WELCOME TO LEGISLATIVE DAY 2023!
Welcome! Thank you for joining the Vegas Chamber’s Legislative Day and Reception in our State’s Capitol. We are excited that you are joining us in Carson City and appreciate the time commitment you have made by being here for these important conversations with state legislators and key decision makers.
Your participation as a Vegas Chamber member sends a powerful message to state lawmakers, that you are engaged and care about the decisions that they make during the legislative session. It shows that business leaders, employers, and job creators are vested in the future of our State.
The Chamber is deeply engaged in setting the course for Nevada’s future through its public policy and advocacy efforts. That has been our role and mission for over 112 years. As a unified employer community, we will advocate for sound, common sense policies that will help employers, employees, and entrepreneurs succeed.
Today, you will have the chance to see our Government Affairs team in action. They work every day to protect employers against harmful policies. They help craft solutions to improve our business climate, encourage job creation, and create a better quality of life for all Nevadans.
The Chamber’s legislative priorities are based on the principles of protecting Nevada’s business climate, ensuring a fair and balanced legal environment supporting workforce development initiatives, advocating for employers’ rights, and fostering job creation.
Thank you for joining the Chamber today and sharing your perspective with legislators about the importance of supporting employers to grow, create jobs, and thrive. Cultivating growth and prosperity is the Chamber’s purpose and our commitment to you.
Together, let’s make sure the Voice of Business is amplified and heard in the halls of our State Legislature.
Sincerely,
Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO Vegas Chamber Paul Anderson Chairman Board of Trustees Vegas Chamber Hugh Anderson Chairman Government Affairs Committee Vegas ChamberTRIP INFORMATION
STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION
VEGAS CHAMBER
Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO mbsewald@vegaschamber.com
702.575.8020
Paul Moradkhan Senior Vice President of Government Affairs pmoradkhan@vegaschamber.com
702.810.9124
Cara Clarke Vice President of Communications cclarke@vegaschamber.com
702.743.9362
Jose Valle
Vice President of Member Services jvalle@vegaschamber.com
702.743.9354
CONTRACT TEAM MEMBERS
BLACK & WADHAMS State Lobbying Team
James Wadhams Partner
Jesse Wadhams Partner
Amy Shogren
Director of Government A airs
Catherine Guild O ce Administrator
Rosemary Evans Vice President of Marketing revans@vegaschamber.com
702.419.5723
Dylan Keith Assistant Director of Government Affairs dkeith@vegaschamber.com
702.833.0081
Trevor Parrish Government A airs Manager tparrish@vegaschamber.com 702.205.7232
Nick Schneider
Government A airs Policy Analyst nschneider@vegaschamber.com
702.343.8123
Lauren Stuart Executive Business Administrator lstuart@vegaschamber.com
702.371.2134
Jonathan Porras Communications Coordinator jporras@vegaschamber.com
702.466.8577
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Hugh Anderson Chairman of Government A airs Committee
HighTower Las Vegas
Paul Anderson
Chairman Board of Trustees Boyd Gaming Corp.
Robert Novotny
Chairman-Elect Board of Trustees Skyracer Consulting, LLC
Michael Feder
Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dickinson Wright
Michael Bolognini MFB Enterprises
Gina Bongiovi Bongiovi Law Firm
Michael Britt Red Rock Resorts, Inc.
Mark Brown Miracle Flights
MaryKaye Cashman MC Squared Management, LLC
Tim Cashman
The Cashman Companies
Lisa de Marigny Omni Limousine, Inc.
J.T. Foley
Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Betsy Fretwell
C4ward Strategies
Craig S. Galati LGA Architecture, Inc.
Jason Gray MGM Resorts International
Keith Hansen Allegiant Travel Company
Dave Howell Wells Fargo
Karlos LaSane Caesars Entertainment Corp.
Chad Leavitt Findlay Automotive Group
Scott Leedom Southwest Gas
Todd Mason Wynn Resorts
Meghan McLean Fair, Anderson & Langerman
Erin McMullen Midby Vice Chair of the Government A airs Committee Boyd Gaming Corp.
