ACR1 - Adopts the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature. (BDR R-976)

- 83rd Session (2025) Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 1–Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections FILE NUMBER.......... ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION—Adopting the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature. RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature are hereby adopted as follows: CONFERENCE COMMITTEES Rule No. 1. Procedure Concerning. 1. In every case of an amendment of a bill, or joint or concurrent resolution, agreed to in one House, dissented from in the other, and not receded from by the one making the amendment, each House may appoint a committee to confer with a like committee to be appointed by the other; and, if appointed, the committee shall meet publicly at a convenient hour to be agreed upon by their respective chairs and announced publicly, and shall confer upon the differences between the two Houses as indicated by the amendments made in one and rejected in the other and report as early as convenient the result of their conference to their respective Houses. 2. The report shall be made available to all members of both Houses. The whole subject matter embraced in the bill or resolution shall be considered by the committee, and it may recommend recession by either House, new amendments, a new bill or resolution, or other changes as it sees fit. A new bill or resolution so reported shall be treated as amendments unless the bill or resolution is composed entirely of original matter, in which case it shall receive the treatment required in the respective Houses for original bills, or resolutions, as the case may be. A conference committee shall not recommend any action which would cause the creation of more than one reprint or more than one bill or resolution. 3. The report of a conference committee may be adopted by acclamation. The report is not subject to amendment. 4. There shall be but one conference committee on any bill or resolution. A majority of the members of a conference committee – 2 – - 83rd Session (2025) from each House must be members who voted for the passage of the bill or resolution. MESSAGES Rule No. 2. Biennial Message of the Governor. Upon motion, the biennial message of the Governor must be received and read and entered in full in the Journal of proceedings. Rule No. 2.2. Other Messages From the Governor. Whenever a message from the Governor is received, it shall be entered in full in the Journal of proceedings. Rule No. 2.4. Proclamation by the Governor Convening Special Session. Proclamations by the Governor convening the Legislature in special session must, by direction of the presiding officer of each House, be read immediately after the convening of the special session, and must be filed and entered in the Journal of proceedings. Rule No. 2.6. Messages Between Houses. Messages from the Senate to the Assembly shall be delivered by the Secretary or a person designated by the Secretary and messages from the Assembly to the Senate shall be delivered by the Chief Clerk or a person designated by the Chief Clerk. NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION Rule No. 3. Communications. Each House shall communicate its final action on any bill or resolution, or matter in which the other may be interested, by written notice. Each such notice sent by the Senate must be signed by the Secretary of the Senate, or a person designated by the Secretary. Each such notice sent by the Assembly must be signed by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or a person designated by the Chief Clerk. – 3 – - 83rd Session (2025) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Rule No. 4. Signature. Each enrolled bill or joint resolution shall be presented to the presiding officers of both Houses for signature. They shall sign the bill or joint resolution and their signatures shall be followed by those of the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly. Rule No. 5. Joint Sponsorship. 1. A bill or resolution introduced by a standing committee of the Senate or Assembly may, at the direction of the chair of the committee, set forth the name of a standing committee of the other House as a joint sponsor, if a majority of all members appointed to the committee of the other House votes in favor of becoming a joint sponsor of the bill or resolution. The name of the committee joint sponsor must be set forth on the face of the bill or resolution immediately below the date on which the bill or resolution is introduced. 2. A bill or resolution introduced by one or more Legislators elected to one House may, at the direction of the Legislator who brings the bill or resolution forward for introduction, set forth the names of one or more Legislators who are members elected to the other House and who wish to be primary joint sponsors or non- primary joint sponsors of the bill or resolution. Not more than five Legislators from each House may be set forth on the face of a bill or resolution as primary joint sponsors. The names of each primary joint sponsor and non-primary joint sponsor must be set forth on the face of the bill or resolution in the following order immediately below the date on which the bill or resolution is introduced: (a) The name of each primary joint sponsor, in the order indicated on the colored back of the introductory copy of the bill or resolution; and (b) The name of each non-primary joint sponsor, in alphabetical order. 3. The Legislative Counsel shall not cause to be printed the name of a standing committee as a joint sponsor on the face of a bill or resolution unless the chair of the committee has signed his or her name next to the name of the committee on the colored back of the introductory copy of the bill or resolution that was submitted to the front desk of the House of origin or the statement required by subsection 5. The Legislative Counsel shall not cause – 4 – - 83rd Session (2025) to be printed the name of a Legislator as a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor on the face of a bill or resolution unless the Legislator has signed the colored back of the introductory copy of the bill or resolution that was submitted to the front desk of the House of origin or the statement required by subsection 5. 4. Upon introduction, any bill or resolution that sets forth the names of primary joint sponsors or non-primary joint sponsors, or both, must be numbered in the same numerical sequence as other bills and resolutions of the same House of origin are numbered. 5. Once a bill or resolution has been introduced, a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor may only be added or removed by amendment of the bill or resolution. An amendment which proposes to add or remove a primary joint sponsor or non- primary joint sponsor must not be considered by the House of origin of the amendment unless a statement requesting the addition or removal is attached to the copy of the amendment submitted to the front desk of the House of origin of the amendment. If the amendment proposes to add or remove a Legislator as a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor, the statement must be signed by that Legislator. If the amendment proposes to add or remove a standing committee as a joint sponsor, the statement must be signed by the chair of the committee. A copy of the statement must be transmitted to the Legislative Counsel if the amendment is adopted. 