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Government Affairs Council
THE LEGISLATIVE CORNER
Anita Laruy
Chair, Government Affairs Council
The 2017 legislative session is almost at its half point. There are many bills that may affect you or
your business. The following is a list of some of the bills
SB 99 – Revises provisions relating to taxation.
SB 126 – Would use up to $10 million in bonds to create a fund to provide loans to businesses owned by women and
minorities.
SB 147 – Authorizes tax credits for employers who assist employees in finding and paying for day care.
SB 196 – Would mandate that businesses with 50 or more employees would have to provide paid sick leave. Workers
would earn one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked and could access this benefit after being on the job 90
days.
SB 265 – Mandates pharmaceutical companies to refund Nevadans for overpriced American insulin. It would also
require manufacturers to disclose the costs of all research, materials, manufacturing and administrative expenses that go
into producing drugs for diabetics.
AB 35 – Makes various changes relating to insurance.
AB 172 – Revises provisions governing business entities.
AB 211 – Revises provisions governing compensation and wages.
AB 281 – Revises provisions governing the filing of a commerce tax return.
AB 283 – Revises provisions governing business entities.
AB 402 – The “pink tax” on feminine hygiene products.
It would ask voters to decide if such products should be exempted from the sales tax.
AB 436 – Revises provisions governing small business loans.
AB 441 – Revises provisions relating to taxes.
If you wish to know more about the afore-mentioned bills and their status or wan t more information
on other bills, you can go to the following sources:
1) Call (702) 486-2626 and ask for the State Library and Archives Legislative Service. You can also use this number to
contact your legislator.
2) Go to https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017
3) To testify on a bill or watch committee hearings, go to the Grant Sawyer State Office Building at 555 East Washington
Avenue, Room 4400. Tel. (702) 486-2800
4) To get the Legislative Schedule go to: www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/79th2017/A
Get involved and contact your legislators when there are bills that affect you or your business. Don’t forget
that they are our elected officials and they need to know how we feel about the legislation that they will enact.
May 2017
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