AR 1 — Adopts the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature. (BDR R-980)

The Speaker shall appoint an alternate member with the qualifications set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 and an alternate member with the qualifications set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1.

The Minority Leader shall appoint an alternate (c) member with the qualifications set forth in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 and an alternate member with the qualifications set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1.

6.during the interim between regular sessions of the Legislature.

The tenure of the members of the Committee shall extend during the interim between regular sessions of the Legislature.

All proceedings held by the Committee to consider the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of any person on matters of ethics or conflicts of interest and all materials related to those proceedings are confidential, unless the person who is the subject of the proceedings- requests83rd aSession public(2025) hearing– or8 discloses– the content of the proceedings or materials.

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and (c) Filed with the Legislative Counsel who shall review the complaint and any other relevant information and consult with the Chair of the Committee or, if the Chair is the subject of the complaint, with the Vice Chair, to evaluate whether the Committee has jurisdiction and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter.

If it is determined that the Committee:Committee:s warranted in the (1) Does not have jurisdiction or that an investigation is not warranted in the matter, the Legislative Counsel shall send written notice of the determination to the individual who filed the complaint.

(1) Does not have jurisdiction or that an investigation is not warranted in the matter, the Legislative Counsel shall send written notice of the determination to the individual who filed the complaint.

In determining whether the Legislator has such a conflict of interest, the Legislator should consider whether the independence of judgment of a reasonable person in his or her situation upon the matter in question would be materially affected by then upon the Legislator’s:

 In interpreting and applying the provisions of this subsection, it must be presumed that the independence of judgment of a reasonable person in the Legislator’s situation would not be materially- affected83rd bySession the(2025) Legislator’s– private9 economic– interest or the Legislator’s commitment to a member of his or her householdhouseholdst or or immediate family where the resulting benefit or detriment accruing to the Legislator, or if the Legislator has a commitment - *AR1* – 9 – to a member of his or her household or immediate family, accruing to those other persons, is not greater than that accruing to any other member of the general business, profession, occupation or group that is affected by the matter.

(b) If the Legislator makes the disclosure on the floor of the Assembly,Ass12. in the Journal.

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and (b) His or her interest is greater than the interests of an entire classcla14. of persons similarly situated.

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If a Legislator who is a member of a committee declares on the record when a vote is to be taken by the committee that he or she will abstain from voting because of the requirements of this - 83rd Session (2025) – 10 – Rule, the necessary quorum to act upon and the number of votes necessary to act upon the matter is reduced as though the Legislator abstaining were not a member of the committee.

The standards and procedures set forth in this Rule which govern whether and to what extent a member of the Assembly has a conflict of interest, should disclose a conflict of interest or - *AR1* – 10 – should abstain from voting upon, advocating or opposing a matter concerning which the member has a conflict of interest pursuant to subsection 10:

The presiding officer shall declare all votes, but the yeas and nays must be taken when called for by three members present, and the names of those calling for the yeas and nays must bebeent, entered in the Journal by the Chief Clerk.

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and (b) Is physically present within the Assembly Chambers,  may cast a vote in the Assembly.Assembly.n the Assembly Chambers, 8.

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Any member who votes for another - *AR1* – 11 – member may be punished in any manner deemed appropriate by the Assembly.

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2.postponed.

The announcement of the result of any vote shall not be postponed.Rule No.

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The standing committees of the Assembly for the regular session, and for Legislative Operations and Elections for both the - 83rd Session (2025) – 12 – regular session pursuant to this Rule and for a special session pursuant to Assembly Standing Rule No.

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Revenue.

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45, all committees will operate under the rules set forth herein and other uniform committee rules as determined by the Speaker committee may adopt and publishedfile onwith the NevadaChief Legislature’sClerk’s InternetOffice. website.

Each committee may adopt and file with the Chief Clerk’s Office policies consistent with these rules.

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4.same rules as standing committees.ommittees shall follow the Rule No.

Subcommittees of standing committees shall follow the same rules as standing committees.

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If the first committee votes to amend the bill or resolution, it must be reprinted with amendments and then returned to the first - *AR1* – 13 – committee or sent immediately to the next committee.

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1.name a Chair to preside.

The Speaker shall preside as Chair of the Committee or name2. a Chair to preside.