6. An amendment that proposes to add or remove a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor may include additional proposals to change the substantive provisions of the bill or resolution or may be limited only to the proposal to add or remove a primary joint sponsor or non-primary joint sponsor. PUBLICATIONS Rule No. 6. Ordering and Distribution. 1. The bills, resolutions, journals and histories will be provided electronically to the officers and members of the Senate and Assembly, staff of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the press and the general public on the Nevada Legislature’s Internet website. 2. Each House may order the printing of bills introduced, reports of its own committees, and other matter pertaining to that House only; but no other printing may be ordered except by a concurrent resolution passed by both Houses. Each Senator is – 5 – - 83rd Session (2025) entitled to the free distribution of four copies of each bill introduced in each House, and each Assemblymember to such a distribution of two copies. Additional copies of such bills may be distributed at a charge to the person to whom they are addressed. The amount charged for distribution of the additional copies must be determined by the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to approximate the cost of handling and postage for the entire session. RESOLUTIONS Rule No. 7. Types, Usage and Approval. 1. A joint resolution must be used to: (a) Propose an amendment to the Nevada Constitution. (b) Ratify a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. (c) Address the President of the United States, Congress, either House or any committee or member of Congress, any department or agency of the Federal Government, or any other state of the Union. 2. A concurrent resolution must be used to: (a) Amend these Joint Standing Rules, which requires a majority vote of each House for adoption. (b) Request the return from the Governor of an enrolled bill for further consideration. (c) Request the return from the Secretary of State of an enrolled joint or concurrent resolution for further consideration. (d) Resolve that the return of a bill from one House to the other House is necessary and appropriate. (e) Express facts, principles, opinion and purposes of the Senate and Assembly. (f) Establish a joint committee of the two Houses. (g) Direct the Legislative Commission to conduct an interim study. 3. A concurrent resolution or a resolution of one House may be used to memorialize a former member of the Legislature or other notable or distinguished person upon his or her death. 4. A resolution of one House may be used to request the return from the Secretary of State of an enrolled resolution of the same House for further consideration. 5. A resolution of one House may be used for any additional purpose determined appropriate by the Majority Leader of the Senate or the Speaker of the Assembly, respectively. – 6 – - 83rd Session (2025) 6. A concurrent resolution used for the purposes expressed in paragraph (e) of subsection 2 may only be requested by a statutory, interim or standing committee. Rule No. 8. Reserved. ADJOURNMENT Rule No. 9. Limitations and Calculation of Duration. 1. In calculating the permissible duration of an adjournment for 3 days or less, Sunday must not be counted. 2. The Legislature may adjourn for more than 3 days by motion based on mutual consent of the Houses or by concurrent resolution. One or more such adjournments, for a total of not more than 20 days during any regular session, may be taken to permit standing committees, select committees or the Legislative Counsel Bureau to prepare the matters respectively entrusted to them for the consideration of the Legislature as a whole. Rule No. 9.5. Adjournment Sine Die. 1. The Legislature shall not take any action on a bill or resolution after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of session, inclusive of the day on which the session commences. Any legislative action taken after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of session is void, unless the legislative action is conducted during a special session. 2. A Legislator shall not take any action to impede the progress of the Legislature in completing its business by the time specified in subsection 1. 3. The Legislature and its members, officers and employees shall not employ any device, pretense or fiction that adjusts, evades or ignores the measure of time specified in subsection 1 for the purpose of extending the duration of the session. 4. Any action taken in violation of subsection 2 or 3 shall be deemed out of order. 5. As used in this Rule, “midnight Pacific time” must be determined based on the actual measure of time that, on the final calendar day of the session, is being used and observed by the general population as the uniform time for the portion of Nevada which lies within the Pacific time zone, or any legal successor to the Pacific time zone, and which includes the seat of government – 7 – - 83rd Session (2025) of this State as designated by Section 1 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution. EXPENDITURES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE FUND Rule No. 10. Manner of Authorization. Except for routine salary, travel, equipment and operating expenses, no expenditures shall be made from the Legislative Fund without the authority of a concurrent resolution regularly adopted by the Senate and Assembly. LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION Rule No. 11. Membership and Organization. 1. When members of the minority party in the Senate or in the Assembly comprise one-third or less of the total number elected to that House, minority party membership for that House on the Legislative Commission must be: (a) One, if such membership is less than one-fifth of the total number elected to that House. (b) Two, if such membership is at least one-fifth but not more than one-third of the total number elected to that House.  If the members of the minority party in the Senate or in the Assembly comprise more than one-third of the total number elected to that House, minority party membership for that House on the Commission must be three, being equal to the membership of the majority party. 2. Each House shall select one or more alternate members for each member from that House, designating them according to party or according to the individual member whom the alternate would replace. 3. A vacancy in the regular Senate or Assembly membership created by death or by resignation or by the Legislator’s ceasing to be a member of the Legislature shall be filled by the proper alternate member as designated by that House. If there is no proper alternate member, the Legislative Commission shall fill the vacancy by appointing a Senator or Assemblymember of the same party. 4. If for any reason a member is or will be absent from a meeting and there are no alternates available, the Chair of the Commission may appoint a member of the same House and political party to attend [Text truncated for display. Full text available on LegiScan.]