George F. Ogilvie III, Esq. McDonald Carano
John O’Reilly O’Reilly Law Group
Damon Schilling AMR/Medic West
Greta Seidman Opportunity 180
Jennifer Simich Republic Services
Todd Sklamberg Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center
Craig Stevens
Cox Communications
Judy Stokey NV Energy
Ted Wiens, Jr.
Ted Wiens Tire & Auto
SESSION INFORMATION
STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
JOE LOMBARDO (R) Governor ANTHONY STAVROS (R) Lieutenant Governor AARON FORD (D) Attorney General ZACH CONINE (D) State Treasurer ANDY MATTHEWS (R) State Controller CISCO AGUILAR (D) Secretary of StateLEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES & MEETING TOPICS
MEETING TOPICS:
Business and Employer Regulations
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a predictable, steady, and fair regulatory environment for Nevada’s employers as it essential to to creating a healthy and stable business climate.
•Employers, regardless of size or industry, need predictability so they can plan ahead, and operate. No one wants uncertainty. Instability arises when government enacts constant changes, additional costs, and burdensome mandates that hamper employers’ ability to operate, hire, and survive.
Regulatory and Litigation Environment
Committee Assignments:
•Finance Committee
•Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice chair
•Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee
Public Service:
• Elected to the Nevada State Senate in 2016
• Assistant Majority Leader, 2018 – 2019
• Majority Leader March 2019-2021
Education/Alma Mater:
• Chaparral High School
• University of Nevada, Reno, B.S.
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, J.D.
Occupation:
• Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, NV
•A fair and balanced, employment and legal climate for employers is important to job creation and economic growth for Nevadans.
•An important part of a state’s business climate is its tort liability system. The Vegas Chamber will defend Nevada’s existing legal system so that it does not become a deterrent to economic development. It cannot become a legal system that encourages countless frivolous lawsuits or an unreasonable monetary judgment by a hostile legal system.
Spending and Tax Policy
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a statewide tax structure that based on common sense principles: tax policies should be neutral, stable, equitable, and fair.
• Tax policy and rates should not be punitive toward one specific industry or sector. That approach creates instability and unpredictability for employers to operate and causes financial volatility for the state budgeting process.
Higher Education Governance
•A transparent, stable, and equitable public higher education system is something that every Nevadan should expect from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
•A top policy priority for the Vegas Chamber in the 2023 Legislature is for change to the existing higher education governance structure.
Nevada State Senate Majority LeaderLEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES & MEETING TOPICS
MEETING TOPICS:
Business and Employer Regulations
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a predictable, steady, and fair regulatory environment for Nevada’s employers as it essential to to creating a healthy and stable business climate.
Nevada State Senate Minority Leader
HEIDI SEEVERS
GANSERT (R) Senate District 15
Committee Assignments:
•Senate Finance (Member)
•Senate Legislative Operations and Elections (Member)
•Senate Revenue and Economic Development (Member)
Public Service:
•Co-Minority Whip, 2019
• Nevada Senate, 2016-Present (first elected November 2016)
Education/Alma Mater:
•University of Nevada, Reno - Reno, Nevada, MBA
•Santa Clara University - Santa Clara, California, B.S., Engineering
Occupation:
• Special Assistant for External Affairs – University of Nevada, Reno
•Employers, regardless of size or industry, need predictability so they can plan ahead, and operate. No one wants uncertainty. Instability arises when government enacts constant changes, additional costs, and burdensome mandates that hamper employers’ ability to operate, hire, and survive.
Regulatory and Litigation Environment
•A fair and balanced, employment and legal climate for employers is important to job creation and economic growth for Nevadans.
•An important part of a state’s business climate is its tort liability system. The Vegas Chamber will defend Nevada’s existing legal system so that it does not become a deterrent to economic development. It cannot become a legal system that encourages countless frivolous lawsuits or an unreasonable monetary judgment by a hostile legal system.
