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A
Welcome
to
the
assembly
committee
on
government
Affairs
the
early
rising
and
hardest
working
Committee
in
the
legislature.
Will
the
secretary
please
take
the
role.
A
And
for
the
record
I'll
note
that
assembling
Gonzalez
is
currently
present
with
us
as
well
welcome
to
the
audience
here
in
Carson
City,
those
joining
us
in
Las
Vegas
and
those
listening
over
the
Internet.
Just
a
couple
housekeeping
items,
please
remember,
to
sell
into
your
electronic
devices
if
you
wish
to
testify,
please
sign
in
at
the
table
by
the
door
and
provide
a
business
card
to
the
committee
secretary
for
those
joining
online.
Please
be
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
when
you're,
not
speaking
to
minimize
any
background
noise.
A
When
testifying,
please
turn
on
the
microphone
and
clearly
State
your
names
follow
your
name
and
state
your
affiliation.
If
any
for
the
record,
then
turn
the
microphone
off
each
time
you
are
done,
speaking
hangout
should
have
already
been
provided
to
the
committee's
staff.
We
expect
courtesy
and
respect
in
our
interactions
during
the
meeting.
Even
if
we
do
not
agree
with
another
person's
position,
committee
members
will
be
using
their
laptops
to
be
handouts
and
other
documents.
Please
do
not
view
this
as
a
sign
of
disrespect
or
inattention.
A
Public
comment
will
be
taken
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
Each
person
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes.
In
addition,
the
public
May
submit
written
testimony
to
the
committee
up
to
24
hours
after
the
hearing.
I
noticed
I
went
through
that
pretty
quickly,
but
I
expect
at
this
point
in
session.
Most
of
us
probably
know
through
no
our
housekeeping
items
in
the
government
Affairs
committee.
We
do
have
several
bills
up
for
hearing
today
and
we
will
be
going
out
of
order.
A
I
will
note
the
order
we'll
be
going
beginning
with
SB
301
we're
going
to
go
next
to
sb24,
then
SB,
305,
sb166
and
SB
279.
There
is
a
possibility
that
bills
will
be
rolled
if
the
committee,
if
the
presenter
is
not
here
to
present
the
bill,
it
is
likely
I
will
roll
the
bill
because
we
just
do
not
have
time
at
the
at
this
point
in
session
to
wait.
A
So
I
will
note
that,
because
I
know,
staff
members
are
probably
listening
in
what
what
that
order
is
and
where
their,
where
their
legislator
goes.
But
I
I
will
need
people
to
kind
of
move
this,
along,
as
we
do
have
five
pieces
of
legislation
to
look
for
look
at
today.
Additionally,
I
will
note
we
do
have
floor
at
11
30,
so
at
some
point
either
bills
might
be
rolled
or
they
will.
A
We
might
have
the
opportunity
to
reconvene
at
a
later
hour
today,
if,
if
we
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
get
through
all
the
bills,
I
think
I
probably
speak
for
myself
and
the
entirety
of
this
committee
that
we
would
like
to
finish
the
bills
by
11
30..
So
with
that
we
will
do
our
best
and
at
this
time,
I'll
open
the
hearing
on
SB
301,
which
provides
Provisions
governing
Public
Works.
C
Good
morning,
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
Randy
saltaro
here
to
present
SB
301,
and
you
will
find
that
I
understand
your
plight
in
trying
to
get
down
by
11
30.
he'll
present
this
bill
in
the
next
45
seconds.
C
As
you
see
here
today,
section
one
has
said,
and
this
is
again
paired
down
language
from
what
the
original
Bill
talked
about
a
section,
A
1A
employed
by
delivering
or
removing
construction
materials
or
structures
to
it,
from
a
site
of
a
public
work
and
down
in
six
section,
one
sub,
two:
a
employed
again
delivering
or
removing
construction,
material
or
structures
to
a
from
a
site
or
a
public
work,
and
then
three
section,
one
sub
three
for
the
purpose
of
this
section,
construction,
material
or
structures
means
aggregate
asphalt
or
concrete.
C
This
was
paired
down
from
a
lot
of
different
construction
materials,
including
trash
removal,
all
those
other
things
to
limit
it.
Just
to
those
things,
if
you
will,
with
the
exception
of
aggregate
to
those
two
items
that
are,
if
you
would
could
say,
expire
asphalt,
meaning
it
has
to
be
hot
and
delivered
and
delivered
hot
in
order
to
be
properly
placed.
So
it
can't
come
from
out
of
state
which
was
a
big
issue
with
this
bill.
C
If
it's,
if
it's
impeding
on
interstate
commerce
and
also
concrete
or
ready
mix,
it
has
to
be
put
down
before
it
gets,
starts
to
expire.
So
these
things
and
then
aggregate
was
something
that
was
when
I
talked
with
Senator
gogetia
was
something
he
suggested
that
this
would
be
something
that
would
also
be
delivered
within
the
state
or
acquired
from
within
the
state,
and
so
that's
why
those
three
things
are
left
to
be
included
in
this
bill.
C
So
this
would
mean
that
on
a
public
work
project,
the
transportation
of
these
materials
would
be
included
and
qualify
as
to
be
paid
prevailing
wage
on
a
public
works
project.
Only
with
that
I
will
stand
for
any
questions.
A
A
A
D
Morning,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
will
try
to
keep
it
sweet
short
and
simple.
For
the
record.
My
name
is
Susie
Martinez
and
I
am
the
executive
secretary,
treasurer
of
the
Nevada
state
AFL-CIO
and
on
behalf
of
over
150
000
members
and
120
unions.
We
are
in
full
support
of
the
Bill.
Thank
you.
F
A
A
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee,
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Mac
baby
with
the
associated
builders
and
contractors
of
Nevada.
The
current
system
on
prevailing
wage
for
for
deliveries
of
the
materials
that
were
cited
is,
if
there's
a
dedicated
plant
to
the
public
work.
It
is
a
system
that's
been
in
place
for
I
think
nearly
three
decades.
It
is
a
system
that
works.
H
It
is
a
system
that
is
easy
to
comply
with
because
it
is
definitive
and
it's
a
system,
that's
easy
to
regulate,
so
contractors
can
stay
within
the
guidelines
and
the
Labor
Commissioner
can
enforce
prevailing
wage
laws
as
they
are
currently
written.
This
bill
would
dismantle
that
system,
creating
a
a
construct.
That's
going
to
be
difficult
to
track
difficult
to
comply
with,
and
for
those
reasons
we
would
urge
the
committee
to
not
Advance
this
Bill.
Thank
you.
I
Good
morning
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
I'm
Paul,
you
know
Sam
the
CEO
of
the
Nevada
Trucking
Association
here
today
in
opposition
to
Senate
Bill
301.
Mr
soltera
is
absolutely
right
on
your
concrete
and
your
asphalt
having
an
expiration
to
it,
and
you
know,
typically,
when
you
have
an
expiration
you're,
not
bringing
those
things
from
very
far
sand.
Gravel
dirt
aggregate
doesn't
have
an
expiration
and
we
do
get
those
materials
from
other
states.
We
do
get
them
from
Arizona.
I
We
do
get
them
from
California,
we
do
get
them
from
Utah
and
we
do
believe
that
this
could
have
some
interstate
commerce
complications.
You
know
when
you
talk
about
prevailing
wage
for
truck
drivers.
Where
do
you
start?
You
know?
Do
you
start
when
they
pick
that
project
up
when
they,
when
they
pick
up
that
load
and
when
they
drop
it
off?
Do
you
just
do
it
when
they're
actually
on
site?
We
don't
know-
and
we
think
that
it's
going
to
be
extremely
difficult
to
try
to
administer
this,
and
particularly
for
our
smallest
businesses.
I
Our
disadvantaged
business
enterprises,
which
are
federally
required
to
to
work
on
some
of
these
projects.
Typically
they're,
the
folks
that
are
hauling
dirt
and
sand
and
gravel
and
Aggregate,
and
these
folks
aren't
very
sophisticated
I-
will
tell
you
some
of
our
bigger
companies
that
do
Public
Works
projects.
They
have
to
have
have
one
person
on
staff
that
just
handles
the
certified
payroll
reports
for
prevailing
wage.
So
it
is
difficult.
It
is
a
challenge
even
for
those
big
guys,
and
they
don't
always
get
it
right.
Sometimes
they
they
get
it
wrong.
I
So,
when
we're
talking
about
having
an
impact
on
those
small
disadvantaged
business
enterprises
that
is
going
to
cause
a
problem
with
this
bill,
you
have
to
check
in
sometimes
you
might
use
an
owner
operator
for
some
of
these
loads,
and
you
would
have
to
report
that
owner
operator
who
delivers
just
once
that
project
throughout
the
entire
entire
course
of
the
project.
I
see
my
time
is
running
short.
I
will
submit
some
more
things
for
the
record.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
appreciate
a
vote
of
no
on
301..
Thank.
A
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Asher,
Killian
committee
Council.
So
generally,
the
dormant
Commerce
Clause
Doctrine
prevents
States
from
imposing
requirements
that
impede
interstate
commerce
on
businesses
that
operate
within
the
state.
However,
the
market
participant
exception
to
the
doctrine
of
the
dormant
Commerce
Clause
allows
for
the
state
when
it
is
the
customer
when
it
is
a
party
to
the
contract,
to
impose
requirements
as
a
buyer
that
might
otherwise
be
problematic
under
an
interstate
commerce
analysis.
J
Since
the
provisions
of
this
bill
in
particular,
deal
with
when
the
state
is
a
customer
buying
certain
materials
for
Public,
Works
Provisions
that
may
otherwise
violate
interstate
commerce
would
not
be
problematic
under
the
interstate
commerce
clause
due
to
that
market
participant
exception.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
Glenn
Levitt,
director
of
government
Affairs
for
the
Nevada
contractors
Association.
We
represent
over
450
contractors,
some
contractors
and
Industry
Affiliates,
primarily
in
southern
Nevada,
and
we
oppose
this
bill
for
the
for
the
reasons
previously
stated
the
when
you're
talking
about
a
commercial
business
delivering
to
a
public
works
site,
that's
not
dedicated
to
that
public
work,
it's
very
problematic
for
our
commercial
vendors
to
do
that,
and
so
we
we
want
to.
K
L
Good
morning
my
name
is
Alexis
motorx,
with
the
Nevada
chapter
associated
general
contractors
representing
the
commercial
construction
industry
in
Northern
Nevada,
and
I
too,
want
to
reiterate
what
my
colleague
from
NCAA
said
that
the
AGC
has
always
supported
prevailing
wage,
but
we
see
an
unintended
consequence
with
this
measure.
As
Mr
Eno
said,
the
Federal
Highway
Administration
and
indot
require
contractors
to
ensure
a
percentage
of
all
construction
contracts
for
Highway
construction
are
performed
by
disadvantaged
business,
Enterprise
or
dbes
in
Northern
Nevada.
L
Achieving
this
participation
goal
is
primarily
accomplished
by
hiring
dbe
Trucking
firms
to
deliver
goods
and
materials
to
the
side
of
work.
As
many
of
these
dbe
truckers
are
owner
operators,
they
are
not
required
to
submit
certified
payroll
reports,
nor
they're
required
to
pay
themselves
prevailing
wage.
These
businesses
simply
enter
into
a
lump
sum
contract
for
the
hauling
of
the
material.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
Warren
Hardy
today,
representing
the
Nevada
Urban
Consortium,
made
up
of
the
cities
of
Las
Vegas
Reno,
Henderson,
North,
Las,
Vegas
and
Sparks.
We
we
have
no
position
on
the
prevailing
wage
issue.
We
typically
pay
prevailing
wage
on
all
projects
related
to
to
local
government.
Our
concern
revolves
around
the
enforcement
of
this.
We
as
local
governments
are
ultimately
responsible
for
enforcing
the
statutes,
and
this
is
going
to
make
it
for
many
of
the
reasons,
especially
those
that
were
brought
up
by
the
the
speaker
from
AGC.
M
North
is
going
to
create
real
problems
for
us
in
terms
of
being
able
to
enforce
it,
and
so
we
we're
also
concerned
that
it
could
lead
to
lawsuits.
Sometimes
these
things,
these
statutes
when
they're
unclear
very
often
weaponized
by
one
contractor
against
another.
So
our
concern
really
evolves
around
the
the
enforcement.
So
thank
you,
madam
sir.
A
M
You,
madam
chair
at
Warren,
Hardy
for
the
record
I,
don't
know
how
to
add
the
the
the
the
end.
