S.B. 109
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SENATE BILL NO. 109–SENATOR TITUS
PREFILED JANUARY 23, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing legislative measures
that are authorized to be requested for a regular
legislative session. (BDR 17-27)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to the Legislature; reducing, with certain
exceptions, the number of legislative measures that are
authorized to be requested or required to be prefiled for a
regular legislative session; codifying into statute, with
certain exceptions, certain provisions of the Joint
Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly that authorize
requests for legislative measures; eliminating the
authority of a caucus leader to allocate the legislative
measures requested by a Legislator whose office becomes
vacant during a certain period; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Under existing law, committees, Legislators and other persons and entities are 1
authorized to request the drafting of legislative measures for consideration during a 2
regular legislative session. Existing law also establishes: (1) the maximum number 3
of measures that those persons and entities are authorized to request; and (2) the 4
minimum number of legislative measures that Legislators are required to prefile. 5
(NRS 218D.150-218D.220, 219A.220) Sections 1-8 of this bill reduce the 6
maximum number of requests for the drafting of legislative measures that are 7
authorized to be made by requesters, unless the maximum number of requests 8
authorized in existing law is 2 or less. Sections 1 and 2 clarify that the requests are 9
required to be submitted to the Legislative Counsel. Section 1 also reduces the 10
number of legislative measures that are required to be prefiled by Legislators, 11
unless the minimum number of requests required to be prefiled in existing law is 2 12
or less. 13
In addition to the requests currently authorized in the Nevada Revised Statutes, 14
existing joint standing rules authorize each House, from the first day of a regular 15
session until 5 p.m. on the 15th calendar day of the regular session, to submit a 16
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maximum of 60 requests for the drafting of a bill or joint resolution. The Majority 17
Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly are required to allocate all, 18
some or none of these authorized requests and provide the Legislative Counsel with 19
a written list of the number of requests that are authorized to be submitted by each 20
member and standing committee of their respective Houses, and by the Majority 21
Leader and Speaker. (Joint Standing Rule No. 14 of the Joint Standing Rules of the 22
Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Legislative Session) Section 1 codifies these 23
provisions into statute, but reduces from 60 to 40, for each House, the maximum 24
number of such requests that are authorized to be submitted. 25
Existing joint standing rules provide that, after a legislative session has 26
convened, the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly are 27
authorized to each submit, on his or her own behalf or on the behalf of another 28
Legislator or standing committee of the Senate or Assembly, respectively, a 29
maximum of 10 requests for the drafting of a bill or resolution, which are required 30
to be designated as emergency measures. (Joint Standing Rule No. 14.4 of the Joint 31
Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Legislative Session) 32
Section 2 codifies into statute: (1) this authority to submit requests, but reduces the 33
maximum number of such requests that the Majority Leader and Speaker are each 34
authorized to submit from 10 to 7; and (2) the requirement that those measures be 35
designated as emergency measures. 36
Existing joint standing rules provide that, after a legislative session has 37
convened, the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the 38
Assembly are authorized to each submit, on his or her own behalf or on the behalf 39
of another Legislator or standing committee of the Senate or Assembly, 40
respectively, a maximum of 3 requests for the drafting of a bill or resolution, which 41
are required to be designated as emergency measures. (Joint Standing Rule No. 42
14.4 of the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd 43
Legislative Session) Section 2 codifies into statute: (1) this authority to submit 44
requests, but reduces the maximum number of such requests that each Minority 45
Leader is authorized to submit from 3 to 2; and (2) the requirement that those 46
measures be designated as emergency measures. 47
If a vacancy occurs in the office of a Legislator after the general election and 48
before the regular session of the Legislature is convened, existing law authorizes 49
the caucus leader of the house and party of which the Legislator was a member to 50
allocate all, some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures 51
requested or available to be requested by the Legislator. (NRS 218D.152) Section 9 52
of this bill repeals this authority. 53
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 218D.150 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
218D.150 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 3
each: 4
(a) Incumbent member of the Assembly may request the 5
drafting of: 6
(1) Not more than [4] 3 legislative measures submitted to the 7
Legislative Counsel on or before August 1 preceding a regular 8
session; 9
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(2) Not more than [5] 4 legislative measures submitted to the 1
