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A
Good
afternoon,
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources
will
now
come
to
order
members,
as
this
is
a
new
format.
Please
remember
to
meet
your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
at
this
moment,
I
will
proceed
to
call
roll.
Please
respond,
affirmatively,
as
I
call
your
name,
our
secretary
will
keep
note
for
those
of
you
who
are
present
beginning
first
senator
brooks.
B
A
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A
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A
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A
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bills
will
be
heard
today,
so
bps
staff
will
be
on
call,
will
call
on
you
to
speak
by
the
last
three
digits
of
your
phone
number
and
there
are
detailed
instructions
for
participating
in
committee.
A
So
now
that
we
have
taken
care
of
logistics
and
got
that
out
of
the
way
let's
go
around
and
do
a
few
quick
introductions
I'll
go
first,
so
my
name
is
fabian
de
nate.
I
am
the
representative
for
senate
district
10
10
in
the
heart
of
las
vegas,
my
district
oversees
parts
of
the
las
vegas
strip
and
central
vegas.
A
So
that's
where
I'm
from
and
raised
the
clark
county
board
of
commissioners
appointed
me
last
week
on
tuesday
february,
2nd
2021
to
fill
the
vacancy
left
by
former
former
senator
ivana
cancella,
and
I
am
actually
really
honored
to
represent
senator
dixon
10
and
to
serve
as
a
committee
chair
personally.
For
just
for
me,
my
career
and
my
educational
background
is
in
the
field
of
public
health
and,
as
many
of
you
know,
climate
change
and
environmental
justice
falls
alongside
the
scope
of
the
committee.
A
Most
of
my
exposure
to
natural
resources
has
actually
been
through
my
experiences
visiting
state
and
national
parks.
I'm
a
big
fan
of
hiking
canoeing
really
any
outdoor
recreational
sport,
but
I
always
said
that
if
public
health
didn't
work
out
for
me
that
my
full-time
job
would
be
as
a
landscaping
wildlife
photographer.
A
A
My
main
concern
throughout
this
whole
time
will
be
to
protect
and
defend
those
who
are
routinely
forgotten,
and
I
will
always
try
to
uplift
indigenous
lands
and
populations,
and
I
think
that's
an
important
conversation
moving
forward.
So
next
I
will
introduce
to
you
our
committee
staff
and
give
all
the
committee
members
an
opportunity
to
introduce
introduce
themselves.
A
vital
part
of
the
committee
is
the
staff,
and
I
would
like
to
welcome
you,
some
of
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources.
So
first
we
have
alan
ember.
He
is
the
committee
council.
A
This
is
his
third
legislative
session
and
he
will
be
staffing,
both
the
assembly
and
the
senate
committees
on
natural
resources
and
beyond
that
we
have
jennifer
rudy.
Who
is
a
committee
policy
analyst?
This
is
her
13th
legislative
session,
but
her
first
staffing,
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources,
so
we're
very
honored
to
have
their
support
during
this
process
and
while
you
will
see
mr
amber
and
miss
rudy
on
most
days
on
zoom
for
the
meetings,
many
of
our
staff
will
be
working
behind
the
scenes.
A
My
right
hand,
roberto
cox,
is
working
her
first
legislative
session
and
miss
cox
will
serve
in
dual
roles.
As
a
committee
manager
and
as
my
legislative
assistant,
she
has
25
years
of
experience
as
a
public
public
school
teacher
and
she
retired
in
june
2020
from
the
hawaii
department
of
education.
A
She
is
excited
to
work
for
the
state
legislature
and
she's
just
been
an
instrumental
part
of
our
team,
and
we
also
have
with
us
today
christine
miner,
who
is
working
on
her
fourth
legislative
session,
as
committee
secretary,
she
retired
from
retail
property
management
and
moved
to
carson
city
valley
to
the
carson
valley
in
2013
to
share
a
beautiful
property
with
her
husband
for
for
of
36
years.
So
again,
I
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
our
staff
and
communicating
between
all
of
us.
A
So
now
I
would
like
to
recognize
some
of
the
committee
members
to
add
their
own
introductions,
starting
with
what
district
they
represent.
If
you
can,
please
note
your
background
with
natural
resources
that'd
be
great
as
well,
and
to
make
this
a
little
bit
fun
as
a
bonus
question.
