CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) – After seven days, the Special Session of the Nevada Legislature is officially over after lawmakers in the Senate declared Sine Dine.
Lawmakers passed Governor Joe Lombardo’s crime bill on a 16-2 vote late Wednesday night, which came after adopting an additional amendment making technical changes to immigration related provisions.
Some lawmakers had raised concerns about public safety officials’ ability to access school grounds for educational and emergency purposes.
The new provision still bars ICE agents but clarifies that school resource officers and police officers are not required to follow the school related provisions. The bill now heads to the Governor’s desk.
Meanwhile, the Film Tax Credit Bill failed after not getting enough votes in the Senate. The vote failed by a vote of 10-8, with three Senators absent. Nevada Senator Angie Taylor was among the three Democrats to vote against it.
The heavily lobbied bill would have put Nevada on the hook for $120 million in annual transferable tax credits to film companies. Opponents argued the bill would deplete resources for other critical resources.
“These credits we’ll come from the same pot of general fund money that supports my classroom. If you take money away from that fund, you limit the state’s ability to hire and retain educators like me,” said Maggie Babb, a second-grade teacher with the Washoe County School District.
The bill had been touted as one of the reasons the Governor called a Special Session. Earlier this week, the Assembly narrowly passed the measure. Governor Lombardo had signaled he would have signed the bill had it passed.
Other bills heard during the Special Session include an appropriations bill which includes SNAP money and a proposal to create a grant program that limits healthcare provider shortages. Both now head to the desk of Governor Lombardo.
The Assembly also passed a resolution to amend the Nevada Constitution to allow access to universal mail-in ballots in Nevada. The resolution will now head to the 2027 Legislative Session, and if it gets majority approval, would appear on the ballot in 2028.
The Assembly, however, failed to pass SB10, which looked to cap the number of housing units that corporations can buy in a year.
Lombardo released a statement after the end of the session, saying:
“I called this special session because I felt that Nevadans simply could not wait any longer for safer streets, new job opportunities, expanded healthcare access, enhanced small business protections, greater school safety, more assistance for those in need, and essential cybersecurity reforms. Nevadans deserved action now – not years from now – on the issues that most impact their daily lives,” said Governor Joe Lombardo. “As the session concludes this evening, I want to thank the members of the Nevada Legislature for their bipartisan work throughout this session.”
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