Legislative Counsel after August 1 but on or before December 10 2
preceding a regular session; and 3
(3) Not more than 1 legislative measure submitted to the 4
Legislative Counsel after a regular session has convened but on or 5
before the eighth calendar day of the regular session at 5 p.m. 6
(b) Incumbent member of the Senate may request the drafting 7
of: 8
(1) Not more than [8] 6 legislative measures submitted to the 9
Legislative Counsel on or before August 1 preceding a regular 10
session; 11
(2) Not more than [10] 7 legislative measures submitted to 12
the Legislative Counsel after August 1 but on or before December 13
10 preceding a regular session; and 14
(3) Not more than 2 legislative measures submitted to the 15
Legislative Counsel after a regular session has convened but on or 16
before the eighth calendar day of the regular session at 5 p.m. 17
(c) Newly elected member of the Assembly may request the 18
drafting of: 19
(1) Not more than [5] 4 legislative measures submitted to the 20
Legislative Counsel on or before December 10 preceding a regular 21
session; and 22
(2) Not more than 1 legislative measure submitted to the 23
Legislative Counsel after a regular session has convened but on or 24
before the eighth calendar day of the regular session at 5 p.m. 25
(d) Newly elected member of the Senate may request the 26
drafting of: 27
(1) Not more than [10] 7 legislative measures submitted to 28
the Legislative Counsel on or before December 10 preceding a 29
regular session; and 30
(2) Not more than 2 legislative measures submitted to the 31
Legislative Counsel after a regular session has convened but on or 32
before the eighth calendar day of the regular session at 5 p.m. 33
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or before 34
the first calendar day of a regular session, each: 35
(a) Incumbent member of the Assembly must: 36
(1) Prefile at least [4] 3 of the legislative measures that he or 37
she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) 38
of subsection 1; or 39
(2) Inform the Legislative Counsel of which [4] 3 legislative 40
measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and 41
(2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 that he or she withdraws. 42
If an incumbent member of the Assembly does not request the 43
maximum number of legislative measures authorized by 44
subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the 45
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number of legislative measures that he or she must prefile or 1
withdraw pursuant to this paragraph is reduced by that number of 2
unused requests. 3
(b) Incumbent member of the Senate must: 4
(1) Prefile at least [8] 6 of the legislative measures that he or 5
she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (b) 6
of subsection 1; or 7
(2) Inform the Legislative Counsel of which [8] 6 legislative 8
measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and 9
(2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 that he or she withdraws. 10
If an incumbent member of the Senate does not request the 11
maximum number of legislative measures authorized by 12
subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the 13
number of legislative measures that he or she must prefile or 14
withdraw pursuant to this paragraph is reduced by that number of 15
unused requests. 16
(c) Newly elected member of the Assembly must: 17
(1) Prefile at least 2 of the legislative measures that he or she 18
requested pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (c) of 19
subsection 1; or 20
(2) Inform the Legislative Counsel of which 2 legislative 21
measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraph (1) of 22
paragraph (c) of subsection 1 that he or she withdraws. 23
If a newly elected member of the Assembly does not request the 24
maximum number of legislative measures authorized by 25
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the number of 26
legislative measures that he or she must prefile or withdraw 27
pursuant to this paragraph is reduced by that number of unused 28
requests. 29
(d) Newly elected member of the Senate must: 30
(1) Prefile at least [4] 3 of the legislative measures that he or 31
she requested pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (d) of 32
subsection 1; or 33
(2) Inform the Legislative Counsel of which [4] 3 legislative 34
measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraph (1) of 35
paragraph (d) of subsection 1 that he or she withdraws. 36
If a newly elected member of the Senate does not request the 37
maximum number of legislative measures authorized by 38
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (d) of subsection 1, the number of 39
legislative measures that he or she must prefile or withdraw 40
pursuant to this paragraph is reduced by that number of unused 41
requests. 42
3. A Legislator may not request the drafting of a legislative 43
measure pursuant to subsection 1 on or after the date on which the 44
Legislator becomes a nonreturning Legislator. For the purposes of 45
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this subsection, “nonreturning Legislator” means a Legislator who, 1
in the year that the Legislator’s term of office expires: 2
(a) Has not filed a declaration of candidacy within the time 3
allowed for filing for election as a member of the Senate or the 4
Assembly; 5
(b) Has failed to win nomination as a candidate for the Senate or 6
the Assembly at the primary election; or 7
(c) Has withdrawn as a candidate for the Senate or the 8
Assembly. 9
4. A Legislator may not request the drafting of a legislative 10
