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Assembly Judiciary Committee advances multiple bills in work session; committee assigns floor statements
Summary
The Nevada Assembly Committee on Judiciary held a lengthy work session in which it advanced a set of bills sponsored by the committee and by individual members. Most measures were advanced to the floor; the committee recorded votes (including several recorded nays) and assigned floor statements.
The Assembly Committee on Judiciary in Carson City conducted a work session in which it considered and advanced multiple bills to the Assembly floor. Committee staff read each measure and the committee voted to move most of them forward; when recorded, the transcript lists members voting nay for several measures. Committee chairs and vice chairs made or seconded motions and the chair assigned floor‑statement authors for each advanced item.
Votes at a glance (work‑session outcomes as recorded in committee):
- AB 15 (sponsored by the committee on behalf of the Attorney General): Motion to do pass; motion moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Nadeem. Recorded nays: Assemblymembers Gray, Uhrick, and Hansen. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Nadeem.
- AB 17 (committee on behalf of the State Controller): Motion to do pass; motion moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gray. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Hansen.
- AB 18 (committee on behalf of the Supreme Court): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gray. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Cole.
- AB 30 (committee on behalf of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gonzales. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Dahlia.
- AB 89 (committee on unclothed searches of children at certain juvenile justice facilities): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gonzales. Recorded nays: Assemblymembers Urick, Hansen, Cole, Gray and Hardy. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Gonzales.
- AB 90 (juvenile justice provisions, committee sponsor): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gonzales. Recorded nays: Assemblymembers Hardy, Gray, Cole, Urick and Hansen. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember LaRue Hatch.
- AB 216 (sponsored by Assemblymember Hardy; revises domestic violence provisions): Committee considered a sponsor amendment and then moved to amend and do pass; motion moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember LaRue Hatch. Recorded nay: Assemblymember Roth. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Hardy.
- AB 227 (adoption‑related revisions; sponsor Assemblymember Miller): Motion to amend and do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Hansen. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Chair Miller.
- AB 283 (summary eviction procedures; sponsor Assemblymember Carter): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gonzales. Recorded nays: Assemblymembers Hardy, Gray, Cole, Urick and Hansen. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Carter.
- AB 308 (cannabis establishment agents; sponsor Assemblymember Backus/Bacchus): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Cole. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Bacchus.
- AB 344 (judiciary provisions; sponsor Assemblymember Marzola): Motion to amend and do pass; moved and seconded. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Vice Chair Marzola.
- AB 369 (orders of protection; sponsor Assemblymember Bacchus): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Hardy. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Bacchus.
- AB 467 (forensic mental health revisions; sponsors Assemblymembers Roth and Yeager; sponsor amendment presented): Motion to amend and do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Cole. Outcome: motion passes unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Roth.
- AB 490 (expands certain judicial jurisdiction to qualified districts): Motion to do pass; moved by Vice Chair Marzola and seconded by Assemblymember Gonzalez. Recorded nays: Assemblymembers Gray and Hansen. Outcome: motion passes. Floor statement assigned to Assemblymember Moore.
Committee staff read brief summaries for each bill and announced whether amendments had been submitted. Most measures were sponsored by the committee on behalf of state agencies or by individual Assembly members. When nays were recorded, the chair asked members to raise their hands and read names for the record.
Ending note: Committee members said the work session would continue over the next two days and that floor statements would be filed for advanced measures. This article summarizes the committee's recorded motions and assignments as captured in the committee transcript; readers should consult the official committee minutes and the legislative clerk for final vote tallies and vote‑by‑member records.
