AB 422 — Revises provisions relating to the Civil Air Patrol. (BDR 36-190)

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422–and ASSEMBLYMEMBERSKasama YCHAPTER.......... EAGER ;AND K ASAMA M ARCH 13, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the Civil Air Patrol.

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§§ 40301 et seq.) Existing law establishes various duties of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, including to carry out crash, rescue and emergency operations, support federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in homeland defense and narcotics interdiction missions and provideementprovide related organization and training.

(NRS 413.010) Section 1 of this bill provides that an employee who is a volunteer member of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol is entitled to a leave of absence from his or her employment without loss ofoftrol position, seniority, accrued leave or benefits on days during which the employee is:

(1) engaged in training for emergency missions with the Civil Air Patrol, not to emergency mission with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 3010 workdays during each federal fiscal year.year;

and (2) responding to an emergency mission with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 30 workdays during each federal fiscal year.

Section 1 prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to exhaust any other leave to which the employee is entitled before such leaves of absence and any such leave is authorized to be treated as unpaid leave byto anprovide employer.to his or her employer certain certifications and verifications relating to the employee’s service with the Civil Air Patrol.

Section 1 alsoauthorizes requiresan the employee requesting the leave to provide to his or her employer certain certifications and verifications employee who is aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of section 1 to bring a an civil action to seek damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and benefits and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

Existing law requires an employee to disclose to his or her employer if he or she wishes to join a volunteer search and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s - *AB422_R1* – 2 – department or a Civil Air Patrol unit.

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or (b) Responding to an emergency mission as a Civil Air Patrol volunteer, not to exceed 30 workdays during each federal fiscal year.yea2.

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As used in this section, “emergency mission” includes, without limitation, search and rescue and disaster response activities.actSec.

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search414.250 and1. rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s department or join a Civil Air Patrol unit as a volunteer member shall disclose that fact to his or her employer.

An employee who wishes to join a volunteer search and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s department or join a - 83rd Session (2025) – 3 – to his or her employer.s a volunteer member shall disclose that fact 2.

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