The
the
lack
of
clarity
revolves
around
the
drivers
themselves,
so
how?
If
especially
in
aggregate
so
in
an
aggregate
driver,
may
come
from
out
of
state
and
he
may
have
four
or
five
drop-offs
that
day
or
he
may
be
in
state.
M
M
When
do
I
calculate
the
payment
of
prevailing
wage,
so
am
I
being
paid
prevailing
wage
for
15
minutes,
while
I
drive,
while
I
drive
on
that
site
and
drop
off
the
Aggregate
and
then
I'm
no
longer
being
paid
prevailing
wage
while
I'm
driving,
there's
also
complications
with
the
prevailing
wage
laws
in
terms
of
the
ability
to
pay
somebody
at
a
different
rate
for
doing
the
same
job.
There's
requirements
in
the
law
that
say
if
you
are
acting
as
X,
you
have
have
to
do
that
for
the
day
you
can't
switch
back
and
forth.
M
So
those
are
the
kinds
of
confusion,
I
think
that
are
related
to
this
bill
and
they
primarily
revolve
around
aggregate
I.
Think
the
other
two
issues
are
hot
loads
and
they
are
yet
generally
from
the
plant
to
the
job
site,
they're
less
complicated,
but
the
aggregate
creates
a
significant
confusion.
Thank.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Asher,
Killian
committee
Council.
So
just
in
reference
to
that
issue,
subsection
two
of
section
one
of
the
bill
does
empower
the
Labor
Commissioner
to
adopt
regulations,
defining
the
circumstances
under
which
a
worker
is
delivering
or
removing
construction,
material
or
structures
to
the
site
of
a
public
work.
So
the
the
law
itself
doesn't
get
into
that
level
of
deep
detail,
but
it
does
obligate
the
Labor
Commissioner
to
adopt
regulations
that
would
clarify
those
circumstances.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
Stephen
wood
today
representing
the
Nevada
League
of
cities
and
municipalities.
I
just
want
to
Echo
the
comments
that
were
made
by
my
colleagues
here
and
reiterate
the
difficulties
that
local
governments
will
have
complying
with
and
enforcing
this
legislation.
So
we
urge
you
to
con
to
continue
to
consider
those
challenges
and
we
are
in
opposition
of
SB
301.
Thank
you.
O
We
would
also
like
to
raise
the
concern
of
these
overly
permissive
languages
that
aren't
set
by
the
legislature
that
are
allowed
by
the
Labor
Commissioner
to
set
we'd
agree
with
that
this
body
should
be
setting
those
parameters.
For
that
reason,
we
are
in
opposition.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
A
P
Yes,
this
is
Clinic
Pro
from
Pro
Trucking
I,
just
like
I
said
and
I
oppose
this
as
well.
A
P
Thank
you,
yeah.
That
was
Clint
capero
from
caparo
Trucking.
P
Q
My
name
is
Teresa
Herrera,
with
h
r
Trucking
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
the
ability
to
speak.
I
oppose
this.
This
deal,
I
have
a
difficult
time,
as
it
is
paying
wages
on
a
lot
of
jobs,
but
this
this
is
an
example
of
the
wages
on
Nye
County
Esmeralda
US
95
12
miles
out
of
baby.
Q
The
basic
wage
was
61.52.
My
share
of
the
Social
Security
was
3.28,
the
Medicare
was
0.90,
the
unemployment
was
3.39
and
the
workman's
comp
was
eight
dollars
per
hour
that
equals
77.09
per
hour
for
a
truck
driver.
The
overtime
wage
was
92
28
and
it
after
all,
the
Medicare
unemployment,
workman's
comp
and
Social
Security.
It
equals
117.53
for
overtime
weight
rate.
Q
My
fuel
average
is
around
55
an
hour.
My
insurance
has
increased
this
year,
18.7
percent,
with
a
truck
at
17
386
dollars
for
the
annual
payment
on
insurance.
Q
Q
This
would
be
detrimental
to
my
company
and
I
oppose
this
Bill.
Thank
you.
A
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
Randy
saltero.
Just
briefly
in
response
to
some
of
the
testimony
in
opposition,
you
know
Innovation
and
modernization
is
something
that
we
deal
with
and
we
adjust
to
in
the
construction
industry
every
day
every
year
something
new
is
coming
out.
So
I
respectfully
disagree
with
the
argument
that
it's
difficult
to
track
vehicle
movement.
C
If
you've
ever
my
example,
is
simply
if
you've
ever
been
in
an
Uber
car
or
called
for
an
Uber
car
that
car
is,
is
you
could
watch
that
car
come
it's
tracked
almost
to
the
moment
where
it
goes
and
where
it
stops
and
what
it
ever
else
it
does.
That
technology
is,
is
going
to
be
a
part
of
the
future
and
and
that's
why
we
believe
that
this
kind
of
legislation
should
be
directed
towards
the
Labor
Commissioner,
to
have
open
public
hearings
to
talk
about
modernization
in
the
industry
I.
C
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
Indulgence
this
morning,
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
considering
sp301.
A
Thank
you,
and
at
this
time
we
are
going
to
go
ahead
and
continue
on
I
will
let
members
know
if
we
do
work
session
bills
today,
it'll
be
at
the
end,
so
that
I
can
give
members
the
time
to
just
have
conversations
and
figure
out
and
ask
any
questions
and
see
if
there's
anything
that
needs
to
be
held.
So
at
this
time
we
will
go
on
to
our
next
piece
of
legislation.
A
I'll
close
a
hearing
on
sp301
and
I
will
open
the
hearing
on
SB
24th
Lieutenant
Governor's
bill,
which
revises
Provisions
relating
to
the
office
of
small
business
advocacy
within
the
office
of
lieutenant
governor.
Thank
you
that
okay
looks
like
I
have
a
representative
from
the
LG's
office
in
Las
Vegas
when
you're
ready.
You
may
begin.
R
Hi
good
morning,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
SB
24
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Sarah
Johnson
I'm,
the
director
for
the
lieutenant
governor's
office
of
small
business
advocacy
I
want
to
be
respectful
of
everyone's
time
this
morning.
I
know
at
this
point
in
the
session
we're
all
just
kind
of
like
ready
to
rock
and
roll,
so
I'll
provide
a
concise
overview
of
some
of
the
most
important
achievements
and
goals
for
our
office.
R
Osba
was
created
to
help
small
business
owners,
navigate
hurdles
related
to
licensing
and
regulations
from
the
state
county
and
city
government.
It's
osba's
job
to
resolve
these
issues
for
Nevada's
micro,
small
business
owners
and
there's
no
other
agency
or
organization
in
Nevada
working
for
our
entrepreneurs.
R
I'll
give
a
few
examples
of
some
of
the
recent
issues
we've
resolved.
We
worked
with
an
interior
designer
whose
business
was
fined
almost
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
the
Nevada
State
Board
of
Architecture
interior
design
and
residential
design.
We
work
with
the
board
and
we're
able
to
get
that
fine
reduced
for
them
down
to
four
thousand
dollars.
R
We
also
worked
with
a
food
truck
owner
in
Las
Vegas.
This
food
truck
is
this
family
sole
source
of
income.
They
got
their
license
confused
when
they
switched
from
a
farmer's
market,
permit
to
a
food
truck
permit
and
wound
up
being
in
violation
with
Southern
Nevada
Health
District.
Their
license
was
taken
away
and
signs,
they
didn't
understand,
were
plastered
all
over
their
food
truck.
We
were
able
to
work
with
snhd
and
the
food
truck
owner
to
get
a
temporary
license
issued,
so
they
could
get
back
in
business.
R
We
got
some
of
their
fees
reduced
and
then
also
got
them
on
a
payment
plan
that
was
more
reasonable
to
their
ability
to
pay.
Another
example
of
recent
work
is
with
applicants
seeking
licenses
to
sell
mortgages.
Several
individuals
came
to
us
because
they
were
waiting
seven
to
ten
months
for
their
approval,
even
though
in
other
states
this
typically
takes
around
two
months.
R
In
addition
to
the
work
that
we
do
with
Nevada's
entrepreneurs,
we
also
make
our
state
more
small
business
friendly
for
the
future.
We
analyze
small
business
challenges
and
barriers
to
entry
by
monitoring,
state,
federal
and
local
laws,
regulations
and
policies
relating
to
small
business.
We
also
research
what
other
states
are
doing
to
encourage
entrepreneurship
and
strategize
on
how
we
can
replicate
those
successes
here
in
Nevada
and
finally,
we
make
recommendations
to
local
and
state
leaders,
government
agencies
and
members
of
the
legislature
on
how
to
improve
issues
impeding
small
business
growth
in
our
state.
R
By
working
together,
we
can
help
promote
and
encourage
a
vibrant
and
thriving
small
business
Community
here
in
Nevada
sb24
reauthorizes
the
office
of
small
business
advocacy
and
allows
us
to
continuing
continue
serving
Nevada's
entrepreneurs.
You'll
see
with
the
recent
Amendment
osba
will
use
arpa
funding
instead
of
state
general
funds
to
fund
the
office
for
another
two
years.
We
look
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
report
back
to
this
committee
on
the
small
businesses
we've
served
and
the
improvements
we've
recommended
to
ensure
Nevada
is
truly
small
business
friendly.
A
Thank
you,
members.
Any
questions,
I
do
have
a
question.
It
seems
like
I
think
I
might
be
the
only
member
in
my
committee
that
had
their
coffee
this
morning.
That
is
ready,
ready
to
go,
but
I
did
want
to
know.
If,
obviously,
we
saw
this
piece
of
legislation
last
session
under
lieutenant
governor
Kate
Marshall
at
the
time,
and
we
had
this
conversation,
we
had
a
conversation
about
really
opening
this
office,
and
so
now
this
office
has
been
in
place
since
the
last
legislative
session.
A
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
like
how
many
businesses
that
this
office
is
currently
serving
and
what
like
the
day-to-day
operations
like
how
many
people
is
this
reach
is
like
what
does
this
reach
out?
Look
like
in
our
community.
R
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
question.
Sarah
Johnson
for
the
record.
Yes,
it
did
get
pushed
through
last
legislative
session,
we've
been
in
operation,
probably
about
eight
months,
as
you
can
imagine,
we've
gone
through
three
different
Lieutenant
Governors
and
two
different
directors.
R
In
that
time,
we've
served
about
300,
small
business
owners
as
we've
gotten
a
state
agency
up
and
running.
So
it's
been
it's
it's
been
difficult
to
get
it
up
and
running
and
then
also
focus
on
on
the
entrepreneurs
as
well,
but,
like
I
said
in
that
time
we
have
served
around
300
small
business
owners.
R
Yes
to
the
fiscal
note
on
the
or
I
guess
the
budget
for
osba
is
around
365
for
the
year.
I
think
that's
right
and
it's
arpa
funding,
not
State
Journal
funding.
A
Thank
you,
and
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
this
is
going
to
change
the
way
that
this
office
is
funded?
It.
R
A
R
That's
correct,
so
the
office
is
funded
with
arpa
funding,
but
it
does
open
it
up
for
state
general
funds,
but
the
the
funding
for
the
office
comes
only
from
arpa.
From
my
understanding.
A
Yeah
yeah
I,
said
and
I
believe.
Probably
the
goal
is
for
us
to
be
able
to
stand
up
this
office
so
that
it
was
more
permanent
and
at
this
time
obviously
arpa
funds
are
going
to
be
there
forever,
and
so,
while
we
were
able
to
open
a
time
when
those
funds
were
available,
I
imagine
in
the
future.
The
goal
is
for
this
office
to
continue
the
impact
that
it
that
it
has.
Thank
you,
members.
Any
additional
questions.
A
S
Thank
you
good
morning,
Madam
chair,
good,
to
see
you
for
the
record
Trey
Abney
representing
the
2000
member
businesses
of
nfib
in
Nevada,
the
national
Federation
of
Independent
Business.
We
we
support
this
bill
in
this
office
and-
and
we
supported
this
two
years
ago,
when
lieutenant
governor
Marshall
created
it.
You
know,
just
in
my
own
business,
which
is
home
base
and
two
folks
that
work
each
work
out
of
our
homes,
the
amount
of
Hoops
you
have
to
jump
through
at
the
local
and
state
level.
Just
to
set
up
a
business
can
be
daunting.
S
You
know,
most
of
our
members
are
about
four
to
eight
employees,
and
so
anything
we
can
do
to
provide
a
One-Stop
shop.
