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Details

Motion: Introduce BDR R‑eleven 63 (declaration: April 2025 Financial Literacy Month)
Mover: Senator Daley
Second: Senator Krasner
Vote tally: yes 3 (Krasner, Daley, Chair); no 0; excused 2 (Senator Steinbeck; majority leader)

No fiscal or policy debate on the measure was recorded in the transcript beyond the motion to introduce it; introduction does not commit committee members to support of the substance of the draft bill during later floor action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","4/3/2025 - Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections","oneSentenceSummary","The committee voted to introduce BDR R‑eleven 63, a bill draft that would declare April 2025 Financial Literacy Month; the motion passed 3–0 with members Daley, Krasner and the chair recorded as aye and others excused.","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},6613368,"Committee considers SB 422 to expand same‑day registration access and require DMV extended hours",2820,7406000,10226000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0&start=7406&end=10226","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0/thumbnail_7406000.jpg","/articles/6613368/Nevada/Committee-considers-SB-422-to-expand-sameday-registration-access-and-require-DMV-extended-hours","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6613368-35b76fb9b8b38118c191dcd7da82d0fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1770511179&Signature=KhXsZ3Lf1lr1TW4aEMl67K3VvbGzWSrjT-k8s3-wH2EV1eChMlPcTKAMzZV1zsTjEvNhEJcvoDef77mxj6jQS0EgAvQeZPoHj68iP5ahg2cxRyAjazcWCLoJIzmd050yVH1oWFXBLkOY7x-TT7MQnP6X5vVqKSiQ1f0m9LFv9HKzB3QV8ks2dEm6dv~hot1nBmnCb2yY2t8VO1BcSqiENA0RhUuboukevPCE2z38hXUhBL64ZOgxJD864qrmpRvCCpKhhr-y5k8yRgiC5i0h3xZfDSJqWZUwwUdWVZ~tzg-IlSc5Mj~e8hchfbbetfN1j8xFtZEtdyC2SzkdAtRmxw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections heard SB 422, legislation intended to expand access to same‑day voter registration (SDR) and to require the Department of Motor Vehicles in larger counties to operate extended hours during critical pre‑election periods.

Sponsor James Orangehall told the panel same‑day registration has been used by tens of thousands of Nevadans: he cited Secretary of State figures that 27,488 Nevadans used SDR in the 2024 general election and asked the Legislature to remove last‑minute administrative barriers that can keep eligible voters from casting ballots.

Key provisions

SB 422 would permit a voter registering at a polling place during early voting or on Election Day to establish identity with a driver’s license or ID issued by any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory, or a tribal identification card. If an accepted ID lacks a current residential address or is not issued by Nevada, the bill allows other documents (including original electronic or certified copies not more than 60 days old) to establish residency. A person without the listed ID or a Social Security number may cast a provisional ballot after completing a written affirmation; counties then would review the documentation during the standard cure period.

The bill also would require the DMV in counties with population 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe) to establish extended hours in the 2 weeks immediately preceding the mail‑registration deadline and for 6 days after certain elections; during those periods DMV offices would accept walk‑ins for issuance or renewal of Nevada driver’s licenses and identification cards without an appointment.

Supporters’ arguments

Advocates and civic groups — including Silver State Voices, OneAPI Nevada, Mi Familia Vota, ACLU of Nevada and the Campaign Legal Center — told senators the bill will increase practical access for new Nevada residents, military families and other voters who move between counties or become newly eligible. Emily Persad‑Zamora (Silver State Voices) described SDR as a successful 2019 policy and noted DMV offices already offer some expanded hours but training and statutory support would standardize that practice.

Clark County offered a conceptual amendment to move the automatic voter registration deadline from 28 days before an election to 13 days, a change the county registrar told the committee could reduce the number of provisional ballots and allow more registrations to be processed as regular mail ballots.

Opposition and concerns

Opponents urged caution. Several speakers argued the bill could increase provisional ballots, complicate timely certification, and create administrative costs. Nevada Republican Party representatives and other critics said accepting out‑of‑state IDs or affidavits could be abused and called for stricter residency verification. The DMV testified neutral and warned the extended‑hours requirement would carry overtime costs for staff and security; the DMV also said it already provides certain walk‑in hours and interim documents in some cases.

Procedure

Committee members asked technical questions about provisional ballot curing timelines, the cost to DMV staff for extended hours, and how documents would be verified. Clark County’s proposed amendment (28 → 13 days for automatic registration cutoff) received support from the sponsor as a modernization measure; the committee did not vote on the bill during the hearing.