measure pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 on or after 11
the date on which the Legislator files a declaration of candidacy for 12
election to the House in which he or she is not currently a member. 13
If the Legislator is elected to the other House, any request that he or 14
she submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 before 15
filing his or her declaration of candidacy for election counts against 16
the applicable limitation set forth in paragraph (c) or (d) of 17
subsection 1 for the House in which the Legislator is a newly 18
elected member. 19
5. In addition to the number of requests authorized pursuant to 20
subsection 1: 21
(a) The chair of each standing committee of the immediately 22
preceding regular session, or a person designated in the place of the 23
chair by the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the 24
Senate, may request , by submission to the Legislative Counsel 25
before the date of the general election preceding a regular session , 26
the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for introduction 27
by the committee in a subject within the jurisdiction of the 28
committee for every [18] 24 legislative measures that were referred 29
to the respective standing committee during the immediately 30
preceding regular session. 31
(b) A person designated after the general election as a chair of a 32
standing committee for the next regular session, or a person 33
designated in the place of a chair by the person designated as the 34
Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the Senate for 35
the next regular session, may request , by submission to the 36
Legislative Counsel on or before December 10 preceding that 37
regular session , the drafting of the remaining number of the 38
legislative measures allowed for the respective standing committee 39
that were not requested by the previous chair or designee. 40
(c) Each House may request the drafting of not more than 40 41
legislative measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel after a 42
regular session has convened, but not later than 5 p.m. on the 15th 43
calendar day of the regular session. The Majority Leader of the 44
Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly shall, not later than the 45
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8th calendar day of each regular session, allocate all, some or 1
none of the 40 requests and provide the Legislative Counsel with a 2
written list of the number of requests that may be submitted by 3
each member and standing committee of their respective Houses, 4
and as Majority Leader or Speaker, within the limit provided by 5
this paragraph. The Majority Leader or Speaker may revise the 6
lists any time before the 15th calendar day of the regular session 7
to reallocate any unused requests or requests which were 8
withdrawn before drafting began on the request. 9
6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 10
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. 11
Sec. 2. NRS 218D.155 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
218D.155 1. In addition to the number of requests authorized 13
pursuant to NRS 218D.150: 14
(a) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Majority Leader of the 15
Senate may each request , by submission to the Legislative Counsel 16
before the date of the general election preceding a regular session, 17
[without limitation,] the drafting of not more than [15] 10 legislative 18
measures for that regular session. 19
(b) The Minority Leader of the Assembly and the Minority 20
Leader of the Senate may each request , by submission to the 21
Legislative Counsel before the date of the general election 22
preceding a regular session, [without limitation,] the drafting of not 23
more than [10] 7 legislative measures for that regular session. 24
(c) A person designated after the general election as the Speaker 25
of the Assembly, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority 26
Leader of the Assembly or the Minority Leader of the Senate for the 27
next regular session may request , by submission to the Legislative 28
Counsel before the first calendar day of that regular session , the 29
drafting of the remaining number of the legislative measures 30
allowed for the respective officer that were not requested by the 31
previous officer. 32
(d) The Speaker of the Assembly and the Majority Leader of 33
the Senate may each request, on his or her own behalf or on the 34
behalf of another Legislator or standing committee of the 35
Assembly or Senate, as applicable, by submission to the Legislative 36
Counsel after a regular session has convened, the drafting of not 37
more than 7 legislative measures for that regular session. 38
(e) The Minority Leader of the Assembly and the Minority 39
Leader of the Senate may each request, on his or her own behalf 40
or on the behalf of another Legislator or standing committee of 41
the Assembly or Senate, as applicable, by submission to the 42
Legislative Counsel after a regular session has convened, the 43
drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for that regular 44
session. 45
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2. A request submitted pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of 1
subsection 1: 2
(a) May be submitted at any time during a regular session and 3
is not subject to any of the requirements relating to the submission 4
of details, time for introduction or final dates for action by 5
committees. 6
(b) Is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other requests for 7
the drafting of a legislative measure that are authorized to be 8