A
a
you
know,
one
phone
number,
one
email
that
that
a
very
small
business
can
reach
out
to
just
for
some
help,
and
some
guidance
I
think
is,
is
well
worth
the
time
and
the
effort
by
this
day.
So
we
we
strongly
support
this
Bill.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
O
O
But
it
is
very
complicated
for
many
folks
who
are
just
operating
a
small
business
and
trying
to
keep
that
business
alive
while
doing
it
the
right
way-
and
this
is
another
resource
and
they
have
shown
through
their
track
record,
that
they
are
there
they're
happy
to
help
and
they're
doing
a
great
job,
and
we
ask
for
your
support
to
continue
this
program.
Thank
you.
T
As
these
small
businesses
who
stood
up
sometimes
they're,
not
sure
how
to
navigate
the
system,
whether
it's
the
Nevada
tax
division,
whether
it's
a
silver
Flume,
whether
it's
the
business
and
industry,
whether
it's
goed.
How
do
you
access
the
dollars
to
help
their
small
businesses
to
be
vibrant
and
I?
Think
and
more
important,
be
compliant
with
the
state
I
think
all
small
businesses
don't
want
to
receive
a
letter
from
a
department
that
they
didn't
even
know
that
they
were
supposed
to
be
integrated
with
and
I.
Think
it's.
T
As
from
the
standpoint
of
the
Nevada
battleborn
growth,
escalator
Inc.
We
are
just
standing
up
a
micro
loan
program
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
access
to
those
small
businesses,
so
we
can
communicate
with
them
that,
from
the
state's
perspective,
we
have
loans
that
can
help
them
grow
and
be
be
prosperous.
So
at
that,
we
appreciate
the
advocacy
that
this
that
this
office
is
providing
to
our
small
businesses,
and
we
appreciate
your
support.
Thank
you.
U
Glory
Madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
Sheila
Bray
with
the
University
of
vatterino.
We
are
in
strong
support
of
this
bill.
As
my
colleagues
have
noted,
there
are
some
existing
resources
in
small
business
and
to
help
those
communities
but
I
think
this
opportunity
will
bring
forth
a
new
way
for
them
to
really
collaborate
and
move
forward,
and
we
look
forward
to
being
part
of
that
process.
Thank
you.
A
V
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
Emily
osterberg
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Henderson
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
our
over
1800
members,
most
of
which
are
small
businesses
in
support
of
SB
24
osba
is
essential
to
strengthening
Nevada's
entrepreneurial
infrastructure
and
supporting
small
businesses
by
providing
guidance
to
help
them
understand
their
rights
and
responsibilities.
In
addition,
they're
able
to
make
recommendations
to
State
and
local
agencies
and
legislators
on
ways
to
streamline
processes
and
create
policies
that
benefit
small
business.
A
W
Yes,
my
name
is
Anna
Wood
government
Affairs,
chair
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Las
Vegas
Asian
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Good
morning,
sir
Torres
by
Sierra
Duran
and
members
of
the
assembly
committee,
I
speak
in
support
of
Senate
Bill
24.
As
an
immigrant
approach
Citizen
and
one
who
came
from
a
family
of
small
business
owners.
I
know
the
hardships
which
my
parents
endures.
Helping
you
establish
small
business
owners
understand
their
rights
and
responsibilities
is
vital
for
small
businesses
to
thrive
in
this
growing
economy.
X
W
Businesses
need
the
support
of
a
customer
and
language
friendly
office
environment
with
experience
and
knowledgeable
Representatives
that
will
link
guide,
provide
the
necessary
resources,
answers
to
their
specific
business
needs
and
assistance
in
navigating
through
the
complex
licensing
and
permit
hurdles
which
are
confusing
to
Immigrant
entrepreneurs.
It
is
for
these
reasons
that
I
urge
you
to
support
SB
24.
It
is
the
right
thing
to
do
to
continue
to
support
the
aapi
business
community
and
Nevada's
economy
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Consideration
and
support.
W
G
A
I
think
at
the
time
we'll
go
to
opposition
testify
in
opposition
SP
24
I,
don't
see
any
here
in
Carson
City
is
there
looks
like
we
lost
our
connection
to
Las
Vegas.
A
A
Y
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
director,
Johnson
for
being
here
today,
just
wanna
kind
of
asks
you
on
the
day-to-day
operation
of
your
office.
Do
you
all
collect
data
in
terms
of
what
types
of
business
that
come
through
to
you
all
and
is
that
data
available
from
a
public
perspective
in
terms
of
how
what
kind
of
business
that
come
to
you
for
assistance
and
then
also,
if
there's
any
language
need
in
terms
of
when
they
reach
out
to
you
if
they
have
trouble
navigating
based
on
language
access?
R
Sarah
Johnson
for
the
record.
Absolutely
so
when
I
took
this
job
in
January
of
this
year,
there
had
not
been.
R
Sarah
Johnson
for
the
record
when
I
took
this
job
over
in
January,
there
hadn't
been
a
real
concerted
effort
for
the
for
the
the
data
mining
or
the
data
Gathering
that
you're
referring
to
that
is
a
major
priority
for
for
the
office
now,
so
we
have
been
Gathering
that
information.
We
have
a
new
form
like
a
new
intake
form
that
we
ask
small
business
owners
to
complete.
R
So
we
can
gather
that
information
and
then
I've
also
reached
out
to
several
members
of
the
legislature
for
input
on
on
information
that
we
should
be
gathering.
So
I
would
love
to
send
that
to
you.
If
you
have,
if
you
would
like
to
see
it
and
provide
input
to
that
form,
so
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
gathering
information,
that's
useful
to
you.
Y
A
quick
follow-up
chair
so
just
that
last
part
again,
director
Johnson
do
you
have
or
no
maybe
there
hasn't
been
any
kind
of
Outreach
yet,
but
has
there
been
Outreach
to
your
office
in
terms
of
small
business
es
needing
language
access,
support
in
terms
of
navigating
state
or
local
agencies.
R
Yes,
Sarah
Johnson
for
the
record.
Yes,
we
we
do
a
concerted
Outreach
to
the
Asian
Community,
as
well
as
the
Hispanic
Community.
R
Y
R
Sure,
yes,
Sarah
Johnson
for
the
record
I
just
wanted
to
thank
the
community,
our
the
committee
for
hearing
sb24
this
morning
and
then
also
thank
all
the
supporters
who
came
out
to
speak
on
our
behalf.
I
just
appreciate
it
and
I
hope.
You'll
have
a
great
rest
of
the
day.
A
Z
All
right,
good
morning,
chair
Torres
members
of
the
government,
Affairs
committee,
my
name
is
Dallas
Harris
I
represent
Senate
District,
11
and
I
am
very
happy
to
be
with
you
all
to
present
Senate
Bill
305
today,
and
it's
in
the
most
simplest
explanation.
I
can.
Z
This
is
essentially
a
savings
mechanism
for
folks
who
do
not
have
the
opportunity
to
save
through
their
employer,
and
so,
if
you
work
at
a
generally
a
larger
company,
you
may
have
a
401k
or
if
you
work
for
the
state,
maybe
a
457
and
you're
able
to
kind
of
save
directly
out
of
your
paycheck.
However,
if
your
employer
doesn't
offer
that
chances,
you
are
saving
in
any
kind
of
retirement.
Savings
program
at
all
is
pretty
slim
right
now
we
all
could
do
that.
Z
I.
Don't
expect
the
average
person
to
do
that.
What
you
really
need
is
the
opportunity
for
it
to
come
right
off
of
your
check.
So
you
don't
see
it
and
there
are
estimates
between
45
to
50
percent
of
nebadans.
That
simply
don't
have
that
opportunity
right,
whether
it's
that
you're
working
that
37
and
a
half
hours
that
keeps
you
right
under
full
time
or
you're
working
at
a
small
business
that
really
can't
afford
to
offer
that
type
of
program
or
your
boss
just
doesn't
want
to
do
it
right.
Z
Whatever
the
reason
may
be,
there
is
a
significant
amount
of
nevadans
who
cannot
save
right
off
of
their
paycheck.
This
bill
would
allow
them
to
do
so
without
the
government
owning
their
money
right
and
without
there
being
some
danger
of
Nevada
being
able
to
tap
into
those
dollars
as
some
type
of
punishment.
Z
We've
seen
States
across
the
country,
adopt
these
types
of
programs
really
to
encourage
folks
to
do
the
personally
responsible
thing
right
and
that
save
your
own
box
we're
not
giving
people
any
money,
we're
just
going
to
make
it
easier
for
them
to
save
their
own
money,
because
if
there
is
one
thing
that
I
know
it
is
that
if
we
don't
get
people
saving
in
30
years,
40
years,
our
social
programs
are
going
to
be
at
their
Max.
Housing
costs
are
on
the
rise.
Z
AA
Z
Before
the
question,
assemblywoman
Thomas
I'll
answer
that
in
a
couple
of
ways
one
this
is
an
IRA,
and
so
there
are
federal
rules
and
regulations
behind
what
you
can
use
an
IRA
for
how
long
you
can't
touch
it
right
and
those
rules
will
have
to
be
followed.
So
it
is
a
retirement
account
which
means
it's
designed
not
to
be
tapped
regularly,
like
you
might
do
a
savings
account.
Second
piece
of
that
is
in
this
bill.
Z
You
will
see
there
is
a
90-day
off-ramp,
and
so,
if
you're,
if
you're
in
this
program-
and
you
take
a
look
at
your
first
paycheck
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I
think
most
people
get
about
six
in
90
days
right
in
three
months
and
you
go
oh
whoa
whoa.
What
is
this
I
I
can't
afford
this?
You
can
opt
out
and
get
that
money
back
penalty,
free
we've
written
that
into
the
legislation.
We
want
folks
to
have
plenty
of
time
to
decide
that
this
is
something
they
want
to
do
and
can
afford
to
do.
Z
And
then
the
last
piece
I
will
say
on
that
is:
yes,
there
are
penalties
if
you
withdraw
These
funds
prematurely.
However,
it
is
way
cheaper
than
a
payday
loan,
which
is
what
folks
often
will
do
now.
If
they
wake
up
and
their
car
won't
start
and
they've
got
to
get
to
work,
and
they
just
simply
don't
have
the
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
It
takes
to
repair
the
car,
and
so,
while
some
folks
will
tap
this
money
at
times,
they
are
not
supposed
to
I'll.
Be
honest.
I
do
anticipate
that
happening.
Z
That
is
a
a
win
for
them,
even
with
the
tax
implications,
at
least
we're
not
seeing
a
hundred
percent
or
or
more
in
interest
rates
on
a
payday
loan
where
they
might
get
stuck
in
that
Infamous
payday
loan
cycle
I
see
folks
being
much
better
set
up
to
ride
the
waves
that
may
come,
and
then
lastly,
I've
been
working
with
the
treasurer's
office
to
see
if
there
is
some
way
to
bifurcate
the
accounts
so
that
there
is
in
fact
a
kind
of
like
a
holding
tank
right
of
savings.
Z
AA
And
thank
you
senator
for
that
explanation.
I
was
just
wondering.
Does
it
also?
You
know
that
if
that
person
takes
a
loan
and
that
they
can
pay
it
back
into
their
savings,
account
say,
like
you
know,
like
that,
fifteen
hundred
dollars,
you
were
just
mentioning
if
they
extract
that
out
over
a
period
of
time
they
could
pay
back,
say
like
25
a
month
to
pay
back
that
loan.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
Thomas
to
you
through
chair
Torres,
Dallas
Harris
for
the
record
I'm.
Z
Right,
thank
you.
So
the
the
IRA
is
a
little
different
than
the
401K.
The
401K
has
mechanisms
where
you
can
take
a
loan
and
pay
it
back.
Z
The
IRA
Federal
restrictions
are
a
little
bit
different
and
it
doesn't
have
really
that
mechanism
as
freely
as
the
401K
does,
but
even
that
is
is
fairly
strict
and
so
I
would
not
suggest
that
the
plan
be
to
take
a
loan
from
your
IRA
in
hopes
of
trying
to
pay
it
back,
which
is
why
I'd
like
to
see
a
system
where
we
have
a
savings
portion
to
this,
and
you
can
pull
from
that
and
not
have
to
pay
it
back
right.
AA
Yes,
I
was
just
wondering
because
I
know
in
a
mutual
fund.
You
can
do
that
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
AB
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
good
morning,
Senator
thank
you
for
being
here
and
as
a
as
a
small
business
owner
right.
Thank
you
for
putting
something
like
this
together.