Statistics cited at the hearing

• 27,488 same‑day registrants in the 2024 general election (breakdown cited by sponsor: 7,870 Democratic, 10,566 Republican, remainder other)

• DMV reported existing temporary walk‑in and extended hours at some sites but said a statutory requirement would add overtime costs.

The hearing closed with the sponsor urging the committee to consider the accessibility gains in the bill; no formal committee action was taken on SB 422 at this session.","SB 422 would broaden documents accepted for same‑day registration, allow provisional ballots with written affirmation and require extended DMV hours in Clark and Washoe counties near elections; supporters said the change increases turnout and accessibility while opponents raised fraud and administrative‑cost concerns.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6613372,"Senate panel hears bill to require broader financial disclosures and regulate inaugural committees",670,6190000,6860000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0&start=6190&end=6860","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0/thumbnail_6190000.jpg","/articles/6613372/Nevada/Senate-panel-hears-bill-to-require-broader-financial-disclosures-and-regulate-inaugural-committees","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6613372-86fdae0e9015ba16667f2529865ba183/orig.mp4?Expires=1770511179&Signature=cfTUZqmMSVX2igbWSYFkttgf3FccbF0hyZ972ON8J44xZ--RJoaYOzRz5~EAAOZGgB4tRUbn3GdvU1KBsmzQAP79zEwyh0euio-G2daE1PZVqCooMpcCGH0J1LcPT9nR3qe49GZvXf3n-Rc49I4vgwBkzsyPYEayPxEcfXSjWMrNvVfCSiei49kFMMCfS9a0RDPqYpiVuYsdNNOcQ6-7vLC1vsuTVkbNd0~AJihM2fy8CiLZNCke11~g002IrQu2NhOyh32JuCN33p~gCEP4D7aY9ANE2yvDJkcG4NdrYSwcjDyXe~dU73oiy1vMeDxojU3PEA8KtkOJU9BqAvze6A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senators considered SB 414, a proposal to expand financial‑disclosure rules for elected officials and require inaugural committees to file campaign‑style reports. Sponsor Melanie Scheibel presented the bill as a measure to close what she described as a reporting loophole and to increase public transparency about who funds pre‑inaugural activities.

What the bill would do

Section 1 would add a monetary threshold so that any holding of $5,000 or more in a single company would have to be disclosed by a candidate or official, regardless of whether the holding represents more than 1% of the business. Sections 3–6 would treat inaugural committees like candidate or political‑action committees for reporting purposes: quarterly reports, disclosure of contributions and expenditures in excess of $1,000, and annual renewal of committee registration. Sponsor Scheibel said the change is intended to make the rules fairer for modern investments and to close a gap that allows substantial monetary holdings to go undisclosed if held in very large corporations.

Support and questions

Nevada Policy testified in support and said the measure aligns financial disclosure law with best practices for accountability. Senators asked practical questions about implementation. Vice Chair Daley and Senator Krasner asked how the $5,000 threshold would apply to managed portfolios and mutual funds. Scheibel said she intended the bill to be general and expected implementing regulations or administrative guidance to clarify how to report managed funds (for example, listing the mutual fund rather than all underlying investments). She also said inaugural committees should be defined by their purpose and expenditures — committees making pre‑inaugural political expenditures would fall under the new rules.

Closing

Senators did not vote on SB 414 at the hearing. Supporters argued the measure strengthens public trust; members asked for follow‑up technical drafting to address registry and mutual‑fund reporting mechanics.","SB 414 would lower the monetary threshold for stock disclosure by public officials and bring inaugural committees under the same reporting requirements as campaigns and PACs; supporters said it promotes transparency while some senators asked for regulation details for practical implementation.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6613377,"Senate committee hears calls to study water district policies and protect mature trees amid turf-removal programs",6029,94000,6123000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0&start=94&end=6123","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871604-b1c7b5c73a8d4aec02ad4834fb7314c0/thumbnail_94000.jpg","/articles/6613377/Nevada/Senate-committee-hears-calls-to-study-water-district-policies-and-protect-mature-trees-amid-turf-removal-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6613377-50e925a794c3cf0baf95c9878eb7eff3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770511179&Signature=c6~SEf1AFAay0YLxgSvBuQxNqRCtGulowx-ZL8tiJQigIYJ2bZFaLWA1X0v0hMAY4N7Bf-ApbFUxyW7-q4enB0FBh-zUO4vqpfbbFTIuxmnjjcfvyNEG~WyVYLt0V9Km8zlS5qLov1y~7RYmE9iHoVWIA1H-ux~QaC2QCbRmxyRM-eX8CVs8X8cYMy5GBxUSq~OPtAwhpXJ43RudQNs5Hbfnao9izm8mtxdsA9jNYbBcWeQw~No830ZkeqPtq~TX3jpXR5j6Z-w3DWajpd6RTEd-W23Rs3n5ZhOiA0wJPt41qbamANobYJqyfRt9NV-GRaPH21naSYza8eBQKENCRA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senators on the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections heard public testimony and expert evidence on SB 143, a bill that would direct legislative review of water-conservation policies and oversight for water agencies serving the Las Vegas Valley.

