leader of the Assembly may each submit to the Legislative
566	566	Counsel, on his or her own behalf or on the behalf of another
567	567	Legislator or a standing committee of the Senate or Assembly, not
568	568	more than three requests for the drafting of a bill or resolution.
569	569	2. A request submitted pursuant to subsection 1:
570	570	(a) May be submitted at any time during the legislative session
571	571	and is not subject to any of the provisions of subsection 1 of Joint
572	572	Standing Rule No. 14, Joint Standing Rule No. 14.1, subsection 1
573	573	of Joint Standing Rule No. 14.2 and Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.
574	574	(b) Is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other requests for
575	575	the drafting of a bill or resolution that are authorized to be
576	576	submitted to the Legislative Counsel by the Majority Leader of the
577	577	Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, Minority Leader of the Senate or
578	578	Minority Leader of the Assembly.
579	579	3. The list of requests for the preparation of legislative
580	580	measures prepared pursuant to NRS 218D.130 must include the
581	581	phrase “EMERGENCY REQUEST OF” and state the title of the
582	582	person who requested each bill or resolution pursuant to this Rule.
583	583	If the request was made on behalf of another Legislator or a
584	584	standing committee, the list must also include the name of the
585	585	Legislator or standing committee on whose behalf the bill or
586	586	resolution was requested.
587	587	4. The Legislative Counsel shall cause to be printed on the
588	588	face of the introductory copy and all reprints of each bill or
589	589	resolution requested pursuant to this Rule the phrase
590	590	“EMERGENCY REQUEST OF” and state the title of the person
591	591	who requested the bill or resolution.
592	592
593	593	Rule No. 14.5. Waivers.
594	594	1. At the request of a Legislator or a standing or select
595	595	committee of the Senate or Assembly, subsection 1 of Joint
596	596	Standing Rule No. 14, subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No.
597	597	14.2 or any of the provisions of Joint Standing Rules Nos. 14.1
598	598	and 14.3, or any combination thereof, may be waived by the
599	599	Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly,
600	600	acting jointly, at any time during a legislative session.
601	601	2. A waiver granted pursuant to subsection 1:
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606	606	(a) Must be in writing, executed on a form provided by the
607	607	Legislative Counsel, and signed by the Majority Leader and the
608	608	Speaker.
609	609	(b) Must indicate the date on which the waiver is granted.
610	610	(c) Must indicate the Legislator or committee on whose behalf
611	611	the waiver is being granted.
612	612	(d) Must include the bill number or resolution number for
613	613	which the waiver is granted or indicate that the Legislative
614	614	Counsel is authorized to accept and honor a request for a new bill
615	615	or resolution.
616	616	(e) Must indicate the provisions to which the waiver applies.
617	617	(f) May include the conditions under which the bill or
618	618	resolution for which the waiver is being granted must be
619	619	introduced and processed.
620	620	3. The Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the
621	621	drafting of a new bill or resolution for which a waiver is granted
622	622	pursuant to this Rule unless information which is sufficient in
623	623	detail to allow for complete drafting of the bill or resolution is
624	624	submitted to the Legislative Counsel within 2 calendar days after
625	625	the date on which the waiver is granted.
626	626	4. Upon the receipt of a written waiver granted pursuant to
627	627	this Rule, the Legislative Counsel shall transmit a copy of the
628	628	waiver to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the
629	629	Assembly. The notice that a waiver has been granted for an
630	630	existing bill or resolution must be read on the floor and entered in
631	631	the Journal, and a notation that the waiver was granted must be
632	632	included as a part of the history of the bill or resolution on the
633	633	next practicable legislative day. A notation that a waiver was
634	634	granted authorizing a new bill or resolution must be included as a
635	635	part of the history of the bill or resolution after introduction.
636	636	5. The Legislative Counsel shall secure the original copy of
637	637	the waiver to the official cover of the bill or resolution.
638	638
639	639	Rule No. 14.6. Exemptions.
640	640	1. Upon request of the draft by or referral to the Senate
641	641	Committee on Finance or the Assembly Committee on Ways and
642	642	Means, a bill which:
643	643	(a) Contains an appropriation; or
644	644	(b) Has been determined by the Fiscal Analysis Division to:
645	645	(1) Authorize the expenditure by a state agency of sums not
646	646	appropriated from the State General Fund or the State Highway
647	647	Fund;
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652	652	(2) Create or increase any significant fiscal liability of the
653	653	State;
654	654	(3) Implement a budget decision; or
655	655	(4) Significantly decrease any revenue of the State,
656	656	 is exempt from the provisions of subsection 1 of Joint Standing
657	657	Rule No. 14, Joint Standing Rule No. 14.1, subsection 1 of Joint
658	658	Standing Rule No. 14.2 and Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3. The
659	659	Fiscal Analysis Division shall give notice to the Legislative
660	660	Counsel to cause to be printed on the face of the bill the term
661	661	“exempt” for any bills requested by the Senate Committee on
662	662	Finance or Assembly Committee on Ways and Means that have
663	663	been determined to be exempt and shall give written notice to the
664	664	Legislative Counsel, Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of
665	665	the Assembly of any bill which is determined to be exempt or
666	666	eligible for exemption after it is printed. When a bill is determined
667	667	to be exempt or eligible for an exemption after the bill was printed,
668	668	a notation must be included as a part of the history of the bill on
669	669	the next practicable legislative day. The term “exempt” must be
670	670	printed on the face of all reprints of the bill after the bill becomes
671	671	exempt.
