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Key actions the committees approved (motion mover usually Assemblymember Monroe Moreno; second usually Senator Winn):

- Governor’s office: Approved amendment A254311000 revising non‑classified position salary authority and other reallocations; approved remaining governor‑recommended closing items and authorized staff technical adjustments.

- Governor’s Office of Federal Assistance: Requested a bill draft to amend NRS 223.492 so the grant matching account does not revert to the general fund at the end of odd‑numbered fiscal years; motion carried.

- Governor’s Mansion: Approved elimination of a 0.64 FTE vacant part‑time position for savings of $58,318 over the biennium and declined the amendment to increase salary funding for the two remaining positions.

- Governor’s Washington Office: Approved closing as recommended by the governor and authorized technical adjustments.

- Secretary of State: Approved a limited set of positions and IT/software purchases prioritized by the office (including IT security roles and selected software tools); declined numerous other requested positions and authorized technical adjustments.

- PERS (Public Employees’ Retirement System): Approved administrative-fee authority of $10.3 million in FY26 and $807,622 in FY27 to continue the pension administration system replacement, issued a letter of intent requesting status reports to the interim Retirement and Benefits Committee, and approved $481,887 over the biennium for four classified positions (auditor, retirement examiner, retirement technician, accountant technician).

- Department of Native American Affairs: Approved additional fiscal and OCIO/IT support funding for the newly standalone department; approved ARPA authority of $4.8 million in FY26 and $754,551 in FY27 for the grants‑to‑tribes program per agency projections; approved educational outreach funding for the Stewart Indian School coordinator.

- Subcommittee reports: The committees approved the joint subcommittee closing reports for the Department of Taxation (including changes to ARPA authority and transfers to the Attorney General for legal staffing), the State Public Charter School Authority (approving many but not all requested positions and asking for additional enrollment and staffing information), and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (approving DMV revenue transfers contingent on DMV action and $250,000 per year for record digital conversion). All subcommittee reports were approved.

Procedure: Most motions were moved by Assemblymember Monroe Moreno and seconded by Senator Winn; the transcript records voice‑vote outcomes with the phrase “Motion carries.” Where fiscal staff noted technical misalignments in start dates or operating costs, committees provided authority for fiscal staff to correct those items.

Notes: The transcript records committee instructions and approvals but does not include roll‑call tallies for individual yes/no votes. Where committee action depended on other subcommittee or IFC decisions (for example, funding‑source changes tied to the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs), staff noted items as contingent in the packet.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","4/12/2025 - Joint Meeting Senate Committee on Finance and Assembly Committee on Ways and Means","oneSentenceSummary","During the April 12, 2025 joint session, the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees approved a series of budget closings, amendments, subcommittee reports and a bill-draft request affecting several agencies.","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},6606231,"Committees approve governor's office staffing amendment, ask for bill to change grant-matching reversion rule",643,2660000,3303000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997&start=2660&end=3303","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997/thumbnail_2660000.jpg","/articles/6606231/Nevada/Committees-approve-governors-office-staffing-amendment-ask-for-bill-to-change-grant-matching-reversion-rule","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606231-c791840b54941a623f68b0c3b301a14d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007052&Signature=LXkxYYrrhPGigYIfOeGwHIH3Ln993MDa5URsTV2xlx3q2TU9erSYYwaa9JVHG8TbfYS-6TY5S1V-Gd-ocAv942llyG5krPGru5BTu7dSUQvRPV0zUfaFLTWm-twr02WtzL2TnuAYHaHAtTEmJo4DNIXI107FLXw0dlp-2m~WnaEYkMAi~KDpYKlikCw9NS5dbehN8kSRjDOz3I0v8vdjeX37rCVP6VGkaQrvO-HuV6BHeppwCqv4EXyWEAkljaM5lIA1tM-MKONfDmwTd5-74LzriuUWiBFF65Uf8N-ZqBleWtlESXHwb2ur9bp3NFcaGrrXcRUHs~aCeQZYnRvMFg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City — The joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees on Saturday approved budget amendments to the governor’s office account that reduced general fund salary authority for non‑classified positions and approved staff authority to make technical adjustments. The committees also asked staff to draft a bill to change the treatment of the state’s grant-matching account.

LCB fiscal analyst Kathy Crockett presented the governor’s office budget and described a budget amendment (A254311000) that revised funding for non‑classified staff, removed unallocated salary funding, reallocated operating costs to standard categories, and changed the funding source for some positions previously paid from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The amendment reduced general‑fund salary authority from the original base of $3.4 million to approximately $2.9 million per year for 24 positions and produced net general‑fund savings of roughly $610,000 over the biennium compared with the original submission. The committees approved the amendment on a motion by Assemblymember Monroe Moreno, seconded by Senator Winn; the motion carried.

