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A
A
Here
and
I'm
going
to
spare
everybody
the
litany
of
how
to
get
on
and
how
to
get
off
and
how
to
participate.
I
think
you
probably
heard
it
before
and
we'll
just
start
our
speaker
fryerson
day
off
with
a
bang
and
welcome
speaker,
we're
so
happy
to
have
you
in
government
affairs
and
once
again,
apologies
for
being
a
little
tardy
to
class
and
we'll
start
with
assembly
bill
111.
Is
that
correct,
sir?
A
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
senate
governor
affairs
committee,
for
the
record.
I
am
jason
fryerson
assemblyman
for
district
8,
speaker
nevada,
state
assembly,
and
I
am
here
to
present
several
bills.
So
I
guess
we
all
need
to
get
settled.
C
First
assembly
bill
111,
which
changes
the
composition
of
our
peace
officer
standards
and
trainings
commission.
But
before
I
go
through
the
sections
of
the
bill,
I
want
to
express
why
I
brought
this
bill
forward.
Ab-111,
in
my
opinion,
represents
a
moderate
step
towards
a
moderate
step
forward
to
increase
trust
and
accountability
and
how
our
current
and
future
peace
officers
are
trained.
Overall,
confidence
in
the
police
from
1993
to
2019
has
steadily
declined.
C
Gallup
also
reported
that
trust
in
our
law
enforcement
officers
varies
amongst
demographics,
with
younger
individuals,
people
of
color
and
women
reporting
lower
confidence
in
police,
for
example,
people
of
color
report,
their
confidence
in
police
at
40
percent
individuals
aged
18
to
34
report,
their
confidence
at
39
percent
and
women
at
49.
C
I
recognize
that
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
rebuild
trust
between
law
enforcement
agencies
and
the
communities
they
serve.
I
also
know
will
take
a
collective
effort
to
build
that
confidence,
because
we
all
want
safe
communities
and
law
enforcement
agencies
that
value
the
perspectives
of
that
community.
C
Ab-111
is
a
way
to
modernize
our
police
training
standards.
All
states
maintain
peace,
officer,
standards
and
training,
call
it
post
board
or
a
similar
entity,
while
every
state's
post
board
operates
differently
in
general,
post
boards
create
and
manage
training
requirements
for
police
off
for
peace
officers
and
are
responsible
for
ongoing
certification
and
continuing
education.
C
I'll
now
go
through
the
actual
language
of
the
bill.
Section
2.5
increases
the
post
commission
from
nine
appointed
members
to
11
appointed
members
in
section
2.5,
subsection
2.
The
additional
two
members
of
the
commission
will
be
appointed
by
the
majority
leader
of
the
senate
and
the
speaker
of
the
assembly.
C
The
current
composition
of
the
post
commission
is
representative
of
law
enforcement
agencies
across
the
state.
However,
what
has
been
missed
is
a
civilian
voice
in
section
2.5,
subsections
2
through
8,
a
through
d
two
of
the
appointees,
will
will
not
be
peace
officers
and
will
represent
expertise
in
one
or
more
of
the
following
areas:
implicit
and
implicit
and
explicit
bias,
cultural
competency,
mental
health
and
policing
and
or
experience
working
with
vulnerable
populations
such
as
children,
elderly
persons
who
are
pregnant
persons,
experience
mental
health
crises,
persons
with
physical,
intellectual
and
or
dis
or
developmental
disabilities.
C
I
see
no
better
way
at
addressing
community
trust
in
our
law
enforcement
than
giving
them
a
seat
at
the
table
as
to
how
our
peace
officers
are
trained.
Lastly,
subsection
2.5,
subsection
5
section
2.5,
subsection
5
requires
the
appointing
bodies
to
the
commission
to
consider
racial,
gender
and
ethnic
diversity
in
the
commission.
C
C
I
want
to
thank
members
of
the
law
enforcement
commit
community
and,
in
particular,
the
director
of
post
director,
sherlock,
who
I
work
very
closely
with
to
come
up
with
what
we
believe
is
a
common
sense
way
to
to
enrich
the
composition
of
the
post
commission
and
make
it
I
think
I
think,
more
insightful
moving
forward.
So
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
jason
freyerson.
I
think
that's
incumbent
upon
the
majority
leader
and
the
speaker
at
any
given
time
when
there's
an
opening
to
take
those
criteria
into
consideration
and,
as
we
have
hundreds
of
other
appointments,
make
sure
that
we
are
held
accountable
as
well,
and
that
we
make
sure
that
we
appoint
people
with
backgrounds
that
meet
those
needs.
I
I
can
say
from
personal
experience
to
speaker.
C
There
are
several
different
boards
and
commissions
that
that
I
have
to
make
appointments
to,
and
some
of
them
are
difficult.
I
think
some
of
the
regional
behavioral
health
commissions
that
we
have
formed
over
the
last
several
years
or
require
certain
layers,
certain
levels
of
expertise
for
certain
purposes,
and
sometimes
it's
difficult.
C
I
thank
you
again
for
the
record
jason
freyerson.
There
had
not
been
consideration
of
making
certain
that
it
was
a
person
of
color
other
than
take
keeping
taking
into
account
diversity.
I
don't
believe
that
the
current
composition
of
post
is
very
diverse
by
nate,
by
virtue
of
the
the
the
law
enforcement
agencies
that
they
lead,
but
I
do
think
that
this
requires
not
a
mandate
but
but
a
consideration
of
diversity
and
it's
difficult.
C
If
you
look
at
these
areas,
I
think
these
are
areas
and
there's
several
pieces
of
legislation.
This
session
that
look
at
implicit
and
explicit
bias.
Look
at
policing,
look
at
composition,
look
at
hiring
practices,
and
so
I
think
the
broader
that
we
make
it,
but
the
more
that
we
put
some
some
guard
rails
on
it
as
a
layer
of
expectation
for
the
leaders
of
of
of
both
both
houses.
C
I
I
think,
gives
the
flexibility.
Some
of
these
areas
may
be
very
difficult
to
find
somebody
who
actually
has
this
layer
of
expertise
and
coupled
with
their
willingness
to
serve.
But
I
do
think
that
it.
It
speaks
volumes
to
making
sure
that
the
appointments
increase
and
improve
the
diversity
of
the
post
composition,
without
tying
the
hand,
so
much
so
that
it
may
be
difficult
or
impossible
to
comply
with.
A
No,
I
thought
I
saw
a
hand
up.
I
I
have
a
question
speaker
on
the
I
see
the
term
is
two
years
for
the
members,
but
how
and
I
may
be
missing
it.
How
often
do
they
meet
on
this
on
this
commission.
C
Thank
you
again
for
the
record
jason
fryerson.
I
am
unaware,
and
I
do
believe,
that
the
director
sherlock
who's,
the
director
of
commission,
I
hope,
is
available.
Who's
helped
me
come
up
with
this.
I
I
am
unaware
on
on
his
face
how
frequently
they
meet,
because
they
deal
with
a
lot
of
things
from
hiring
to
annual
training
and
and
whatnot,
but
I
would
hope
that
the
members
of
the
commission
would
be
able
to
answer
questions
about
how
frequently
they
meet.
A
A
C
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair,
for
the
wreck.
Jason
ryerson.
Obviously
this
bill
doesn't
change
the
the
functioning
of
the
post
commission
but
ads
to
members,
and
so
it
would
add
two
folks
to
the
body
of
of
of
individuals
that
do
come
up
with
those
those
programs
in
training,
but
again
I'm
unaware
of
how
frequently
they
meet
or
if
it's
a
set
schedule.
A
D
Afternoon,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
john
piero
from
the
clark
county
public
defender's
office,
we'd
like
to
thank
the
speaker
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
We
fully
believe
that
adding
a
diverse
perspective
opens
the
door
to
better
oversight
and
better
decision
making
along
the
way,
and
I
I
think
this
is
a
bill
worthy
of
support.
We
urge
the
committee
to
support
this
bill.
E
E
A
F
F
F
G
I
hope
you
can
hear
me
this
is
for
the
record.
This
is
mike
sherlock.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
nevada
commission
on
peace
officer
standards
and
training.
First,
let
me
thank
speaker
pryerson
for
sponsoring
this
bill,
making
improvements
on
the
bill
and
advancing
the
bill.
I
truly
believe
the
transparency
associated
with
this
bill,
along
with
the
community
input
and
participation,
are
a
good
thing
for
for
standards
and
training
of
peace
officers,
and
I
truly
look
forward
to
this
new
dynamic
on
the
commission.
G
F
H
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
naveed
afshar,
that's
navid,
and
the
last
name
is
a-f-s-h-a-r,
and
I'm
calling
today
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
attorneys
for
criminal
justice.
We
are
testifying
in
support
of
this
bill.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
speaker
fryerson
for
his
work
on
this.
We
believe
this
is
definitely
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
H
A
lot
of
the
categories
that
have
been
added
about
implicit
and
explicit
bias,
cultural
competency,
mental
health.
These
are
really
important
things
when
knowing
how
to
be
able
to
respond
to
these
situations
and
with
everything
that's
going
right
now
in
society.
We
believe
that
this
is
really
important
work
and
we
we
urge
the
committee
to
please
pass
this
bill.
Thank
you.
So
much.
F
I
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
this
is
holly
welborn,
h-o-l-l-y
w-e-l-b-o-r-n
policy,
director
for
the
aclu
of
nevada,
testifying
in
support
of
assembly
bill
111.