672	672	2. Unless exempt pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1,
673	673	all of the provisions of Joint Standing Rules Nos. 14, 14.1, 14.2
674	674	and 14.3 apply to a bill until the bill becomes exempt pursuant to
675	675	subsection 1. A bill that has become exempt does not lose the
676	676	exemption regardless of subsequent actions taken by the
677	677	Legislature.
678	678	3. A cumulative list of all bills determined by the Fiscal
679	679	Analysis Division pursuant to subsection 1 to be exempt or eligible
680	680	for exemption after being printed must be maintained and printed
681	681	in the back of the list of requests for the preparation of legislative
682	682	measures prepared pursuant to NRS 218D.130.
683	683	4. The provisions of subsection 1 of Joint Standing Rule No.
684	684	14, Joint Standing Rule No. 14.1, subsection 1 of Joint Standing
685	685	Rule No. 14.2 and Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3 do not apply to:
686	686	(a) A measure that primarily relates to carrying out the
687	687	business of the Legislature.
688	688	(b) A bill returned from enrollment for a technical correction.
689	689	(c) A bill that was previously enrolled but, upon request of the
690	690	Legislature, has been returned from the Governor for further
691	691	consideration.
692	692
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699	699	Rule No. 14.7. Amendments.
700	700	1. The Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the
701	701	drafting of an amendment to a bill or resolution if the subject
702	702	matter of the amendment is independent of, and not specifically
703	703	related and properly connected to, the subject that is expressed in
704	704	the title of the bill or resolution.
705	705	2. For the purposes of this Rule, an amendment is
706	706	independent of, and not specifically related and properly
707	707	connected to, the subject that is expressed in the title of a bill or
708	708	resolution if the amendment relates only to the general, single
709	709	subject that is expressed in that title and not to the specific whole
710	710	subject matter embraced in the bill or resolution.
711	711	3. This Rule must be narrowly construed to carry out the
712	712	purposes for which it was adopted, which is to ensure the
713	713	effectiveness of the limitations set forth in Joint Standing Rules
714	714	Nos. 14, 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3.
715	715
716	716	Rule No. 15. Reserved.
717	717
718	718	Rule No. 16. Reserved.
719	719
720	720	DATE OF FIRST JOINT BUDGET HEARING
721	721
722	722	Rule No. 17. Requirement.
723	723	The first joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on
724	724	Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on Ways and
725	725	Means to consider the budgets of the agencies of the State must be
726	726	held on or before the 92nd calendar day of the regular session.
727	727
728	728	CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING BILLS THAT
729	729	REQUIRE POLICIES OF HEALTH
730	730	INSURANCE TO PROVIDE COVERAGE
731	731	FOR CERTAIN TREATMENT OR SERVICES
732	732
733	733	Rule No. 18. Topics of Consideration.
734	734	Any standing committee of the Senate or Assembly to which a
735	735	bill is referred requiring a policy of health insurance delivered or
736	736	issued for delivery in this State to provide coverage for any
737	737	treatment or service shall review the bill giving consideration to:
738	738	1. The level of public demand for the treatment or service for
739	739	which coverage is required and the extent to which such coverage
740	740	is needed in this State;
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745	745	2. The extent to which coverage for the treatment or service is
746	746	currently available;
747	747	3. The extent to which the required coverage may increase or
748	748	decrease the cost of the treatment or service;
749	749	4. The effect the required coverage will have on the cost of
750	750	obtaining policies of health insurance in this State;
751	751	5. The effect the required coverage will have on the cost of
752	752	health care provided in this State; and
753	753	6. Such other considerations as are necessary to determine
754	754	the fiscal and social impact of requiring coverage for the
755	755	treatment or service.
756	756
757	757	INTERIM LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
758	758
759	759	Rule No. 19. Approval for Meeting During Session and Date
760	760	for Reporting.
761	761	1. A legislative committee that meets during the interim shall
762	762	not schedule or otherwise hold a meeting during a regular session
763	763	of the Legislature or during an adjournment pursuant to Joint
764	764	Standing Rule No. 9 without the prior approval of the Majority
765	765	Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.
766	766	2. Each legislative committee that adopted any findings or
767	767	recommendations during the interim since the last regular session
768	768	of the Legislature shall, not later than the 14th calendar day of the
769	769	regular session, inform interested members of the Senate and
770	770	Assembly of those findings and recommendations.
