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Nevada Senate approves press accreditation and refers multiple bills to committees
Summary
At a brief floor session Feb. 20 in Carson City, the Nevada State Senate approved accreditation for press representatives and referred a concurrent resolution and three newly introduced bills to committees, with no recorded debate or roll-call objections.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada State Senate on Feb. 20 approved accreditation for press representatives and sent several new measures to committee during a short floor session, lawmakers and the clerk recorded.
The Senate unanimously carried a motion by Senator Heidi Scheibel to accept the persons listed on the chamber screen as accredited press representatives and to allow them use of the Legislative Building’s media facilities. “I move that the persons noted on the chamber screen above be accepted as accredited press representatives and that they be allowed to use of the appropriate media facilities in the Legislative Building,” Scheibel said; senators voted “aye” and the motion carried.
The chamber then handled introductions and first readings of measures and referred them to committee with no floor debate. Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, which recognizes the Fruit Loop as a historical LGBTQ+ landmark in Clark County, was referred to the Committee on Government Affairs after Senator Donate moved the referral and no senators objected. The clerk recorded that SCR2 was referred to Government Affairs.
Three bills received first reading and committee referrals: Senate Bill 227, introduced by the Committee on Education to enact the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact, was referred to the Senate Committee on Education after a motion by Senator Taylor. Senate Bill 228, introduced by Senators Pezina and D’Auntie to appropriate money to establish a pediatric stem cell and bone marrow transplant program, was referred to the Committee on Finance following a motion by Senator Pezina. Senate Bill 229, described in the journal as revising provisions relating to education and introduced by Senator Dandera Loop, was referred to the Committee on Education after the mover’s request.
Senate officers also announced several sponsorship additions for bills on the desk; the clerk confirmed the approvals as entered into the record. Communications filed for the journal included requests from U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Douglas W. Herndon seeking opportunities to address the legislature, both noted in the clerk’s communications.
With no further floor business, Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro moved adjournment; the Senate stood adjourned until 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 24.
Why it matters: Committee referrals are the next formal step in bill consideration. The referral of SB228 — an appropriation to create a pediatric stem cell and bone marrow transplant program — places a budgetary item before the finance committee; the resolution recognizing the Fruit Loop will be considered by Government Affairs. The session’s actions were procedural and produced no recorded roll-call votes on the referrals.