If
you
can
please
share
with
us
your
favorite
state
park,
hiking
trail
or
your
favorite
animal.
Let's
start
with
my
vice
chair,
senator
sheeble
and
then
we'll
proceed.
C
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
chair,
my
name
is
melanie
scheibel.
I
represent
senate
district
9
in
the
southwest
part
of
the
las
vegas
valley,
and
I
was
honored
to
serve
as
chair
last
year,
the
natural
resources
committee
and
I
insisted
on
coming
back
this
year
and
I'm
honored
to
be
the
vice
chair
this
year
and
to
get
to
work
with
these
amazing
senators.
Colleagues,
staff,
members
of
bps
and
all
of
you
who
are
watching
I've
brought
a
a
representative
of
my
favorite
animal
with
me.
C
This
is
a
bighorn
sheep,
I've
yet
to
see
one
in
district
nine.
But
that
is
my
lifelong
dream
and
I
think
it
could
happen
because
it
does
border
the
red
rock
canyon
and
the
spring
mountain
conservation
areas.
Where
rumor
has
it
some
bighorn
sheep
do
live.
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair
senator
pete
goykicio,
representing
senate
district
19.,
and
I
think
this
is
my
tenth
regular
session
and
I'm
not
sure
how
many
specials
so
I've
been
here
longer
than
the
dirt.
I
think
so
other
than
that
I
represent
the
eastern
side
of
the
state,
which
is
predominantly
rural.
I'm
a
third
generation
rancher
been
involved
in
natural
resource
issues.
All
my
life
and
natural
resource
committee
is,
I
believe,
I've
served
on
it
in
either
in
the
assembly
or
the
senate.
D
My
whole
career
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
great
people,
the
same
people.
I've
worked
with
over
the
years,
a
number
of
you
and
welcome
to
new
chair,
I'm
sure
sure
he
will
do
a
great
job
for
us
extremely
well
spoken.
I
think
we
all
agree
on
that
and
that
will
help.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
E
E
E
She
did
a
great
job
last
year
and,
like
you
honestly,
she
was
a
freshman
too,
so
you
guys
have
a
lot
in
common
when
it
comes
to
all
of
a
sudden
really
getting
thrown
from
the
pan
into
the
fire
or
whatever.
That
saying
is
because
it's
a
hard
job
really
is
so
and
she
did
an
excellent
job.
I
will
say,
in
all
sincerity,
very
much
appreciated
that
my
background
born
and
raised
in
nevada.
My
children
actually
through
their
mother,
are
sixth
generation
nevadans.
I'm
a
third
generation
nevadan
my
background.
E
As
far
as
natural
resources,
I'm
an
avid
hunter
sportsman
fisherman
trapper.
I've
done
all
that
my
whole
life
loved
the
state
spent
a
tremendous
amount
of
time
or
literally
living
in
the
back
country,
mainly
in
the
winter
months.
My
favorite
trails,
I'm
like
senator
goykichi,
like
I've,
been
all
over
this
place.
If
I
had
to
pick
my
favorite
area,
though
it
would
probably
be
up
in
the
jar
wilderness
that
that
part
of
the
state
copper
basin
in
that
area,
bruno
river
country
absolutely
drop
dead
gorgeous
and
for
vice
chair
schaible.
E
If
you
want
to
see
some
bighorn
sheep,
we
got
a
ton
of
them
all
over
the
place.
We
can
take
you
on
a
tour.
I've
got
some
actually
senator
guakichi
has
got
some
guides
actually,
of
course,
they're
hunting,
guys
but
they'd
love
to
take
you
on
a
photography
type
thing
or
whatever
lots
and
lots
of
bighorns
in
nevada
now
and
there's
some
absolutely
beautiful,
rams
out
there.
That
would
would
make
your
day
as
far
as
my
favorite
animal
I
was
laughing
because
I
you
know,
I'm
actually
a
commercial
user
of
animals.
E
I
think
in
my
lifetime
believe
it
or
not
the
animal
that
I've.
If
I
had
to
pick
one
animal,
it
would
be
the
muskrat
I'm
serious.
I
have
studied
them
and
done
a
lot
of
time
with
muskrats
of
the
more
exotic
ones
that
are
cool
that
people
go.