Spending and Tax Policy
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a statewide tax structure that based on common sense principles: tax policies should be neutral, stable, equitable, and fair.
• Tax policy and rates should not be punitive toward one specific industry or sector. That approach creates instability and unpredictability for employers to operate and causes financial volatility for the state budgeting process.
Higher Education Governance
•A transparent, stable, and equitable public higher education system is something that every Nevadan should expect from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
•A top policy priority for the Vegas Chamber in the 2023 Legislature is for change to the existing higher education governance structure.
LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES & MEETING TOPICS
MEETING TOPICS:
Business and Employer Regulations
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a predictable, steady, and fair regulatory environment for Nevada’s employers as it essential to to creating a healthy and stable business climate.
Nevada Assembly Speaker
STEVE YEAGER (D)
Assembly District 9
Committee Assignments:
•Assembly Commerce and Labor (Member)
•Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections (Member)
•Assembly Ways and Means (Member)
Public Service:
• Nevada Assembly, 2017-2023 (first elected November 2016)—four regular and three special sessions
•2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Growth and Infrastructure; Revenue
•2019 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary (Chair); Growth and Infrastructure (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
Education/Alma Mater:
•University of Michigan, B.A., History and Spanish
•Cornell Law School, J.D., Cum
Laude
Occupation:
• Attorney
•Employers, regardless of size or industry, need predictability so they can plan ahead, and operate. No one wants uncertainty. Instability arises when government enacts constant changes, additional costs, and burdensome mandates that hamper employers’ ability to operate, hire, and survive.
Regulatory and Litigation Environment
•A fair and balanced, employment and legal climate for employers is important to job creation and economic growth for Nevadans.
•An important part of a state’s business climate is its tort liability system. The Vegas Chamber will defend Nevada’s existing legal system so that it does not become a deterrent to economic development. It cannot become a legal system that encourages countless frivolous lawsuits or an unreasonable monetary judgment by a hostile legal system.
Spending and Tax Policy
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a statewide tax structure that based on common sense principles: tax policies should be neutral, stable, equitable, and fair.
• Tax policy and rates should not be punitive toward one specific industry or sector. That approach creates instability and unpredictability for employers to operate and causes financial volatility for the state budgeting process.
Higher Education Governance
•A transparent, stable, and equitable public higher education system is something that every Nevadan should expect from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
•A top policy priority for the Vegas Chamber in the 2023 Legislature is for change to the existing higher education governance structure.
LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES & MEETING TOPICS
MEETING TOPICS:
Business and Employer Regulations
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a predictable, steady, and fair regulatory environment for Nevada’s employers as it essential to to creating a healthy and stable business climate.
Nevada Assembly Minority Floor Leader
PHILIP P.K.
O’NEILL (R) Assembly District 40
Committee Assignments:
•Assembly Commerce and Labor (Member)
•Assembly Revenue (Member)
•Assembly Ways and Means (Member)
Public Service:
•Nevada Assembly, 2015 and 20212023 (first elected in November 2014; after a lapse in service, subsequently elected November 2020)—three regular and three special sessions
•2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Commerce and Labor; Judiciary; Revenue
Education/Alma Mater:
•Sierra Nevada College, B.S., Business Management
Occupation:
• Retired Law Enforcement
•Employers, regardless of size or industry, need predictability so they can plan ahead, and operate. No one wants uncertainty. Instability arises when government enacts constant changes, additional costs, and burdensome mandates that hamper employers’ ability to operate, hire, and survive.
Regulatory and Litigation Environment
•A fair and balanced, employment and legal climate for employers is important to job creation and economic growth for Nevadans.
•An important part of a state’s business climate is its tort liability system. The Vegas Chamber will defend Nevada’s existing legal system so that it does not become a deterrent to economic development. It cannot become a legal system that encourages countless frivolous lawsuits or an unreasonable monetary judgment by a hostile legal system.