Just
a
couple
of
questions
here,
if
you
will
allow
does
it
does
this
include,
say
someone
is
an
employee
but
they're
like
a
1099
they're
a
contract
employee
are
they
allowed?
Are
they
able
to
be
a
part
of
this
program
if
they
employers,
I,
think
the
employer
has
to
sign
up
correct
okay,.
Z
Thank
you
for
that
question.
Assemblywoman
Taylor,
Dallas
Harris
for
the
record.
Yes,
ideally
1099
folks,
would
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
this
program
as
well.
We
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
home
health
care
workers,
Uber
drivers
who
kind
of
live
in
this
amorphous
land
of
independent
contractor.
Z
AB
You,
chairman,
may
I
have
a
second
question.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
Senator.
Another
question
is,
is
part
of
the
the
mindset
behind
this
is
the
the
the
advantages
of
pulling
all
the
money
together
like
as
this
as
it
begins
from
a
lot
of
small
businesses
or
in
you
know,
private
gig,
economy,
people
and
so
on,
and
is
there
a
minimum
before
this
really
begins.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
Taylor
Dallas
Harris
for
the
record.
So
with
this
program
really.
What
we
start
to
see
when
we
see
scale
is
that
the
fees
to
participate
in
the
program
drop
substantially
right,
and
so
this
program
is
actually
not
funded
by
the
state.
Although
we
did
take,
this
program
did
take
a
loan,
so
you
see
an
appropriation
it'll
pay
the
state
back
and
it's
not
funded
by
the
businesses
right.
So
the
businesses
pay
nothing
to
participate.
Z
Y
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you.
Senator
I
think
you
represent
one
of
the
best
districts
in
the
state
in
terms
of
that
District,
those
district
is
actually
one
of
the
most
diverse
right.
So
I
think
you
may
be
familiar
with
my
line
of
question,
and
this
is
that
I
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea,
I'm
I'm,
really
wanting
to
ensure
that
there
are
plans
in
place
for
language
access
Outreach
in
terms
of
our
communities
being
able
to
really
benefit
from
this.
They
need
to
understand.
Y
You
know
pretty
much
down
to
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
what
that
could
be
for
them
and
I'm
not
sure
if
there
are
plans
to
work
with
the
top
10
languages
according
to
the
census
track,
just
so
that
when
we
have
when
the
program
is
implemented,
that
the
not
only
the
language
access
communities
but
pretty
much,
anyone
that
want
to
understand
this
product
can
learn
about
it
and
there's
a
centralized
place
for
that.
So
just
want
to
see
your
thoughts
on
that.
Thank
you.
Z
Assemblyman
win:
I,
don't
know
if
you
all
have
met
your
state
treasurers
at
konine,
but
he's
got
a
thing
about
doing
things.
Well
right,
oh
and
Mr.
Jimenez
is
here
yeah
well,
I
was
going
to
say:
I
am
100,
confident
that
the
treasurer
will
use
that
by
the
way
we've
got
marketing
dollars
on
this
bill
as
well.
Right
that
he's
going
to
use
some
of
those
dollars
to
ensure
every
nebadan
has
the
information
they
need
in
order
to
participate
in
this
program,
but
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Jimenez
for
further
discussion.
AC
AC
The
bill
requires
that
the
board
of
directors-
that's
that's,
set
up
through
this
bill
that
administers
the
program,
communicate
all
of
the
tax
implications,
the
structure
of
the
programs,
the
options
that
they
have
in
this
bill.
They
also
have
the
option
to
join
a
retirement
plan
offered
by
a
chamber
of
commerce.
I
will
tell
you
on
the
record.
We
will
do
that
in
as
many
languages
as
we
need
to
so
I.
Think
using
the
top
10
languages
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
Y
That's
appreciative
very
thankful
for
the
treasurer's
office,
intent
and
and
hard-working
I
guess
initiative
of
ensuring
that
across
the
board,
not
just
you
know
this
bill,
but
across
the
bills
that
we
have
in
the
state
to
ensure
that
our
community,
the
diverse
Community,
is
not
behind
I.
Think,
that's
why
you
know
District
11
and
District
eight.
You
know
this
is
the
best.
So
thank
you,
chair.
A
And
I
will
and
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
go
to
our
legal
counsel
too,
to
talk
about
language
access
as
a
as
is
currently
required
by
the
statutes.
J
Which
was
adopted
into
law
last
session
does
contain
requirements
for
language
access
plans
for
the
heads
of
agencies
under
the
executive
department
and
I
believe
the
board
would
be
an
agency
of
the
executive
department
as
defined
in
that
law,
so
that
the
language
access
plan
requirements
that
were
adopted
by
the
legislature
last
session
would
extend
to
the
agency
administering
these
retirement
plans.
A
Thank
you
and
I
will
note
that
480,
which
is
the
governor's
bill
that
has
to
do
with
language
access,
was
funded
under
the
assembly
committee
on
Ways
and
Means
and
obviously
still
has
to
go
through
the
legislative
process
and
that
bill
did
receive
a
25
million
dollar
appropriation
yesterday
through
the
assembly
committee
on
Ways
and
Means,
and
so
I.
A
Imagine
that
that
could
also
be
used
to
help
support
some
of
that
Outreach
as
well,
if,
obviously,
if
the
board
were
to
apply
through
IFC
in
order
to
get
those
funds,
so
just
some
additional
access
points
for
our
communities
at
this
time,
I
do
have
a
couple
more
questions.
The
sublim
encodic.
AD
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thank
you
for
presenting
good,
seeing
you
this
morning.
So
reading
through
the
bill
the
business
can
opt
in
the
employer,
can
opt
in
to
the
program
is,
is
it?
Is
it
instigated
by
the
employer?
Is
it
NCA
by
the
employee.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblement
code,
Nick
Dallas
Harris
for
the
record,
and
so
there
are
two
parts
to
this:
every
employer
every
covered
employer,
as
defined
by
the
bill,
must
offer
a
program
right.
So
if
you
don't
have
your
own
retirement
program,
you
got
to
jump
in
and
offer
this
to
your
employees.
Employees
then
will
have
the
opportunity
to
opt
out.
AD
So
they're
they're
in
unless
they
opt
out
so
other
quick
question,
so
I
mean
I
was
looking
at
some
of
the
specifics.
You
have
to
have
more
than
five
employees.
You
have
to
be
in
business
for
over
three
years
and
you
have
to
not
be
offering
a
program
currently
so
I
fit
into
all
those,
and
we
I
do
offer
a
pretty
pretty
good
retirement
plan.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblyman
Koenig
I'm
going
to
take
a
stab
at
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Jimenez
for
the
correct
answer.
So
this
really
is
not
designed
to
attract
employers
to
jump
off
of
whatever
private
program
they're
offering.
There
are
some
things
that
this
program
won't
offer
that
you
might
be
able
to
get
on
the
private
market
right,
better
rates
for
your
employees
or
other
considerations.
AC
And
just
real
quick
on
a
couple
of
those
assemblyman
Erica
Menace
for
the
record
I.
Imagine
we
will
do
this
in
a
phased
approach
based
on
number
of
employees,
so
we
wouldn't
go
out
on
day
one
and
say
all
businesses
must
comply.
We'd
probably
go
to
the
larger
businesses
first
and
then
we'd
probably
go
to
those
with
automatic
payroll
companies
and
then
kind
of
make
our
way
into
those
smaller
harder
to
reach
businesses,
which
I
think
is
still
really
important,
that
we
give
those
businesses
their
employees,
access
to
retirement
savings.
I.
AC
Think
on
your
second
question,
the
intention
is
not
to
have
employers
ditch
their
current
retirement
plans,
but
I
think
as
economic
circumstances
change-
and
you
know-
maybe
revenues
don't
come
into
the
business
at
the
way
that
you
would
like,
and
you
want
to
keep
that
employee
retention
rate
by
offering
some
sort
of
retirement
plan.
We're
hopeful
that,
if
circumstances
do
change,
that
employers
could
at
least
pivot
to
something
like
this
and
still
make
sure
that
that
employee
is
as
whole
as
possible.
AE
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
your
presentation,
it's
always
good
to
save,
because
when
you
don't
see
money,
you
don't
spend
it
because
if
it's
in
my
bank
it's
gone
but
just
to
follow
a
question
is
so
on
your
fees.
Is
it
going
to
be
based
on
the
percentage?
So
maybe
is
it
an
offering
of
how
much
you
can
take
out
a
percentage
of
your
paycheck?
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblement
Duran
Dallas
Harris
for
the
record,
so
that
default
opt
that
default
rate
where
you
will
kind
of
be
put
into.
If
you
don't
choose
anything
else,
is
something
that's
going
to
be
established
by
the
board.
It's
not
in
this
piece
of
legislation.
However,
people
will
have
the
opportunity
to
go
in
and
up
that
number
at
any
point
or
take
it
all
the
way
down
to
zero
at
any
point.
So
if
you
want
to
do
50
of
your
paycheck,
you
can
do
that.
Z
If
you
want
to
do
two
percent
of
your
paycheck,
you
can
do
that
right.
Regardless
of
what
the
default
rate
is,
people
will
have
the
ability
to
change
that
number
to
whatever
works
best
for
them
almost
at
any
time.
You
won't
be
stuck.
You
know,
there's
no
open
enrollment
period
like
we
do
with
Healthcare,
necessarily,
let's
say
and
you're
stuck
with
what
you've
got
for
the
whole
year.
You
can
go
in
and
change
that
up
or
down,
as
you
feel
free.
AE
As
well
as
I
was
going
to
follow-up
question
with
that
is,
am
I
going
to
be
able
to
have
like
a
a
personal,
well,
maybe
not
a
personal,
but
an
advisor
to
basically
talk
about
and
I
think
you
said
this
in
here
to
change
my
investments
or
put
it
through
straight
through
a
savings
and
just
a
quick
question
and
if
I
decide
to
opt
out
at
times
will
I
be
able
to
ever
opt
back
in.
Z
So
let
me
take
your
second
question
first,
and
the
answer
is
yes:
by
simply
changing
your
election
from
zero
back
up
to
10
or
15
percent
or
whatever
it
is.
Yes,
you
will
you'll
be
able
to
contribute
money
or
not
contribute
money
at
your
will
right,
whatever
whatever
you'd
like
to
do
when
it
comes
to
having
an
investment
advisor
I,
don't
know
if
that'll
be
a
product
that
is
offered
as
part
of
this
program,
but
of
course,
every
person
can
go
and
hire
an
investment
advisor
if
they'd.
Z
Like
generally,
these
retirement
programs
have
a
certain
amount
of
offerings,
often
with
Target
retirement
dates.
You
can
get
a
Target
retirement
fund
for
2040
or
2045,
and
that's
what
a
lot
of
folks
will
do.
That's
more
conservative
as
it
gets
more
conservative
as
it
gets
closer
to
that
retirement
date
right
and
anyone
is
free,
clearly
to
consult
with
an
investment
advisor,
but
it
really
depends
on
which
which
state
We
join
and
what
their
program
offering
looks
like
Mr
Jimenez
did
I
mess
that
up
no.
AC
You
didn't
Eric
Jimenez
for
the
record
assembly
woman,
just
to
put
a
finer
point
on
that.
We
have
been
talking
to
the
state
of
Oregon
and
the
states
of
Colorado
and
New
Mexico
to
join
a
Consortium
of
plans.
We
do
this
already
with
a
program
called
the
able
savings
plan,
which
is
essentially
a
tax
advantage.
Investment
account
for
people
with
disabilities,
so
they
don't
their
Medicaid
and
Social
Security.
AC
Questions
I
think
it's
always
important
to
stay,
for
the
record
that,
like
the
treasurer's
office,
would
never
serve
as
someone's
investment
advisor,
and
we
would
suggest
that
you
go
talk
to
a
professional
investment
advisor,
but
we
will
make
sure
that
there
are
people
there
to
answer
questions
on
what
the
difference
of
funds
are.
What
the
levels
of
risk
are,
how
you
can
mitigate
that
risk
and
then
also
I.
AC
AF
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
you
had
mentioned
a
90-day
off-ramp,
as
well
as
a
a
holding
tank
concept.
Have
you
or
the
the
treasurer
identify
the
way
to
have
that
be
compliant
with
the
irs's
IRA
requirements.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblement
along
I
will
I'll
start
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
treasurer's
office
for
further
comment.
So.
Z
AF
Z
You
know,
Mr
Jimenez
will
have
further
comments
on
this.
That
likely
also
would
not
be
invested
into
the
IRA
right
away
so
that
you
could
pull
it
out
without
any
tax
implications
or
running
a
foul
of
the
federal
rules.
