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Committee advances four measures in work session, including $1,000 filing fee for presidential preference primary
Summary
During its work session the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections amended and advanced four measures: SB225 (presidential primary filing fee) and SJR1, SJR8 and SJR10 (joint resolutions on veteran benefits, public‑lands protections and psychedelic research).
During its work session the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections amended and advanced four measures to the floor.
Haley Proll of LCB summarized the items. The committee voted to "do pass" on:
- Senate Bill 225, which would require a person filing a declaration of candidacy for the presidential preference primary election to pay a $1,000 filing fee (no amendments recorded in committee);
- Senate Joint Resolution 1, urging Congress to change federal law so eligible surviving spouses who opted into the Survivor Benefit Plan could receive an amount equal to the veteran’s retirement pay after the veteran’s death (amendment added to add Assembly member Mosca as a cosponsor);
- Senate Joint Resolution 8, urging Congress to consider federal protections (national conservation area, national recreation area or national monument or other protections) for public lands including Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens (amendment added cosponsors);
- Senate Joint Resolution 10, urging Congress and federal agencies to act on research and legal protections for therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds and to support expanded research at qualified institutions (amendment to clarify scope of legal protection was added).
Each measure was taken up by motion and voice vote in the committee; the record shows motions, seconds, and procedural voice votes but no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript. The committee chair assigned floor statements and the measures were forwarded consistent with the committee’s action.
