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Assembly Ways and Means sets ground rules, outlines staff closings and debuts condensed fiscal brief
Summary
At its first Ways and Means meeting of the 2025 session, the Assembly committee reviewed standing policies governing remote participation and testimony, discussed staff-closing recommendations and new budget accounts, and the fiscal analysis division introduced a condensed 'fiscal brief' for members' use.
The Nevada Assembly Committee on Ways and Means opened its first meeting of the 2025 legislative session in Carson City with a presentation of standing committee policies, staff-closing recommendations and a new condensed fiscal brief intended for day‑one use.
Chair Danielle Monroe Moreno said the committee would begin with organization items and presentations, and invited Sarah Kaufman of the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s Fiscal Analysis Division to summarize the standing policies and related committee procedures. Kaufman told members the document covers rules for presenters and members, remote participation, and the committee’s budget‑review workflow.
Kaufman said presenters are expected to appear in person; remote testimony is allowed only if requested and approved by the chair. Members seeking to participate remotely must obtain the chair’s advance approval and keep cameras on while presenting. The policies also require roll‑call votes for fully virtual meetings. Subcommittees will recommend actions on their assigned budgets to the full committee, and final action on individual budgets requires a majority of the entire committee.
Kaufman and fiscal staff next reviewed the staff‑closing recommendations. The staff‑closing document highlights accounts proposed for “staff close” (yellow) and new accounts included in the governor’s 2025–27 executive budget (green); a small number of dormant accounts with no budget activity were marked separately. Chair Monroe Moreno asked members to submit requests to her by the end of the week (Friday) if they want any account removed from staff close and given a formal hearing.
The fiscal analysis division also introduced a new, condensed fiscal brief that staff said replaces the longer fiscal report used in prior sessions. Kaufman described the brief as a portable, day‑one summary of key fund balances, general fund trends and other statistics that previously appeared in a 300‑plus page fiscal report; the objective is to give legislators a compact tool they can use immediately during the 120‑day session.
The meeting included member and staff introductions: multiple committee members gave brief biographical remarks about their districts and professional backgrounds, and Ways and Means staff and the fiscal division introduced themselves and their budget assignments. Chief principal deputy fiscal staff described their roles in preparing materials and fiscal notes for the committee.
No formal committee votes or final budget decisions were taken at the meeting. The chair closed by noting the committee will reconvene the following day for legislative audit summaries and hearings on the governor’s office and lieutenant governor’s office budgets.