AC
And
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblyman.
The
answer
to
your
question
is
the
other
states
that
we
are
looking
at
partnering
with
are
actively
have
found
a
way
or
finding
a
way
around
the
erisa
requirements
in
the
IRS
Recreation.
So
thank
you.
We
would
make
sure
that
was
part
of
the
process.
D
AF
Actually
I
have
two:
you
had
mentioned
that
1099
in
workers
would
be
covered,
I,
look
in
section,
7
and
Section
8
and
I
didn't
see
a
place
where
they
would
be
covered.
Can
you
point
to
the
where,
in
the
statute
that
is
located.
Z
Thank
you
for
the
question
assemblyman.
You
know
if
they
are
not
able
to
be
covered
after
we
stand
this
program
up.
It'll
be
my
intention
to
come
back
and
and
make
sure
that
they
can
get
in
so
that'll
be
that'll,
be
a
part
of
the
development
process,
and
if
we
don't
have
the
legislation
quite
right,
I'll
fix
it.
Okay,
thank.
AF
You
and
then
a
final
quick
question
to
the
treasurer's
office.
Do
you
see
the
fiscal
note
changing,
depending
on
the
number
of
employers
that
get
involved
in
the
program.
AC
Thank
you
for
the
question:
assemblyman
Eric
Jimenez
for
the
record.
The
answer
is
yes
and
I
think
on
two
factors:
one-
and
we
see
this
with
our
able
savings
plan,
now
the
greater
level
of
assets
under
management,
the
lower
level
of
participant
fees
and
low,
lower
level
of
overall
costs
to
the
program,
but
the
big
variable
factor-
and
we
can't
legislate
this
until
we
until
we
know
what's
going
to
happen.
AC
The
intention
is
to
join
another
state
Consortium,
which
one
reduces
participant
fees,
but
two
also
reduces
the
staff
that
we
would
need
for
that
if
we
were
unable
to
go
into
another
state
program.
What
you
see
in
our
fiscal
note
that
was
approved
out
of
the
Senate
finance
committee
would
be
what
we
think
we
need
to
staff
the
program.
A
Thank
you
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
ask
a
question
before
I
go
to
someone
Gonzalez
I'm,
just
hoping
you
can
give
us
a
and
I've
obviously
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
them.
Some
of
the
proponents
of
this
piece
of
legislation
and
I
just
would
like
to
make
sure
it's
very
clear
for
committee
members,
because
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
questions
on
this
topic.
Can
you
walk
through
I'm,
going
to
go
through
two
different
processes?
A
What
this
looks
like
on
the
employer
side
who
qualifies
what
this
looks
like
for
them
and
how
they
apply
and
then
I
I
would
like
us
to
also
talk
about
the
employee,
but
if
we
could
focus
right
now
for
the
employers
who
does
this
impact?
What
does
this
look
like?
And
what
does
this?
And
what
does
this
mean
for
that
company?.
Z
Thanks
for
the
question
Madam
chair,
if
it's
okay
with
you
I'm
going
to
kick
that
one
all
the
way
to
Mr
Jimenez,
because
it
will
be
the
treasurer's
office
that
is
doing
the
interacting
with
the
businesses
to
get
them
enrolled
in
in
this
program.
AC
I'm,
just
so
fortunate
to
get
that
question.
Madam,
chair,
Eric
Jimenez
for
the
record
functionally
aboard.
Let's
start
from
the
beginning
right
and
then
we
could
talk
about
how
it
would
look
like
for
employers
and
employees
functionally
the
board
would
be
constituted.
That
board
has
representatives
from
business
and
Employers
in
it.
It
would
craft
regulations
to
design
the
program
and
simultaneously
we
would
go
and
look
towards
Partnerships
with
other
states
who
have
already
stood
up
a
program.
AC
AC
You
would
see
what
I
what
I
expressed
to
assemblyman
Koenig
earlier,
probably
a
phased
approach,
so
businesses
with
greater
than
100
employees,
businesses
greater
with
50
employees,
and
while
we
expect
that
a
lot
of
those
businesses
are
currently
offering
retirement
plans
for
their
employees,
some
of
them
may
not
be
so.
There's
going
to
be
an
education
component
to
each
of
those
businesses
in
each
of
the
phases
we
will
start
bigger,
then
we
will
go
smaller.
The
requirements
are
are
set
forth.
You
can
look
at
Section
8,
which
has
the
definition
of
a
covered
employer.
AC
So
we're
not
going
to
spend
any
time
on
folks
that
aren't
within
that
definition
from
there
there
will
be
some
Communications
on
with
employers.
I,
don't
know
how
long
that
period
will
be,
but
basically
that
you
need
to
enroll
your
business
in
this
program.
Hopefully,
if
we
can
partner
with
another
state,
there
will
be
a
portal
or
some
sort
of
system
that
makes
that
as
seamless
as
possible.
AC
We're
also
very
thankful
that
we
can
work
with
our
Chambers
of
Commerce
to
to
one
offer
this
plan
or
one
of
their
plans,
two,
which
is
a
provision
of
this
legislation.
Now
then,
that
employer
would
register
and
let
us
know
how
many
employees
they
have,
who
are
those
employees
and
there
would
be
we
kind
of
move
into
the
employee
side.
I,
don't
know
exactly
what
that
would
look
like
Madam
chair,
but
you
see
a
lot
of
disclosures
that
would
be
required.
AC
There
would
be
a
ton
of
communication
with
the
the
employer
and
their
employees
to
make
sure
they
understood
what
the
program
was,
how
when
contributions
would
be
coming
out
of
their
paycheck
and
then
on
the
back
end
side.
That
employee
would
have
access
similar
like
to
you,
would
with
a
retirement
account
or
a
savings
account
or
a
regular
checking
account
some
sort
of
portal
where
they
could
check
their
assets,
could
easily
change
their
contribution
rate
could
change
their
investment
strategy
and
those
sorts
of
things
I.
Hope
that
answered
your
question.
They.
A
And
they
would
still-
and
thank
you
thank
you
for
the
answer
and
to
be
clear.
Then
they
would
still
have
the
option
if
they
were
already
part
of
a
trade
Association.
They
could
be
a
part
of
that
so,
if
they,
if
they
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
like
the
chambers
plan,
because
I
know
that
the
laws
of
consumer
of
Commerce
has
something
similar,
they
would
be
able
to
continue
doing
that
right.
Thanks.
A
Thank
you
and
another
question
now
back
to
the
employee
side,
which
you
did
cover
on
quite
a
bit:
Mr
Jimenez
and
so
for
the
employee
side.
Will
they
be
required
to
sign
up
for
this
program
or
to
participate
in
this
program,
or
is
this
really
just
requiring
that
the
the
employer
give
them
the
information,
then,
if
they
and
that
communication
I'm
sure
will
be
administered
by
that
board?
And
then
the
employee
has
that
option.
Z
Z
A
A
What
is
the
impact
that
this
will
have
on
Nevada
families,
because,
when
I
think
about
the
impact
on
hard-working
Nevada
families,
it
seems
to
me
that
this
is
a
way
for
them
to
plan
for
post-retirement
I
mean
I,
I,
know,
obviously,
I
think
I'm,
the
youngest
person
in
the
Nevada
State
Assembly
and
many
of
my
my
peers
age-wise,
are
not
investing
in
retirement
and
don't
have
a
plan
for
for
their
retirement
system,
and
so
this
seems
to
me
that
it'll
at
least
open
up
the
conversation
allow
them
to
have
that
dial
that
to
have
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
retirement
program
that
for
individuals
that
otherwise
would
not.
A
Is
that
the
goal
so
that
they
can
be
ready
to
retire
when
they're
ready?
Thank.
Z
You
for
the
question
that
is
100
the
goal
right
I
mean
40
years
ago
you
went
to
a
job,
you
worked
for
the
same
company
for
40
years
and
the
trade-off
was
you
were
going
to
get
this
pension.
That's
a
percentage
of
your
you
know,
usually
your
highest
earned
salary,
and
that
was
your
retirement
plan,
but
those
days
are
squarely
in
the
past
right
people
move
jobs,
frequently
Social
Security
is
not
as
reliable
as
I
think.
Z
Any
of
us
would
like
it
to
be,
and
so
we've
moved
to
these
kind
of
individual
savings
mechanisms
as
the
way
for
people
to
be
prepared
for
retirement
instead
of
relying
on
again
the
pension
or
or
Social
Security
as
an
option,
and
so
yes,
this
is
really
designed
to
incentivize
folks
to
get
in
get
in
early
start
saving,
so
that
they're
in
the
best
place
that
they
can
be
as
they
age.
A
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
go
through
that,
so
we
could
get
that
make
it
very
clear
for
company
members,
someone
Gonzalez
I
think
that
the
the
long,
the
long
line
of
questioning,
helped
answer
some
of
their
questions.
Members
any
additional
questions.
AG
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I.
Thank
you,
Senator
Harris,
for
bringing
this
this
great
piece
of
legislation
to
fray.
You
know
for
a
long
time.
You
know:
I
personally,
have
been
very
much
a
proponent
of
Retirement
Systems,
that
overseen
by
public
entities
and
again
I
think
it's
just
the
the
right
thing
to
do,
especially
in
this
day
and
age.
We
know
that
people
aren't
preparing
for
their
their
retirements.
We
have
lots
of
data
that
shows
that
the
average
American
hasn't
made
this
a
focus
of
theirs.
AG
So
my
question
is
this:
is
it
too
late
for
me
to
sign
on
to
be
a
sponsor
onto
this
Bill?
Thank
you.
Thank.
Z
You
assemblyman
de
Silva,
absolutely
not
as
long
as
you
can
make
sure
the
chair
concurs
in
that
Amendment.
Z
Would
be
happy
to
have
any
of
you
just
shoot
me
an
email
or
my
Legislative
Assistant
Lane,
and
we
will
make
sure
we
make
that
happen.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
I
appreciate
that
at
this
time,
I
don't
believe
that
there
are
any
additional
questions
from
our
committee
members
and
so
I'll
invite
we
will
move
into
support
and
so
I'll
invite
anyone
wishing
to
testify
in
support
of
SB
305.
Z
A
E
AH
AI
Speaking
for
myself,
SB
305
is
a
good
idea.
Individual
retirement
savings
are
important.
Social
Security
is
not
enough.
Most
small
businesses
have
trouble
managing
a
good,
separate,
Plan,
Three
Points.
First
studies
show
that
other
enrollment
is
important
for
a
successful
retirement
plan.
It's
just
about
human
behavior,
about
finances.
People
need
a
nudge
even
when
they
know
they
need
to
save,
and
any
extra
step
can
be
an
obstacle
to
signing
up.
AI
Third:
emergency
savings
were
mentions:
emergency
savings,
sidecar
accounts
where
the
employee
puts
money
in
first
before
it
rolls
into
the
IRA,
can
reduce
withdrawals
out
of
the
retirement
accounts
with
the
associated
taxes
or
penalty.
That's
not
part
of
the
bill,
but
could
be
provided
through
a
program
like
this.
Please
support
SB
305.
Thank
you.
AJ
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
Susan
Fisher
with
McDonald
Carano
speaking
on
behalf
of
Pew
charitable
trust.
This
morning,
one
thing
I
want
to
point
out
from
the
get-go.
These
programs
are
set
up
as
Roth
Iris,
so
the
contributions
may
be
taken
out
penalty
free,
but
then
the
investment
gains
are
taxable,
and
hopefully
they
have
good
investment
gains.
I
really
appreciate
the
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
Senate
Bill
305.
AJ
There
were
a
number
of
questions
asked
about
the
direct
impact
on
Nevada
and
on
nevadans,
and
so
I
do
have
some
information
that
the
Pew
charitable
trust
has
pulled
together.
Pew
supports
305
for
the
nearly
600
000
private
sector,
Nevada
workers
who
lack
access
to
a
workplace
retirement
plan.
AJ
Nevada
faces
a
crisis
because
workers
are
not
saving
enough.
Insufficient
retirement
savings
will
increase
pressure
on
public
assistance
programs
serving
older
adults.
New
Pew
condition
commissioned
research
had
three
major
findings.
One
the
number
of
Nevada
residents
aged
65
and
older
is
expected
to
double
by
over
1
million
by
2040.
AJ
to
a
shrinking
population
of
working
age.