Spending and Tax Policy
•Vegas Chamber will advocate for a statewide tax structure that based on common sense principles: tax policies should be neutral, stable, equitable, and fair.
• Tax policy and rates should not be punitive toward one specific industry or sector. That approach creates instability and unpredictability for employers to operate and causes financial volatility for the state budgeting process.
Higher Education Governance
•A transparent, stable, and equitable public higher education system is something that every Nevadan should expect from the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
•A top policy priority for the Vegas Chamber in the 2023 Legislature is for change to the existing higher education governance structure.
COMMITTEES & LEADERSHIP
2023 NEVADA STATE SENATE COMMITTEES
SENATE COMMITTEE COMMERCE AND LABOR
Senator Pat Spearman - Chair (D)
Sen. Roberta Lange - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Melanie Scheible (D)
Sen. Skip Daly (D)
Sen. Julie Pazina (D)
Sen. Scott Hammond (R)
Sen. Carrie A. Buck (R)
Sen. Jeff Stone (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE EDUCATION
Senator Roberta Lange - Chair (D)
Sen. Edgar Flores - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Dina Neal (D)
Sen. Fabian Doñate (D)
Scott Hammond (R)
Sen. Carrie A. Buck (R)
Sen. Robin L. Titus (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE FINANCE
Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop - Chair (D)
Sen. Nicole J. Cannizzaro - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Dallas Harris (D)
Sen. Dina Neal (D)
Sen. Rochelle T. Nguyen (D)
Sen. Pete Goicoechea (R)
Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R)
Sen. Robin L. Titus (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Senator Edgar Flores - Chair (D)
Sen. James Ohrenschall - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Skip Daly (D)
Sen. Pete Goicoechea (R)
Sen. Lisa Krasner (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Senator Dallas Harris - Chair (D)
Sen. Pat Spearman - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Julie Pazina (D)
Sen. Scott Hammond (R)
Sen. Ira Hansen (R)
2023 NEVADA STATE SENATE COMMITTEES
SENATE COMMITTEE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Senator Fabian Doñate - Chair (D)
Sen. Rochelle T. Nguyen - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Roberta Lange (D)
Sen. Jeff Stone (R)
Sen. Robin L. Titus (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE JUDICIARY
Senator Melanie Scheible - Chair (D)
Sen. Dallas Harris - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. James Ohrenschall (D)
Sen. Marilyn Dondero Loop
Sen. Rochelle T. Nguyen (D)
Sen. Ira Hansen (R)
Sen. Lisa Krasner (R)
Sen. Jeff Stone (R)
2023 NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE COMMERCE AND LABOR
Assemblywoman Elaine Marzola - Chair (D)
Asm. Sandra Jauregui – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Shea Backus (D)
Asm. Max Carter (D)
Asm. Bea Duran (D)
Asm. Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D)
Asm. Selena Torres (D)
Asm. Steve Yeager (D)
Asm. Melissa Hardy (R)
Asm. Heidi Kasama (R)
Asm. Philip P.K. O’Neill (R)
Asm. Toby Yurek (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE EDUCATION
Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod – Chair (D)
Asm. Angie Taylor – Vice Chair (D)
SENATE COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Senator James Ohrenschall - Chair (D)
Sen. Skip Daly - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Nicole J. Cannizzaro (D)
Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R)
Sen. Lisa Krasner (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE NATURAL RESOURCES
Senator Julie Pazina - Chair (D)