771	771
772	772	ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
773	773
774	774	Rule No. 20. Maintenance of Working Environment;
775	775	Procedure for Filing, Investigating and Taking Remedial Action
776	776	on Complaints.
777	777	1. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the
778	778	Legislature to prohibit any conduct, whether intentional or
779	779	unintentional, which results in sexual harassment or other
780	780	unlawful harassment based upon any other protected category.
781	781	The Legislature intends to maintain a working environment which
782	782	is free from sexual harassment and other unlawful harassment.
783	783	Each Legislator is responsible to conduct himself or herself in a
784	784	manner which will ensure that others are able to work in such an
785	785	environment.
786	786	2. In accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
787	787	1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., for the purposes of this Rule,
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791	791	- 83rd Session (2025)
792	792	“sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests
793	793	for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual or physical conduct of a
794	794	sexual nature when:
795	795	(a) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or
796	796	implicitly a term or condition of a person’s employment;
797	797	(b) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is
798	798	used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the person;
799	799	or
800	800	(c) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably
801	801	interfering with a person’s work performance or creating an
802	802	intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
803	803	3. Each Legislator must exercise his or her own good
804	804	judgment to avoid engaging in conduct that may be perceived by
805	805	others as sexual harassment. The following noninclusive list
806	806	provides illustrations of conduct that the Legislature deems to be
807	807	inappropriate:
808	808	(a) Verbal conduct such as epithets, derogatory comments,
809	809	slurs or unwanted sexual advances, invitations or comments;
810	810	(b) Visual conduct such as derogatory posters, photography,
811	811	cartoons, drawings or gestures;
812	812	(c) Physical conduct such as unwanted touching, blocking
813	813	normal movement or interfering with the work directed at a person
814	814	because of his or her sex; and
815	815	(d) Threats and demands to submit to sexual requests to keep a
816	816	person’s job or avoid some other loss, and offers of employment
817	817	benefits in return for sexual favors.
818	818	4. In addition to other prohibited conduct, a complaint may
819	819	be brought pursuant to this Rule for engaging in conduct
820	820	prohibited by Joint Standing Rule No. 37 when the prohibited
821	821	conduct is based on or because of the gender or other protected
822	822	category of the person.
823	823	5. Retaliation against a person for engaging in protected
824	824	activity is prohibited. Retaliation occurs when an adverse action is
825	825	taken against a person which is reasonably likely to deter the
826	826	person from engaging in the protected activity. Protected activity
827	827	includes, without limitation:
828	828	(a) Opposing conduct that the person reasonably believes
829	829	constitutes sexual harassment or other unlawful harassment;
830	830	(b) Filing a complaint about the conduct; or
831	831	(c) Testifying, assisting or participating in any manner in an
832	832	investigation or other proceeding related to a complaint of sexual
833	833	harassment or other unlawful harassment.
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838	838	6. A Legislator who encounters conduct that the Legislator
839	839	believes is sexual harassment, other unlawful harassment,
840	840	retaliation or otherwise inconsistent with this policy may file a
841	841	written complaint with:
842	842	(a) The Speaker of the Assembly;
843	843	(b) The Majority Leader of the Senate;
844	844	(c) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, if the
845	845	complaint involves the conduct of the Speaker of the Assembly or
846	846	the Majority Leader of the Senate; or
847	847	(d) The reporting system established pursuant to
848	848	subsection 11.
849	849	 The complaint must include the details of the incident or
850	850	incidents, the names of the persons involved and the names of any
851	851	witnesses. Unless the Legislative Counsel is the subject of the
852	852	complaint, the Legislative Counsel must be informed upon receipt
853	853	of a complaint.
854	854	7. The Speaker of the Assembly, the Majority Leader of the
855	855	Senate or the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, as
856	856	appropriate, shall cause a discreet and impartial investigation to
857	857	be conducted and may, when deemed necessary and appropriate,
858	858	assign the complaint to a committee consisting of Legislators of
859	859	the appropriate House.
860	860	8. If the investigation reveals that sexual harassment, other
861	861	unlawful harassment, retaliation or other conduct in violation of
862	862	this policy has occurred, appropriate disciplinary or remedial
863	863	action, or both, will be taken. The appropriate persons will be
864	864	informed when any such action is taken. The Legislature will also
865	865	take any action necessary to deter any future harassment.
866	866	9. The Legislature encourages a Legislator to report any
867	867	incident of sexual harassment, other unlawful harassment,
868	868	retaliation or other conduct inconsistent with this policy
869	869	immediately so that the complaint can be quickly and fairly
870	870	resolved.
871	871	10. All Legislators are responsible for adhering to the
872	872	provisions of this policy. The prohibitions against engaging in
873	873	sexual harassment and other unlawful harassment which are set
874	874	forth in this Rule also apply to employees, Legislators, lobbyists,
875	875	vendors, contractors, customers and any other visitors to the
876	876	Legislature.