submitted to the Legislative Counsel by the Majority Leader of the 9
Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, Minority Leader of the Senate or 10
Minority Leader of the Assembly. 11
3. The list of requests for the drafting of legislative measures 12
prepared pursuant to NRS 218D.130 must include the phrase 13
“EMERGENCY REQUEST OF” and state the title of the person 14
who requested each legislative measure pursuant to paragraph (d) 15
or (e) of subsection 1. If the request was made on the behalf of 16
another Legislator or a standing committee, the list must also 17
include the name of the Legislator or standing committee on 18
whose behalf the legislative measure was requested. 19
4. The Legislative Counsel shall cause to be printed on the 20
face of the introductory copy and all reprints of each legislative 21
measure requested pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection 22
1 the phrase “EMERGENCY REQUEST OF” and state the title of 23
the person who requested the legislative measure. 24
5. The Legislative Counsel, the General Counsel, the Secretary 25
of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly may request 26
before or during a regular session, without limitation, the drafting of 27
as many legislative measures as are necessary or convenient for the 28
proper exercise of their duties. 29
Sec. 3. NRS 218D.160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30
218D.160 1. The Chair of the Legislative Commission may 31
request the drafting of not more than [10] 7 legislative measures 32
before the first calendar day of a regular session, with the approval 33
of the Legislative Commission, which relate to the affairs of the 34
Legislature or its employees, including legislative measures 35
requested by the legislative staff. 36
2. The Chair of the Interim Finance Committee may request 37
the drafting of not more than [10] 7 legislative measures before 38
the first calendar day of a regular session, with the approval of the 39
Committee, which relate to matters within the scope of the 40
Committee. 41
3. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, joint rule 42
or concurrent resolution: 43
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), a 44
Joint Interim Standing Committee may request the drafting of not 45
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more than [10] 7 legislative measures which relate to matters within 1
the scope of the Committee. 2
(b) The Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human 3
Services may request the drafting of not more than [15] 10 4
legislative measures which relate to matters within the scope of the 5
Committee, at least [5] 3 of which must relate to matters relating to 6
child welfare. 7
(c) The Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary may 8
request the drafting of not more than [15] 10 legislative measures 9
which relate to matters within the scope of the Committee, at least 10
[5] 3 of which must relate to matters relating to juvenile justice. 11
(d) The Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources 12
may request the drafting of not more than [14] 9 legislative 13
measures which relate to matters within the scope of the Committee, 14
at least [4] 2 of which must relate to matters relating to public lands 15
based on the recommendations for legislation submitted by the 16
Subcommittee on Public Lands pursuant to NRS 218E.525. 17
(e) Any legislative committee created by a statute, other than the 18
Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults 19
With Special Needs created by NRS 218E.750 or an interim 20
legislative committee, may request the drafting of not more than 21
[10] 7 legislative measures which relate to matters within the scope 22
of the committee. 23
(f) The Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and 24
Adults With Special Needs created by NRS 218E.750 may request 25
the drafting of not more than [6] 4 legislative measures which relate 26
to matters within the scope of the Committee. 27
(g) Any committee or subcommittee established by an order of 28
the Legislative Commission pursuant to NRS 218E.200 may request 29
the drafting of not more than [5] 4 legislative measures which relate 30
to matters within the scope of the study or investigation, except that 31
such a committee or subcommittee may request the drafting of 32
additional legislative measures if the Legislative Commission 33
approves each additional request by a majority vote. 34
(h) Any other committee established by the Legislature which 35
conducts an interim legislative study or investigation may request 36
the drafting of not more than [5] 4 legislative measures which relate 37
to matters within the scope of the study or investigation. 38
The requests authorized pursuant to this subsection must be 39
submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 40
preceding a regular session unless the Legislative Commission 41
authorizes submitting a request after that date. 42
4. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 43
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. 44
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Sec. 4. NRS 218D.175 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
218D.175 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 2
for a regular session, the Governor or the Governor’s designated 3
representative may request the drafting of not more than [110] 74 4
legislative measures which have been approved by the Governor or 5
the Governor’s designated representative on behalf of the officers, 6
agencies, boards, commissions, departments and other units of the 7
