Overview
- Lawmakers return to Carson City on Thursday after Gov. Joe Lombardo’s Wednesday proclamation called a special session to consider 16 bills.
- The Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Act would raise penalties for DUIs and assaults on hospitality workers and would revive a Resort Corridor Court for Strip-related offenses.
- The agenda includes a proposal for $95 million in tax credits tied to a Sony and Warner Bros. production facility in the Las Vegas area plus $25 million for projects elsewhere in Nevada.
- Labor groups are split on the film incentives, with a coalition of unions backing the plan and AFSCME’s Nevada chapter calling it fiscally irresponsible.
- Nevada’s fundraising blackout tied to the special session is now in effect, and although the governor sets the agenda, the Democratic-majority Legislature will decide what advances.