877	877	11. The Legislative Counsel Bureau shall establish a
878	878	reporting system which allows a person to submit a complaint of a
879	879	violation of this Rule with or without identifying himself or
880	880	herself. Such a complaint must provide enough details of the
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885	885	incident or incidents alleged, the names of the persons involved
886	886	and the names of any witnesses to allow an appropriate inquiry to
887	887	occur.
888	888	12. This policy does not create any private right of action or
889	889	enforceable legal rights in any person.
890	890
891	891	Rule No. 20.5. Lobbyists to Maintain Appropriate Working
892	892	Environment; Procedure for Filing, Investigating and Taking
893	893	Remedial Action on Complaints.
894	894	1. A lobbyist shall not engage in any conduct with a
895	895	Legislator or any other person working in the Legislature which is
896	896	prohibited by a Legislator under Joint Standing Rule No. 20. Each
897	897	lobbyist is responsible to conduct himself or herself in a manner
898	898	which will ensure that others who work in the Legislature are able
899	899	to work in an environment free from sexual harassment and other
900	900	unlawful harassment.
901	901	2. Each lobbyist must exercise his or her own good judgment
902	902	to avoid engaging in conduct that may be perceived by others as
903	903	sexual harassment as described in Joint Standing Rule No. 20.
904	904	3. A lobbyist who encounters conduct that he or she believes
905	905	is sexual harassment, other unlawful harassment, retaliation or
906	906	otherwise inconsistent with this policy may file a written complaint
907	907	with:
908	908	(a) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; or
909	909	(b) The reporting system established pursuant to subsection 11
910	910	of Joint Standing Rule No. 20.
911	911	 Such a complaint must include the details of the incident or
912	912	incidents alleged, the names of the persons involved and the
913	913	names of any witnesses. Unless the Legislative Counsel is the
914	914	subject of the complaint, the Legislative Counsel must be informed
915	915	upon receipt of a complaint.
916	916	4. If a person encounters conduct by a lobbyist which he or
917	917	she believes is sexual harassment, other unlawful harassment,
918	918	retaliation or otherwise inconsistent with this policy, the person
919	919	may file a complaint in the manner listed in subsection 3, or may
920	920	submit a complaint in accordance with the reporting system
921	921	established pursuant to subsection 11 of Joint Standing Rule
922	922	No. 20.
923	923	5. If a complaint made against a lobbyist pursuant to this
924	924	Rule is substantiated, appropriate disciplinary action may be
925	925	brought against the lobbyist which may include, without
926	926	limitation, having his or her registration as a lobbyist suspended.
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931	931	6. The provisions of this policy are not intended to address
932	932	conduct between lobbyists and must not be used for that purpose.
933	933	This policy does not create any private right of action or
934	934	enforceable legal rights in any person.
935	935
936	936	VOTE ON GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
937	937
938	938	Rule No. 21. Waiting Period Between Introduction and Final
939	939	Passage.
940	940	A period of at least 24 hours must elapse between the
941	941	introduction of the general appropriation bill and a vote on its
942	942	final passage by its House of origin.
943	943
944	944	USE OF LOCK BOXES BY STATE AGENCIES
945	945
946	946	Rule No. 22. Duties of Senate Standing Committee on Finance
947	947	and Assembly Standing Committee on Ways and Means.
948	948	To expedite the deposit of state revenue, the Senate Standing
949	949	Committee on Finance and the Assembly Standing Committee on
950	950	Ways and Means shall, when reviewing the proposed budget of a
951	951	state agency which collects state revenue, require, if practicable,
952	952	the agency to deposit revenue that it has received within 24 hours
953	953	after receipt. The Committees shall allow such agencies to deposit
954	954	the revenue directly or contract with a service to deposit the
955	955	revenue within the specified period.
956	956
957	957	Rule No. 23. Reserved.
958	958
959	959	Rule No. 24. Reserved.
960	960
961	961	ACCREDITATION OF NEWS MEDIA
962	962
963	963	Rule No. 25. Procedures and Standards for Accreditation;
964	964	Disqualifications; Definition of “Bona Fide News Medium.”
965	965	1. If a person is accredited as a member of a bona fide news
966	966	medium in accordance with the requirements in this Rule, the
967	967	person may be granted the privilege of accessing any areas
968	968	designated for members of a bona fide news medium on the floor
969	969	or in the chambers of the Senate and Assembly, subject to the
970	970	approval, regulation and supervision of the Majority Leader of the
971	971	Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.
972	972	2. If a person wants to be considered for accreditation as a
973	973	member of a bona fide news medium, the person must complete
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978	978	and file an application for accreditation with the Director of the
979	979	Legislative Counsel Bureau. The application must include:
980	980	(a) The person’s full name, telephone number and electronic
981	981	mail address and a copy of a driver’s license or other photo
982	982	identification deemed sufficient by the Director to identify the
983	983	person.