I
like
that,
like
big
horns,
bobcats
spent
a
lot
of
time
studying
them
and
their
habitat
and
and
learn
to
really
be
fascinated
by
all
the
predatory
species
in
nevada,
coyotes,
mountain
lions,
bobcats
kit,
fox
gray,
fox
red
fox
now
in
northern
nevada.
E
So
that's
kind
of
my
background.
As
far
as
legislatively
I
represent
district
32,
that's
38,
000
square
miles
includes
seven
counties
and
people
like
me
are
a
lot
more
common.
You
might
say
in
those
parts
of
the
state
than
say
in
clark
county,
but
I
would
probably
be
a
pretty
representative
sample
on
the
kind
of
interest
that
I
have.
Issues
too,
that
are
super
important
to
me.
E
Are
issues
like
mining
because
that's
a
huge
employer
back
in
in
most
of
my
counties,
that
is
the
number
one
industry
there
and
then
all
the
outdoor
issues,
I
just
love
being
in
the
outdoors
I'm
born
and
raised
here.
Sagebrush
state-
and
you
know:
sagebrush
is
literally
our
state
flower
and
I
actually
like
that.
In
fact,
if
I
had,
if
my
my
legislative
assistant
wouldn't
mind,
I
wouldn't
mind
having
the
odor
of
sagebrush
in
here
all
the
time.
E
To
remind
me
of
how
big
and
beautiful
our
state
is
and
how
much
of
it's
covered
by
that
plant
so
anyway,
mr
chair,
pardon
me
for
rambling
a
little
bit,
but
those
are
my
favorite
things,
my
favorite
parts
of
the
state.
I
do
honestly
just
love
nevada.
The
people
that
are
my
heroes
in
this
state
are
the
people
that
have
served
it
so
noble
legal
and
clear
back
to
1864..
E
I
have
worked
very
hard
to
educate
myself
on
on
the
animal
species,
the
biology
behind
it
and
as
you'll
see
during
the
session,
I'm
not
afraid
to
share
my
opinions
with
the
committee
as
well.
So
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
congratulations.
It's
really
an
honor
to
be
only
24
years
old
and
be
in
the
position
that
you
hold.
Somebody
along
the
way
said
this.
Kid
is
a
sharp
kid
I'll
bet
you
100
bucks!
E
A
Thank
you,
senator
hanson,
senator
schreibel.
B
We're
constantly
getting
confused
the
two,
the
two
of
us
constantly
getting
mixed
up,
but
thank
you,
chair,
donate
my
name
senator
chris
brooks
I
represent
district
three,
which
is
right
in
the
heart
of
las
vegas,
where
I
was
born
and
raised
and
and
but
my
family
has
been
in
nevada
and
in
rural
nevada
for
70
years
and
still
still
out
there.
B
My
great-grandfather,
my
grandfather
are
buried
in
in
night
county
and,
and
I
have
a
my
grandmother
and
and
several
aunts
and
uncles
still
live
in
rural
nevada
and
and
I
come
my
mother's
side,
her
whole
family
going
back
about
seven
generations,
cattle
ranchers
and-
and
so
I,
while
I'm
born
and
raised
in
in
las
vegas.
I
I
really
have
a
quite
a
love
and
appreciation
for
the
lifestyles
of
the
folks
who
live
in
other
parts
of
the
state.
B
Besides
urban
areas
of
nevada-
and
so
this
this
committee
is
just
a
fascinating
committee
because
it
just
touches
so
many
different
areas
of
the
state
and
so
many
aspects
of
the
state
that
I
love
so
much
and
I'm
a
hunter
and
a
fisherman
and
a
sportsman
and
and
love,
camping
and
and
and
all
things
nevada
and
take
advantage
of
our
natural
resources.
B
And
I
my
favorite
animal
would
probably
have
to
be
my
son's
australian
shepherd
and
because
he
lives
with
me-
and
I
fell
in
love
with
that
dog.
But
my
favorite
nevada
animal
would
be
the
are
beautiful,
bighorn,
sheep
and
there's
I've
seen
plenty
of
them
around
southern
nevada
and
central
northern
nevada.
My
whole
life-
and
I
I
just
they're
a
majestic
animal.
I
I
they
represent
our
state
so
well,
and
I
think
the
most
beautiful
part
in
place
in
the
entire
state
of
nevada
is
red.
B
A
Great
thank
you
senator
books
for
that
at
this
moment
in
time.