Taxpayers
will
need
to
cover
the
cost
for
the
financially
vulnerable
and
three
over
the
20-year
period
ending
in
2040,
insufficient
retirement
savings
will
result
in
an
additional
State
Social
Service
spending
here
in
Nevada
by
1.8
billion
or
about
90
million
dollars
a
year.
But
if
Nevada
households
saved
just
an
additional
110
dollars
per
month,
they
could
erase
this
taxpayer
burden
and
maintain
their
standard
of
living
in
retirement.
AJ
I
have
some
more
on
here,
but
I
think
that
you
get
the
point
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
and
we
also
have
Mr
John
Scott
from
the
Pew
charitable
Trust
online
in
case
there
are
any
other
specific
questions.
Thank
you.
So
much.
AF
I
just
had
a
quick
comment:
Miss
Fisher,
the
the
point
about
the
fact
that
these
are
Roth
IRAs
is
actually
quite
significant
and
would
have
been
quite
helpful
at
the
beginning
of
the
testimony
to
know
that's
what
we're
talking
about,
because
it
definitely
would
have
changed
the
questions
that
were
asked.
Thank
you.
AJ
AK
AL
Good
morning,
chair
Torres,
my
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Maria
Moore
I'm,
the
state
director
for
AARP
Nevada
and
we're
in
strong
support
of
SB
305,
and
while
we
know
that
you
all
know
that
ARP
is
a
non-profit
non-partisan
and
we
associate
with
the
50
plus.
We
certainly
care
about
everyone,
especially
those
who
will
retire
one
day
and
for
many
of
you
I'm
talking
to
you.
AL
We
also
work
closely
with
the
chambers
without
their
work,
to
really
bring
the
spill
and
perforation.
We
could
not
have
done
it
alone,
so
we're
all
in
it
together.
Like
many
states-
and
you
heard
from
from
earlier
my
earlier
colleague-
that
we
we
have
many
566
000
members
rely
on
Social
Security,
not
members,
but
beneficiary
rely
on
Social
Security.
That's
30
percent
for
them
is
their
primary
source
of
income,
and
we
know
that
that's
enough
not
enough
to
retire,
and
so
what
suffers
is?
AL
Do
they
pay
for
rent
or
do
they
pay
for
their
medical
needs?
The
cost
of
taxpayers
on
the
line
will
only
cost
us
in
Social
Services,
with
fewer
employers
willing
or
able
to
do
this.
It
is
important
for
bills
like
SB
305,
to
come
to
fruition,
and
we
also
know
that
certain
groups
are
disproportionately
impacted.
For
instance,
women
who
are
for
most
Parts,
sometimes
partially
are
part-time
employed
and
for
people
of
color
who
may
not
have
access
to
these
benefits
in
the
workplace.
AL
AM
Foreign,
thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
Chris
Ferrari
on
behalf
of
the
American
retirement
Association.
This
group
is
works
with
defined
contribution
plans,
including
401ks,
and
represents
35
000
retirement
plan
professionals
Nationwide,
including
almost
200
here
in
the
state,
in
support
of
SB
305.
AM
So
the
couple
things
on
this
bill,
especially
as
a
small
employer,
as
many
of
you
on
this
committee,
are
the
401k
or
IRA
is
the
bane
of
my
existence.
I
have
to
have
a
third
party
administrator.
It's
incredibly
challenging.
There
are
bajillion
forms
that
you
receive
on
a
regular
basis,
so
have
an
administrator
is
key
in
this
provision.
This
session,
our
theme
is
maximizing
dollars
in
return
from
federal
government
from
the
secure
2.0
act,
and
we
put
some
stuff
up
on
Nellis
for
your
for
your
purview.
AM
AM
This
program,
if
implemented
and
the
treasurer
has
done
some
great
stuff
so
I
know
that
that
will
continue
we'll
make
eligible
almost
700
000
nevadans
for
for
new
savings
opportunities,
so
more
savings,
more
stability
in
people's
personal
financial
situations
and
as
the
bill
sponsor
indicated
less
Reliance
long
term
on
social
programs.
So
I
think
that's
why
I
got
a
bipartisan
vote
out
of
the
Senate
people
are
looking
at
this
saying.
Is
it
perfect?
No
any
legislation
is
not
going
to
be
perfect,
but
this
is
a
start.
AM
This
gets
this
up
and
running
and
is
the
sponsor
again
indicated.
We
can
fine
tune
as
we
go.
The
treasurer
has
been
creative,
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
Nevada
and,
let's
maximize
some
federal
dollars.
Thank
you
for
your
support.
In
addition,
real
quickly
Andrew
Remo
is
going
to
be
calling
in.
He
is
the
federal
director
of
federal
and
state
legislative
affairs
for
the
American
retirement
Association.
Thank
you.
A
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Ash,
for
killing
committee
Council.
So
under
section
23,
subsection
3,
the
individual
retirement
accounts
that
are
authorized
to
be
maintained
through
the
program
are
those
that
are
allowed
under
either
section
408
or
section
408-a
of
the
Internal
Revenue
code.
Those
are
the
sections
that
refer
to
both
traditional
and
Roth
IRA,
so
I.
Don't
think
that
this
bill
mandates
Roth
IRAs,
but
it
would
allow
people
who
participate
in
the
plan
to
select
either
a
traditional
or
a
Roth
IRA,
or
give
the
give
the
flexibility
to
use
either
type
of
Ira.
A
W
My
name
is
Anna
Wood
government,
Affairs,
chair
and
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Las
Vegas
Asian
Chamber
of
Commerce
good
morning,
chair
Torres,
Vice,
chair
Duran
and
members
of
the
committee.
I
speak
in
support
of
SB
305
building.
Financial
Security
is
a
vital
importance
to
our
aapi
families
and
all
families
in
Nevada,
by
allowing
small
businesses
to
provide
an
additional
savings
menu
for
employees.
This
is
a
value
add
for
us.
Aapi,
businesses
are
sometimes
comprised
of
five
or
more
or
less
employees.
Social
Security
is
not
enough
for
retirement
for
these
families.
W
We
need
to
provide
the
security
and
peace
of
mind
which
this
program
this
bill
will
provide
with
income
in
conjunction
with
other
states
and
collaboration
States,
like
I,
believe
Arizona
New,
Mexico,
Oregon,
California
and
many
more
many
of
our
Community
Partners
have
already
engaged
in
dialogue.
We
regarding
this
program
and
we
are
in
support,
and
this
is
why
I
encourage
you
and
urge
you
to
support
as
Senate
bill
305.
AN
So
our
mission
is
to
Advocate
the
policies
that
give
every
working
American
the
ability
to
have
a
comfortable
retirement
I've.
We
heartily
endorse
SB
305,
The
Nest
act
and
just
want
to
make
three
quick
points.
Point
one
small
businesses
support
payroll
reduction,
Savings
Program
Q
has
done
some
incredible
survey.
Work
here
that
86
percent
of
small
mid-sized
employers
without
plans,
so
employers
between
5
and
250
employees
support
the
concept
of
apparel
to
Dutch
and
retirement
plan
with
automatic
enrollment.
AN
U
AN
Ira
program
with
retirement
plan
coverage
requirement,
so
California,
Illinois
and
Oregon.
The
rate
of
introduction
of
new
plans
is
a
share
of
existing
plans
is
higher
than
before.
These
states
introduced
The,
Savings
Program
and
then
the
final
point
is
that
the
new
federal
small
employer
plan,
designs
and
startup
incentives
are
are
critical.
Now
in
in
December,
the
federal
Congress
enacted
new
designs
and
incentives
for
small
businesses
that
essentially
allow
small
businesses
to
start
a
401k
plan
at
no
cost.
AN
The
new,
simple
401k
plan
design
called
the
starter
K
did
not
require
any
employer
contributions
or
complicated
compliance
testing
and
businesses
with
50
or
fewer
employees,
get
a
credit
for
100
of
retirement
plan.
Admin
expenses
for
the
first
three
years
of
the
plan
capped
at
five
thousand
dollars.
The
typical
cost
to
administer
a
plan
for
most
small
businesses
is
below
one
thousand
dollars
and
they're.
Also
new
tax
credits
for
employer
contributions,
so
in
short,
14
states
have
already
done
this.
Nevada
should
be
the
15th
State.
It's
time
to
get
this
done.
AN
A
At
this
time,
we'll
go
ahead
and
go
to
opposition.
Is
there
anyone
here
in
Carson
City
wishing
to
testify
an
opposition
sp305.
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair
good,
to
see
you
again,
Trey
Abney
here
representing
the
2
000
member
businesses
of
nfib
in
Nevada.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
Senator
Harris.
Although
we
do
oppose
this
bill,
we
know
that
it
has
been
compromised
down
to
something,
certainly
more
palatable
and
manageable
than
where
this
has
started,
and
this
this
is
a
long
multi-year
effort
and
nfib
has
opposed
these.
These
ideas
around
the
country
and
again
we
just
have
a
fundamental
issue
with
requiring
businesses,
especially
small
businesses,
to
participate
in
a
retirement
program.
S
We
would
certainly
support
if
the
state
wants
to
set
up
a
program
that
we
can
advertise
steer.
People
toward.
We
know
that
my
friend
Mr
Jimenez,
would
do
an
excellent
job
running
this
program.
It
is
just
at
the
base
level
the
requirement
that
a
business
participate
in
and
as
I
mentioned
in
testimony
on
an
earlier
Bill.
My
members
are
concerned
about
having
another
hoop
to
jump
through,
on
top
of
all
the
local
state
and
federal
regs
that
they
are
already
subject
to
and
and
finally
Madam
chair
of
just
closed
with.
S
If
you
do
choose
to
process
this
bill,
you
know
historically,
in
this
building,
we
set
an
exemption
of
small
businesses
about
50
employees,
and
this
one
sets
it
at
five,
which
is
a
pretty
low
when
we
talk
about
the
smallest
of
small
business,
so
so,
for
all
those
reasons
and
if
I'd
be
opposed
to
this
Bill.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
S
A
I
know
a
flag
at
this
point
in
session
like
and
I
will
note
that
for
anybody
coming
into
my
committee,
if
you
have
opposition
to
a
bill-
and
you
haven't
spoken
to
the
sponsor
with
a
reprinted
version,
especially
for
a
bill
that
has
been
so
significantly
amended,
it's
frustrating
to
hear
that
additionally
I'm
going
to
look
I'm,
pretty
confident
that
we
have
other
places
in
statute
where
we
who
have
numbers
under
50
for
businesses,
but
I,
would
urge
you
in
the
future,
especially
when
you're
going
to
come
before
my
committee
five
days
before
sign
dye
that
you
speak
to
the
bill
sponsor
about
any
of
the
application
for.
S
A
You
I
don't
see
any
additional
opposition
here
in
Carson
City
we'll
go
to
Las
Vegas.
V
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
Emily
osterberg
I'm
here
representing
the
Henderson
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
our
over
1800
members,
most
of
which
are
small
businesses.
We
are
opposed
to
SB
305.
While
we
appreciate
the
intent
to
help
people
save
for
retirement,
the
requirements
in
the
bill
may
be
onerous
and
burdensome
on
small
businesses.
V
Section
8
requires
compliance
from
employers
with
this
U.S
five
employees.
These
are
small
businesses
that
often
do
not
have
the
resources
or
capacity
to
fulfill
the
additional
obligations
required
under
the
bill.
Section
9
additionally
requires
compliance
for
micro,
non-profit
organizations
that
are
under
tremendous
pressure
to
comply
with
other
federal
and
state
regulations,
simply
understanding
the
required
contribution
rate
under
Section
6
is
onerous
enough.
It
does
not
provide
guidance
to
Employers
in
the
event
that
there
are
additional
withholdings
from
employees.
V
Wages
such
as
garnishments
coupling
that,
with
unknown
amount
of
contribution
rates
set
forth
in
section
20
literally
ensures
compliance
challenges
for
small
businesses
that
are
disproportionately
affected
by
SB
305.
Adding
to
these
challenges
are
the
provisions
of
section
23.
For
example,
section
6
requires
deposit
to
the
fund
within
10
days
of
a
Payday.
The
accounting
of
this
will
create
additional
challenges
that
small
businesses
oftentimes
do
not
have
in
small
businesses.
Oftentimes
do
not
have
Payroll
Services
to
manage
withholding
the
transmission
of
funds
to
the
state
similar.
V
Similarly,
subsection
11
of
section
23
requires
the
employer
to
deliver
certain
documents
and
disclosures
to
employees.
There's
no
time
frame
set
for
such
delivery.