984	984	(b) The name of each bona fide news medium that the person
985	985	works for or represents and the business address, telephone
986	986	number and electronic mail address of each such bona fide news
987	987	medium.
988	988	(c) Documentary or other evidence deemed sufficient by the
989	989	Director to establish that the person works for or represents a
990	990	bona fide news medium. Such evidence may include a copy of an
991	991	identification badge issued by a bona fide news medium or, in the
992	992	absence of such an identification badge, any other evidence
993	993	deemed sufficient by the Director to establish that the person
994	994	works for or represents a bona fide news medium.
995	995	(d) Any other information or evidence that the Director
996	996	determines is necessary to carry out the provisions of this Rule.
997	997	3. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, the
998	998	application must include:
999	999	(a) A declaration that the person is not registered as a lobbyist
1000	1000	pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS and, to the best of the person’s
1001	1001	knowledge and belief at that time, does not intend to register as a
1002	1002	lobbyist or engage in any lobbying activities that would require the
1003	1003	person to register as a lobbyist during any regular or special
1004	1004	session pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS.
1005	1005	(b) An acknowledgment that, if the person is accredited as a
1006	1006	member of a bona fide news medium and thereafter registers as a
1007	1007	lobbyist or engages in any lobbying activities that would require
1008	1008	the person to register as a lobbyist during any regular or special
1009	1009	session pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS, regardless of whether
1010	1010	the person properly registers or fails to register as a lobbyist as
1011	1011	required by that chapter, the person shall be deemed to have
1012	1012	forfeited the person’s accreditation, and the person must return
1013	1013	the person’s identification badge as a member of a bona fide news
1014	1014	medium to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
1015	1015	4. When any applications are filed pursuant to this Rule, the
1016	1016	Director shall, as soon as reasonably practicable:
1017	1017	(a) Review the applications for compliance with the
1018	1018	requirements in this Rule and prepare lists naming the persons
1019	1019	whose applications the Director has made a preliminary
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1024	1024	determination and recommendation that the applications comply
1025	1025	with the requirements in this Rule;
1026	1026	(b) Submit such lists to the Secretary of the Senate and the
1027	1027	Chief Clerk of the Assembly for review and approval by the
1028	1028	Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly;
1029	1029	and
1030	1030	(c) Prepare identification badges for the persons named in
1031	1031	such lists.
1032	1032	5. The applications of the persons named in such lists and
1033	1033	their accreditation as members of a bona fide news medium shall
1034	1034	be deemed approved by the Majority Leader of the Senate and the
1035	1035	Speaker of the Assembly if their names are read or entered into
1036	1036	the Journals of the Senate and Assembly.
1037	1037	6. Any decisions to approve, deny, suspend or revoke the
1038	1038	accreditation of a member of a bona fide news medium, or
1039	1039	discipline such a member for violations of any rules or policies, is
1040	1040	at the sole discretion of the Majority Leader of the Senate and the
1041	1041	Speaker of the Assembly.
1042	1042	7. The Legislative Counsel Bureau shall act as the
1043	1043	administrative liaison between any applicants or accredited
1044	1044	members of a bona fide news medium and the Senate and
1045	1045	Assembly for purposes of accepting and processing applications
1046	1046	for accreditation, preparing and regulating identification badges
1047	1047	and administering any other matters necessary to carry out the
1048	1048	provisions of this Rule, but such actions by the Legislative
1049	1049	Counsel Bureau do not affect the authority of the Senate and
1050	1050	Assembly to govern their own chambers or otherwise determine
1051	1051	privileges of the floor.
1052	1052	8. A person is disqualified and barred from being accredited
1053	1053	as a member of a bona fide news medium if the person registers as
1054	1054	a lobbyist or engages in any lobbying activities that would require
1055	1055	the person to register as a lobbyist during any regular or special
1056	1056	session pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS, regardless of whether
1057	1057	the person properly registers or fails to register as a lobbyist as
1058	1058	required by that chapter. If a person is accredited as a member of
1059	1059	a bona fide news medium and thereafter registers as a lobbyist or
1060	1060	engages in any lobbying activities that would require the person to
1061	1061	register as a lobbyist during any regular or special session
1062	1062	pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS, regardless of whether the
1063	1063	person properly registers or fails to register as a lobbyist as
1064	1064	required by that chapter, the person shall be deemed to have
1065	1065	forfeited the person’s accreditation, and the person must return
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1070	1070	the person’s identification badge as a member of a bona fide news
1071	1071	medium to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
1072	1072	9. As used in this Rule, “bona fide news medium” means a
1073	1073	commercial or non-profit news outlet providing:
1074	1074	(a) Print journalism, such as newspapers or magazines;
1075	1075	(b) Broadcast journalism, such as radio or television;
1076	1076	(c) Wire or news services for redistribution to other news
1077	1077	organizations; or
1078	1078	(d) Online news services using electronic dissemination rather
1079	1079	than conventional print or broadcast distribution.
