The Nevada Legislature's Sunset Committee voted to select a slate of statutory boards, commissions and similar entities for review during the 2025'026 interim and approved updated review forms that add a question about interstate compacts and licensure reciprocity.

Chair Assemblymember Shay Backus proposed a grouped slate of entities intended to meet the statutory minimum number of reviews. LCB policy analyst Haley Prowell read a candidate list of 24 entities from staff. Members discussed priorities and potential consolidations; Assemblymember Gregory Hafen disclosed that two boards on the backup list intersect with his private business (the Public Utilities Commission and the Water Operator Certificate Board).

Assemblymember Heidi Kasama moved to approve the slate as read; Senator Skip Daley seconded. The committee carried the motion by voice vote. The approved grouped slate included entities such as the Credit Union Advisory Council; Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council; Commission to Study Governmental Purchasing (Nevada Public Purchasing Study Commission); the California-Nevada Super Speed Ground Transportation Commission; the Esports Technical Advisory Committee; the Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug, and Gambling Counselors; the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis; the Certified Court Reporters Board of Nevada; the State Barbers Health and Sanitation Board; the State Board of Podiatry; the Nevada Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners; the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Board of Control; the Government Employee Management Relations Board; the Taxicab Authority and Nevada Transportation Authority; and the Employment Management Committee.

Under agenda item 6, staff presented two review templates (Form 1 for all boards and Form 2 for occupational/professional boards). Committee members suggested expanding comparative-fee questions to include interstate reciprocity and compacts. Senator Lang moved to approve Forms 1 and 2 with that modification to Form 2; Assemblymember Kasama seconded. The committee approved the motion by voice vote.

Legal counsel advised members that Nevada Revised Statutes require the interim committee to hold meetings to solicit comments on whether an entity should be continued, modified, consolidated or terminated, but the statute does not require the entity itself to appear in person; staff said the entity's completed form and agenda item discussion can satisfy the hearing requirement. Members also discussed the use of a consent agenda for entities whose submitted forms justify continuation.

The committee closed the meeting after a short public-comment period and directed staff to distribute the approved forms and questionnaires to the selected entities for their responses and to schedule follow-up hearings as needed.

Why this matters: The slate and modified forms set the committee's 2025'026 oversight calendar. Adding a question on interstate compacts and reciprocity will change the information collected from licensing boards and could affect future recommendations about consolidation, termination, or statutory revision.