Employees
will
look
to
their
employers
for
direction
under
these
disclosures,
creating
additional
obligations
and
challenges
to
micro
businesses
to
address
the
implementation
of
this
state's
policy,
and
as
mentioned
previously
in
the
other
testimony.
It
is
the
requirement
part
of
this
that
we
have
to
stand
in
opposition
for
it
requiring
small
businesses
who
don't
always
have
the
ability
to
implement.
All
these
different
regulations
is
what
we
are
opposed
to.
V
A
A
AO
Sorry
about
that,
chair,
Paul
muraskin,
with
the
Vegas
chamber
good
morning.
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
Senator,
Harris
and
AARP
for
working
with
the
chamber
on
SB
305.
As
may
know,
the
Chamber
of
philosophy
has
had
many
concerns
with
this
previous
legislation
over
the
years
in
our
are
able
to
get
to
neutrality
is
based
off
of
a
compromise
on
several
components
of
Bill
and
again
want
to
thank
them.
Working
through
the
chamber
on
on
those
Provisions
for
full
disclosure,
the
chamber
does
offer
a
retirement
plan.
AO
I
think
that
is
important
to
note
that
and
that
Chambers
of
Commerce
and
trade
associations
would
be
able
to
offer
a
plan
that
would
through
this,
this
new
programming
through
this
at
the
state
level
in
section
23,
that's
one
of
the
reasons
chamber
is
mutual
is
because
we
do
offer
a
product
and
we
think
that's
important
to
disclose
that
I
do
want
to
clarify
just
quickly,
though
the
plan
the
chamber
offers
and
has
been
able
to
offer
the
last
several
years
through
the
Federal
Regulations
is
a
plan
as
targeted
to
small
businesses.
AO
There's
affordable,
accessible,
so
I
didn't
want
to
clarify
some
earlier
comments
that
were
made
by
some
of
the
proponents
about
the
fees
that
are
charged
to
small
business
and
so
forth.
That
is
never
the
intent
of
chamber
program
coming
to
do
so
or
any
other
trade
Association.
So
I
just
want
to
clarify
that.
AO
A
A
A
AP
AP
As
the
committee
is
likely
aware
in
2019,
the
legislature
approved
Senate
Bill
135
Which
authorized
collective
bargaining
between
the
state
and
certain
state
employees
generally,
those
in
the
classified
system
of
employment.
It
provides
for
Collective
and
supplemental
bargaining
between
the
executive
branch
of
state
government
and
an
exclusive
representative
for
a
wide
range
of
subjects,
including,
but
not
limited
to
salary
or
wage
rates
leave
an
employee
safety.
AP
This
bill
allows
law
enforcement
and
firefighter
supervisors
to
engage
in
collective
bargaining
and
allows
them
to
create
a
collective
bargaining
unit
separate
from
the
employees
they
supervise.
The
bill
also
recognizes
the
unique
nature
of
the
work
conducted
by
civilians,
who
Provide
support
services
in
a
law
enforcement
agency
and
allows
them
to
participate
in
collective
bargaining.
AP
I'd
also
like
to
thank
assemblyman,
Hibbetts
and
Uric
for
their
work
on
this
bill
as
well,
and
with
the
chair's
permission
I'd
like
to
now
turn
it
over
to
Rick
McCann,
with
the
Nevada
Association
of
Public
Safety
officers
to
provide
additional
testimony
regarding
the
origin
and
the
need
for
this
legislation.
Thank
you.
AQ
Good
morning,
Madam
chair
on
this
115th
day,
members
of
the
committee
and
staff,
my
apologies
for
horsing
around
earlier
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Rick
McCann
here
today,
representing
Nevada
Association
of
Public
Safety
officers
in
Nevada
Nevada,
where
the
hell
am
I
a
Nevada
law
enforcement
coalition
to
help
present
SB
166.
Now
this
is
very
keep
in
mind.
This
is
very
important,
so
I'm,
sorry,
first
of
all,
I
also
wish
to
thank
Senator,
pazina,
assembium
inhibits
and
all
the
joint
sponsors
and
co-sponsors
for
their
support
of
this
bill
quickly.
AQ
Addressing
section
one
of
the
bill,
existing
law,
which
is
NRS
288.138,
defines
a
supervisory
quote-unquote
employee
as
a
person
who
exercises
one
or
more
of
a
list
of
tasks
that
are
listed
therein
in
the
performance
of
their
duties.
However,
in
certain
paramilitary
structures,
such
as
law
enforcement
and
firefighting,
employees
are
often
required
to
perform
some
of
these
tasks
in
a
temporary
fashion,
for
example,
acting
sergeants
acting
lieutenants
officers
in
charge,
but
they're
not
considered
permanent
supervisors.
At
that
time.
AQ
When
they're
performing
these
tasks
in
2019,
NRS
288.138
was
amended
to
its
current
language
that
prohibits
employees
with
paramilitary
command
structures
such
as
police
and
fire
from
being
deemed
supervisors
solely
due
to
the
exercise
of
certain
temporary
duties.
That's
the
current
state
of
the
law,
this
SB
166
in
section
one
also
now
will
exclude
civilian
law
enforcement,
employee
law
enforcement,
employees
who
work
under
the
police,
paramilitary
command
structure
from
being
deemed
supervisors
merely
due
to
the
exercise,
the
occasional
temporary
exercise
of
those
same
duties.
AQ
That's
section
one
addressing
section
two
of
the
bill:
existing
law
permits
collective
bargaining
units
for
each
of
a
number
of
Occupational
groups
employed
by
the
state,
including
category
one
Category
2
and
Category
3
peace
officers,
but
not
those
supervisors
supervisors
within
those
three
groups.
In
other
words,
it
covers
the
officers
the
rank
and
file.
It
does
not
cover
the
supervisors.
In
fact,
all
supervisors
throughout
the
entire
state
are
in
all
occupational
groups
in
this
state
are
lumped
into
one
big
collective
bargaining
unit
under
NRS
288.515.
AQ
In
the
state's
employee,
there
are
accounting
supervisors,
maintenance,
supervisors
custodial
supervisors,
a
physical
therapist
supervisors,
mental
health
supervisors,
Health
Care
supervisors
who
provide
care
for
children,
clerical
supervisors,
law
enforcement,
supervisors
firefighter
supervisors.
The
list
goes
on
they're
all
in
one
big
collective
bargaining
group-
that's
unmanageable.
It
has
been
since
2019..
For
this
reason,
no
supervisors
in
the
state
have
been
able
to
collectively
bargained
as
a
cohesive
unit
for
the
past
four
years.
Section
two
of
this
bill
addresses
that
issue
for
category
one
Category
2
and
Category
3
supervisory
peace
officers
and
firefighters.
AQ
By
establishing
separate
bargain
units
for
these
occupational
categories.
We
give
them
finally
the
opportunity
to
collectively
bargain
bargain
for
their
wages,
their
benefits
and
their
working
conditions.
Also
in
section
two
in
subparagraph
two,
it
mirrors
some
language
that
is
currently
in
NRS
288
that
it
currently
applies
to
local
government
peace
officers
under
NRS
288.140
and
which
we
simply
want
to
extend
to
State
peace
officers.
It
simply
states
that
any
bargaining
unit
established
four
state
peace
officers
must
be
composed
exclusively
of
Peace
Officers,
again
just
mirroring
the
current
state
of
the
law
for
locals.
AQ
Once
again,
this
maintains
the
community
of
interest
of
Peace
Officers
for
bargaining
units,
and
for
these
reasons
we
ask
that
you
support
SB
166..
Thank
you.
A
A
AR
Good
morning
Madam
chair,
thank
you
for
you
and
the
committee
to
for
listening
to
this
important
legislation.
That
was
great.
We
actually
saw
the
horse
from
the
back
and
we
noticed
we're
like
what
is
that
down
there
anyway,
we
support
the
bill
again.
This
allows
our
supervisors
to
have
contracts
that
are
consistent
with
the
people
they
supervise,
which
is
very
important.
We
do
this
on
the
local
level
and
we
feel
that
it's
important
to
have
it
on
the
state
level
as
well.
Thank
you.
AH
Thank
you
chairs
members.
Thank
you,
chair
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
Dakota
Hoskins
political
director
for
sciu
local
1107.
We
support
SB
166..
We
believe
it's
important
that
workers
can
organize
unionize
and
collectively
bargain,
and
we
think
that
this
will
ensure
that
more
workers
can
do
that
here
in
the
state,
and
so
we
urge
your
support.
Thank
you.
AI
Kent
Irvin
Nevada
faculty
Alliance,
we
support
SB
166,
our
colleagues
on
the
campus
police
and
the
southern
command,
and
the
northern
command
are
category
one
peace
officers
that
make
sense
for
their
supervisors
to
have
their
own
bargaining
unit
because
they
meet
the
community
of
Interest
standard,
which
is
a
big
stretch
if
they
are
in
the
same
unit
as
all
other
supervisors
in
the
state.
Our
campus
police
are
suffering
from
high
vacancies
rates,
so
anything
that
helps
with
retention
is
a
good
thing.
Thank
you.
D
AS
A
X
A
A
A
A
And
I
will
open
the
curing
well,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
take
a
recess
and
we
will
contact
the
Senator's
office
to
see
if
they're
ready
to
present.
Thank
you.
A
AT
Good
morning,
chair
tours
and
members
of
the
assembly
committee
on
government
Affairs,
my
name
is
state
senator
Pat,
Spearman
and
I
represent
Senate
District
One
in
Clark
County
I'm
here
and
happy
to
present
Senate
Bill
279,
which
continues
my
ongoing
work
to
ensure
that
our
laws
provide
equal
opportunities
for
every
citizen
of
this
state.
Specifically,
the
issue
before
you
today
relates
to
recognizing
and
fostering
the
employment
of
persons
with
disabilities.
AT
AT
The
bill
establishes
Nevada
as
a
model
employer
program
to
ensure
best
policies
and
practices
and
procedures
for
hiring,
promoting
and
retaining
persons
with
disabilities.
It
also
requires
the
division
of
human
resource
management
of
the
Department
of
administration
to
work
with
a
rehabilitation
division
of
the
Department
of
Employment
training
and
Rehabilitation.
We
know
it
as
Dieter
to
provide
technical
assistance
after
being
approved
by
the
senate
committee
on
legislative
operations
on
elections,
Senate
Bill
279
took
a
very
LinkedIn
detour
to
the
city
committee,
on
finance
and
upon
introduction
of
the
bill.
AT
The
division
of
human
resource
management
placed
a
fiscal
note
on
SB
279,
in
recognition
of
the
increased
workload
and
the
need
for
training
materials
and
Statewide
travel.
However,
the
senate
committee
on
finance
recommended
State
amendment
in
780
to
Senate
Bill
279
that
was
adopted
by
the
Senate
to
include
an
appropriation
of
eighty
thousand
dollars.
Eighty
thousand
one
hundred
ninety
five
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2324
and
98
171
in
fiscal
year
24
and
25
from
the
state
general
fund
to
carry
out
the
program.
AT
It
was
then
approved
by
the
Senate
without
a
single
vote
of
opposition
opposition
and
I
hope
that
we
can
carry
on
that
streak.
With
this
committee,
let
me
just
say
that
the
Americans
with
Disability
Act,
was
actually
passed
in
1990
and
at
that
point
not
only
were
Private
Industry
businesses
expected
to
comport
with
this,
but
also
States,
so
I'm
I
called
this
bill,
the
same
bill,
which
is
the
state
as
a
model
employer.
AT
A
AU
Good
morning
Madam,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Catherine
Nielsen
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Nevada
Governor's
Council
on
developmental
disabilities.
First
off
the
state
of
Nevada
employs
more
than
18
000
employees
and
as
an
employer,
it
has
a
duty
to
our
citizens
to
employ
people
of
all
abilities.
Our
Council
believes
that
all
individuals
with
disabilities
who
can
and
want
to
work
should
have
access
to
the
resources
and
supports
necessary
to
gain
and
maintain
meaningful
community-based
employment.
AU
We
also
suggest
that
you
implement
employment.
First
policies
that
transform
the
expectations
of
state
agencies,
service
providers
and
people
with
developmental
disabilities
deserve
this
underemployment.
AU
At
the
beginning
of
this
session,
there
was
roughly
45
positions
that
were
considered
exempt,
that
anybody
using
the
700
hour
list
could
not
apply
for
positions
under
those
and
it's
things
like
social
worker
and
clerical
trainee,
things
that
you
know
they
should
have
access
to.
So
the
division
of
human
resource
management
has
eliminated
that
exempt
list.