Executive Department. The requests must be submitted to the 8
Legislative Counsel on or before August 1 preceding the regular 9
session. 10
2. The Governor or the Governor’s designated representative 11
may request at any time before or during a regular session, without 12
limitation, the drafting of as many legislative measures as are 13
necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 288.400 to 288.630, 14
inclusive. 15
3. The Director of the Office of Finance may request on or 16
before the 19th calendar day of a regular session, without 17
limitation, the drafting of as many legislative measures as are 18
necessary to implement the budget proposed by the Governor and to 19
provide for the fiscal management of the State. In addition to the 20
requests otherwise authorized pursuant to this section, the Governor 21
may request the drafting of not more than [5] 4 legislative measures 22
on or before the 19th calendar day of a regular session to propose 23
the Governor’s legislative agenda. 24
4. For a regular session, the following constitutional officers 25
may request, without the approval of the Governor or the 26
Governor’s designated representative, the drafting of not more than 27
the following numbers of legislative measures, which must be 28
submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 29
preceding the regular session: 30
31
Lieutenant Governor .......................................................... [3] 2 32
Secretary of State ............................................................... [6] 4 33
State Treasurer ................................................................... [5] 4 34
State Controller .................................................................. [5] 4 35
Attorney General ........................................................... [20] 14 36
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5. In addition to the requests authorized by subsection 4, the 38
Secretary of State may request, without the approval of the 39
Governor or the Governor’s designated representative, the drafting 40
of not more than 2 legislative measures, which must be submitted to 41
the Legislative Counsel on or before December 31 preceding the 42
regular session. 43
6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 44
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The legislative 45
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measures requested pursuant to subsections 1 and 4 must be prefiled 1
on or before the third Wednesday in November preceding the 2
regular session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or 3
before that day shall be deemed withdrawn. 4
Sec. 5. NRS 218D.190 is hereby amended to read as follows: 5
218D.190 1. For a regular session, the Supreme Court may 6
request the drafting of not more than [10] 7 legislative measures 7
which have been approved by the Supreme Court on behalf of the 8
Judicial Department. The requests must be submitted to the 9
Legislative Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the regular 10
session. 11
2. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 12
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The legislative 13
measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or 14
before the third Wednesday in November preceding the regular 15
session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that 16
day shall be deemed withdrawn. 17
Sec. 6. NRS 218D.205 is hereby amended to read as follows: 18
218D.205 1. For a regular session, each board of county 19
commissioners, board of trustees of a school district and city council 20
may request the drafting of not more than the numbers of legislative 21
measures set forth in this section if the requests are: 22
(a) Approved by the governing body of the county, school 23
district or city at a public hearing before their submission to the 24
Legislative Counsel; and 25
(b) Submitted to the Legislative Counsel on or before 26
September 1 preceding the regular session. 27
2. The Legislative Counsel shall notify the requesting county, 28
school district or city if its request substantially duplicates a request 29
previously submitted by another county, school district or city. 30
3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose 31
population: 32
(a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 33
[4] 3 legislative measures for a regular session. 34
(b) Is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 may request the 35
drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for a regular 36
session. 37
(c) Is less than 100,000 may request the drafting of not more 38
than 1 legislative measure for a regular session. 39
4. The board of trustees of a school district in a county whose 40
population: 41
(a) Is 700,000 or more may request the drafting of not more than 42
2 legislative measures for a regular session. 43
(b) Is less than 700,000 may request the drafting of not more 44
than 1 legislative measure for a regular session. 45
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5. The city council of a city whose population: 1
(a) Is [500,000] 150,000 or more may request the drafting of not 2
more than [3] 2 legislative measures for a regular session. 3
(b) [Is 150,000 or more but less than 500,000 may request the 4
drafting of not more than 2 legislative measures for a regular 5
session. 6
(c)] Is less than 150,000 may request the drafting of not more 7
than 1 legislative measure for a regular session. 8
6. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 9
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The legislative 10
measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or 11
before the third Wednesday in November preceding the regular 12
session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that 13
day shall be deemed withdrawn. 14
7. As used in this section, “population” means the current 15
population estimate for that city or county as determined and 16
published by the Department of Taxation and the demographer 17
employed pursuant to NRS 360.283. 18
Sec. 7. NRS 218D.210 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19
218D.210 1. For a regular session, an association of counties 20
or cities may request the drafting of not more than [5] 4 legislative 21
measures. The requests must be submitted to the Legislative 22
Counsel on or before September 1 preceding the regular session. 23
2. Each request made pursuant to this section must be on a 24
form prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. The legislative 25
measures requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or 26
before the third Wednesday in November preceding the regular 27
session. A legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that 28
day shall be deemed withdrawn. 29
Sec. 8. NRS 218D.213 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30
218D.213 1. The Patient Protection Commission created by 31
NRS 439.908 may request the drafting of not more than [3] 2 32
legislative measures which relate to matters within the scope of the 33
Commission. Any such request must be submitted to the Legislative 34
Counsel on or before September 1 preceding a regular session. 35
2. A request made pursuant to this section must be on a form 36
prescribed by the Legislative Counsel. A legislative measure 37
requested pursuant to this section must be prefiled on or before the 38
third Wednesday in November preceding a regular session. A 39
legislative measure that is not prefiled on or before that day shall be 40
deemed withdrawn. 41
Sec. 9. NRS 218D.152 is hereby repealed. 42
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TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION
218D.152 Requests from certain Legislators whose offices
become vacant.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if after the
general election preceding a regular session and before that regular
session has convened, a vacancy occurs for any reason in the office
of a Legislator who is:
(a) A member of the Senate from the majority party, the
Majority Leader of the Senate may allocate to a member of the
Senate from the majority party or a Senate standing committee all,
some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures
requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office
became vacant.
(b) A member of the Assembly from the majority party, the
Speaker of the Assembly may allocate to a member of the Assembly
from the majority party or an Assembly standing committee all,
some or none of the requests for the drafting of legislative measures
requested or available to be requested by the Legislator whose office
became vacant.
(c) A member of the Senate from the minority party, the
Minority Leader of the Senate may allocate to a member of the
Senate from the minority party all, some or none of the requests for
the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be
requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.
(d) A member of the Assembly from the minority party, the
Minority Leader of the Assembly may allocate to a member of the
Assembly from the minority party all, some or none of the requests
for the drafting of legislative measures requested or available to be
requested by the Legislator whose office became vacant.
2. The Majority Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the
Assembly, Minority Leader of the Assembly and Minority Leader of
the Senate, respectively, shall, not later than the 8th calendar day of
a regular session, provide the Legislative Counsel with a written list
of the number of requests for the drafting of a legislative measure
that may be submitted by each member and standing committee of
the respective houses, within the limit provided by subsection 1. The
lists may be revised any time before the 15th calendar day of the
regular session to reallocate any unused requests or requests which
were withdrawn before drafting began on the request.
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3. If, pursuant to this section, a request for the drafting of a
legislative measure is submitted to the Legislative Counsel by a
member of the Senate or Assembly, a standing committee of the
Senate or Assembly, the Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the
Senate, or the Speaker or Minority Leader of the Assembly on or
before the 15th calendar day of the regular session pursuant to this
section, the member, chair of the standing committee or his or her
designee, Majority Leader or Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly, as applicable, shall,
by the 22nd calendar day of the regular session, provide the
Legislative Counsel with information to draft the request which is
sufficient in detail to allow for complete drafting of the request.
4. A request for the drafting of a legislative measure that is
allocated to:
(a) A member of the Senate or Assembly pursuant to this section
is in addition to the number of requests authorized for that member
by statute, joint rule or rule of either House.
(b) A standing committee of either House pursuant to this
section must be approved by a majority of all of the members
appointed to the committee before the request is submitted to the
Legislative Counsel.
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