We
are
quite
excited
about
this
bill.
I
think
it
has
much
broader,
reaching
impacts
than
that
we're
really
recognizing
right
now.
I
want
to
point
out
that
currently,
eight
of
the
nine
members
on
the
post
commission
are
members
of
law
enforcement
as
an
organization
we're
constantly
pointing
out
the
deeply
thoughtful
flawed
policy
of
permitting
law
enforcement
to
govern
themselves
with
little
meaningful
community
input.
I
F
I
And
marie
grant
a-n-n-e-m-a-r-I-e
r,
a
n
t-
I
just
want
to
echo
the
other
callers
sentiments.
I
support
the
bill.
Thank
you.
F
H
Good
afternoon,
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
troyce
croomy
t-r-o-y-c-e
k-r-u-m-e,
representing
the
las
vegas
police
managers
and
supervisors
association
representing
the
sergeants
lieutenants
and
captains
of
the
las
vegas
metropolitan
police
department.
We
are
calling
today
in
support
of
ab111.
H
We
believe
adding
these
pieces
to
the
post
board
would
be
a
step
in
the
right
direction
of
increasing
public
trust.
We
also
believe
that
the
community
should
have
a
voice
in
policing,
and
we
believe
that
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
measure.
We'd
like
to
thank
speaker
fryerson
for
bringing
an
important
issue
like
this
in
front
of
the
board
and
would
encourage
your
support.
Thank
you.
F
J
I'm
here
today,
in
support
of
ab111
ab111
in
its
amended
form,
simply
adds
two
members
to
the
post
commission,
who
have
demonstrated
expertise
in
one
or
more
of
the
listed
areas
we're
dealing
with
things
like
implicit
and
explicit
bias.
Cultural
competency,
mental
health
as
it
relates
to
policing
and
working
with
vulnerable
populations.
J
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We'll
move
to
opposition.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
speaker,
do
you
have
any
closing
comments.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
again,
I
will
be
brief.
I
really
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
law
enforcement
community
that
really
stepped
up,
and
this
wasn't
a
function
of
compromise.
This
was
a
function
of
from
their
perspective,
giving
me
insight
that
made
this
bill
better,
and
so
I
appreciate
it
and
look
forward
to
this
committee's
consideration.
A
C
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee.
For
the
record.
My
name
is
jason
fryerson
assemblyman
for
district
8,
and
I'm
here
to
present
assembly
bill
187,
which
designates
the
month
of
september,
is
ovarian
and
prostate
cancer
prevention
and
awareness
month
nationally,
ovarian
and
prostate
cancer
awareness
month
is
already
recognized
in
september.
C
This
bill
will
allow
align
our
state
efforts
with
national
efforts
based
on
analysis
from
our
state
biostatistician
kara.
Morgan,
prostate
cancer
is
the
most
common
cancer
among
men
here
in
nevada
and
across
the
country.
The
the
second
leading
the
second
leading
cause
of
cancer
related
deaths
for
men.
Black
men
are
disproportionately
affected
by
prostate
cancer,
with
diagnosis
and
mortality
rates
significantly
higher
than
any
other
race
or
ethnicity.
C
This
year.
The
american
cancer
society
estimates
that
across
the
country
over
248
500
men
will
be
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer,
and
over
34
100
men
will
lose
their
lives
from
prostate
cancer
this
year
alone.
Additionally,
the
american
cancer
society
estimates
that
in
2021
over
21
400
women
would
be
diagnosed
with
ovarian
cancer
and
over
13
700
women
will
lose
their
lives
from
ovarian
cancer.
This
year
alone,
based
on
data
from
our
biostatistician
26
percent
of
prostate
cancer
and
73
of
ovarian
cancer
is
diagnosed
late.
C
Unfortunately,
early
detection
and
screening
for
ovarian
cancer
is
rather
difficult
and
has
led
to
increasing
late
diagnosis,
prostate
cancer
testing,
how
it
has
fortunately
become
less
invasive
and
has
led
to
much
earlier
diagnosis.
It's
critical
that
that
we
continue
to
bring
awareness
and
advocacy
to
the
cancers
that
impact
our
lives
and
the
lives
of
our
loved
ones.
It's
critical
that
we
normalize
seeking
medical
attention
and
promote
early
detection.
C
I
chose
to
bring
assembly
bill
1874
with
this
session,
in
particular
because
of
a
personal
story
that
I'm
sure
you
all
are
aware
of.
By
now.
C
In
march,
I
underwent
outpatient,
an
outpatient
procedure
to
remove
my
own
prostate
cancer,
to
give
some
perspective,
and-
and
I
really
brought
this
bill
because
I
want
to
normalize
conversations
about
this
issue
in
2018
I
was
diagnosed
and
and
and
it
was
by
virtue
of
a
psa
test-
a
blood
test,
the
normal
range
being
from
zero
to
four,
particularly
for
my
age
in
2018.
Mine
was
already
at
five,
and
so
there
was
concern
and
we
watched
it.
C
It
shot
up
to
7.3,
but
it
was
because
I
caught
it
early
and
I
was
monitoring
it
that
that
it
was
able
to
be
treated
and
actually
just
last
weekend
I
had
a
teledoc
visit
and
my
psa
is
2.6,
and
so
it
is
entirely
because
we
caught
it
early
and
monitored
it,
and
I
I
I
jokingly,
but
not
really
jokingly,
say
if
my
wife
can
give
birth
to
two
children.
I
can
talk
about
prostate
cancer.
You
know
the
it's
it's
something
that
men
don't.
A
C
It's
something
that
men
just
don't
like
to
talk
about,
and
it's
something
that
men
have
to
just
this
past
year,
leon
spinks
passed
away
of
complications
from
prostate
cancer,
and
it
just
makes
no
sense
that
such
a
preventable
outcome
can
be
addressed
with
early
detection
and-
and
you
know,
with
respect
to
to
prostate
cancer-
I
I
said
it
in
the
assembly,
but
there's
no
better
use
of
the
phrase
man
up
then,
when
you're
lucky
talking
about
prostate
cancer
and
having
it
addressed.
C
So
I'm
happy
to
use
my
position
and
my
platform
to
share
that
story
and
encourage
others,
especially
those
reluctant
to
seek
care
to
do
so.
I
also
recognize
that
I'm
not
alone,
so
I'm
grateful
to
the
doctors
and
patients
and
survivors
and
advocates
who
are
joining
me
today
to
share
their
own
story,
and
with
that
I
would
first
like
to,
with
madam
chair's
permission,
turn
the
presentation
presentation
over
to
governor
bob
miller,
who
has
also
publicly
shared
his
story
and
shared
it
with
me.
Just
the
same
so
with
that.
A
Thank
you
very
much
speaker
and
welcome
governor
miller.
It's
a
pleasure
to
see
you,
sir.
G
G
As
a
speaker
said,
I
am
a
cancer
survivor
25
years
ago,
while
I
was
serving
as
governor
of
the
state
of
nevada,
my
annual
physical
initially
turned
up
no
indications
of
prostate
cancer,
but
my
doctor
at
the
time
seemed
to
look
at
some
of
the
results
and
was
a
little
concerned
and
ordered
further
tests.
Those
further
tests
determined
that
I
had
early
stage
prostate
cancer.
G
My
decision
from
there
was
what
the
action
to
take
with
with
this
certain
situation
facing
me.
G
Ultimately,
I
decided
on
a
removal
radical
prostectomy,
but
I
also
felt
that
I
had
an
obligation
not
just
to
my
family
and
to
myself,
but
to
all
the
people
in
the
state
of
nevada
to
make
them
aware
of
the
circumstances,
and
so
I
held
a
press
conference
alongside
my
doctor,
which
indicated
that
I
was
scheduled
for
surgery
that
that
was
a
course
that
I
had
chosen.
A
A
C
Thank
you
man.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
again,
for
the
record
jason
fryerson.
I
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
on
the
zoom
I
believe
are
helen
or
hanlon,
with
the
ovarian
cancer
patient
of
comprehensive
cancer.
Centers
alex
garza,
the
prostate
cancer
patient
of
comprehensive
cancer
centers
john
bilstein,
the
ceo
of
comprehensive
cancer
centers,
dr
rupesh
parikh
of
medical
oncologists,
comprehensive
cancer,
centers
and
pastor
mike
patterson,
who
many
of
you
may
already
know
from
his
involvement
over
the
years
up
here
in
northern
nevada,
who
have
agreed
to
also
participate
via
zoom.
A
E
E
E
At
the
same
time,
I
was
experiencing
bloating
menstrual
cycles
and
assist
on
my
ovaries.
I
sought
guidance
advice
from
friends,
peers,
doctors,
anyone
who
would
listen
and
everyone
dismissed
it
as
normal
female
issues
that
women
in
their
mid-30s
experienced
and
probably
just
stress
from
work
and
planning
a
wedding.
E
E
E
E
E
I
tell
my
story
to
many
different
facebook
groups
that
have
my
cancer
about
the
treatment
options
that
I've
just
recently
done,
and
I
I
still
do
other
things,
but
what's
surprising
is
still
after
13
years,
only
20
percent
of
women
diagnosed
with
ovarian
cancer
are
caught
in
the
early
stages.
E
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
miss
o'hanlon
and
thank
you
for
sharing
your
story
and
we're
happy
that
you're
here
and
that
you
can
share
that
important
piece
of
information.
A
I
think
we'll
wait
for
questions
until
we've
heard
from
our
guests.
So
mr
garza
are
you
there?