The committee also discussed the Governor’s Office of Federal Assistance and the Nevada Grant Matching Program, which is funded through the grant‑matching account. Fiscal staff told the committee that current statute (NRS 223.492) requires the grant‑matching account to revert to the general fund at the end of odd‑numbered fiscal years, which can reduce the program’s effectiveness because federal grant award timing can lag the state budget cycle. The committee instructed staff to draft legislation to amend NRS 223.492 to allow the grant‑matching account to carry forward rather than revert. Assemblymember Monroe Moreno moved to request the bill draft; Senator Winn seconded, and the motion passed.

Other actions in the governor’s budgets included approval of other closing items recommended by fiscal staff across governor’s office accounts (including the Governor’s Washington Office and the Governor’s Mansion maintenance budgets). In the mansion budget, the committee approved eliminating a long‑vacant 0.64 FTE part‑time position for general fund savings and declined a proposed budget amendment to increase salary funding for the two remaining full‑time mansion positions; that motion passed as stated in the transcript.

Why it matters: The governor’s office non‑classified positions are funded outside the classified service, and the committee’s amendment narrows general‑fund support by removing unallocated salary authority. The requested statutory change to NRS 223.492 would alter how the state preserves matching funds for competitive federal grants.

What fiscal staff said: Kathy Crockett explained the shift of one contractor to a state position, reallocation of operating costs, and changes that resulted in roughly $304,492 in FY26 and $306,396 in FY27 in net general‑fund savings compared with the original recommendation. The fiscal analyst also described the grant‑matching account’s reversion rule and how it could disincentivize agencies from seeking matches if funds revert before federal awards are final.

Next steps: Fiscal staff will prepare a bill draft to amend NRS 223.492 and will make technical adjustments to closing documents as authorized by the committees.","Committees approved an amendment to the governor’s office budget that revised non‑classified staffing funding, approved other closing items, and asked staff to draft legislation to stop automatic reversion of the state grant-matching account at odd‑numbered fiscal year ends.",{"_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},6606234,"Committees keep ARPA grants-to-tribes funding in budget, extend authority to finish projects",324,7674000,7998000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997&start=7674&end=7998","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997/thumbnail_7674000.jpg","/articles/6606234/Nevada/Committees-keep-ARPA-grants-to-tribes-funding-in-budget-extend-authority-to-finish-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606234-79a388681c8467d770eaf3b737b01b68/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007052&Signature=bOQC0Ayety9KFrrWrz3yTspp7zm76rHL~VuaL3C-f3QxRpiQaeQ4AI34Y0pryj0dWxIEaVoXano-vu2dnE38HxyUz0tu6YNtIomy~C~yoGKH1gXhZRIXKkWLaz-I2Xdt6lMsxvm81huiCAYfRojh7Fok2T7cSTRFfGb5y63DsVXXJX4F7B-mVdmLiOvqfDAC-Ybf3DC5XQzGjW7DLVxrCwe7O044qx9FQ~je4PxT201uulGH0vNyhgQDordl3uw3q82z3JNWcpQ26m83akyHhKGdB8U37mM40fE7G9V0dMQN8JE8JnW4nLrdqbHdiOsPxbuljsDmcGEoL~~WWavb2A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City — The Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees on Saturday approved continued budget authority for the grants-to-tribes program administered by the Department of Native American Affairs and approved funding for fiscal and IT support as the department operates as a stand‑alone agency.

The committees approved technical adjustments to add approximately $271,944 in general fund appropriations over the 2025–27 biennium for fiscal services and information-technology support (Decision Units E300 and E301) after the Nevada Indian Commission transitioned to a standalone Department of Native American Affairs on July 1, 2024. Fiscal staff recommended adding additional OCIO services and annual website maintenance that were not included in the governor’s base recommendation.

On the grants-to-tribes program — funded with previously awarded American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds — the department reported that about $9.6 million remained to be expended from an original $20 million allocation, with many tribes receiving about $714,000 apiece for projects. The department said several tribes requested extensions because of construction or weather delays; the department anticipated expending all ARPA funding by Dec. 31, 2026.

Fiscal staff recommended and the committees approved technical adjustments to include $4.8 million in FY 2026 and $754,551 in FY 2027 in ARPA authority for ongoing subgrants and administrative costs, including $124,006.51 for contract grant-administration costs in FY 2026. The motion to add that authority was moved by Assemblymember Monroe Moreno and seconded by Senator Winn; it passed by voice vote.