We
thank
you
all
by
the
way
for
introducing
yourselves
and
I'm
sure,
we'll
have
plenty
of
more
discussions
to
just
regarding
our
favorite
trials
and
everything.
So
thank
you
for
that.
At
this
moment
in
time,
we
will
proceed
to
adopt
the
committee
rules.
The
proposed
committee
rules
have
been
posted
as
an
exhibit
on
the
meetings
web
page
and
members
should
have
had
a
chance
to
review
them
at
this
moment
in
time.
I
will
accept
a
motion
to
adopt
the
committee.
A
Do
I
have
a
second
a
second
thank
you.
Is
there
any
discussion
regarding
the
committee
rules.
C
C
A
You
thank
you
for
that
at
this
moment
in
time,
we
will
proceed
to
do
seeing
that
there
are.
There
is
no
discussion
at
this
moment
in
time.
We
will
proceed
to
do
a
roll
call
vote
to
approve
the
committee
rules
so
beginning
with
an
alphabetical
order.
You
can
please
meet
yourself
and
rather
than
saying,
yay
or
nay,
if
you
can
please
say
yes
or
no,
so
that
we
can
go
ahead
and
record
that,
for
the
ferry
first
up
is
senator
brooks
yes,
thank
you.
Senator
gorkachew.
D
E
A
Thank
you
senator
scheible.
Yes
thank
you
and
the
motion
carries
great
so
now
that
we
got
that
out
of
the
way
we
can
begin
with
business.
So
it
is
customary
at
this
first
committee
meeting
for
the
committee
policy
analyst
to
present
a
committee
brief.
I
have
asked
miss
rudy
to
do
so
now,
so
miss
rudy
if
you're
ready,
let's.
F
F
F
So,
on
the
first
substantive
page
of
the
committee
brief,
there
is
an
introduction
of
the
committee
staff
which
actually
the
chair
has
already
done
for
today,
which
is
wonderful
and
then
the
next
section
is
the
committee.
Jurisdiction
and
bills
are
referred
to
the
committee
by
a
vote
of
the
senate.
According
to
guidelines
prepared
by
the
senate
leadership.
Those
guidelines
are
found
in
rule
number
40
of
the
senate
standing
rules
adopted
on
the
first
day
of
session,
and
that
measure
was
senate
resolution.
F
One
and
rule
number
40
sets
forth
the
respective
jurisdiction
for
the
reference
of
bills
and
resolutions
to
each
of
the
10
senate
committees.
So
this
table
is
really
just
trying
to
make
the
information
in
rule
number
40
for
referral
of
measures
to
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources,
a
little
more
user
by
providing
hyperlinks
to
each
of
the
different
chapters
and
kind
of
spelling
out
what
the
chapters
are.
F
Quite
a
lot
of
chapters,
and
then
the
next
section
is
bills
referred
to
the
committee
and
so
far
there
have
been
11
bills
referred
to
the
committee
and
there
nine
of
those
were
pre-filed
and
there
is
a
list
with
hyperlinks
to
access
more
information
about
each
of
those
bills.
If
you
should
have
any
questions
about
those
bills
and,
most
importantly-
and
I
noticed
in
the
chair's
background
of
his
office,
he
has
the
120-day
calendar
right
there
next
to
him.
So
almost
like
a
prop.
F
For
this
part,
the
session
deadlines
which
were
taken
from
your
120-day
calendar-
and
these
are
those
deadlines
that
are
most
important
to
the
committee.
F
So
the
april
9th
deadline
is
that
which
all
bills
must
be
cast
if
at
all
out
of
the
house
of
origin,
and
I'm
sorry
by
the
out
of
the
committee
of
reference
in
the
first
house
and
then,
following
that
april
9
deadline,
you
will
often
see
that
a
lot
of
the
committees
will
cancel
meetings,
not
all
their
meetings,
but
they
may
cancel
a
lot
of
their
meetings
in
order
to
accommodate
the
very
long
floor
sessions
that
will
take
place,
trying
to
get
those
bills
out
of
the
house
of
origin
by
april
20th.
F
F
So
if
we
get
approximately
the
same
number
of
bills
referred
to
the
committee.
This
session,
I'm
figuring
that
would
be
approximately
two
bills
that
would
need
to
be
heard
each
meeting
from
now
until
the
first
deadline,
and
so
I
think,
that's
very,
very
manageable.
