Post by Logan on Apr 11, 2017 6:16:26 GMT -6
The Nevada Attorney General’s office, frustrated at not having bills heard before the Legislature, sent two letters in conjunction with two law enforcement groups on Tuesday requesting hearings on a package of public safety.
The letters mark the latest in a political battle between Democrats who control the Legislature and Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who is widely considered the Republican frontrunner for the governor’s race in 2018.
In the first letter to Assemblyman Steve Yeager, chairman of the judiciary committee, Laxalt along with Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association President Troy Tanner and Nevada District Attorneys' Association President Chris Hicks, requested hearings on five bills.
Read more: www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/04/political-games-legislature-laxalt-demands-hearings-democrats-his-bill-package/100044824/
The letters mark the latest in a political battle between Democrats who control the Legislature and Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who is widely considered the Republican frontrunner for the governor’s race in 2018.
In the first letter to Assemblyman Steve Yeager, chairman of the judiciary committee, Laxalt along with Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association President Troy Tanner and Nevada District Attorneys' Association President Chris Hicks, requested hearings on five bills.
Assembly Bill 53 which increases the penalties of some Medicaid crimes
Assembly Bill 55 which addresses the sexual assault kit backlog
Assembly Bill 56 which authorizes courts to create veterans’ courts
Assembly Bill 58 which increases penalties for repeat domestic violence abusers
Assembly Bill 73 which adds “human trafficking” to the definition of victim in statute and makes knowingly soliciting a child 14 and under for prostitution a sex trafficking crime
Read more: www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/04/political-games-legislature-laxalt-demands-hearings-democrats-his-bill-package/100044824/