The committees also approved the department’s recommendation for Stewart Indian School’s educational outreach funding: roughly $37,052,220.544 in general funds and $14,005.008 in room-tax revenue over the biennium was included in the packet to support the education coordinator and related programming, supplies and travel. (Other closing items include a contingent funding-source change that depends on a separate decision in the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs budget.)

Why it matters: The grants-to-tribes program supports capital and other projects for Nevada’s 28 tribes; retaining and adjusting ARPA authority ensures funds remain available as tribes finish projects and request extensions. Funding and IT/fiscal support give the newly standalone department resources to manage grants and maintain operations.

What the department said: Fiscal staff reported the department had expended about $10 million to date; four tribes had spent their full awards; fiscal staff processed a $4.5 million transfer on March 25 to support six additional subgrants projected to finish by June 2025. The department requested continued contract grant‑management positions through FY 2026 to administer closing and reporting requirements.

Next steps: Fiscal staff were authorized to make technical adjustments; committees approved retaining the ARPA budget authority and asked staff to incorporate the department’s projections into the base budget.","The committees approved retaining and adjusting authority for ARPA grants to Nevada tribes and approved fiscal and IT support for the new Department of Native American Affairs as the department continues to administer tribal subgrants.",{"_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},6606239,"Committees approve continued PERS pension-system replacement funding and ask for oversight reports",361,7235000,7596000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997&start=7235&end=7596","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997/thumbnail_7235000.jpg","/articles/6606239/Nevada/Committees-approve-continued-PERS-pension-system-replacement-funding-and-ask-for-oversight-reports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606239-ca238196c0ce011f1a72ba9215252e76/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007052&Signature=ZcE1tXhYunrzvGfK-kVIzpL0RzTCcKrzvIeZlxvsWjQxCfGQJQmmdr2zkcu2UwUdTsp6bIX0CMvQzsuS5EyLdBmTW7nENYioDB9LLDyvK0d61VpNyndAHnB1BKQUXJlO4ZsE0QKLPcvzTtuIrbZIeL~zUERX8ZRDQZzYhNTgzr1FKVc2VwU~AA~U8avEFoJkckicrsUFh4QQLM6SvqrwrcWBLaz5bRrJi7116E3jIj1EOd9mBig909YIp3DsxhW3Q0vID-UzmDxk8FrtiJrrF5MlrOPz-~3GIAkVU5xrw5Kvh9n-Ep61Q64U9rBDbPxhHWZThSFGCAFS2Fw1JwpH4A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City — The Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees on Saturday approved funding to continue Nevada PERS’ multi-year replacement of its pension administration system and authorized additional classified positions to address rising workloads.

Fiscal staff recommended and the committees approved administrative fee authority of $10.3 million in fiscal year 2026 and $807,622 in fiscal year 2027 to continue the pension-administration system replacement and related equipment costs. The motion, offered by Assemblymember Monroe Moreno and seconded by Senator Winn, passed by voice vote.

PERS told the committee the project was originally estimated at $23.5 million and previously approved by the 2019 Legislature; PERS has since pushed the projected completion date to June 30, 2026, and reported that additional programming and stakeholder-driven modifications could increase costs by up to $4.2 million. Fiscal staff presented the revised schedule and costs and recommended the committee require greater reporting.

Accordingly, the committee approved a letter of intent requesting PERS submit status reports at each interim meeting of the Retirement and Benefits Committee. Fiscal staff requested those reports include implementation timelines, vendor deliverables received and those behind schedule, training plans for staff, and oversight-company status updates. The committee also approved a separate package of administrative-fee authority ($481,887 over the 2025–27 biennium) to add four classified positions — an auditor, a retirement examiner, a retirement technician and an accounting technician — which PERS said are intended to reduce member wait times, resume a three‑year audit rotation of employers, and handle increased employer reporting complexity.

Why it matters: PERS manages retirement benefits for Nevada public employees. Delays and additional costs to its replacement system affect benefit calculations, employer reporting, and member service timelines statewide.

What PERS said: PERS indicated additional programming changes were required because of increased contribution rates and stakeholder-requested modifications to streamline employer reporting. The system requested continued monitoring and the reporting requirement the committee adopted.