1080	1080
1081	1081	Rule No. 26. Reserved.
1082	1082
1083	1083	Rule No. 27. Reserved.
1084	1084
1085	1085	Rule No. 28. Reserved.
1086	1086
1087	1087	Rule No. 29. Reserved.
1088	1088
1089	1089	LEGISLATIVE CODE OF ETHICAL STANDARDS
1090	1090
1091	1091	Rule No. 30. Short Title; Applicability; Relation to Other
1092	1092	Ethical Standards.
1093	1093	1. Joint Standing Rules Nos. 30 to 39, inclusive, may be cited
1094	1094	as the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards.
1095	1095	2. The Legislative Code of Ethical Standards applies to:
1096	1096	(a) All Legislators at all times.
1097	1097	(b) All members of legislative staff when performing or
1098	1098	exercising their legislative assignments, tasks, duties,
1099	1099	responsibilities or powers.
1100	1100	(c) All lobbyists when they:
1101	1101	(1) Appear in person in the Legislative Building or any
1102	1102	other building in which the Legislature or any of its legislative
1103	1103	committees hold meetings during a regular or special session or
1104	1104	the interim between sessions, including, without limitation, any
1105	1105	building in which a meeting is held by teleconference or
1106	1106	videoconference; or
1107	1107	(2) Represent the interests of any lobbying client to a
1108	1108	Legislator or a member of legislative staff, regardless of whether
1109	1109	such representation occurs during a regular or special session or
1110	1110	the interim between sessions and regardless of the location where
1111	1111	such representation occurs or the means of communication used
1112	1112	to provide such representation.
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1117	1117	3. The Legislative Code of Ethical Standards is intended to
1118	1118	supplement all other ethical standards recognized by rules and
1119	1119	laws governing ethics and does not limit the application of such
1120	1120	other ethical standards but is cumulative thereto, so that the
1121	1121	application or attempted application of any one of the ethical
1122	1122	standards does not bar the application or attempted application of
1123	1123	any other, except in circumstances where Section 6 of Article 4 of
1124	1124	the Nevada Constitution invests each House with plenary and
1125	1125	exclusive constitutional powers.
1126	1126	4. The Legislative Code of Ethical Standards does not create
1127	1127	any private right of action or enforceable legal rights in any
1128	1128	person.
1129	1129
1130	1130	Rule No. 31. Purpose and Construction.
1131	1131	1. The purpose of the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards
1132	1132	is to:
1133	1133	(a) Establish the highest standards of ethical behavior founded
1134	1134	upon principles of dignity, decorum, civility and respect;
1135	1135	(b) Prohibit any conduct that creates the appearance of
1136	1136	impropriety; and
1137	1137	(c) Prohibit any improper, inappropriate or dishonorable
1138	1138	conduct that is unbecoming to the legislative process or is
1139	1139	inconsistent with or undermines the people’s faith, trust and
1140	1140	confidence in the integrity of the legislative process.
1141	1141	2. The Legislative Code of Ethical Standards must be
1142	1142	construed:
1143	1143	(a) Liberally to carry out and achieve its purposes; and
1144	1144	(b) Strictly against any person alleging that his or her conduct
1145	1145	is not subject to its provisions, so that any doubt or uncertainty as
1146	1146	to the application of its provisions must be resolved against such a
1147	1147	person and in favor of removing unethical behavior from the
1148	1148	legislative process.
1149	1149
1150	1150	Rule No. 32. Definitions.
1151	1151	As used in the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards, unless
1152	1152	the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in
1153	1153	Joint Standing Rules Nos. 33 to 36, inclusive, have the meanings
1154	1154	ascribed to them in those rules.
1155	1155
1156	1156	Rule No. 33. “Legislative Committee” Defined.
1157	1157	1. “Legislative committee” means any legislative committee
1158	1158	or commission appointed to conduct or perform legislative
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1163	1163	business during a regular or special session or the interim between
1164	1164	sessions.
1165	1165	2. The term includes, without limitation:
1166	1166	(a) Any joint, standing, temporary, special or select committee;
1167	1167	(b) Any committee of the whole;
1168	1168	(c) Any interim committee; or
1169	1169	(d) Any subcommittee.
1170	1170
1171	1171	Rule No. 34. “Lobbying Client” Defined.
1172	1172	1. “Lobbying client” means a person who employs, retains,
1173	1173	contracts for or otherwise uses or engages the services of a
1174	1174	lobbyist to represent the interests of the person to one or more
1175	1175	Legislators or members of legislative staff, whether or not any
1176	1176	compensation is paid for the services.
1177	1177	2. The term includes, without limitation, a client that is a
1178	1178	government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a
1179	1179	government.
1180	1180
1181	1181	Rule No. 35. “Lobbyist” Defined.