Senator Rochelle Winn, who represents part of Clark County, opened the hearing by saying older neighborhoods with mature trees are being harmed by recent conservation incentives and penalties and that the bill was intended to bring ‘‘science to the table’’ and add community voice to policy decisions. Laura McSwain of the Water Fairness Coalition and resident witnesses described steep fees and mandatory turf conversions that they say are damaging long-established urban landscaping.

Why it matters: Witnesses told the committee that removal of turf around mature trees, and conversion to artificial surfaces, can worsen the urban-heat island effect, harm tree health and impose substantial, unplanned costs on homeowners and homeowners associations (HOAs). Arborists and a university turf specialist presented research showing trees plus turf provide larger cooling benefits than turf or trees alone and cited other states’ experience — particularly California — that exempted turf under trees after voluntary removal programs caused tree mortality.

Testimony and evidence

Laura McSwain, founder and president of the Water Fairness Coalition, said residents have experienced “excessive use charge penalties” and described the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) as pursuing what she called “Project Armageddon,” a phrase she said she learned was used internally. McSwain said records requests and appeals to agency boards had produced limited accountability and that SB 143 would be a first step toward restoring oversight.

Stacy Stanley, president of the Spanish Trail Homeowners Association, provided a community-level accounting: he said Spanish Trail had already removed roughly 550,000 square feet of turf before AB 356 and that SNWA guidance would require removing a total approaching 1,000,000 square feet—placing about 6,000 mature trees at risk. Stanley told the committee he and local landscapers used numbers from NTRAC advisory materials to estimate average conversion costs at $7.50 per square foot and in some waiver cases up to $13 per square foot before rebates, producing multi‑million dollar bills for large common‑area conversions.

Kelly Cope, a landscape water‑conservation and turfgrass specialist at Utah State University, testified about the environmental services turf and trees provide. Cope said turf and trees together amplify cooling through shade and evapotranspiration, and she cited a Desert Research Institute study of Wells Park in Henderson showing turf removal raised surface temperatures substantially. Cope also presented examples in which replacing high‑use turf with low‑water varieties, improved irrigation and smart controllers reduced water use by 30–55% without wholesale turf removal.

Local professionals and residents

Arborist Norm Schilling and other local tree specialists testified in support of the bill, telling the committee they are seeing widespread decline of mature trees after turf and irrigation changes. Several homeowners and HOA representatives described denied waiver applications, surprise bills and exhausted reserves to comply with mandatory conversions.

Agency response and neutral testimony

A representative of SNWA (Rob Belanger) said the agency would provide information to an interim legislative review and urged the committee to examine the rationale for existing conservation measures; Belanger described the bill’s study provisions as an opportunity to explain the authority’s actions and the reasons behind them.

What the bill would do

SB 143, as presented, would direct evaluation of water‑conservation measures and agency practices and provide the Legislature with findings and any recommendations for change. Witnesses urged the committee to consider targeted exemptions (for turf under trees) or alternative conservation strategies (irrigation audits, low‑water turf varieties and smart controllers) that can deliver water savings without the tree loss they described.

Closing and next steps

Senator Winn closed by thanking the many residents and experts who testified; the committee did not vote on SB 143 at the hearing. Supporters asked the Legislature to act quickly, citing continuing tree loss they attributed to current policy implementation.

Votes at the hearing: none recorded on SB 143; the committee instead took public testimony and heard neutral presentations from the SNWA.","Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on SB 143 as residents, arborists and university experts urged the Legislature to study Southern Nevada Water Authority and Las Vegas Valley Water District policies, citing high conversion costs, tree loss and urban-heat concerns tied to nonfunctional turf removal initiatives.","actionData","errors"]

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