AssemblySession Bill(83rd) A AB281 198 Amendment No.

281–Committee198 onAssembly GovernmentAmendment Affairsto CHAPTER..........Assembly Bill No.

281 (BDR 36-398) Proposed by:

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs Amends:

Summary:

No Title:

Yes Preamble:

No Joint Sponsorship:

No Digest:

Yes ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Dat| SENATE ACTION Initial and Date Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not Receded Not | Receded Not EXPLANATION:

Matter in (1) blue bold italics is new language in the original bill;

(2) variations of green bold underlining is language proposed to be added in this amendment;

(3) red strikethrough is deleted language in the original bill;

(4) purple double strikethrough is language proposed to be deleted in this amendment;

(5) orange double underlining is deleted language in the original bill proposed to be retained in this amendment.

ADM/HAC - Date:

4/16/2025 A.B.

No.

281—Revises provisions relating to the state militia.

(BDR 36-398) Page 1 of 4 *A_AB281_198* Assembly Amendment No.

198 to Assembly Bill No.

281 Page 3 ASSEMBLY BILL NO.

281–C OMMITTEE ON G OVERNMENT A FFAIRS (O NB EHALF OF THE OINT INTERIM STANDING COMMITTEE ON G OVERNMENT A FFAIRS) FEBRUARY 24, 2025 _______________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the state militia.

(BDR 36-398) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

[revising the benefits and compensation] clarifying for purposes of industrial insurance that a member of the state militia [and the dependents of the member are entitled to receive if the member is wounded, injured, disabled or killed while] is on state active duty [;] for 24 hours a day while on state active duty;

(NRS 412.026) Existing law entitles, with certain exceptions, any member of the militia of the State or his or her dependents to certain compensation pursuant to the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act or the Nevada OccupationalpensationOccupational Diseases Act if the member is wounded, injured, disabled or killed while in the line of duty in the service of the State.

(1) must be determined based on the member’s average income from all sources during the year immediately preceding his or her exceedinjury theor maximumdeath amountor prescribed by the Nevadacommencement Industrialof Insurancehis Act or theher Nevadadisability; Occupational Diseases Act.

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EXPLANATION(NRS –412.142) Matter[Section] inSections bolded1 italicsand 2 of this bill [provides instead that the member or the dependents of the member are entitled to receive compensation and benefits that are equivalent to the federal compensation or benefits that the member would be entitled to receive if the wound, injury, disability or death arose from military duties performed pursuant to Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code.] clarify that for purposes of industrial active duty 24 hours a day for each day of state a.tive dutyte active duty is new;on state Assembly Amendment No.

matter198 between brackets [omitted material] is material to beAssembly omitted.Bill No.

281 Page 4 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

(a) In [, in] all cases in which any member of the militia of the State is wounded, injured, disabled or killed while [in the line of] on state active duty [in the service of the State,] or if that wound, injury or disability is aggravated or recurs while the member is on state active duty, the member or the dependents of the member are entitled to receive compensation [and benefits] from the State of Nevada,Nevada , in accordance with the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.

The - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – compensation to be awarded to the member or to the dependents of the member must be determined upon the basis of the member’s average income from all sources during the year immediately preceding the date of his or her injury or death or the commencement of his or her disability, but the compensation must not exceed the maximum prescribed in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.

[that are equivalent to the federal compensation or benefits that the member would be entitled to receive if the injury, wound, illness, disability or death arose from military duties performed pursuant to Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code.] 2.