1182	1182	1. “Lobbyist” means a person who:
1183	1183	(a) Is required to register as a lobbyist during a regular or
1184	1184	special session pursuant to chapter 218H of NRS, regardless of
1185	1185	whether the person properly registers or fails to register as a
1186	1186	lobbyist as required by that chapter; or
1187	1187	(b) Represents the interests of any lobbying client to a
1188	1188	Legislator or a member of legislative staff, regardless of whether
1189	1189	such representation occurs during a regular or special session or
1190	1190	the interim between sessions and regardless of the location where
1191	1191	such representation occurs or the means of communication used
1192	1192	to provide such representation.
1193	1193	2. The term does not include a person who is excluded from
1194	1194	the term “lobbyist” as defined in NRS 218H.080.
1195	1195
1196	1196	Rule No. 36. “Member of Legislative Staff” Defined.
1197	1197	1. “Member of legislative staff” means any member of a
1198	1198	Legislator’s staff or any officer, employee, assistant or other
1199	1199	person employed with reference to the legislative duties of a
1200	1200	Legislator or the Legislative Branch, regardless of whether they
1201	1201	are paid or otherwise compensated to serve in their positions.
1202	1202	2. The term includes, without limitation, any officers,
1203	1203	employees, attaches, interns or other staff of:
1204	1204	(a) The Legislature or either House;
1205	1205	(b) Any legislative committee;
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1210	1210	(c) Any legislative office or caucus;
1211	1211	(d) Any division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; or
1212	1212	(e) Any other agency, body, office, organization or unit of the
1213	1213	Legislative Branch.
1214	1214
1215	1215	Rule No. 37. Ethical Standards; Prohibited Conduct.
1216	1216	1. The people of the State of Nevada have the right to expect
1217	1217	and demand that each Legislator, member of legislative staff or
1218	1218	lobbyist adheres to the highest standards of ethical behavior
1219	1219	founded upon principles of dignity, decorum, civility and respect
1220	1220	because such ethical standards are essential to ensure and
1221	1221	enhance the people’s faith, trust and confidence in the integrity of
1222	1222	the legislative process.
1223	1223	2. Each Legislator, member of legislative staff or lobbyist has
1224	1224	a solemn and unerring responsibility and duty to do everything in
1225	1225	his or her power to:
1226	1226	(a) Behave properly, appropriately and honorably with each
1227	1227	other and with members of the public who participate in the
1228	1228	legislative process; and
1229	1229	(b) Encourage, promote and secure an atmosphere in which
1230	1230	ethical behavior is the highest priority and is practiced
1231	1231	unceasingly and without fail.
1232	1232	3. Each Legislator, member of legislative staff or lobbyist
1233	1233	shall not engage in or attempt, offer, or agree to engage in, or
1234	1234	assist or induce another person to engage in:
1235	1235	(a) Any conduct that creates the appearance of impropriety; or
1236	1236	(b) Any improper, inappropriate or dishonorable conduct that
1237	1237	is unbecoming to the legislative process or is inconsistent with or
1238	1238	undermines the people’s faith, trust and confidence in the integrity
1239	1239	of the legislative process.
1240	1240	4. The conduct prohibited by this Rule includes, without
1241	1241	limitation, any conduct that:
1242	1242	(a) Is intended to threaten, harass, intimidate or improperly
1243	1243	influence another person who is participating in the legislative
1244	1244	process.
1245	1245	(b) Creates a hostile work environment for another person
1246	1246	who is participating in the legislative process.
1247	1247	(c) Causes harm or serious emotional distress, or the
1248	1248	reasonable apprehension thereof, to another person who is
1249	1249	participating in the legislative process.
1250	1250	(d) Involves impolite, disrespectful or disorderly behavior that
1251	1251	results in unreasonable or harmful interference with another
1252	1252	person who is participating in the legislative process.
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1257	1257	(e) Involves false or misleading accusations or allegations
1258	1258	against another person who is participating in the legislative
1259	1259	process.
1260	1260	(f) Involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
1261	1261	(g) Is intended to assist or induce another person to violate or
1262	1262	attempt to violate the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards.
1263	1263
1264	1264	Rule No. 38. Complaints.
1265	1265	1. A person may file a complaint alleging a breach of the
1266	1266	Legislative Code of Ethical Standards in accordance with the
1267	1267	Standing Rules of each House, except that a person may not file a
1268	1268	complaint alleging the same or substantially similar conduct with
1269	1269	more than one House.
1270	1270	2. If the complaint alleges an ethical breach by or against a
1271	1271	Legislator or the ethical breach otherwise involves a particular
1272	1272	Legislator, the complaint must be filed with the Legislator’s
1273	1273	House, even if the complaint also alleges an ethical breach by or
1274	1274	against a member of legislative staff or a lobbyist.
1275	1275
1276	1276	Rule No. 39. Authority of Senate and Assembly to Adopt
1277	1277	Ethical Standards, Require Training and Prohibit and Sanction
1278	1278	Ethical Breaches.