One
thing
I
wanted
to
point
out
is
the
summary
of
legislation.
F
If
you
are
at
all
interested
in
the
2019
legislation
that
was
passed,
the
summary
of
legislation
is
a
compilation
of
basically
the
floor
statements
from
every
single
measure
that
was
passed
in
2019
and
it's
put
together
in
a
nice
bound
volume.
It's
also
linked
here.
If
you
would
like
to
access
that
electronically,
the
potential
topics
for
the
2021
session
haven't
really
changed
since
last
session.
There,
some
of
them
are
listed
here
some
ideas
and
then
relevant
reports
and
publications.
F
There
are
more
reports
and
publications
out
there
than
most
of
you
will
probably
have
time
to
read,
especially
in
a
120
day
session,
but
I
just
wanted
to
go
ahead
and
highlight
a
few
of
those.
There
are
various
reports
that
are
provided
from
outside
agencies
to
the
legislature
and
those
if
you
click
on
that
first
link
under
reports
to
the
legislature.
That
is
where
we
compile
all
of
those.
F
Then
the
research
division
publications
are,
for
example,
the
final
reports
of
interim
committees
are
referred
to
as
bulletins,
and
many
of
these
should
be
actually
very
familiar
to
you
because
I'm,
I
believe,
wildfire.
I
think
the
majority
of
the
commit
this
committee
was
on
the
wildfires
interim
study,
sanders
brooks
goykichiya
and
schaible.
F
Then
the
public
lands
again.
The
majority
of
the
committee,
I
think
sanders
wikicia
hansen
and
schaible
were
all
on
public
lands
tahoe.
I
don't
believe
any
of
these
committee
members
were
on
that
committee.
The
committee
on
high-level
radioactive
waste
was
chaired
by
senator,
brooks.
F
And
the
water
study-
I
included
this,
even
though
it
is
from
four
years
ago,
because
it
was
a
pretty
comprehensive
interim
study
on
water,
which
is
a
very,
very
complex
subject,
and
that
was
I
believe
there
were
two
members
on
that
committee.
I
know
senator
guy
guccia
paired
that
interim
study,
but
that
is
another
good
one
to
open
up
and
and
look
through
for
some
background
on
water.
F
Additionally,
there
are
research,
division,
publications
related
to
natural
resources
that
may
be
found
through
this
website
audits
by
the
executive
and
legislative
branches.
I
kind
of
combed
through
those
for
both
the
legislative
auditor
and
those
from
the
division
of
internal
audits
to
find
any
that
might
be
related
to
the
work
of
this
committee
and
went
ahead
and
included
them
here
in
case
you're
interested
in
those.
F
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
reach
out
to
me,
I
haven't
worked
with
the
senate
committee
on
natural
resources
before
the
last
time
I
worked
with
natural
resources
was
way
back
in
2007
and
2009
with
the
assembly
committee
on
natural
resources.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
returning
to
natural
resources.
Thank.
A
You
you
so
much
for
your
presentation,
miss
rudy.
Does
anyone
in
the
committee
have
any
questions
for
her
right
now.
A
Seeing
none
thank
you
again,
miss
rudy
for
your
time,
and
we
appreciate
this
short
presentation
at
this
moment
in
time.
I
will
now
call
for
a
public
comment.
Please
remember
to
limit
your
comments
up
to
two
minutes.
Vps
staff
will
be
here
to
assist
vps
staff.
Is
there
any
public
comment
at
this
time.
C
A
Great
thank
you
for
that.
So
seeing
that
there
is
no
public
comment,
I
hope
that
everyone
who's
tuning
in
enjoys
a
short
meeting
and
that
the
senators
get
some
free
time
after
this.
So
at
this
moment
in
time,
members
are
there
any
comments
before
we
adjourn.
A
Being
none
so
just
for
clarification
and
for
purposes
of
scheduling.
Our
next
meeting
is
scheduled
for
thursday
february
11th
at
3,
30
p.m.
So
it's
this
coming
thursday
and
we
have
the
plan
right
now
of
hearing
two
bills.
Those
two
bills
are
senate
bill,
33
and
43.
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
feel
free
to
connect
with
us
offline
and
share
any
questions
or
concerns,
but
for
now
we
say
goodbye
and
this
meeting
is
now
officially
adjourned.