NevadaNevada law sets rules for interim committees and board reviews
Nevada law sets rules for interim committees, including where the Public Lands Committee meets and how the Sunset Committee reviews state boards.
What it does
The Committee on Public Lands works as a stand-alone interim committee. It must hold at least three meetings each interim, with the main location in a different county outside Clark County, Washoe County, or Carson City each time.
The Sunset Committee reviews at least 10 state boards and commissions each interim and considers whether each should continue, change, combine with another, or end.
A committee chair may authorize investigative activities as official committee business. Lobbyist-paid support for those activities is excluded from gift rules, and the text says it need not be reported on financial disclosure statements.
Teachers and education support professionals who meet the eligibility rules must apply to the Education Committee by December 1 of an odd-numbered year to seek a task force seat.
Argument forTeachers and education support professionals may have more time to apply for the task force, since applications are due in December before the selection year.
Argument againstHolding three meetings in different counties outside Clark, Washoe, and Carson City could make travel harder for committee members and some attendees.
More detail
The Committee on Public Lands is a stand-alone interim committee. The committee’s work covers public lands and related issues in Nevada. The eight members include six lawmakers, a local elected official, and a representative of Nevada tribal governments. The committee may review federal public-land policies, hold hearings, and recommend state or federal action. The meeting requirement applies during each legislative interim.
The Sunset Committee of the Legislature reviews state boards and commissions and considers whether they should continue, change, combine, or end. The committee reviews state boards and commissions within those limits. The review covers boards and commissions not created by the state Constitution or a governor’s executive order. A board or commission must show a public need for it to continue. At least 10 reviews must take place during each legislative interim.
A committee chair may authorize investigative meetings, events, or trips as official committee business, and qualifying lobbyist-paid support is excluded from gift rules. The provisions cover legislative committees and their members and staff. The chair must authorize the activity so committee members or staff can investigate or learn about committee business or possible future legislative action. The text excludes these activities from financial disclosure statements; it does not ban lobbyist payments.
A teacher or education support professional applying to serve on the recruitment and retention task force must submit an application by December 1 of an odd-numbered year. The application is for a teacher or education support professional seeking a place on the Nevada State Teacher and Education Support Professional Recruitment and Retention Advisory Task Force. Applicants must meet the law’s experience and current public-school employment requirements and may not be serving on another education-related government body. The committee selects one or more members by February 15 of the following even-numbered year.
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- Passed Senate
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- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 455.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 5Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Assembly Amendment No. 927 concurred in.
- Jun 1In Senate.
- May 31From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 30From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 927.) To printer.Minor
- May 26From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 769.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 11Notice of exemption.
- Feb 20From printer. To committee.
- Feb 19Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.Introduced
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