Next steps: PERS will continue project implementation through mid‑2026 and provide the requested status reports to the interim Retirement and Benefits Committee. Committee staff were authorized to make technical adjustments to other recommended closing items tied to software maintenance and rent.","Legislative committees approved additional administrative fees to continue the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) pension administration system replacement and requested regular status reports to interim retirement and benefits meetings.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6606244,"Committees approve some Secretary of State staffing and IT requests, reject others amid VRAMs, Orion rollout",2289,3999000,6288000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997&start=3999&end=6288","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2973095-35136e49ba77f175afdd5ab40451f997/thumbnail_3999000.jpg","/articles/6606244/Nevada/Committees-approve-some-Secretary-of-State-staffing-and-IT-requests-reject-others-amid-VRAMs-Orion-rollout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606244-2e12932674136fca0f35fd8b40d7b2de/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007052&Signature=Xnm2iYoIL329ACzhketwzBzBcjl7A5PjrsHi28onlYia~GrAnuxnhXdp-jt8g038JCGm693YhS3Iq~F-VaLdSN9aEEFyEEUOQAQvGfAQ--deziWSEdZDgZS3TjTchss8WrPEWKLsRsyn9S8JgHqTZ39rNiRVklD9B2i6y7eT7pI3OSVJZOeuz97~ItIPedSFN9ykJ8Lo55l45Wr~ns0VUiman08w3GFNQh4fhhXfZN8ssNRhnDGR2fs-KZRLDscC4F-W7e1Oh8rJ62IoYLCGzeQ95b1UuPo3cbK51zfPsY~j2d3kuV-jUmmzhyyvvkTrenJZ8ucF~biL0iM303rHGQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carson City — The Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees on Saturday approved limited staffing and information-technology funding for the Nevada Secretary of State’s office while rejecting a number of additional positions the office requested to handle election and business-system workloads.

The committees approved funding for several cybersecurity- and IT-related positions the office prioritized, including a master IT professional (Decision Unit E309), an IT manager and IT professional for Las Vegas (E316), IT technician positions for Carson City and Las Vegas (E306 and E307), and a one-year program officer (E304). The motion to approve those selections was offered by Assemblymember Monroe Moreno and seconded by Senator Winn; the motion carried on a voice vote.

The approved positions are intended to help secure and operate the centralized voter registration and election management system (commonly referred to in the hearing as VRAMs or the GRAMA project) and to support Project Orion, the office’s multi-phase business registration and filing replacement. The committee packet notes the office received one-time appropriations in prior sessions (SB 484 and SB 485) for both projects and that parts of those appropriations were reverted by the Interim Finance Committee in April 2025.

At the hearing, the fiscal analyst described the priorities the office provided: a top-priority cloud/security role, additional IT technical support in Las Vegas, personnel for HR and compliance, and multiple administrative positions intended to improve customer service and reduce backlogs. The committee declined a longer list of other requested hires, including a financial analyst, additional compliance investigators, enforcement counsel, and numerous administrative assistants the office had proposed to staff notary and business licensing workloads. Assemblymember Monroe Moreno’s motion explicitly approved certain IT and security-focused roles and rejected the rest of the governor‑recommended list; Senator Winn seconded and the motion passed.

Committees also considered several IT and software purchases. They approved a package that included software training programs, a Java SE software license renewal, a crypto-tracing tool for investigations, and contract support for post‑election tabulation audits (Decision Units E332, E334, E339 and E310). The committee rejected or deferred higher-cost items from the original package (notably portions of the portfolio manager services and certain GIS map data support tied to VRAMs) and instructed fiscal staff to make technical adjustments as needed.

Fiscal staff repeatedly noted that some decision units included operating and equipment costs that did not align with the proposed start dates for positions; staff recommended technical corrections where necessary. The committee provided authority for staff to make those technical adjustments.

Why it matters: The decisions narrow the Secretary of State’s near-term staffing increases toward cybersecurity and core IT support ahead of the 2026 election cycle, while leaving unresolved longer-term customer‑service and compliance staffing requests that the office says are needed to address backlogs and increased workloads.

What the office said: During the hearing, J. Marie Mangoba of the LCB Fiscal Analysis Division summarized the office’s priorities and told the committee the top request was for information security and cloud expertise to ensure the safety of voter and customer data. The office also pointed to a backlog of investigative cases and rising notary workloads as underlying reasons for other position requests.

Looking ahead: The packet and discussion show the VRAMs merger (including Clark County) is targeted for completion before the 2026 election cycle. The committees approved funding for parts of the IT support and audit tools the Secretary of State says are necessary for system security and for validating election outcomes.","Joint committees approved a subset of the Secretary of State’s requested positions and IT contracts to support the statewide voter registration and election management (VRAMs) project and Project Orion, while declining other proposed hires and some fee-funded positions.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: joint committees approve multiple budget closings, subcommittee reports and technical requests

Committees approve governor's office staffing amendment, ask for bill to change grant-matching reversion rule

Committees keep ARPA grants-to-tribes funding in budget, extend authority to finish projects

Committees approve continued PERS pension-system replacement funding and ask for oversight reports

Committees approve some Secretary of State staffing and IT requests, reject others amid VRAMs, Orion rollout