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Regional rail working group elects chair, sets aggressive monthly schedule to meet July report deadline
Summary
Assemblyman Max Carter was elected chair and Senator Skip Daley vice chair of the Regional Rail Transit Advisory Working Group; members approved a monthly meeting cadence and directed staff to assemble presentations on financing, Brightline and local partners ahead of a report due July 1, 2026.
Assemblyman Max Carter was elected chair of the Regional Rail Transit Advisory Working Group at its first meeting, and Senator Skip Daley was elected vice chair, after voice votes on nominations from members.
Alex Drozdoff, policy analyst for the Legislative Council Bureau, opened nominations for the statutory election required by Assembly Bill 256 (2025). Commissioner Justin Jones nominated Carter for chair, the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. Senator Daley was later nominated and confirmed as vice chair with Chair Carter seconding the motion.
The group established an ambitious meeting schedule to meet a statutory deadline: the working group must finalize a report and actionable plan and transmit recommendations to the joint interim standing committee on growth and infrastructure by July 1, 2026, per AB 256. Chair Carter said the intent is to meet monthly through June and that staff would post a calendar by the end of the week.
Members raised planning and process priorities they want on coming agendas, including detailed finance briefings, presentations from Brightline West, representatives from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Monorail operator, the Clark County Department of Aviation on the new supplemental airport, environmental groups, and private employers involved in major regional job centers. Keeley Latham, LCB staff, read member availability on the record and staff committed to circulating confirmed meeting dates.
LCB staff and legislative counsel also reminded members of open-meeting requirements and penalties for noncompliance. Aaron McDonald, senior deputy legislative counsel, briefed the group on the Open Meeting Law and noted that actions taken in violation of the law may be void and that criminal or civil penalties can apply.
Next steps: staff will finalize meeting dates, invite the suggested presenters, and begin assembling the research and legal materials the group needs to study funding options, project definitions and governance models ahead of the July 1, 2026 report deadline.
