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Ashley Kennedy, principal management analyst for Clark County, said the county spent five years developing the Impacted Persons Database after the October 1, 2017, Route 91 Festival mass shooting revealed shortcomings in victim tracking and family reunification. Kennedy described the bill’s aim: \"modernize what is currently a manual and fragmented process by using technology to ensure all responders…are operating with the same real time information.\"

Clark County Fire Chief Billy Samuels and Misty Richardson, assistant emergency manager, described operational problems they faced during the Route 91 response: long waits at the family assistance center, multiple unlabelled phones and slow identification processes. Samuels said responders and families were sometimes unable to answer where a loved one was: \"I want you to put yourself on my end when people were calling us either from New York or Korea ... And it's horrible to say, I don't know.\" Richardson recounted a child who waited about 16 hours before her mother’s whereabouts were confirmed and said hospitals and responders had been forced to revert to pen‑and‑paper intake during the incident.

County staff said the database was built with multi‑jurisdictional input (law enforcement missing‑persons units, coroner, hospitals, Southern Nevada Health District and county IT). They told the committee the system is permission‑based and HIPAA‑ and HL7‑compliant. Kennedy described a proposed amendment that would set protections and clarify that collected information is deleted after victims are identified and reunified unless individuals opt in to long‑term services; staff called the opt‑in case management portion a separate, voluntary process for ongoing victim assistance.

The bill would require counties to create an electronic victim tracking database if they choose to and would require hospitals or emergency medical centers receiving victims of a qualifying mass casualty incident to report minimal necessary patient information to the database as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours after arrival. Sponsors said reporting requirements follow HIPAA's \"minimum necessary\" principle and that hospitals would be immune from civil liability for good‑faith reporting; penalties for nonreporting were removed in the conceptual amendment. The draft also redefines \"mass casualty incident\" in the bill to mean an event causing at least three casualties that overwhelms local emergency response resources and requires a surge response.

Supporters — including the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Southern Nevada Health District, the Resiliency and Justice Center, the City of Henderson and several county emergency managers and professional associations — said the statute would provide important information sharing for reunification, consular notification for foreign nationals and long‑term case management referrals. Teneille Pereira, director of the Resiliency and Justice Center, called the proposal \"trauma informed\" and emphasized that survivors should not be forced to repeat their stories: \"This allows us to capture that immediately for people that want help.\"

The Nevada Hospital Association said it was technically opposed pending review of the conceptual amendment but praised the cooperative process and indicated it wished to continue working with county staff. No formal committee vote was recorded during the hearing. Clark County offered a public demonstration of the database for legislators and staff.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2/27/2025 - Assembly Committee on Government Affairs","oneSentenceSummary","Clark County officials described Assembly Bill 50 as a way to standardize and speed victim identification and reunification after mass casualty incidents by requiring reporting into an electronic Impacted Persons Database.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NV, Nevada","taxId",78440,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6660740,"Nevada hearing advances bill to add Diwali, Eid al‑Fitr, Vaisakhi and Vesak to state days of observance",5083,1189000,6272000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2433081-308c50fff454b89a3803a4ede126f27b&start=1189&end=6272","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2433081-308c50fff454b89a3803a4ede126f27b/thumbnail_1189000.jpg","/articles/6660740/Nevada/Nevada-hearing-advances-bill-to-add-Diwali-Eid-alFitr-Vaisakhi-and-Vesak-to-state-days-of-observance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6660740-f754cf7fd195b292e447f80f9c22a6c0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771033883&Signature=Ip8rIEhX5CoBQr78c2AVWMZXRSeTMl03CVO6YdiActP190PW70pNM1o9R~D~1zLLzPgvXlL2lEVLZZLCPowv3siOCsMe9ucNz1BJqMM1RrmjqpKlPcTDCLEGBWFLw9z4b9JO-IGjYm1WyQ1WDdyg6hCaJEIRpbuUOnGnEGOJKr0MTN1BJ6ia-be9AMPy5qvYHFWTXowGdRUP36t0GjL1jNaWC6XMJ6wRlrNc3ZWN7dxOcRFxEuZXoLhjBPAyOh6o3vCo9Nin-6eRCbEXAUk2BxtZpk1gaK2S2DRLHN2dxVCopn12asqjv4BoTXDWX-pgFvnpdb10ryCiMFFr0YYrVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Assemblymember Reuben De Silva, sponsor of Assembly Bill 82, told the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs that the bill would add Diwali, Eid al‑Fitr, Vaisakhi and Vesak to Nevada’s official list of days of observance. \"This bill will add several religious and cultural holidays to the official list of days held in observance in Nevada,\" De Silva said during the hearing.

The bill would require the governor to proclaim those days of observance and would permit the proclamation to call upon the news media, educators, businesses and appropriate governmental offices to bring those observances to the attention of Nevada residents. Assemblymember Hanadi Nadeem, a cosponsor, described the measure as “educational in nature,” saying it “opens the door to greater interfaith dialogue and respect.”

Supporters from faith and community organizations and from universities told the committee they view the bill as recognition and inclusion rather than creation of paid time off. Lali Parasa of the India Arts and Cultural Center explained the cultural and religious meaning of Diwali and other festivals and called them opportunities for community-building. Rokai Yousefzai, who identified himself as community affairs liaison for the Muslim community and a founder of Masjid e‑Tawhid and the Islamic Association of Las Vegas, urged members to \"please consider this bill and vote yes on this bill. It is extremely important for our community.\" Several organizational witnesses — including Alejandro Rodriguez (Nevada System of Higher Education), Austin Daley (University of Nevada, Reno), Caitlin Gachalyan (chair, AAPI Democratic Caucus), and representatives of the City of North Las Vegas and AAPI chambers — also voiced support.

Committee members asked practical questions the sponsors said the bill does not fix: the proposed observances do not set fixed Western calendar dates because the holidays are determined by lunar or lunisolar calendars. De Silva and other presenters noted the dates will vary each year (for example, Diwali typically falls in autumn, Eid al‑Fitr is based on the end of Ramadan and can shift across the Gregorian year, Vaisakhi is in spring, and Vesak varies by tradition). De Silva reiterated during questioning that the bill does not create paid leave: \"this is not a holiday, a paid day off, or anything like that. It is simply a day that will be placed on the list of other observed days, on the Nevada calendar, where the governor will make this proclamation.\"

Assemblymember DeLong asked whether Jewish holidays were included; De Silva said some Jewish observances already appear in Nevada’s statutes and that the sponsors are open to conversations with additional communities about future additions. Assemblymember Flanagan and others pressed sponsors for clarity on how dates will be identified and how employers and schools should treat such days; sponsors pointed to last session’s law allowing excused absences for students on religious holidays as part of the broader context.

Dozens of public witnesses — primarily from Nevada’s Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist communities and affiliated organizations — spoke in support during in‑person and telephonic testimony, recounting local community growth and asking the committee to advance the measure. Speakers consistently framed AB 82 as recognition that would increase visibility and cultural understanding and help families and students obtain excused absences when observances occur.

No formal vote on AB 82 was recorded in the hearing. The committee closed the AB 82 hearing and proceeded to consider other business.","Assemblymember Reuben De Silva, sponsor of Assembly Bill 82, told the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs that the bill would add Diwali, Eid al‑Fitr, Vaisakhi and Vesak to Nevada’s official list of days of observance.","actionData","errors"]

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Clark County officials outline database to track victims during mass casualty incidents in AB 50 hearing

Nevada hearing advances bill to add Diwali, Eid al‑Fitr, Vaisakhi and Vesak to state days of observance