Would
you
like
to
go
next
time?
Welcome
to
government
affairs.
K
Thank
you
very
much
good
afternoon,
chair
dondero
loop
vice
chair,
orrin,
shaw
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
alex
garza.
I
am
a
two-time
prostate
cancer
survivor
and
I'm
here
today
to
speak
in
support
of
ab-187
designating
the
month
of
september
as
ovarian
in
prostate
cancer
prevention
and
awareness
month
in
nevada,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
I
was
first
diagnosed
with
prostate
cancer
back
in
2017
at
the
young
age
of
46.
K
K
It
was
these
experiences
that
have
led
me
to
be
an
advocate
for
cancer
patients
and
advocate
for
prevention
and
cancer
awareness,
I'm
dedicated
to
ensuring
that
every
single
man,
every
single
woman
out
there
understands
the
need
to
go,
get
tested
and
takes
control
of
their
health.
Having
prostate
cancer,
and
especially
a
prostate
removal,
drastically
changes
the
the
physical
and
mental
aspects
of
being
a
man,
and
for
too
many
years
there
have
been
a
stigma
around
the
embarrassment
of
getting
tested
or
going
through
treatment
or
even
the
rehabilitation
of
cancer,
especially
prostate
cancer
patients.
K
I'm
very
fortunate
to
have
met
dr
parikh
and
the
wonderful
staff
at
comprehensive
cancer
center.
Who
has
been
treating
me
for
the
last
four
years,
and
I
am
grateful
you
know.
I
credit
them
for
saving
my
life
and
allowing
me
to
be
a
father
for
hopefully
25
plus
years,
as
a
governor
miller
has
has
survived.
K
K
I
consider
the
age
of
46
to
be
young
for
prostate
cancer
and
the
reality
is
had
my
mom
not
been
battling
her
own
cancer.
I'm
not
sure
I
would
have
recognized
the
signs
even
as
early
as
I
did
through
my
own
personal
experience,
I
am
passionate
about
cancer
advocacy
in
sharing
my
story
with
others
to
help
raise
awareness
about
cancer,
early
detection
and
prevention.
K
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
sharing
your
story
and
the
important
details
of
that
and
stand
by.
We
may
come
back
next.
Mr
bilstein
did
I
say
that
right.
L
Yeah
john
bill
stein
for
the
record:
welcome
it's
okay!
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
chair,
donda,
dondero
loop
vice
chair,
orrin,
shaw
and
members
of
the
committee.
L
L
That's
why
prostate
ovarian
cancer
awareness
month
is
so
important
because
it
rallies
nevadans
together
to
spread
awareness
and
show
support
for
each
other.
A
bill
like
av
187
is
critical
in
the
fight
against
cancer,
and
it
helps
to
facilitate
conversations
and
exchange
information
with
a
common
goal
of
empowering
each
other.
With
the
knowledge
that
comes
from
education
and
experience,
there
are
ways
for
nevadans
to
get
involved
in
the
fight
and
raise
awareness
for
prostate
and
ovarian
cancer
awareness
month
by
getting
involved
with
the
american
cancer
society.
L
L
M
Well,
I
think
these
guys
have
made
it
easy
for
me
to
be
honest
so
good
afternoon,
chair
don
duraloop
and
the
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
dr
preshrit,
I'm
the
practice
president
and
medical
ontologists
here
at
the
chancellor,
centers
of
nevada
and
again,
I'm
also
in
support
of
ab187.
M
M
It's
not
a
secret,
detecting
cancer
early
improves
survival.
We
all
know
that
it
also
lowers
the
cost
of
medical.
Chair
makes
my
job
easier,
as
I
give
more
good
news,
as
people
live
longer
and
longer,
as
was
already
stated,
you
know
prostate
cancer,
much
more
common
in
older
men,
but
it
disproportionately
affects
our
minority
population,
african-american,
descent,
medicine
and
descent.
M
M
What
we
have
to
do
is
try
and
find
these
cancers
early,
make
patients
aware
of
what
to
look
out
for
and
that's
what
the
month
of
september
will
be
in.
The
state
of
nevada
is
a
month
where
we
can
rally
like
we
do
for
breast
cancer
in
october,
also
to
rally
for
prostate
and
ovarian
cancer
to
help
these
other
women
and
men
with
these
cancers
and
looking
out
for
what
symptoms
to
do
what,
when
not
to
ignore
their
symptoms
when
to
go
reached
out
to
their
doctors
with
prostate
cancer.
M
There's,
actually
that
screening
test
it's
the
psa,
as
it
was
stated,
it's
a
blood
test,
but
for
ovarian
cancer.
There's,
not
a
good
screening
test,
so
symptoms
are
critically
important
and
if
you're
aware-
and
if
you
know
what
your
symptoms
are,
it
will
certainly
touch
that
cancer
earlier
I'll.
Just
give
you
an
example:
helen
has
been
a
patient
of
mine,
but
another
patient
of
mine
would
call
her
jacqueline.
M
M
She
just
had
her
three
year
anniversary,
but
if
she
knew
that
her
symptoms
started
a
year
and
a
half
earlier,
maybe
that
stage
four
would
have
been
stage
one
or
two
just
one
of
many
examples.
If
she
knew
what
to
look
out
for
be
persistent
with
her
symptoms
and
follow
up
with
her
physician,
she
could
have
done
the
tests
sooner
than
hopefully
found
her
cancer
earlier.
M
A
Thank
you,
dr
parikhan,
and
we
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
expertise
and
what
you
do
and
and
two
of
these
people
I
don't
know,
but
two
of
these
people
are
very
dear
friends
of
mine.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
last
guest.
Pastor.
Patterson.
Are
you
there,
sir.
H
D
Well,
I
I've
testified
over
the
years
several
times
and
I
know
some
of
the
members
of
your
committee.
Madam
chairman
members
of
the
committee
and
speaker
fryerson.
I
really
want
to
acknowledge
speaker
fryerson,
bringing
this
forward.
He
and
I
have
actually
shared
our
stories
for
the
last
year.
D
I
was
very
good
about
having
my
psa.
Every
year
in
january
of
2019,
my
psa
was
4.0,
which
is
well
with
it's
within
the
range
of
of
safe
january
of
20.
When
I
went
back
for
my
next
physical,
my
pros,
my
psa
had
climbed
to
7.5
and
my
doctor
described
it
as
a
very
aggressive
form
and
they
gave
me
18
months
to
live.
D
Obviously
I
have
beat
that
all
over
the
18
months-
I
guess
technically,
isn't
over
yet,
but
I
went
through
in
I.
I
was
not
sure
what
I
wanted
to
do:
I'm
72
years
old
71
at
the
time.
I
wasn't
sure
what
I
wanted
to
put
myself
through,
because
in
my
position
I've
seen
many
people
suffer
through
chemo
and
and
several
other
things
in
june.
D
D
D
The
insurance
company
is
happy
to
pay
for
it
because
they
don't.
They
didn't
want
to
pay
for
my
radiation
treatment
because
it
was
expensive,
but
they
did,
of
course-
and
I
think
it's
good-
that
speaker
fryerson
is
helping
us
as
nevadans
recognize.
This
is
a
serious
disease
and
I
think
he
mentioned
it
that
it
is
the
most
common
form
of
cancer
in
nevada
for
men.
D
It's
also
the
second
cause
of
highest
cause
of
death
in
men.
So
we
need
to
be
aware.
We
need
to
catch
it
early
and
we
need
to
to
tell
people
go.
Get
your
psa
test.
Talk
to
your
doctor
find
out
what
can
be
done
for
you
and
yes,
I
am
a
believer
in
prayer
and
I
had
a
lot
of
it
going
on
during
my
treatments,
and
I
guess
I
still
have
some
reason
to
be
here.
I
guess
I
should
divulge.
D
A
B
So,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
It's
more
of
a
comment.
I
don't
think
this
is
one
of
those
bills
for
questions
so
to
speaker.
Fryerson.
Thank
you
for
your
fearlessness
to
ms
o'hanlon
as
they
say.
Typically,
that
means
you
have
more
work
to
do
when
god
keeps
you
here.
That's
I
can
testify
to
that.
So
that
means
that
this
bill
probably
is
the
right
point
for
you
to
expand
your
advocacy
and
education
around
what's
going
on,
and
so
thank
you
speaker
for
the
bill.
I
know
when
I
read
over
the
bills.
B
A
Any
additional
questions
or
comments
from
anyone.
Well,
I
will
just
echo
my
colleagues
sentiments.
You
know
sometimes
the
right
bill
in
the
right
time
right,
place,
right
people
and
by
the
way
session
was
in
session,
so
it
could
have
happened
in
a
non-session
year.
So,
thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
to
all
the
guests
for
sharing
your
story.
We
know
that
isn't
easy,
but
we
so
appreciate
your
time
today,
speaker
anything
additional
you'd
like
to
say,
then
we
will
go
to
the
public
broadcasting.
A
N
You,
madam
chair,
it's
nice
to
be
here
for
the
record
susan
fisher
with
mcdonald,
carano
speaking
on
behalf
of
american
cancer
society,
cancer
action
network,
all
the
the
speaker
and
the
other
speakers
who
appeared
on
on
video
covered
all
the
stats
that
I
was
going
to
cover.
So
I
will
skip
right
to
just
saying
we
wholeheartedly
support
this
bill.
