CARSON CITY — State lawmakers on Friday accepted a brand new framework for distributing billions of state schooling {dollars} and voted to ban the sale and possession of untraceable “ghost weapons” amongst practically 200 payments that moved by the Senate and Meeting on a deadline day for motion.
Senate Invoice 439, the varsity funding framework invoice, handed within the Meeting on 36-5 vote. Together with votes on college {dollars} earlier this week, lawmakers “have put a number of half a billion {dollars} into schooling, and right this moment you simply voted on a supplemental of over $237 million as a result of the schooling fund got here up quick,” Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton, D-Las Vegas, mentioned in presenting the invoice. “I consider what the physique is doing for schooling proper now could be historic.”
Within the Senate, the ghost gun invoice, Meeting Invoice 286, handed on a 12-9 party-line vote. The oft-amended invoice bans the sale and possession of firearms that lack serial numbers, akin to these offered as kits or made with 3D printers. It makes exceptions for inoperable or vintage firearms. The sooner Meeting vote additionally went alongside occasion strains.
Each homes adjourned after 11:30 p.m., the Senate after midnight, with lawmakers passing a mixed 197 payments on the day, most of them going through an end-of-day deadline to go or die for the session. Together with Saturday, there are 10 days left within the session.
Additionally passing within the Senate on Friday:
Meeting Invoice 254 would enable student-athletes to signal endorsement offers, be compensated for the usage of their identify, likeness or picture and contract with an agent. The Senate vote was unanimous. It handed the Meeting 34-8.
Meeting Invoice 296 permits individuals to sue if they’re topic to “doxxing” — having their delicate or private information publicly disseminated. An individual could be liable if the discharge of knowledge created psychological anguish or a worry of stalking, bodily damage or demise, or prompted these occasions. The invoice handed the Senate 16-5 after passing the Meeting unanimously.
Meeting Invoice 336 supplies for brand spanking new annual behavioral wellness visits for peace officers. The invoice handed the Senate 17-4 following a 33-9 vote within the Meeting.
Meeting Invoice 356 bans the usage of Colorado River water to irrigate ornamental or in any other case nonfunctional grass on nonresidential properties, beginning in 2027. The Senate vote was unanimous; the invoice earlier handed the Meeting 30-12.
— Meeting Invoice 400 adjustments the factors for when an individual is unlawfully working a automobile below the affect of marijuana. An modification added provisions tightening DUI guidelines for industrial operators. It handed the Senate 15-6 after earlier passing the Meeting on a celebration line vote.
Passing within the Meeting:
An amended Senate Invoice 102 adjustments the date by which date a baby should flip 5 years previous to enter kindergarten, from Sept. 30 to the the primary day of faculty. The identical criterion applies to 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds getting into first and second grade, respectively. The measure handed unanimously because it did earlier within the Senate.
Senate Invoice 103 would bar insurers from charging larger premiums for sure canine breeds. It handed the Meeting 32-9, following an 18-3 vote within the Senate.
Senate Invoice 150, which might set guidelines for communities to permit development of so-called tiny properties. The invoice handed the Senate 20-1.
Senate Invoice 166 adjustments the factors for hate crimes, eradicating the requirement in felony instances that perpetrator and sufferer be of various race, sexual orientation, gender id or different defining attribute. It handed the meeting 33-8 after passing the Senate 12-9.
Senate Invoice 173 would earmark federal pandemic assist for expanded summer time college packages this yr to assist college students compensate for their schooling following final yr’s pandemic-related college closures. The vote within the Meeting was 33-8. The Senate vote was unanimous.
Senate Invoice 190 would enable to girls to acquire contraception at a pharmacy with no prior go to to a physician. The invoice handed the Meeting 28-13 after passing the Senate unanimously.
Senate Invoice 237 provides LGTBQ-owned small companies to these eligible for numerous types of extra help, incentives and safety from discrimination. It handed the Meeting on a 26-15 party-line vote. The Senate vote on the invoice was 13-7.
Senate Invoice 293 goals at gender pay gaps by banning employers from reviewing a potential worker’s earlier pay historical past to set wage. It handed the Meeting 30-11 following a 17-4 vote within the Senate.
Senate Invoice 311 would authorize the state Rural Housing Authority to create a for-profit entity to spur extra reasonably priced housing. The vote within the Meeting was 38-3, following a unanimous vote within the Senate.
Senate Invoice 327 provides hairstyles to the listing of racially or ethnically distinctive traits shielded from discrimination. It handed the Meeting 33-8 following a 20-1 vote within the Senate.
An amended Senate Invoice 344 would bar individuals from letting wild animals come into direct contact with others. It handed the Meeting 35-6 , following a 12-9 vote within the Senate.
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