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Insofar as they are applicable and not in conflict with this Rule, a Committee will observe the committee rules set forth in Section V(A) of the Assembly Standing Rules and such other - 83rd Session (2025) – 14 – uniform committee rules as determined by the Speaker and published on the Nevada Legislature’s Internet website.

A quorum of the Committee is the same as a quorum of the House, and in case a quorum is not present or other defect is observed,obs7.vedIt theis Committeepermissible canto takelimit nodebate otherto actiona thancertain length of time, to rise.close at a time certain, to limit the length of speeches, or to otherwise limit debate.

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It is permissible to limit debate to a certain length of time, to close at a time certain, to limit the length of speeches, or to otherwise limit debate.

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If the Secretary of State delivers a statement of contest of the general election for the legislative office of any member pursuant to NRS 293.427, the Speaker shall appoint a committee to review the contest and designate the chair and vice chair of the committee.

To assist - 83rd Session (2025) – 15 – the committee in making its determination, the chair shall take, direct or require any reasonable actions to provide the parties with notice and an opportunity to submit written arguments to the committee limited to the issue of whether the contestant complied wit5.alIf the committee determines that the contestant complied with all requirements to bring and maintain the contest.contest, the committee shall review the merits of the contest pursuant to this Rule.

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If the committee determines that the contestant complied with all requirements to bring and maintain the contest, the committee shall review the merits of the contest pursuant to this Rule.

If the Assembly accepts the - *AR1* – 15 – committee’s recommendation, the Speaker shall declare that the Assembly shall not take further action on the contest and that the Assembly dismisses the contest with prejudice.

7.presented and submitted to the committee upon depositions and be any written or oral arguments as the chair may order.

To the extent possible, the merits of the contest must be presented and submitted to the committee upon depositions and any written or oral arguments as the chair may order.

To prevail on the merits of the contest, the contestant has the burden of proving that, based on one or more of the grounds - 83rd Session (2025) – 16 – set forth in NRS 293.410, there were sufficient irregularities in the election of such a substantial nature as to establish that the result of the election was changed thereby.

If the Assembly accepts the committee’s recommendation, the Speaker shall declare the recommended party elected.

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D UTIES OF C OMMITTEE O FFICERS , COMMITTEE M EMBERS AND C OMMITTEE STAFFS 8TAFF Rule No.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 17 – (e) Prepare and distribute a work session document that contains a list of all measures on which the committee is ready to consider final action;

(g) Request amendments to resolve conflicts;

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A member shall advise the chair if he or she must leave a meetingmee3.ng forMembers annot extendedin periodattendance ofwhen time.a final action is taken on a measure will be marked absent for the vote.

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Members not in attendance when a final action is taken on a measure will be marked absent for the vote.

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RuleRul1.NoEach No.committee of the House shall be provided a committee manager who shall maintain a current record of all bills, resolutions, petitions, memorials or other matters filed in committee.

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Committee Operations.

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Each committee of the House shall be provided a committee manager who shall maintain a current record of all bills, resolutions, petitions, memorials or other matters filed in committee.

Whenever the committees of the Assembly and Senate hold joint hearings or meetings, the chair of the Assembly committee shall coordinate - *AR1* – 18 – with the chair of the Senate committee to determine which of them shall preside at the joint meeting.

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1.by the committee and submit the same to the Chief Clerk.thorized 2.

The chair of each committee shall make reports authorized by the committee and submit the same to the Chief Clerk.

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Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the - 83rd Session (2025) – 19 – official record of the committee is the minutes of the committee meeting approved by the chair pursuant to paragraph (m) of subsection 3 of Assembly Standing Rule No.

If the chair does not approve the minutes pursuant to paragraph (m) of subsection 3minutes are submitted to the chair for review, such minutes shall be deemed to be the official record of Assemblythe Standingcommittee Rulewithout No.requiring the approval or signature of the chair.

47 within 60 days after the minutes are submitted to the chair for review, such minutes shall be deemed to be the official record of the committee without requiring the approval or signature of the chair.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, all committees shall provide adequate notice of public hearings on bills, resolutions or other topics which are to come before the - *AR1* – 19 – committees.

The noticing requirements of this Rule may be suspended forof emergencya situationscommittee.ituations but only after approval by a majority vote of3. a committee.

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A member of the committee must submit such requests to the chair for transmittal to the staff of the committee or to the personnel of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

the committee or to the personnel of 4.

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(c) A “neutral” position on a bill or resolution is one in which the person offers particular insight on the measure but expressesexpressesch no position on the measure.