N
I'm
very
pleased
that
my
birth
month
is
going
to
be
ovarian
and
prostate
cancer
prevention
and
awareness
month
in
nevada,
and
if,
by
passing
this
bill
and
pushing
information
out
in
september,
entices
one
single
person
to
go,
get
the
get
tested
or
talk
to
their
providers
about
their
risk.
Then
it's
worth.
A
It
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Anybody
else
in
the
room
in
support.
If
not,
we
will
go
to
the
phone
lines
broadcasting
when
you're,
ready.
F
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
we'll
go
to
neutral.
C
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair,
and
for
the
record
jason
fryerson.
I
I
just
thank
the
committee
for
their
their
time
and
attention.
Miss
miss
o'hanlon
story
in
particular
gets
me
every
time,
but
it's
just
so
incredibly
important
that
you
know
it's
it's
scary,
but
what's
scarier
is
letting
it
get
further
than
it
has
to
go,
and
so
I'm
blessed
to
be
here
and
appreciate
all
your
thoughtful
questions.
A
And
we
are
thankful,
you
are
here,
sir,
so
thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
I
will
close
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill.
187
speaker
vice
chair
orange
shawl
is
not
here,
but
after
we
do
our
bills,
we
may
like
to
work
session
this
bill
today.
A
So
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
so.
You
would
know
that
we
are
in
that
process
all
right.
The
next
bill
we
will
hear,
will
be
assembly
bill
236
and
go
ahead
when
you're
ready.
Sir.
C
C
C
The
attorney
general
investigates
and
prosecutes
offenses
by
state
and
local
officers
and
employees,
crimes
against
older
and
vulnerable
persons
and
medicare
insurance
and
workers
compensation
fraud.
I
believe
it's
time
that
the
job
qualifications
of
our
top
law
enforcement
officer
reflect
the
needs
and
expectations
that
our
state
deserves.
C
Over
the
years,
the
duties
of
the
attorney
general
have
only
become
more
wide-ranging
and
complex.
However,
the
qualifications
for
attorney
attorney
general
have
not
been
updated
since
1955.,
a
review
of
the
qualifications
in
other
states
found
that
nevada
ranks
below
many
states.
Regarding
the
standards
placed
on
candidates
for
attorney
general.
Now
is
the
time
to
raise
the
standard
for
the
chief
law
enforcement
officer
in
this
state
to
ensure
future
candidates
have
a
certain
level
of
experience
in
life,
a
background
in
practicing
law
and
a
meaningful
understanding,
understanding
of
nevada's
history,
cultural
norms
and
attitudes.
C
Currently,
the
only
qualification
to
run
for
office
of
attorney
general
in
nevada
is
the
person
must
be
at
least
25
years
of
age,
be
a
qualified
elector
and
have
been
a
citizen.
A
resident
of
this
state
for
two
years
at
the
time
of
the
election,
there's
no
requirement
that
the
attorney
general
have
a
law
degree
or
even
any
experience,
practicing
law
according
to
information
published
by
the
national
association
of
attorneys
general.
Currently,
nine
states
have
a
minimum
of
age
of
26
ages
or
older
11
states
have
a
minimum
of
25
18
jurisdictions.
C
C
C
Now,
if
I
go
over
the
sections
of
the
bill
in
reviewing
the
text
of
the
bill,
you'll
see
that
ab-236
makes
just
a
couple
of
changes.
It
increases
the
minimum
age
required
for
the
office
attorney
general
from
25
to
30
years.
At
the
time
of
the
election,
increases
the
state
residency
requirement
from
two
to
three
years
and
as
a
requirement
that
a
person
be
a
member
of
the
state
bar
in
nevada
in
good
standing
after
reviewing
the
range
of
qualifications
in
other
states.
C
A
B
C
Thank
you
for
the
record
jason
fraction.
To
my
knowledge,
no
attorney
general
in
nevada
has
been
elected.
Who
was
not
a
licensed
attorney.
C
Again
for
the
record
jason
fryerson,
I
did
not.
I
do
think
that
it's
important
that
they
be
a
resident
to
understand
the
issues
in
nevada
and
the
history
of
nevada.
C
I
I
will
say
that,
in
conversations
about
the
bill,
what
many
folks
said
was
that
you
could
have
an
attorney
with
20
years
of
excellent
legal
experience
from
another
state
who
would
move
here
and
otherwise
be
a
great
candidate
but
not
be
qualified,
and
so
I
think
that
moving
forward
based
on
those
comments,
the
the
intention
was
to
leave
it
broad
enough
that
we
could
have
a
qualified
candidate
in
that
regard
without
disqualifying
them,
but
also
have
some
minimum
standards
that
were
a
little
bit
more
consistent
with
other
states.
A
I
have
one
regarding
the
the
age
requirement.
You
said
that
oklahoma,
I
believe,
had
a
31
age
requirement.
What
are
most
of
the
states
at.
C
Thank
you
again
for
the
record
jason
freyerson
again
it's
complicated
because
several
states
don't
have
an
express
age
requirement
but
have,
for
example,
10
years
of
practice
as
a
requirement,
and
so
I
think,
as
I
had
kind
of
highlighted,
nine
states
are
at
26
years
and
they're
several
at
25,
there's
18
with
no
express
requirement.
C
But
again
many
of
those
states
have
a
requirement
that
that
you'd
be
licensed
for
at
least
10
years,
which
you
know
in
in
a
traditional
sense,
unless
you're,
quite
frankly,
doogie
hauser
you're,
going
to.
C
Right,
you're
going
to
be
36
years
old
with
with
that
requirement,
and
that
was
assuming
you're
on
the
the
four-year
college
plan,
which
was
about
half
of
how
long
it
took
for
me
to
graduate
from
undergrad.
A
We're
missing
our
vice
chair,
I'm
sure
we
would
have
more
all
right
with
that,
sir.
We'll
go
to
the
room
and
first
we'll
ask:
if
anybody
in
the
room
is
in
support.
Okay,
then
we
will
go
to
the
phone
lines
broadcasting
when
you're
ready.
Please.
F
A
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
go
to
opposition.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
I
was
going
to
ask
after
senator
neil
asked
how
many
had
served
without
these
without
the
requirements
I
was
going
to
ask.
Has
anybody
run,
but
that
would
probably
take
a
bigger
lift
in
history.
So
all
right
with
that,
we'll
close
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
236
and
we'll
open
up
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
304
304
go
ahead
when
you're
ready.
Please.
C
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record
jason
fryer,
sent
assemblyman
for
district
eight
here
to
present
assembly
bill
304,
similar
to
the
the
legislation
considered
earlier
111..
This
deals
with
the
post
board
and
requirements
for
training.
C
It
is
again
a
very
straightforward
bill
that
expands
the
mental
health,
continuing
education,
peace
officer
requirements
to
complete
that
they
have
to
complete
yearly
to
add
crisis
intervention
according
to
the
to
data
from
the
national
conference
and
state
legislatures,
at
least
27
states
in
the
district
of
columbia,
have
laws
requiring
officers
to
be
trained
to
respond
to
mental
health,
substance
abuse
and
behavioral
disorder
issues.
In
theory,
the
role
of
our
criminal
justice
system
seems
simple
enough
on
its
surface,
enforce
our
approved
laws
and
penalize
those
who
break
those
laws.
C
However,
in
practice,
the
responsibilities
we
have
placed
on
our
criminal
justice
system,
and
particularly
our
peace
officers,
have
only
expanded
individuals
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
are
more
likely
to
encounter
law
enforcement
than
receive
medical
assistance.
When
someone
has
experienced
a
mental
health
crisis,
family
friends
and
good
samaritans
typically
call
9-1-1.
First,
this
means
many
of
our
law
enforcement
officers
by
no
fault
of
their
own
are
responding
to
cause.
They
frankly
lack
the
knowledge,
support
and
resources
to
effectively
handle
peace.
Officers
are
trained
and
trained
in
law
enforcement,
not
mental
health.
C
This
training
criteria
promotes
diversion
to
mental
health
services
rather
than
arrests
assuming
bill.
304
is
rather
short,
the
peace
officer,
standings
standards
and
training
commission
establishes
minimum
standards
for
continuing
education
requirements
for
peace
officers
that
shall
be
completed
annually.
C
C
I
I
would
like
to
be
clear
that
currently
in
regulation
as
chapter
289
of
the
nevada
administrative
code
crisis,
intervention,
training
is
already
listed
in
in
regs
ab-304
will
ensure
that
the
intent
of
the
legislature
is
clear
that
crisis
intervention
should
be
a
priority
from
our
law
enforcement
officers
and
part
of
their
continual
education.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
So
it's
just
a
really
quick
question
about
I'm
like
because
we
are
on
304
right
the
crisis
intervention
so
when
I
think
about
crisis
intervention,
because
it's,
including
without
limitation,
like
the
range
of
of
those
things
that
we're
thinking
about
just
to
get
a
couple
of
examples
about,
because
that
could
be.
That
could
be
a
lot.
But
I
just
wanted
some
examples
about
the
crisis.
Intervention
techniques
that
we're
thinking
about.
C
Thank
you
again
for
the
record
jason
fryerson.
I
I
would.
I
would
like
to
defer
to
the
actual
post,
director
and
and
members
of
the
commission
and
law
enforcement
community,
who
also
were
involved
with
helping
me.
This
could
have
been
combined
with
assembly
bill
111.
