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36th Nevada Special Session Wrap-Up By Mary Lau, RAN CEO
HE NEVADA LEGISLATURE CONCLUDED THEIR WORK FOR the 36th Special Session on November 19th. Our team was on the ground in the capitol ensuring that businesses and consumers across the state were represented. We were proud to work on Senate Bill 3 and Senate Bill 5. SB 3 was a bill to implement a new system in Nevada called the Silver State General Assistance Program which will ensure Nevada has a back up plan for SNAP if the federal government takes steps in the future to limit the benefits. Prior to the session starting, we had advocated for this bill to be introduced and worked with Majority Leader Cannizarro on the mechanics of the policy. We were also proud to support SB 5 which was the bill that revived and expanded SB434 from the 2025 session that sought to address Nevada’s longstanding health care provider shortages. We specifically supported the section that was added to the bill for the special session that addresses the issues surrounding
Mary Lau the ability for Nevadans to access vaccines earlier this fall. This bill provides much needed clarity to our retailers who provide these important vaccine services to Nevadans. RAN was also proud to support SB 8 which was an important employment bill to address the confusion around a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision. This bill will ensure both employers and employees in Nevada understand the rules and what is considered work time. The crime bill from special session was also a revived bill from the 2025 regular session. AB4 included several key provisions for retailers designed to crack down on retail theft and related
property damage. RAN supported the bill and was pleased to see it signed by the Governor. In an unprecedented move, a petition signed by 2/3 of the Legislature was put forward at the end of the special session which added the issue of affordable housing to the agenda. SB10 revived a bill from the regular session to limit the number of residential properties that corporations may purchase each year. The bill ultimately died on the Assembly floor. Continued on page 2
INSIDE Assembly Bill 2.........................2 Senate Bill 260..........................3 Credit Card Fees to Cost Nevadans $137 Million This Holiday Season.................4 Updates from Senate Leader Cannizzaro that Impacts Nevada Retailers......................5 Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Drew a Record of Nearly Two Million Shoppers in Nevada.................8 Consumers to Spend Second-Highest Amount on Record, According to NRF Holiday Survey.................9