1279	1279	1. The Senate and Assembly hereby find and declare that:
1280	1280	(a) Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution invests
1281	1281	each House with plenary and exclusive constitutional powers to
1282	1282	govern, control and regulate its membership and its internal
1283	1283	organization, affairs and management, expressly providing that:
1284	1284	“Each House shall judge of the qualifications, elections and
1285	1285	returns of its own members, choose its own officers (except the
1286	1286	President of the Senate), determine the rules of its proceedings
1287	1287	and may punish its members for disorderly conduct, and with the
1288	1288	concurrence of two thirds of all the members elected, expel a
1289	1289	member.” (Heller v. Legislature, 120 Nev. 456 (2004);
1290	1290	Commission on Ethics v. Hardy, 125 Nev. 285 (2009); Mason’s
1291	1291	Manual of Legislative Procedure §§ 2-3 and 560-564 (2010)
1292	1292	(Mason’s Manual))
1293	1293	(b) Section 7 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution invests
1294	1294	each House with plenary and exclusive constitutional powers to
1295	1295	govern, control and regulate any person who is not a member but
1296	1296	who is guilty of disrespect to the House by disorderly or
1297	1297	contemptuous behavior in its presence, and each House also has
1298	1298	inherent powers, according to the common parliamentary law, to
1299	1299	prohibit and sanction all offensive behavior committed against it
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1304	1304	by any person who is not a member. (Mason’s Manual §§ 805-
1305	1305	806; Luther S. Cushing, Elements of the Law & Practice of
1306	1306	Legislative Assemblies §§ 690-695 (1856) (Cushing’s Legislative
1307	1307	Assemblies))
1308	1308	(c) In addition to its other powers, each House possesses
1309	1309	certain inherent powers of institutional self-protection and self-
1310	1310	preservation to govern, control and regulate its membership and
1311	1311	its internal organization, affairs and management. (In re
1312	1312	Chapman, 166 U.S. 661, 668 (1897); Mason’s Manual § 2;
1313	1313	Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 533)
1314	1314	(d) The inherent powers of each House are considered “so
1315	1315	essential to the authority of a legislative assembly, that it cannot
1316	1316	well exist without them; and they are consequently entitled to be
1317	1317	regarded as belonging to every such assembly as a necessary
1318	1318	incident.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 533)
1319	1319	(e) The inherent powers of each House authorize it to take all
1320	1320	necessary and proper institutional actions that are “recognized by
1321	1321	the common parliamentary law.” (Cushing’s Legislative
1322	1322	Assemblies § 684)
1323	1323	(f) Thus, it is well established that each House is “vested with
1324	1324	all the powers and privileges which are necessary and incidental to
1325	1325	a free and unobstructed exercise of its appropriate functions.
1326	1326	These powers and privileges are derived not from the Constitution;
1327	1327	on the contrary, they arise from the very creation of a legislative
1328	1328	body, and are founded upon the principle of self-preservation.”
1329	1329	(Ex parte McCarthy, 29 Cal. 395, 403 (1866))
1330	1330	2. The Senate and Assembly hereby exercise their
1331	1331	constitutional and inherent powers and privileges and adopt the
1332	1332	Legislative Code of Ethical Standards in the Joint Standing Rules
1333	1333	to:
1334	1334	(a) Establish ethical standards to regulate the behavior and
1335	1335	conduct of persons who participate in the legislative process; and
1336	1336	(b) Prohibit and sanction ethical breaches.
1337	1337	3. The Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the
1338	1338	Assembly, respectively, may require Legislators to attend training
1339	1339	relating to the ethical standards required, and the behaviors
1340	1340	prohibited, by the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards and
1341	1341	sanction a Legislator for failure to attend such a training.
1342	1342
1343	1343
1344	1344
1345	1345
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1351	1351	CONTINUATION OF RULES
1352	1352
1353	1353	Rule No. 40. Continuation of Joint Standing Rules During the
1354	1354	Interim Between Regular Sessions.
1355	1355	The Joint Standing Rules set forth herein shall remain in full
1356	1356	force and effect throughout the interim between regular sessions
1357	1357	of the Legislature and until new Joint Standing Rules of the
1358	1358	Senate and Assembly are adopted as part of the organization of a
1359	1359	newly-constituted Legislature at the commencement of a session,
1360	1360	unless a conflict exists with a rule adopted by the Senate and
1361	1361	Assembly for a special session occurring between regular sessions.
1362	1362
1363	1363	And be it further
1364	1364	RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
1365	1365	adoption, except that any persons who were issued press
1366	1366	identification badges for the 83rd Session of the Legislature before
1367	1367	February 3, 2025, and whose names are read or entered into the
1368	1368	Journals of the Senate and Assembly as accredited press
1369	1369	representatives on that date shall be deemed to be accredited
1370	1370	members of a bona fide news medium for the purposes of Joint
1371	1371	Standing Rule No. 25.
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