C
However,
I
I
thought
it
was
important
to
to
be
a
standalone
to
talk
about
crisis
intervention,
because
it
is
so
broad
and
the
reason
that
I
would
I
prefer
to
be
in
statute
rather
than
a
regulation
is
so
that
we
kept
it
there
and
made
sure
it
was
a
priority
and
made
sure
that
we
could
adapt
with
a
description
that
was
broad
enough
to
include
all
kinds
of
different.
You
know
crises
that
officers
encounter
as
you
can
see
an
existing
law
as
a
result
of
of
legislation
that
was
passed
last
session.
C
C
Because
of
an
awareness
about
mental
health
and
crisis
intervention
and
as
we
have
seen
so
many
times
frequently,
that
type
of
interaction
leads
to
an
arrest
or
someone
being
hurt,
and
so
again
I
think
that
the
definition
of
crisis
is
going
to
expand
depending
on
the
circumstances.
It
could
be
a
mental
health
crisis.
It
could
be
a
a
drug
abuse
crisis,
it
could
be
an
emotional
crisis.
C
I
think
not
every
call
requires
someone
to
be
handcuffed
and
arrested,
and
this
gives
police
the
flexibility
and
training
to
be
able
to
assess
that
situation
on
a
case-by-case.
C
C
I
believe
that,
at
the
very
least,
the
executive
director
is
still
available.
B
Okay,
because
I
mean
I
appreciate
that
example,
because
it
made
me
think
about
a
couple
of
things,
because
that
have
happened
in
north
las
vegas,
where
I
don't
know
if
it's
a
crisis,
but
I
know
that
they
were
potentially
on
drugs
and
they
were
hanging
from
the
post
by
city
view
park
and
a
cop
that
I
know
had
literally
climbed
on
top
of
a
car,
a
police
car
and
then
reach
for
him
to
keep
him
from
basically
falling
on
his
head
to
bring
him
down,
which
I
was
just
like.
B
It's
like
a
little
super
cop
or
something.
But
and
then
there
was
some
person
in
crisis.
B
They
were
wielding
a
machete
in
a
neighborhood
and
his
sergeant
didn't
know
what
to
do,
and
so
because
he
was
seasoned
been
around
for
a
while
was
unable
to
de-escalate
the
situation.
I
mean
by
using
his
body
to
push
to
push
the
guy
so
that
he
dropped
the
machete
so
that
he
could
be
disarmed
and
then
cuffed
right,
and
so
so
I
get
it.
And
I
just
think
that
you
know.
B
I
hope
that
this
this
bill
will
bring
forward
the
seasoned
community,
policing
officers
that
are
out
there
in
the
space
and
really
will
allow
the
agencies
to
look
at
their
officers,
who
have
wisdom
and
training
to
be
a
part
of
the
conversation,
because,
typically
the
in
policing
there's
a
hierarchy
and
there's
a
hierarchy
in
terms
of
who
gets
opportunities
to
train
versus
actually
looking
at.
Who
has
the
wisdom
and
the
skill
set
and
who
has
actually
encountered
all
of
these
situations.
C
Thank
you,
and
and
for
the
record
jason
fryerson.
I
I
remember
that
incident
regarding
a
machete
as
well,
and
that
was
actually
above
and
beyond
crisis
intervention.
It
was
pretty
impressive,
but
I
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
there
are
mental
health
providers,
statewide
regionally,
who
have
also
approached
me,
who
want
to
be
a
part
of
this,
and
so
because
it's
already
in
reg-
and
we
have
some
mental
health
professionals
that
that
want
to
collaborate
with
post.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
any
additional
questions
so
can
you-
and
this
is
kind
of
tandem
to
senator
neil's
question-
is
that
when
you
talk
about
crisis,
mental
health
and
crisis
intervention,
I'm
assuming
because
that's
such
in
a
way
such
a
broad
spectrum
right,
it
could
be
the
person
hanging
from
the
pole.
It
could
be
the
person
with
a
gun
you're
trying
to
de-escalate
so
whatever
it
may
be
that
I'm,
assuming
that
the
the
trainers
are
being
trained
at
some
type
of
a
national
level.
Is
that
what's
happening.
C
Again,
jason
freissen
for
the
record,
I
I
would
defer
to
to
executive
director
sherlock,
I'm
aware
that
they
already
conduct
this
training
and
I
believe
there
is
a
national
movement
with
respect,
in
particular
the
crisis
intervention
training,
because
it
could
be
mental
health,
it
could
be
drug
use,
it
could
be
emotional,
I
you
know
had
have
ex
experience
in
the
criminal
justice
system
on
both
sides,
as
a
public
defender
and
as
a
district
attorney
deputy
district
attorney
in
in
incidents
where
a
recognition
of
an
individual's
condition
and
an
approach
based
on
that
condition
went
a
long
way
and
for
me
at
the
time
it
was
individuals
who
I
was
familiar
with.
C
So
I
knew,
but
without
that
familiarity
I
think
crisis
intervention
training
would
have
gone
a
long
way.
A
Line
we
may
have
to
pull
him
in
when
we
go
to
support
okay.
Thank
you
very
much
speaker
and
with
that
we'll
go
to
support
in
the
room
two
of
my
favorite
people
back
in
support.
Thank
you.
It's
good
to
see
you
at
the
table
go
ahead
when
you're
ready.
E
Good
afternoon
sharon
members
of
the
committee,
we
again
want
to
thank
speaker
fryerson
for
bringing
forward
this
important
bill.
We
support
ab304
and
the
intention
to
continue
to
improve
policies
that
ensure
that
all
of
our
citizens
feel
safe.
When
interacting
with
law
enforcement,
we
expect
a
lot
from
our
law
enforcement.
This
requirement
will
ensure
that
they
are
properly
educated
and
trained
when
they
interact
with
our
most
vulnerable
community
members.
Thank
you.
D
D
Quite
frankly,
we
don't
invest
enough
in
our
state's
mental
health
systems
and
it's
not
just
a
problem
down
south.
As
I've
been
up
here
now
three
sessions
in
a
row,
I've
talked
to
some
of
the
assembly,
people
and
senators
who
represent
the
rural
districts
and
have
realized
the
problem
in
those
areas
as
well
with
mental
illness.
E
A
F
F
H
Good
afternoon
good
afternoon,
this
is
navida
abshar
again,
that's
nav
id.
The
last
name
is
a-f-s-h-a-r,
calling
on
behalf
of
nevada
attorneys
for
criminal
justice.
I'm
calling
in
to
testify
to
give
our
support
to
this
bill.
I
really
appreciate
speaker
ryerson,
bringing
us
forward.
I
mean
this
is
one
line
really
amending
the
bill,
but
it
could
have
significant
impact,
as
many
others
have
already
said.
H
During
this
hearing,
there
are
so
many
instances
when
law
enforcement
encounter
someone
who
is
having
a
crisis,
and
they
may
not
understand
in
that
moment
what
that
person
is
dealing
with,
and
then
they
view
that
person
as
potentially
being
hostile
towards
them
when
that
person
is
having
some
kind
of
a
psychological
or
personal
breakdown.
So
to
have
this
training
again,
it's
a
good
step.
It's
something
we
want
to
go
in
the
right
direction
with,
and
I
really
appreciate
everyone
who
worked
to
put
this
in
here
and
we
encourage
the
community.
Please
support
this
as
well.
F
I
I'm
calling
in
support
of
ab-304,
I
think
all
officers
should
have
crisis
intervention
training.
As
someone
whose
brother
was
in
a
mental
health
crisis
at
the
peppermill
casino
in
reno-
and
he
was
hog
tied
by
reno
police
for
for
over
40
minutes
and
then
affixated
at
the
jail
still
hog
tied
when
it
was
clear,
he
was
a
threat
to
nobody.
He
assaulted
nobody.
He
was
not
combative.
I
He
simply
asked
for
help.
He
was
making
statements
that
somebody
was
trying
to
kill
him
and
instead
of
helping
him,
they
hogtied
him
which
led
to
his
death,
and
I
believe
that
all
officers
need
to
know
how
to
deal
with
our
vulnerable
community
members.
Maybe
my
brother
would
still
be
alive.
Thank
you.
F
J
Good
afternoon
jared
under
our
loop
and
the
senate
committee
on
government
affairs,
my
name
is
christopher
reese
r-I-e-s
on
behalf
of
the
las
vegas
metropolitan
police
department.
But
first
I'd
like
to
thank
speaker
fryerson
for
bringing
forth
assembly
bill
304
and
offer
our
support
crisis.
Intervention
training
has
been
an
important
part
of
lvmpd.
J
For
many
years
the
vast
majority
of
officers
have
been
cit
certified
for
numerous
years
and
each
new
officer
receives
cit
training
during
their
academy
experience
crisis
intervention
techniques
continue
to
be
an
important
part
of
de-escalation
strategies
and
we
agree
with
this
training
being
codified
into
law.
Again.
Thank
you,
speaker,
ferguson,
for
this
important
bill
and
we
extend
our
support
of
abu
304.
F
H
Hi,
yes,
my
name
is
matthew.
Wilkie
m,
a
t
t
h
e
w
w.
I
l
k,
I
e
and
thank
you
speakman
feyerson,
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
You
heard
from
anne
marie
grant
just
a
few
moments
ago
talking
about
her
brother,
thomas
purdy,
who
was
killed
by
washoe
county
police.
I
also
want
to
mention
mikaya
lee
18
years
old,
a
reno
resident
who
was
shot
and
killed
during
a
crisis
where
his
mother
called
police.
Let
the
police
know
he
was
having
a
crisis
which
still
resulted
in
his
death.