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on the business day before the meeting unless an earlierthe submissionagenda;mission date or time is set by the chair, and included on (b) Must include the agenda;name and contact information of the person providing the handouts;

(b) Must include the name and contact information of the person providing the handouts;

These persons shall rise in an order determined by the chair, address the - *AR1* – 21 – chair and furnish their names, addresses and firms or other organizationsorg3.izCommittee represented.members may address the chair for permission to question the witness.

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Committee members may address the chair for permission to question the witness.

The designated meeting room or rooms of a committee meeting conducted with all members participating via the use of remote-technology systems pursuant to the direction of the - 83rd Session (2025) – 22 – Speaker, must remain locked during the committee meeting and only the committee staff designated by the Chief Clerk, if any, may be present in a committee room during the meeting.

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Definite action on a bill or resolution will require a majorityproposals ofthat come before the entirecommittee committee.unless the member:l (a) Is excused;

A member shall vote on all proposals that come before the committee unless the member:

(a) Is excused;

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13.it will be presumed that the member will vote on an amendment or on a measure, during a floor session, consistent with his or her vote in the committee.

Unless a committee member advises the chair otherwise, it will be presumed that the member will vote on an amendment or on a measure, during a floor session, consistent with his or her vote in the committee.

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Failure to follow a - 83rd Session (2025) – 24 – warning issued by the chair may result in the device(s) being confiscated upon direction of the chair for the remainder of the meeting.

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RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS 3 Rule No.

Rule- No.83rd Session (2025) – 25 – RulA motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution does not take precedence over any other subsidiary motion.

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To Strike Enacting Clause.

A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill or resolution does not take precedence over any other subsidiary motion.

No member shall speak more than twice during the consideration of any one proposal, on the same day, and at the samespoken stageshall not again be entitled to the floor (except foronce explanation) to the exclusion of proceedings,others withoutwho leave.have not spoken.

Members who have once spoken shall not again be entitled to the floor (except for explanation) to the exclusion of others who have not spoken.

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RULESR ULES AND PROCEDURE RuleRulNo No.standing rule or order of the Assembly shall be rescinded or changed without a vote of a majority of the members elected;

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Rescission, Change or Suspension of Rule.

No standing rule or order of the Assembly shall be rescinded or changed without a vote of a majority of the members elected;

All papers, letters, notes, pamphlets and other written material placed upon the desk of a member of the Assembly shall contain the signature of the Legislator requesting the placement of such - *AR1* – 26 – material on the desk or shall contain a designation of the origin of such material.

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3.- 83rd Session (2025) – 27 – Chambers may be used for, or occupied by, signs or other devices for any kind of advertising for commercial or personal gain.

No part of the hallways adjacent to the Assembly Chambers may be used for, or occupied by, signs or other devices for any kind of advertising for commercial or personal gain.

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Custom, usage and precedence.

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Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the AssemblyAss4.blA orcall any of itsthe members.House.ers.

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A call of the House.

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The same proposal - *AR1* – 28 – must not be considered again during the session, and the question is not subject to a motion for reconsideration.

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Upon second reading, Assembly bills reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File and Senate bills reported without amendments shall be placed on the General File.

3.upon a majority vote of the members present.e dispensed with 4.

The reprinting of amended bills may be dispensed with upon a majority vote of the members present.

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At any time before the presiding officer calls for a vote on the passage of the Consent Calendar, a member may give written notice to the Chief Clerk or state orally from the floor of the Assembly in session that he or she requests the removal of a particularrequests, the Chief Clerk shall remove the bill from the Consent Calendar.Calendar and transfer it to the Second Reading File or General File, as appropriate.

If a member so requests, the Chief Clerk shall remove the bill from the Consent Calendar and transfer it to the Second Reading File or General File, as appropriate.

2.during its third reading must limit his or her remarks to antion explanation of the amendment.

A member who moves to amend a bill or initiative petition during its third reading must limit his or her remarks to an explanation of the amendment.

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A motion to reconsider a final vote on a bill, resolution or initiative petition shall be in order only on the day on which the final vote is taken, and the vote on such a motion to reconsider mustmade beonly takenby ona member who voted with the sameprevailing day.side.an be 2.

The motion to reconsider can be made only by a member who voted with the prevailing side.