Sen. Melanie Scheible - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Edgar Flores (D)
Sen. Pete Goicoechea (R)
Sen. Ira Hansen (R)
SENATE COMMITTEE REVENUE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Senator Dina Neal - Chair (D)
Sen. Fabian Doñate - Vice Chair (D)
Sen. Pat Spearman (D)
Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R)
Sen. Carrie A. Buck (R)
Asm. Natha Anderson (D)
Asm. Reuben D’Silva (D)
Asm. Selena La Rue Hatch (D)
Asm. Erica Mosca (D)
Asm. Clara Thomas (D)
Asm. Selena Torres (D)
Asm. Alexis Hansen (R)
Asm. Melissa Hardy (R)
Asm. Gregory Koenig (R)
Asm. Richard McArthur (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Assemblywoman Selena Torres – Chair (D)
Asm. Bea Duran – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Max Carter (D)
Asm. Reuben D’Silva (D)
Asm. Cecelia González (D)
Asm. Duy Nguyen (D)
Asm. Angie Taylor (D)
Asm. Clara Thomas (D)
Asm. Rich DeLong (R)
Asm. Bert Gurr (R)
Asm. Brian Hibbits (R)
Asm. Gregory Koenig (R)
Asm. Richard McArthur (R)
2023 NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Assemblyman Howard Watts - Chair (D)
Asm. Tracy Brown-May – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Max Carter (D)
Asm. Elaine Marzola (D)
Asm. Brittney Miller (D)
Asm. Cameron (C.H.) Miller (D)
Asm. Sarah Peters (D)
Asm. Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D)
Asm. Jill Dickman (R)
Asm. Danielle Gallant (R)
Asm. Bert Gurr (R)
Asm. Heidi Kasama (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Assemblywoman Sarah Peters – Chair (D)
Asm. David Orentlicher – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Cecelia González (D)
Asm. Michelle Gorelow (D)
Asm. Sabra Newby (D)
Asm. Duy Nguyen (D)
Asm. Angie Taylor (D)
Asm. Clara Thomas (D)
Asm. Ken Gray (R)
Asm. Gregory T. Hafen II (R)
Asm. Brian Hibbetts (R)
Asm. Gregory Koenig (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE JUDICIARY
Assemblywoman Brittney Miller – Chair (D)
Asm. Elaine Marzola – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D)
Asm. Lesley E. Cohen (D)
Asm. Venicia Considine (D)
Asm. Selena La Rue Hatch (D)
Asm. Erica Mosca (D)
Asm. Sabra Newby (D)
Asm. David Orentlicher (D)
Asm. Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D)
Asm. Danielle Gallant (R)
Asm. Ken Gray (R)
Asm. Alexis Hansen (R)
Asm. Melissa Hardy (R)
Asm. Toby Yurek (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS
AND ELECTIONS
Assemblyman Michelle Gorelow - Chair (D)
Asm. Brittney Miller – Vice Chair
Asm. Reuben D’Silva (D)
Asm. Cecelia González (D)
Asm. Cameron (C.H.) Miller (D)
Asm. Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D)
Asm. Sabra Newby (D)
Asm. Steve Yeager (D)
Asm. Rich DeLong (R)
Asm. Jill Dickman (R)
Asm. Brian Hibbetts (R)
Asm. Richard McArthur (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
NATURAL RESCOURCES
Assemblywoman Lesley E. Cohen – Chair (D)
Asm. Natha Anderson – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D)
Asm. Tracy Brown-May (D)
Asm. Venicia Considine (D)
Asm. Bea Duran (D)
Asm. Selena La Rue Hatch (D)
Asm. Howard Watts (D)
Asm. Rich DeLong (R)
Asm. Bert Gurr (R)
Asm. Alexis Hansen (R)
Asm. Toby Yurek (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Assemblywoman Michell Gorelow – Chair (D)
Asm. Elaine Marzola – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D)
Asm. Lesley E. Cohen (D)
Asm. Venicia Considine (D)
Asm. Selena La Rue Hatch (D)
Asm. Erica Mosca (D)
Asm. Sabra Newby (D)
Asm. David Orentlicher (D)
Asm. Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D)
Asm. Danielle Gallant (R)
Asm. Ken Gray (R)
Asm. Alexis Hansen (R)
Asm. Melissa Hardy (R)
Asm. Toby Yurek (R)
2023 NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE REVENUE
Assemblywoman Shea Backus - Chair (D)