H
I
do
believe
that
if
this
bill
was
in
effect,
it
very
well
could
have
protected
and
thomas
purdy
and
makaya
could
potentially
still
be
with
us
today.
Thank
you.
So
much
speakers
and
speaker
speaker
franklin
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
and
I
urge
your
support.
Thank
you.
F
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
we'll
go
to
opposition.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
we
received
a
message
from
director
sherlock
that
he
had
to
jump
off
for
a
meeting
and
he
will
get
your
answers
that
have
the
questions
that
have
been
asked.
So
with
that
speaker,
do
you
have
any
closing
remarks.
C
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair
jason,
fryerson
for
the
record.
I
I
do
not.
I
thank
you
all
for
your
questions
and
I
thank
all
of
the
in
particular
members
of
law
enforcement
that
have
embraced
this
as
the
direction
that
nevada
needs
to
go.
A
C
C
Under
better
economic
times.
The
bill
was
first
brought
to
this
body
with
the
premise
of
connecting
small
businesses
with
the
assistance
they
needed
to
navigate
the
various
intricacies
of
starting
and
running
a
business,
whether
that's
understanding,
state
filing
requirements,
federal
filing
requirements,
licenses
permit
certificates,
renewal
requirements,
etc.
The
goal
of
this
office
was
simply
to
be
an
advocate
and
a
resource
for
our
small
businesses
per
data
from
the
u.s
small
business
administration
in
2020,
nevada
was
home
to
over
283
300
small
businesses
that
employed
over
503
100
500
3100
nevadans.
C
That
is
forty.
Two
percent
of
our
workforce.
Small
businesses
are
critical
to
our
state's
economy.
The
economic
impacts
of
covet
19
are
no
surprise
to
any
of
us
here.
Per
the
united
states
small
business
administration
in
april
2020,
51
of
small
businesses,
were
negatively
impacted
by
covet
19.
in
november
2020.
These
numbers
improved
with
29
percent
of
small
businesses,
still
reporting
that
they
were
negatively
impacted
by
the
pandemic.
However,
our
food,
entertainment
and
education
industries
have
been
hit
the
hardest
and
the
slowest
to
recover.
C
For
example,
84
percent
of
small
businesses
in
the
accommodation
and
food
industry
reported
in
april
that
they
were
negatively
impacted
by
covet
19..
Our
small
businesses
need
us
more
than
ever
with
the
influx
of
federal
state
and
local
resources
available.
During
these
tough
times.
I
see
no
better
time
for
this
office
to
exist
and
help
nevadans
navigate
through
these
tough
times.
C
I'd
love
I'd
now
like
to
turn
it
over
to
lieutenant
governor
k,
marshall
and
miss
lopez,
who
will
be
walking
through
the
provisions
of
this
bill
and
and
with
madam
chair's
permission,
I
have
welcomed
the
lieutenant
governor
doing
all
of
the
heavy
lifting
and
am
confident
in
her
ability
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
direction
that
the
bill
was
going
in
and
with
your
permission,
I
would
leave
it
to
them
and
get
to
the
many
messages
that
I
feel
my
phone
buzzing
with
right
now.
A
I
understand
that
sir,
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I
thought
that
we
might
be
able
to
vote
out
your
other
bill
today,
but
with
missing
two
members
right
now
presenting
bills.
If
you
don't
mind,
I
think
that
we'll
wait
until
a
day
when
we
have
everybody
here,
so
I
appreciate
that
courtesy
from
you
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today
and
on
to
the
messages.
Thank
you.
A
Lieutenant
governor,
welcome
to
senate
government
affairs,
we're
very
happy
to
see
you
and
we're
happy
to
have
both
of
you
here
today.
So
please
go
ahead
when
you're
ready.
O
Thank
you,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
speaker
both
for
bringing
this
bill
and
his
partnership
and
also
giving
me
the
rope
to
hang
myself
and
presenting
the
bill
to
you
and
answering
any
questions
you
might
have
good
afternoon,
chair
woman
and
members
of
the
committee,
it's
my
privilege
to
come
before
you
this
afternoon
to
present
ab184,
creating
the
office
of
small
business
advocacy
within
the
office
of
the
lieutenant
governor.
O
The
success
of
our
small
business
relies
now
on
our
ability
to
on
our
ability
to
prepare
for
both
risk
and
also
for
resiliency
going
forward
in
order
for
our
state
to
build
the
type
of
organizational
infrastructure
that
provides
an
adequate
safety
net
to
operate
within
the
dynamic
environment
that
is
small
business
ownership.
These
days,
we
must
have
a
three-pronged
approach
that
includes
business
development,
support,
regulate
regulatory
measures
and
advocacy.
O
Currently,
the
small
business
development
center
serves
to
increase
business,
starts,
create
and
retain
jobs
and
increase
access
to
capital
within
that
three
prong
approach,
the
sbdc
or
the
small
business
development
center's
mission,
largely
fulfills.
The
business
development
needs
within
our
state.
The
second
prong
of
our
approach
encompasses
regulatory
measures,
a
licensure
that
type
and
thing
and
is
an
important
component
to
ensure
the
holistic
health
of
our
business
ecosystem.
O
In
fact,
if
you
go
back
to
the
governor's
recently
released
report
on
recovery
and
resiliency,
consultants
stated
that
in
nevada
in
particular,
responsibility
for
rules
and
regulations
is
spread
across
multiple
state
entities,
and
I
quote,
as
a
result,
there's
limited
coordination
and
conflicting
communication
with
no
single
officer
leader
charged
with
owning
all
the
issues
of
importance
to
this
sector.
O
Collectively,
our
small
businesses
make
up
99
of
all
the
businesses
and
42
percent
of
the
workforce
in
nevada,
making
this
industry
a
force
or
a
drag
and
anchor
if
we
do
not
support
this
industry
to
propel
our
state's
economic
engine.
Additionally,
our
small
businesses
meaningfully
contribute
to
the
vibrant
and
diverse
landscape
of
our
economy.
They
build
cultural
epicenters
that
deeply
defined
our
state's
many
unique
communities.
I
don't
know
if
many
of
you
recently
saw
that
there
was
a
news
tv
show
news,
article
on
sures
nevada.
O
For
those
of
you
who
drive
back
to
vegas,
you
will
pass
through
shirts
a
woman.
There
has
opened
a
coffee
shop
and
a
vegetarian
deli
there.
So
if
you
are
driving
on
95,
you
should
stop
there,
but
that
has
become
a
central
point
in
that
committee
individually.
A
small
business
owner's
ability
to
operate
their
businesses
and
navigate
through
the
many
hoops
and
hurdles
associated
with
ownership
can
be
immensely
burdensome.
O
O
That's
why
the
establishment
of
the
office
of
small
business
advocacy
is
not
only
vital
but
necessary
to
ensure
the
long-term
growth
and
resiliency
of
our
small
business
industry
as
we
move
beyond
this
pandemic.
Let
me
walk
you
through
section
by
section.
I
will
keep
it
brief
sections
one
through
seven
of
the
bill
provide
definitions,
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
in
section
six,
a
small
business
is
defined
as
100
employees
or
less.
This
is
in
line
with
the
federal
definition
section.
O
Section
12
of
the
bill
prescribes
the
protocol
for
the
office
to
follow
when
it
receives
a
request
for
assistance
from
a
small
business
and
mandates
that
a
file
be
open
no
later
than
30
days
after
receipt
of
request
and
notify
the
requester
when
the
file
is
closed.
Section
13
of
the
bill
requires
the
office
to
establish
and
maintain
an
education
course
for
small
business.
I'm
sorry,
I
misspoke
section
13
gives
the
office
the
opportunity
to
that.
It's
it
specifically
says:
may
not
shell.
O
This
allows
the
establishment
of
an
education
course.
Yes
that,
but
does
not
make
the
requirement
to
do
so.
Section
14
of
the
bill
authorized
the
office
to
accept
and
apply
for
gifts,
grants
and
contributions,
or
other
money
from
governmental
and
private
agencies
to
carry
out
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
O
O
Section
14
creates
an
account
in
the
office
of
small
business,
small
business
advocacy
names
of
lieutenant
governor
as
the
administrator
of
the
account
that
is
so
that
we
can
receive
such
monies
that
we
apply
for
and
ensures
that
any
interest
in
that
account
is
maintained
in
that
account
for
the
purpose
of
the
office
of
small
business
advocate
section
15
of
the
bill
requires
a
lieutenant
governor
to
report
to
the
legislature
a
a
written
report
on
the
activities
how
effective
we
were,
what
we
did
in
in
basically
to
measure
our
the
activities
within
the
office.
O
Section
16
of
the
bill
provides
that
records
files
and
communications
whether
made
or
received
or
confidential,
and
not
public
records,
and
then
section
20
is
a
sunset
provision
which
allows
the
office
to
run
as
a
pilot
program.
This
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
prove
to
the
legislature
this
concept
that
the
the
state
should
needs
a
small
business
advocate
to
provide
you
with
data
and
reports
so
that
you
can
then
determine
at
the
next
legislative
session
whether
you
want
to
continue
this
office
into
the
future.
O
It's
my
belief
that
we
will
be
able
to
get
grants
and
appropriate
and
non-general
fund
appropriations
for
this
office
and
that
we
will
be
able
to
come
before
you
in
two
years
and
prove
out
what
we
believe
is
necessary.
In
closing,
I
also
have
a
letter
of
support.
I
know
you
guys
have
been
at
this
for
a
very
very
long
time,
so
I
want
to
give
you
the
opportunity.
