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Chair Orenshall, chair of the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, accepted a motion to amend and do pass the bill after staff summarized the changes.

The committee\u0000amendment restores the current approval method for joint standing committee actions by returning to approval \"by a majority of members in each house\" rather than requiring approval by five members of a joint committee. The amendment also makes the public-lands subcommittee a full, independent public lands committee, revises that committee\u0000membership and transfers to it the authority to request measures that previously rested with the joint interim standing committee on natural resources. The amendment deletes proposed language that would have moved the start date for interim committees from November 1 to September 1, leaving the current November 1 start date in place.

Pepper Sturm, committee policy analyst with Legislative Counsel Bureau Research, summarized the bill and the conceptual amendment on the work session document and noted the package aligns membership and operations of several committees, including the Sunset Committee and the Legislative Commission\u0000subcommittees. In reference to the amendment on committee drafting authority, Kelsey Delozier, legal counsel, said, \"section 1 subsection 3 paragraph G provides that the sunset the sunset committee, may request the drafting of not more than 5 legislative measures that relate to the scope of the committee.\" Delozier added that the committee may request additional measures only if the Legislative Commission approves each additional request by a majority vote.

Vice Chair Daley moved to amend and do pass the bill; Majority Leader Cannizzaro seconded the motion. Senator Jeff Steinbeck said he would \"vote yes and reserve my right\" as he continued to discuss the bill with his caucus. The committee voted 4-0 in favor; Senator Krasner was recorded as excused.

Committee members discussed the timeline change that had been proposed in the bill. Chair Orenshall said the amendment reflected concerns raised by outreach to members, including a suggestion by Senator Krasner that the expanded interim meeting timeline could be an additional burden on committees and staff. Members noted that the Sunset Committee's ability to request legislative drafts remains capped at five except where the Legislative Commission approves otherwise; one member observed that previous work had produced many recommendations but only a smaller number of resulting bills.

No public comment was received for this item during the committee\u0000work session.

The measure now moves to the full Senate process where floor statements were assigned by committee members for SB 226.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","5/22/2025 - Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 226, which revises the interim structure and certain reporting requirements for Nevada legislative committees, was amended and approved by the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections on May 22, 2025.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature NV, Nevada","taxId",78440,"location","Nevada","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6537736,"Senate committee advances bill requiring county online voter portals and QR codes on mail ballot materials",168,944000,1112000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3445458-8cd339a4bfffa988c1e8310a58a8603c&start=944&end=1112","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3445458-8cd339a4bfffa988c1e8310a58a8603c/thumbnail_944000.jpg","/articles/6537736/Nevada/Senate-committee-advances-bill-requiring-county-online-voter-portals-and-QR-codes-on-mail-ballot-materials","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6537736-68e1bd8d508215fe1de413bce1f32a70/orig.mp4?Expires=1770784087&Signature=LBvCyPEFjSBFYxKzSs~FSfCf5-3Q-cq8ihEdDlZ-JCCYZnGG7iYiFkxw~m5~zWm~fP7yOlSZLjh64N10qNWNP8~XxIFZyeompjnkLSx0078LVvGCkF8Y8sC7XrzYYLO1OSh-1a69hxPoVcdR5Qiwlb97UqA1yAJ7Z0hQrpVyeGzJEuTyh-UYF4~pka7F1g2MZ~ImO65SVIbg-XZiWq-3LSPjN-dGSimqayh6gGduCDX8ptqFY5Q0YIUSmcYmTVlcOgBVE6SN6k33wfcFS8k69SoAmB2NP7YvPDotDc1PXZOoyKk~PJjjn0zbKixjAIPUUj2Gro5V4cC4B-JcNB0OdA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Assembly Bill 499, sponsored by Assembly Member Yeager, was advanced by the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections on May 22, 2025.

Pepper Sturm, committee policy analyst with Legislative Counsel Bureau Research, summarized the bill, saying it \"requires county clerks to establish and maintain online voter services portal and requires mail ballot return envelopes and any communications from the county clerk to registered voters to include a QR code.\" Sturm also said the bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to \"regularly send certain information relating to persons with a driver's license or ID card.\" Sturm noted that the sponsor is working on a proposed amendment.

Vice Chair Daley moved to do pass Assembly Bill 499; Majority Leader Cannizzaro seconded the motion. Senator Steinbeck said he would vote yes and reserved the right to change his position after consulting his caucus. The committee voted 4-0 in favor; Senator Krasner was excused.

Committee members discussed coordination with the Secretary of State's office. Vice Chair Daley said he was \"assuming or hoping\" the sponsor would work with the Secretary of State because that office had submitted recommendations that were \"mostly parallel, but not all,\" and he said he hoped those recommendations would be included in an amendment.

Sturm told the committee that Speaker Yeager was still working on a proposed amendment and that the amendment summary in the work session packet \"would not be appropriate\" as drafted. No member objected to moving the bill out of committee under the current procedural motion.

No public comment was received for this item during the work session. Committee members assigned floor statements as the bill moves to the next stage of consideration.","The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections voted to do pass Assembly Bill 499, which would require county clerks to maintain online voter services portals, add QR codes to mail ballot envelopes and county communications, and require the DMV to provide certain voter information; the committee voted 4-0 with one member excused.","actionData","errors"]

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