Asm. Venicia Considine – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Natha Anderson (D)
Asm. Lesley E. Cohen (D)
Asm. Erica Mosca (D)
Asm. Duy Nguyen (D)
Asm. David Orentlicher (D)
Asm. Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D)
Asm. Danielle Gallant (R)
Asm. Ken Gray (R)
Asm. Gregory T. Hafen II (R)
Asm. Philip P.K. O’Neill (R)
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS
Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno – Chair (D)
Asm. Shea Backus – Vice Chair (D)
Asm. Natha Anderson (D)
Asm. Tracy Brown-May (D)
Asm. Michelle Gorelow (D)
Asm. Sandra Jauregui (D)
Asm. C.H. Miller (D)
Asm. Sarah Peters (D)
Asm. Howard Watts (D)
Asm. Steve Yeager (D)
Asm. Jill Dickman (R)
Asm. Gregory T. Hafen II (R)
Asm. Heidi Kasama (R)
Asm. Philip P.K. O’Neill (R)
82 ND SESSION ELECTED OFFICIALS
2023 NEVADA STATE SENATE
CARRIE A. BUCK (R) Assistant Minority Leader NICOLE J. CANNIZZARO (D) Majority Leader DALY SKIP (D) FABIAN DOÑATE (D) Co-Majority Whip MARILYN DONDERO LOOP (D) EDGAR FLORES (D) PETE GIOCOECHEA (R) SCOTT HAMMOND (R)2023 NEVADA STATE SENATE
IRA HANSEN (R) DALLAS HARRIS (D) Chief Majority Whip DINA NEIL (D) ROCHELLE T. NYGUYEN (D) MELANIE SCHEIBLE (D) Co-Majority Whip HEIDI SEEVERS GANSERT (R) Minority Leader LISA KRASNER (R) Co- Minority Whip ROBERTA LANGE (D) Assistant Majority Leader JAMES OHRENSCHALL (D) JULIE PAZINA (D) PAT SPEARMAN (D) President Pro Tempore JEFF STONE (R) Co-Minority Whip82 ND SESSION ELECTED OFFICIALS
2023 NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY
NATHA C. ANDERSON (D) SHEA BACKUS (D) SHANNON BILRAY-AXELROD (D) TRACY BROWN-MAY (D) MAX CARTER (D) LESLIEY E. COHEN VENECIA CONSIDINE (D) RICH DELONG (R) Minority Whip2023 NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY
STATE OF NEVADA 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
120-DAY CALENDAR
2023 SOUTHERN NEVADA FORUM LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
In 2013, the Southern Nevada Forum was developed by a group of state legislators, the Vegas Chamber, the City of Las Vegas, other business organizations, business leaders, concerned citizens, and other stakeholders from Southern Nevada.
Each biennium, the Forum meets to determine regional priorities for the upcoming legislative session including K-12 education, higher education, transportation and infrastructure, economic development and workforce, healthcare, and good governance. Priorities are developed by subcommittees in each of these major priority areas, and legislation develops from these priorities. These subcommittees are chaired by Southern Nevada legislators in a bipartisan manner.
EDUCATION:
•Restructuring the CCSD to a hybrid appointed and elected board, Sponsor: Assemblyman Toby Yurek
•Restructuring the Nevada System of Higher Education Board, Sponsor: Senator Fabian Donate
•Modernization of the Nevada Grants O ce, Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe Moreno
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE:
•Expand Career Technical Education and create a framework, Sponsor: Senator Roberta Lange
•Expanding film tax credits, Sponsor: Senator Roberta Lange
FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS:
•Fund the Small Business Development Center ($1 Million)-Budget Request
•Providing funding to Graduate Medical Education in Southern Nevada ($10 Million) -Budget Request
•Provide funding for the Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation Building at UNLV ($13.3 Million) -Budget Request
•Provide funding for CSN’s dual credit expansion for disadvantaged students ($500,000) -Budget Request
HEALTHCARE:
•Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings, Sponsor: Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen
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