I
won't
read
the
letter.
I
I
assume
you
all
have
it
with
you.
O
I
will
just
tell
you
who
has
signed
the
letter:
terry
reynolds,
director
of
business
and
industry,
michael
brown,
director
of
governor's
office
of
economic
development
mike
kasmirsky
president
and
ceo
of
edon
jonas
peterson,
president
and
ceo
of
lbgea,
shauni
coleman,
director
of
the
community
in
economic
development
for
clark,
county
favored,
chicago
the
president
of
the
african
chamber
and
commerce
and
tourism
amber
stidham,
the
vice
president
of
government
affairs
for
the
henderson
chamber,
peter
gusman,
the
president
of
the
latin
chamber,
ken
evans,
the
president
of
the
urban
chamber,
anne
silver,
the
president
of
the
reno's
sparks
chamber,
mary
beth
seawall,
the
president
of
the
vegas
chamber,
joe
cato
the
president
of
the
periwinkle
group,
tom
clark,
the
owner
of
tom
clark,
solutions,
glenn,
galloway,
the
owner
of
glen
with
the
y
studio
mari
gonzalez,
the
owner
of
coolsville
tattoo
john
hopuch,
the
founder
of
holo
discovery.
O
I
am
sure
I
am
absolutely
distorting
these
names.
I'm
just
gonna
put
that
out
there:
okay,
stephanie
jillian,
the
owner
of
shadow,
light
wellness,
lee
lanier,
the
owner
of
lillanier
paints
geneva,
marquez,
the
owner
of
saturation
gallery
matthew,
morgan,
the
owner
of
stinky
monkey
llc,
kurt
figpen.
O
A
Thank
you
very
much
lieutenant
governor
for
this
questions
from
the
committee
senator
neil.
B
O
So
imagine
that
you
are
a
local
agency
and
you
have
submitted
a
letter
to
a
small
business
stating
that
they
are
in
violation
of
x,
regulation
or
x
licensing
requirement
and
that
you
will
enforce
that
requirement
by
withdrawing
their
license
to
operate
or
closing
them
down
for
a
period
of
days
or
any
number
of
things
that
a
local.
O
Business
agency
working
for
the
city
or
the
county
is
allowed
to
do
and
needs
to
do.
The
small
business
may
have
no
understanding
of
exactly
what
the
issue
is.
They
may
not
be
able
they
may
have
applied
for
certain
things.
They
may
have
some
miscommunication.
They
may
be
talking
to
the
wrong
office
that
didn't
send
them
the
letter.
O
O
We
will
be
a
facilitator
between
those
two
making
it
easier
for
the
agency
to
get
their
work
done,
making
it
easier
for
a
small
business
that
does
not
have
an
hr
office
that
does
not
have
a
legal
department
that
that
may
be
very,
very
good
at
the
products
that
they
make
or
the
services
they
provide,
but
not
very,
very
good.
At
business
administration
requirements.
B
B
But
then
what
would
be
the
role
of
the
business
licensed
divisions
that
are
like
with
within
the
counties
who
have
the
enforcement
function
to
and
also
they
should
be,
educating
the
there's
a
crossover
and
then
there's
also
a
crossover
with
the
secretary
of
state
piece
when
in
section
9
sub
1,
where
you
talk
about
starting
operating
and
winding
up
a
small
business,
because
I
thought
what
it
was
that
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno
had
that
bill
in
2019
that
basically
asked
the
secretary
of
state
to
put
all
of
the
business
programs
in
one
area
on
the
secretary
of
state's
website.
B
B
O
Yes,
thank
you.
Lieutenant
governor
kate
marshall,
for
the
record
through
you,
madam
chair
to
you,
assemblywoman,
senator
neil,
that
that
is
absolutely.
You
have
gotten
to
the
crux
of
the
issue
of
why
we
need
an
office
of
small
business
advocate.
There
are
many
myriad
agencies
and
entities
that
are
state
and
local,
that
that
have
requirements,
regulations,
licensures
enforcement
activities
for
businesses,
and
there
is
no
one
hub
where
someone
can
help
a
business
connect
to
the
right
place
and
the
right
person
with
respect
to
whatever
their
needs
are.
O
O
There
are
many
many
entities
in
this
state
that
a
small
business
has
to
interact
with
who
to
go
to
when
to
go
to
and
how
to
get
to
the
right
person
is
what
our
office
would
do.
We
would
be
a
navigator,
an
ops
budsman
for
that
small
business,
so
we
would
basically
work
with
all
of
those
agencies.
Take
the
secretary
of
state's
office,
for
example.
O
We
would
connect
with
the
secretary
of
state's
office
to
have
a
liaison
in
that
office
so
that
we
could
call
them
and
make
sure
that
we
found
the
right
person.
We
are
the
bat
phone
to
for
the
small
business
to
whatever
agency
or
entity
needs
to
be
contacted.
O
O
It
had
been
60
days,
they
could
not
get
hold
of
anyone
at
the
mortgage
license
agency,
they
didn't
know
who
was
handling
their
mortgage
license.
60
days
seemed
an
inordinately
long
time
and
they
called
us.
So
I
called
over
to
the
mortgage
licensing
bureau.
I
mean
within
bni.
O
It
turned
out
that
the
gentleman
who
was
working
on
their
license
had
left
so
his
application
for
that
business
had
been
put
on
the
pile
of
another
employee
who
was
new,
who
had
then
just
put
it
at
the
bottom
of
the
pile
to
try
to
work
through
it.
O
We
were
able
to
explain
to
bni
that
that
particular
small
businesses
application
had
been
waiting
60
days
through
no
fault
of
anyone,
an
employee
left.
We
were
able
to
get
that
application
through
within
three
days
and
and
the
business
was
able
then
to
thrive.
They
couldn't
do
anything
and
they
couldn't
get
a
hold
of
anyone.
B
O
O
What
will
allow
us
to
not
only
help
small
businesses
establish
but
continue
to
grow.
This
is
the
problem
that
was
identified
in
the
governor's
recovery
roadmap
that
was
produced,
and
this
is
why
we,
we
will
definitely
work
with
all
these
entities.
O
That's
the
goal
is
to
be
able
to
provide
them
information
and
to
be
able
to
connect
businesses
to
where
they
need
to
be
connected
to
solve
their
problems,
so
we
become
overall,
more
coordinated
and
then
more
more
able
to
respond
to
business
needs.
A
Any
additional
questions
from
the
committee
lieutenant
governor-
I
I
have
one
and
it
may
be
in
here-
and
I've
missed
it
if
I
want
to
open
a
small
business,
but
I
need
help,
I
just
need
some
basics,
almost
like
a
little
class
or
something
to
take
in
order
to
know
where
to
go.
I
have
a
really
great
idea,
but
I
need
that
other
information.
O
Lieutenant
governor
kate
marshall,
for
the
record.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
question.
Absolutely
so
we
will
also
have
liaisons
in
each
of
the
chambers.
You
know
many
of
the
change
chambers
provide
webinars
or
technical
support,
and
we
also
have
a
liaison
within
sbdc
which
helps
businesses,
even
even
just
at
the
idea
stage
write
up
their
business
plan.
So
if
a
business
calls
the
office
and
says
I
have
this
great
idea,
but
I
don't
know
now
how
do
I
begin
this
process
right?
So
we
could
say
all
right.
A
So
if
I
was
a
person,
an
apologies,
if
I
was
a
person
who
was
filing
a
complaint
on
a
small
business,
would
I
go
to
you
or
would
I
file
a
complaint
that
would
come
to
the
small
business
department.
O
If
you
are
a
small
business
and
you
lieutenant
governor
kate
marshall,
for
the
record,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
If
you
have,
if
you
are
a
small
business
and
you
have
a
complaint,
you
could
come
to
us
and
we
could
tell
connect
you
with
the
right
place
to
file
your
complaint
or
we
could
help.
You
resolve
your
complaint.
When
the
mortgage
company
called
they
were
complaining,
they
were
not
a
happy
camper,
they
were
a
happy
camper
at
the
end,
with
both
business
and
industries
in
us.
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
So
just
one
last
one
on
section
14..
This
was
in
section
14
sub
2
line
25.
It
says
other
other
money
from
governmental
agencies.
So
are
we
talking
about
we're
going
to
be
doing
like
intergovernmental
transfers
of
money
to
help.
O
Lieutenant
governor
came
up
with
the
record
through
you,
madam
chair,
to
senator
neil.
No,
that
is
not
what
that
is
referring
to.
Basically
I'll
give
you
an
example:
the
small
business
administration
has
issued
or
is
about
to
issue
a
notice
of
funding
opportunity.
We
will
be
applying
for
a
grant
that
funding
opportunity
is
for
a
small
business
navigator
within
communities,
so
we
believe
that
we
may
be
able
to
apply
for
that
grant.
O
In
addition,
the
governor's
recovery
framework
has
stated
that
they
believe
that
the
one
of
the
that
part
of
the
ability
to
recover
from
the
pandemic
is
to
be
able
to
connect
small
businesses,
especially
women
in
minority
and
small
businesses,
to
aid
that
we
know
for
a
fact
that
much
of
the
aid
that
has
been
provided
to
small
businesses,
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
have
had
difficulty
accessing.
O
So
we
will
be
applying
for
funds
under
that,
because
one
of
the
roles
that
that
we
will
take
on
is
making
sure
that
if
a
small
business
contacts
us
about
anything
that
we
will
determine
whether
or
not
they
are
there
is
aid
available
to
that
business
and
connect
them
to
the
right
place
for
that
aid
pandemic
recovery
aid.
