AB 585 — Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137)

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585–C OMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE O PERATIONS AND ELECTIONS M AY 14, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests.

(BDR 17-1137) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

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legislativmeasurestforisLegislatorandr for otherg requesters(NRSr the drafting of 218D.150-218D.220) Existing law authorizesestablishes incumbent members of the Assemblynumber toand request,timing beforeof arequests regularfor session, the drafting of up to 9 legislative measures andfor incumbentLegislators Senators to request the drafting of up to 18 legislative measures, with portions of these requests due to the Legislative Counsel by August 1 preceding session and Decemberfor 10other precedingrequesters. session.

(NRS 218D.150-218D.220) a regular session, the drafting of up to 9 legislative measures and incumbentore Senators to request the drafting of up to 18 legislative measures, with portions of these requests due to the Legislative Counsel by August 1 preceding session and December 10 preceding session.

(1) reduces the total number of authorized pre-session requests from 9 to 6 for members of the requestsAssembly equallyand betweenfrom the18 twoto deadline12 periods;for Senators;

(2) divides this number of pre-session requests equally between the two deadline periods;

Existing law authorizes the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller and Attorney General to request the drafting of - *AB585* – 2 – certain numbers of legislative measures before a regular session on or before certain dates and establishes deadlines by which such legislative measures must be prefiled or deemed withdrawn.

(NRS 218D.175) Section 3 of this bill revises the deadline for the submission of the request for the drafting of not more than 5 legislative measures by the Governor to propose the Governor’s legislative agenda from the 19th day of a regular session to:

(1) August 1, if no gubernatorial election or before the first day of the regular session, if a gubernatorial election will occur before the regular session;session.

or (2) after the first Monday in January and on or before the first day of the regular session, if a gubernatorial election will occur before the regular session.

14.2 of the Senate and Assembly requires all bills to be introduced not later than the 50th calendar day of a regular session.

Additionally, the Nevada Constitution than the requires the Governor to submit the proposed executive budget to the Legislature not later than 14 calendar days before the commencement of each regular session.

(1) prefiling such measures on or before the 10th calendar day preceding the regular session if suchno measuresgubernatorial on or before the 15th day of the regular session if a gubernatorialng election will occur before the regular session.session;

or (2) introducing - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – election will occur before the regular session.regular session if a gubernatorial Finally, section 3 reduces the number of requests for the drafting of legislative measures before a regular session by:

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(2) [Not more than 5 legislative measures] If information which is sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or a request to withdraw one or more requests made pursuant to subparagraph (1) was submitted on or before December 10 preceding a regular session, a number of legislative measures equal to the number for which sufficient detail for drafting or a request to withdraw was submitted pursuant to subparagraph (1), which must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel after August 1 but on or before 5 p.m.

and - *AB585* – 3 – (3) Not more than 1 legislative measure submitted to the Legislative Counsel after December 10 preceding a regular session [has convened] but on or before 5 p.m.

(2) [Not more than 10 legislative measures] If information which is sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or a request to withdraw one or more requests made pursuant to subparagraph (1) was submitted on or before December 10 - 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – preceding a regular session, a number of legislative measures equal to the number for which sufficient detail for drafting or a request to withdraw was submitted pursuant to subparagraph (1), which must be submitted to the Legislative Counsel after August 1 butand on or before 5 p.m.

and (3) Not more than 2 legislative measures submitted to the Legislative Counsel after December 10 preceding a regular session [has convened] but on or before 5 p.m.

on the eighth day of the reg2.ar Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or before the first day of a regular sessionsession, .each:

[at 5 p.m.] 2.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or before the first day of a regular session, each:

- *AB585* – 4 – (1) Prefile at least 4 of the legislative measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1;

- 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – (b) Incumbent member of the Senate must:

or (2) Inform the Legislative Counsel of which 8 legislative measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 that he or she withdraws.

(1) Prefile at least 4 of the legislative measures that he or she requested pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (d) ofofhat he or she subsection 1;

- *AB585* – 5 –  If a newly elected member of the Senate does not request the maximum number of legislative measures authorized by subparagraph (1) of paragraph (d) of subsection 1, the number of legislative measures that he or she must prefile or withdraw pursuant to this paragraph is reduced by that number of unused requests.

For the purposes of - 83rd Session (2025) – 5 – this subsection, “nonreturning Legislator” means a Legislator who, in the year that the Legislator’s term of office expires:

(a) Has not filed a declaration of candidacy within the time allowed for filing for election as a member of the Senate or the Assembly;Ass(b) Has failed to win nomination as a candidate for the Senate or the Assembly at the primary election;

(b) Has failed to win nomination as a candidate for the Senate or the Assembly at the primary election;

(a) The chair of each standing committee of the immediately preceding regular session, or a person designated in the place of the chair by the Speaker of the Assembly or the Majority Leader of the Senate, may request before the date of the general election preceding a regular session the drafting of not more than 1 legislative measure for introduction by the committee in a subject within the jurisdiction of the committee for every 18 legislative measures that were referred to the respective standing committeecommitteee during the immediately preceding regular session.