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When the message or statement is received, or if made a special order, when the special order is called, the summary of the billmessage soor disapprovedstatement mustmay be readreferred to any committee, oruch bill, otherwise acted upon save as provided by thelaw Chiefand Clerk.custom.

No such bill, message or statement may be referred to any committee, or otherwise acted upon save as provided by law and custom.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 32 – (c) Address the President of the United States, Congress, either House or any committee or member of Congress, any department - *AR1* – 31 – or agency of the Federal Government, or any other state of the Union.

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REMOTE -TECHNOLOGY-T ECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS Rule No.

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(a) The Speaker may authorize the member to use a remote- technology system to attend, participate, vote and take any other action in any proceedings of the Assembly or the Committee of the Whole if the Speaker determines that exceptional circumstances warrant such use by the member.

If the Speaker grants suchsuchnces authorization, it must be entered in the Journal of the Assembly.

(a)- The83rd AssemblySession or(2025) the– Committee34 of– the Whole, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or an authorized assistant, shall call the roll of each member who is authorized to use a remote-technology system for the proceedings and, in accordance with the procedures of the Assembly, cause the member’s vote to be entered into the - *AR1* – 33 – record for the purposes of the Journal of the Assembly or the records of the Committee of the Whole, as applicable.

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The Assembly hereby finds and declares that:

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“Each House shall judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members, choose its own officers (except the President of the Senate), determine the rules of its proceedings and may punish its members for disorderly conduct, and with the concurrence of two thirds of all the members elected, expel a member.” (c) In addition to its plenary and exclusive constitutional powers, each House possesses certain inherent powers of institutional self-protection and self-preservation to govern, control and regulate its membership and its internal organization, affairs and management.

Cushing, Elements of the - 83rd Session (2025) – 35 – Law & Practice of Legislative Assemblies § 533 (1856) (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies)) (d) The inherent powers of each House are considered “so essential to the authority of a legislative assembly, that it cannot regarded as belonging to every such assembly as a necessary to be incident.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 533) (e) The inherent powers of each House authorize it to take all necessary and proper institutional actions that are “recognized by the common parliamentary law.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 684) (f) Thus, it is well existestablished withoutthat them;each House is “vested with all the powers and privileges which are necessary and incidental to a free and unobstructed exercise of its appropriate functions.

and they are consequently entitled to be regarded as belonging to every such assembly as a necessary incident.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 533) - *AR1* – 34 – (e) The inherent powers of each House authorize it to take all necessary and proper institutional actions that are “recognized by the common parliamentary law.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 684) (f) Thus, it is well established that each House is “vested with all the powers and privileges which are necessary and incidental to a free and unobstructed exercise of its appropriate functions.

(h) The United States Supreme Court has held that when there are no constitutional provisions establishing a particular method for determining whether a member of a legislative house is present at legislative proceedings, “it is therefore within the competency of the house to prescribe any method which shall be reasonably certain(1892))o to ascertain the fact.” (United States v.

1, 6 (1892)) (i) The United States Supreme Court has also held that when a legislative house adopts a rule establishing a reasonable method for determining whether a member is present at legislative proceedings, that rule must be given great deference by the courts because:

It may not by its rules ignore constitutional restraints or violate fundamental rights, and there should be a reasonable relation between the mode or method of proceeding established by the rule and the result - 83rd Session (2025) – 36 – which is sought to be attained.

The power to make rules is not one which once exercised is - *AR1* – 35 – exhausted.

6(Un7.edThe (UnitedAssembly Stateshereby v.exercises its constitutional and inherent powers and privileges and adopts this Rule to:

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The Assembly hereby exercises its constitutional and inherent powers and privileges and adopts this Rule to:

LEGISLATMISCELLANEOUSTIONSLEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS Rule No.

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Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the Legislative Counsel shall not honor a request for the drafting of a bill or resolution to be introduced in the Assembly during a special session, or an amendment to a bill or resolution, unless it is submitted by the Speaker, the Committee of the Whole, such other - *AR1* – 36 – committees as the Speaker may appoint for a special session or a conference committee.

2.Elections may request the drafting of three Assembly resolutions and one Assembly concurrent resolution necessary to establish the rules, staffing, operation and organization of the Assembly and the Legislature for a special session.

The standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections may request the drafting of three Assembly resolutions and one Assembly concurrent resolution necessary to establish the rules, staffing, operation and organization of the Assembly and the Legislature for a special session.

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