From prohibiting threats against candidates to disclosing ads made with AI, new laws make changes to Nevada’s elections.
Jessica Hill
Politics Reporter
Email: jehill@reviewjournal.com
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Jessica Hill covers Nevada politics. Before joining the Las Vegas Review-Journal in August 2022, she covered politics and environmental issues for the Las Vegas Sun. Jessica moved to Las Vegas in October 2021 after spending two years on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, writing about crime and small-town governments. Hailing from Akron, Ohio, she graduated in 2019 from Ohio University with degrees in journalism, global studies and Spanish.
The Nevada Supreme Court ordered Gov. Joe Lombardo’s ethics case back to District Court.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill that would have established a statutory right to IVF treatment, citing the state’s fiscal woes.
Senate Republicans proposed selling off up to 3.3 million acres of public land across 11 Western states.
Attorney General Aaron Ford joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to stop the redistribution of firearm devices that allow guns to fire faster.
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New policies for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program were announced, withdrawing funds already given out and forcing states to reapply.
Gov. Joe Lombardo rejected a bill to expand drop box access and implement voter ID as part of his record-setting vetoes of bills from the Democratic-controlled Nevada Legislature.
The Nevada legislative session ended with a hold-up from Senate Republicans. A bill to bring a film studio to Las Vegas died, as did three of the Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five signature bills.
The bill aiming to increase animal cruelty penalties known as “Reba’s Law” passed the Nevada Senate, a major hurdle for the bill that was once thought to be dead.
The capital improvement project bill, the last constitutionally required budget bill legislators must pass, is soon heading to the governor’s desk.
A bill proposed by Democratic Speaker Steve Yeager to include voter ID requirements as part of a compromise passed the Senate and now heads to the governor.