3 things to watch for on Legislative Session Day 66

Las Vegas Review-Journal

7 years ago

Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, D-North Las Vegas, works on the Assembly floor during the final hours of the 77th Legislative session. He is a key proponent of the ban-the-box effort to remove barriers for felons looking for work. (Las Vegas Review-Journal file)

Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, makes an inquiry during a Senate Government Affairs Committee meeting on the third day of the Nevada Legislative session on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Legislative Building, in Carson City. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto

Assemblyman William McCurdy during a legislative hearing about Assembly Bill 277, at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas on Friday, March 31, 2017. (Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bleblancphoto

Here are three bills to watch on Day 66 of the 2017 Legislative session:

1. Read by Three repeal. A measure that Republicans passed in 2015 was Read by Three, which means retaining students in the third grade if they are unable to read at grade level. Assembly Bill 409, proposed by Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson, D-North Las Vegas, would remove that requirement and allow students below the reading level to advance to the fourth grade. It’s up in Assembly education at 3:15 p.m.

2. Right to die. Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, wants to legalize physician-assisted dying. Senate Bill 261 is up in Senate health and human services at 3:30 p.m.

3. Minimum wage hike. Nevada’s minimum wage would jump to $15 an hour over the next 6 years under Assembly Bill 175. The proposal by Assemblyman William McCurdy II, D-Las Vegas, is up in work session in Assembly commerce and labor.

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