So
it's
a
pretty
big
move
for
the
state.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
AV
AW
Morning,
chair
and
the
committee
members,
this
is
Dora
Martinez
with
the
Nevada
disability
production.
Coalition
I
would
like
to
ditto
the
Fantastic
awesome
amazing
executive
director
of
Nevada
Council
on
developmental
disability,
and
thank
you
to
the
sponsor
of
this
bill.
You
are
fantastic,
thank
you
and
take
care.
AV
A
A
Thank
you
at
this
time,
I'll
invite
anyone
wishing
to
testify
neutral
to
sp279.
I
do
see
the
administrator
here.
We
do
have
a
quick
question
for
you.
If
we
could.
Thank
you.
AE
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
the
senator,
can
you
tell
me
what
the
state
does
currently
to
ensure
hiring
managers
that
know
how
to
deal
with
people
with
disabilities
or
any
of
their?
Is
there
any
training
for
them
to
that?
They
need
to
acquire
to
be
able
to
handle
a
situation.
AX
AX
Currently
we
have
supervisory
training
classes
that
are
mandatory
within
those
mandatory
trainings.
There
is
a
small
portion
of
one
of
the
modules
that
talks
about,
supervising
and
managing
employees
that
may
have
disabilities.
They
may
be
identified
disabilities
or
or
not
identified
disabilities.
AX
What
we
are
looking
to
accomplish,
as
Senator
Spearman
noted,
we
we
put
a
fiscal
note
on
SB
what
our
SB
279,
primarily
because
we
agree
with
Senator
Spearman
that
we
need
to
beef
up
our
efforts
to
bring
folks
who
are
differently
abled
or
pardon
me,
or
have
some
sort
of
disability
into
State
Employment.
Typically,
the
Department
of
Employment
training
and
Rehabilitation
is
the
one
that
works
with
folks
to
get
them
outside
employment,
not
within
the
state.
But
we
also
work
together
to
put
together
that
700
hour
list,
and
we
have.
AJ
A
I
really
appreciate
you
coming
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
because
I
do
believe
that
there
there's
more
information
that
we
could
provide
as
an
educator.
We
get
extensive
training
about
how
to
work
with
individuals
that
are
differently.
Abled
I
know
that
that's
not
the
reality
for
most
individuals
and
most
managers,
I
mean
I,
definitely
think
that
that's
something
that
could
be
helpful
in
a
variety
of
workplace
settings.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
I.
AE
AE
And
thank
you
and
I
know
that
sometimes
people
develop
a
disability
like
with
their
Vision
or
some
type
of
stuff.
Is
this
and
I
think
there
is
programs
out
there
that
will
help
with
that
to
retain
the
employer
to
retain
that
person?
Is
that
something
that
you
would
are
involved
with,
or
this
bill
would
help
cover,
or
would
they
go
to
that
different
and
I
can't
remember
the
name
of
it?
I
think
it
was
Dieter.
AX
Thank
you
for
the
question
for
the
record
Mandy
Bo
Smith
administrator
for
the
dhrm.
We
we
do
currently
participate
in
the
Ada
interactive
process.
Should
somebody
become
disabled
or
develop
a
serious
health
condition
that
limits
their
ability
to
perform
the
essential
functions
of
their
job.
We
enter
into
the
interactive
process
as
put
forward
by
the
Ada,
and
essentially
we
gather
information
about
their
abilities
where
their
limitations
may
be,
and
we
take
a
look
at
their
job
and
figure
out
if
there
are
accommodations
that
we
can
make.
AX
So
a
great
example
is
folks
that
are
desk.
Workers
tend
to
develop
back
problems
because
they
sit
a
lot.
An
accommodation
may
be
as
simple
as
a
new
chair
with
lumbar
support,
or
perhaps
a
very
desk
where
they
can
stand
up
for
a
period
of
time
during
their
work
day.
Something
like
that
is
is
a
very
you
know
small
example.
All
the
way
through
to
there
may
be
a
situation
where
somebody
develops
a
disability
during
their
employment,
where
we
need
to
address.
AX
They
may
not
be
able
to
do
their
that
particular
job
that
they're
in,
and
so
we
have
a
process
whereby
we
look
Statewide
to
see
if
there's
another
jobs
that
they
perhaps
can
do
and
then
on
the
Dieter
side
they
have
both
Vocational
Rehabilitation
programs.
You
see
that
a
lot
with
workers
compensation
folks
that
they
they
enter
into
a
vocational
rehabilitation
program
to
help
them
rehab
into
gaining
skills.
That
can
be
useful
for
opportunities
coming
up.
So
there
are
programs
in
place,
but
two
chair
torres's
point.
AX
A
Thank
you,
members.
Any
additional
questions.
I,
don't
believe
there
any.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
with
us
today.
At
this
time,
I
don't
see
any
additional
neutral
I'm
here
in
Carson
City.
Is
there
anyone
in
Las,
Vegas
I,
don't
believe
I
see
any
BPS?
Is
there
anyone
on
the
line
wishing
to
testify
neutral
to
sb279.
AT
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I'll.
Just
conclude
with
a
personal
story
in
April
of
2005
I
was
selected
to
become
the
senior
liaison
officer
with
the
United
Nations
peacekeeping
force
over
in
Eritrea,
and
while
I
was
going
through
my
physical
exam,
we
realized
that
I
had
a
problem.
With
my
shooting
hand,
it's
just
Sonic
and
so
I
couldn't
use.
My
weapon
and
I
tried
to
convince
them
that
it's
okay,
because
in
a
United
Nations
assignment
you
don't
use
weapons,
but
I
was
medically
retired
because
of
that
I
would
have
served
40
years.
AT
If
I
could
have
and
I
see
my
situation,
then
with
so
many
other
people
who
are
able
to
do
the
job,
with
the
exception
of
one
thing,
maybe
two
things,
but
we
all
deserve
an
opportunity
to
serve,
and
so
I
hope
that
you
will
look
favorably
upon
this
legislation
because
it
is
designed
so
that
we
can
walk
or
talk
the
state
as
a
model
employer.
Thank
you.
A
We
think
we're
ready,
we
can
read
I.
Imagine
we
are
today.
Just
I
know
it's
everyone.
This
is
now
on
the
record.
Today
we
will
conduct
a
work
session
to
take
action
measures
that
the
committee
has
heard
in
previous
meetings.
It
is
not
customary
for
the
committee.
A
Well,
actually,
we
heard
it
this
meeting,
it's
not
just
waiting
for
us
to
rehear
the
bills
that
we
heard
literally
this
morning,
however,
I
may
invite
a
witness
to
come
forward
for
clarification,
questions
during
a
consideration
of
a
measure
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
just
go
in
order
of
the
bills
that
we
looked
at
today
as
they
are
listed
on
the
roster.
So
we'll
begin
so
numerical
order,
we
will
begin
with
sb24.
AY
Thank
you,
chair
Torres.
This
is
Jennifer
Reed
committee
policy.
Analyst
Senate,
Bill
24
heard
today
extends
the
prospective
expiration
of
the
office
of
small
business
advocacy
from
July
1
2023
to
push
it
out
two
years
to
2025.
The
bill
also
eliminates
the
prohibition
on
employing
Personnel
for
for
the
office,
with
many
from
the
state
general
fund
and
authorizes
the
lieutenant
governor
to
employ
Personnel
for
the
office
within
the
limits
of
many
appropriated
or
authorized
for
such
purposes.
Testimony
indicated
that
the
office
is
currently
receiving
funding
from
arpa.
There
were
no
amendments.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
members.
Are
there
any
questions
at
this
time,
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
do
pass.
Sb
24.
I
have
the
motion
from
a
Sublime,
Carter
and
I
have
a
second
from
assembly
woman,
Taylor
members.
Any
discussion
at
this
time.
I
will
take
a
vote
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
nay.
This
motion
does
carry
it
all,
assign
the
floor
statement,
which
I'm
sure
will
not
occur
to
someone.
Carter
I
will
go
next
and
we'll
consider
sb166.
AY
Thank
you,
chair
Torres.
This
is
Jennifer
Rudy
committee
policy,
analyst
Senate,
Bill
166
requires
the
government,
employee
management,
Relations
Board,
to
establish
separate
collective
bargaining
units
for
supervisory
employees,
who
are
category
one
two
or
three
peace
officers
and
firefighters.
The
bill
also
excludes
certain
employees
who
provide
civilian,
Support
Services
to
a
law
enforcement
agency
from
being
deemed
supervisory
employees
solely
due
to
the
exercise
of
certain
duties
under
a
paramilitary
command
structure.
There
were
no
amendments.
A
At
this
level
entertain
a
motion
do
pass.
Sb166
I
have
the
motion
from
a
Sublime
inhibits.
Do
I
have
a
second
I,
have
a
second
from
Vice
Trader
brand
members.
In
a
discussion
on
the
motion,
it
doesn't
appear,
there's
any.
We
will
go
ahead
and
take
a
vote
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say,
nay.
This
motion
does
carry
and
passes
unanimously
all
assign
the
floor
statement
to
some
inhibits
at
this
time.
We
will
go
ahead
and
consider
sb279.
AY
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Jennifer,
Reedy
committee,
policiano
Senate
Bill
279
establishes
the
state
as
a
model
employer
program
in
the
division
of
Human
Resources.
The
program
is
designed
to
ensure
that
the
state
is
implementing
the
best
most
promising
and
emerging
policies,
practices
and
procedures
relating
to
the
hiring
promotion
and
retention
of
persons
with
disabilities.
AY
The
bill
also
legislatively
declares
that
it
is
the
policy
of
the
state
to
provide
agencies
in
the
executive
branch
of
state
government,
a
framework
for
recruiting
hiring,
promoting
and
retaining
qualified
persons
with
disabilities
and
the
senate
committee
on
finance
added
an
appropriation
to
from
the
state
general
fund
to
carry
out
the
program.
There
were
no
amendments.
A
The
motion
from
assembly
December,
2nd
I,
have
a
second
from
advice
from
assemblyman
Taylor
members
that
are
discussion
doesn't
appear
that
there
is
any
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
a
vote
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say,
nay.
This
motion
does
carry
and
all
of
a
sudden
the
floor
statement
to
someone
Gonzalez.
AY
Any
regulations
adopted
by
the
Labor
Commissioner
that
conflict
with
the
provisions
of
the
bill
are
void
and
shall
be
removed
from
the
Nevada
Administrative
Code
SB
301
also
appropriates
funding
to
the
Labor
Commissioner
to
carry
out
the
compliance
and
enforcement
duties
related
to
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
There
were
no
amendments.
A
A
We
will
go
ahead
and
assign
that
floor
statement
to
someone
Carter,
not
MacArthur,
Carter.
AY
This
is
a
very
long
summary,
so
I
will
just
go
ahead
and
leave
it
at
that.
There
was
one
Amendment
proposed
and
it
was
just
to
add
co-sponsors,
and
my
understanding
is
that
would
include
the
eight
members
of
the
committee,
as
listed
at
the
assembly
members
de
Silva,
Taylor
Duran,
Wynn,
Carter,
Gonzalez,
Thomas
and
Torres,
and
that
was
the
only
amendment.
Thank
you.
A
AV
A
Any
discussion
someone
went
along.
A
A
AF
Thank
you,
chair
in
general,
I
actually
think
this
is
a
good
bill
and
a
good
concept
for
the
state.
However,
someone
that
ran
a
small
business
from
that
had
from
two
to
to
40
employees
I
think
a
threshold
of
five
employees
is
too
low
for
this
type
of
program
and
the
burden
it
would
place
on
the
business
so
I'm
going
to
have
to
be
a
no.
For
that
reason,
only.
A
Does
it
appear,
there's
any
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
a
vote
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
I
have
the
name
from
long
and
I'll
send
that
flower
statement
to
Vice
chair
Duran
at
this
time
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
the
works
by
the
work
session
for
assembly
committee
on
government
Affairs
today
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
the
final
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
public
comment.
A
A
All
right
and
I
will
remind
the
committee
that
there
is
likely
going
to
continue
to
be
meeting
throughout
the
week.
I
will
try
to
keep
committee
members
informed
as
soon
as
we
catch
bills.
So
please
make
sure
that
you're,
following
on
the
floor
on
bills
as
they
are
introduced,
those
will
likely
be
scheduled
to
the
next
couple
of
days
for
hearing
and
likely
work
session,
because
if
you
didn't
know,
we
only
have
a
couple
days
left
here
in
Carson,
City
and
so
we'll
be
scheduling
those
pretty
quickly
and
meeting
as
necessary.