So
that's
what
that's
referring
to
it's
those
kinds
of
grants,
those
kinds
of.
C
O
O
More
effective
at
what
they
are
doing
in
the
first
year
of
oregon
being
up
and
running,
I
think
I'm
worried
that
I'll
get
the
number
wrong.
So
please
don't
hold
me
to
the
to
it,
but
I
think
they
handled
something
like
1400,
complaint,
complaints
or
inquiries.
O
We
will
have
one
person
in
vegas
who
we
would
hope
would
be
bilingual
and
one
person
in
the
north
to
handle
the
rest
of
the
state.
At
the
beginning.
O
C
A
A
You
I
can't,
I
think
I
can
all
right
any
additional
questions.
Senator
hansen
you're
awful
quiet
down
there,
sir
okay,
all
right
all
right
with
that
lieutenant
governor
we'll
go
to
support
and
opposition
in
neutral.
If
that's,
okay
with
you.
O
Lieutenant
governor
kate
marshall,
for
the
record,
I
I
hope
that
it
it.
I
tried
to
read
off
the
names
and
we
tried
to
collect
all
these
names
in
a
letter
in
the
hopes
that
that
would
be
helpful
in
in
shortening
time.
So
I
hope
that
that
that
happens.
A
Right,
thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
we'll
go
to
support.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
room
in
support.
N
My
microphone,
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
chair,
I
I
really
appreciate
appreciate
the
indulgence
chair,
dondero
lupin.
Members
of
this
committee
for
the
record
mary
beth
seawalled
spelled
s-e-w-a-l-d,
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
las
vegas
chamber
of
commerce.
The
chamber
is
in
support
of
creation,
the
creation
of
the
lieutenant
governor's
office
of
small
business
advocacy
and
appreciate
the
speaker
of
the
assembly,
the
assembly
majority
leader
and
the
lieutenant
governor
for
bringing
this
bill
forward.
N
As
you
know,
nevada
small
businesses
are
the
backbone
of
our
economy,
their
their
success,
as
jobs
providers
is
essential
to
our
economic
recovery
as
the
state's
largest
and
broadest
business
organization.
85
percent
of
our
members
believe
it
or
not,
are
small
business
owners.
We
have
small
businesses
in
every
sector
of
the
state's
economy
and,
according
to
the
small
business
administration,
small
businesses
employ
more
than
42
percent
of
nevada's
private
sector
employees.
N
A
centralized
approach,
as
proposed
by
the
bill,
will
help
small
businesses
as
they
navigate
the
challenges
that
come
with
owning
and
operating
a
small
business.
The
reality
is
that
the
small
businesses
have
limited
resources
in
time.
Many
of
them
are
just
struggling
to
keep
their
doors
open
and
to
meet
payroll
so
that
they
can
keep
nevadans
working.
This
type
of
assistance
will
give
them
a
better
chance
of
navigating
the
complexities
of
state
and
local
governments
to
provide
answers
and
to
get
the
help
they
need.
N
N
N
Chair
dondero
loop
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
connor
kane
c-o-n-n-o-r-c-a-I-n
in
in
the
interest
of
time.
I
think
I'll
keep
my
testimony
brief,
also
because
the
lieutenant
governor
has
done
such
a
wonderful
job,
explaining
this
bill
and
also,
I
think
ms
sewell
did
a
fantastic
job
expressing
her
support
on
behalf
of
the
biggest
chamber,
I'm
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
henderson
chamber
of
commerce
and
also
the
las
vegas
global
economic
alliance
in
in
support
of
ab184.
N
We
do.
We
also
appreciate
the
speaker,
the
majority
leader
and
lieutenant
governor
for
bringing
the
bill
and
senator
dunder
lupe.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
and
if
I
could
quickly
since
I
have
I
have
been
here
for
for
a
couple
of
hours,
I
did
want
to
recognize.
I
frankly
very
rarely
have
the
opportunity
to
do
this,
but
recognize
broad
broadcast
all
the
committee
staff,
everyone
behind
the
scenes
who
you
know,
ensure
that
we
can
get
into
the
building
safely
and
and
can
provide
the
public
the
opportunity
to
testify.
N
I
myself
oftentimes
on
zoom.
I
have
a
hard
time
figuring
out
how
to
unmute
my
microphone
until
folks.
Tell
me
that
I'm
muted,
they
can't
hear
me
and
watching
a
meeting
earlier
today,
like
the
one
that
the
speaker
had
where
he
presented
his
cancer
awareness
bill.
Just
incredible
watching
watching
broadcast,
coordinate
multiple
people
calling
in
by
zoom,
and
so
I
did
want
to
thank
them
and
thank
you
and
again
appreciate
the
opportunity.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
for
those
kind
words
we
feel
the
same
broadcasting
and
our
staff,
our
secretaries
and
our
policy.
Analysts
and
legal
have
just
kept
the
ship
running,
and
so
we
so
appreciate
all
their
expertise
and
extra
time
that
they've
put
in
doing
that.
So
thank
you
very
much
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
with
that.
We
will
go
to
the
phone
lines
to
see
if
we
have
somebody
in
support
broadcasting
when
you're
ready.
Please.
F
F
H
Good
evening,
chair
members
of
the
committee,
nick
vanderpool
n-I-c-k-v-a-n-d-e-r-p-o-e-l
with
capital
partners
here
today
on
behalf
of
the
reno
sparks
chamber
of
commerce,
huge
kudos
to
the
lieutenant
governor
and
this
piece
of
legislation
and
in
the
interest
of
time
I
will
echo
what
my
colleagues
said:
miss
seawall
mr
kane
ditto,
and
so
thank
you
and
we
urge
your
support.
F
J
J
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
on
this
important
bill
and
subject.
I
want
to
thank
the
lieutenant
governor
for
bringing
it
forward.
The
bottom
line
is,
is
that
at
the
latin
chamber
of
commerce
we've
actually
experienced
growth
during
this
pandemic.
Our
retention
is
through
the
roof,
the
the
reason.
Why
is
because
the
entrepreneurship,
the
spirit
of
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
in
this
state
is
incredible,
and
we
must
do
everything
that
we
can
to
continue.
F
J
Good
evening,
madam
chair,
my
name
is
tom
clark.
That's
t-o-m-c-l-a-r-k,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
outdoor
business
coalition,
we're
like
the
chamber
for
the
great
outdoors
here
in
nevada
and
on
behalf
of
the
many
small
outdoor
recreation
businesses.
I
want
to
state
our
support
for
ab184
and
thank
the
lieutenant
governor
and
the
speaker
for
bringing
forward
the
bill.
J
The
creation
of
this
office
will
help
the
small
businesses
that
had
to
close
their
doors
but
want
to
reopen
those
people
with
the
next
big
idea,
follow
their
dreams
and
support
those
that
have
weathered
the
storm.
Together.
We
can
make
the
outdoor
recreation
industry
thrive
once
again
in
our
great
state
and
just
as
a
personal
note,
I
hope
you
get
a
chance
to
stop
at
the
vegetarian
coffee
shop,
insurers.
I
hear
it's
fantastic.
F
J
Thank
you,
chair,
dondero,
luke
members
of
the
committee,
for
the
record.
My
name
is
ken
evans
k-e-n-e-v-a-n-f,
I'm
the
president
for
the
urban
chamber
of
commerce
and
one
of
the
signatories
to
the
letter.
As
my
colleagues
have
so
well
put
it,
the
small
business
is
definitely
a
major
driver
in
our
economy.
J
J
F
H
Thank
you
chair
and
committee
members.
This
is
brian
reader
b-r-I-a-n-r-e-e-d-e-r
with
ferrari
public
affairs.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
contractors,
association
mca
represents
general
and
subcontractors
and
affiliated
businesses
throughout
southern
nevada
and
nca
works
to
be
inclusive
of
all
businesses
and
work
to
provide
resources
for
small
businesses,
small
disadvantaged
businesses,
those
working
to
be
successful
in
our
construction
industry.
So
we
just
want
to
thank
the
lieutenant
governor,
the
speaker,
the
majority
leader
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
and
urge
your
support.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
lieutenant
governor,
do
you
have
closing
comments?
Please.
O
Thank
you,
lieutenant
governor
kate
marshall,
for
the
record.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
members
of
the
committee
and
everyone
who
called
in.
I
appreciate
the
support
and
also
the
belief
that
we
will
achieve
this.
Thank
you
for
your
questions
and
please
feel
free
to
call
me
if
there
is
anything
else
later.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
thank
you
especially
for
your
hard
work.
A
Thank
you
so
much
lieutenant
governor
and
may
I
make
one
request:
please
we
don't
see
the
letter
that
you
are
referencing,
so
would
you
make
sure
that
it
gets
sent
to
my
office
and
the
committee
secretary
for
government
affairs.
O
A
A
F
A
All
right
well,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that
broadcasting,
as
already
as
already
has
been
said,
we
so
appreciate
your
time
and
joining
us
monday,
wednesday
and
friday,
and
we
appreciate
our
staff,
our
secretaries
and
our
sergeant-at-arms
for
hanging
in
there
with
us,
legal
and
our
policy
people.
A
Everybody
helps
to
make
the
to
make
it
a
whole.
So
thank
you
very
much
committee
members
with
that.
I
will
adjourn
the
meeting
and
we'll
see
you
on
friday
at
3
30..
Thank.