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Resolution Calls for ICE Ban at Nevada Schools and Churches

On Thursday, the State Senate passed Assembly Joint Resolution 9 (AJR9). The summary of the resolution, which had been passed by the Assembly last month, reads as follows:

“Urges Congress to enact legislation to prohibit officers and agents of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the United States Department of Homeland Security from entering schools and places of worship for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration laws. (BDR R-779)”

The resolution was passed mostly along party lines but with one Senator, Lori Rogich, R-Las Vegas, joining the “aye” votes. Joint resolutions do not require the governor’s signature, so the resolution instructed the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United States as the presiding officer of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation.

“By passing this resolution, Nevada is sending a clear message to Congress and the country that we don’t want families in our community to be afraid to practice their faith or take their kids to school, period,” Athar Haseebullah, Executive Director of the Nevada ACLU, said in a statement. He added that he appreciated Assembly members Erica Mosca, D-Las Vegas, and Cecelia González, D-Las Vegas, pushing for the resolution’s passage.

The resolution reads, in part, “The activities of federal immigration law enforcement agencies, on or around schools and places of worship, including, without limitation, surveillance, interviews, demands for information, arrests, detention or any other federal immigration enforcement activities, harmfully disrupt the learning and religious environments of schools and places of worship and significantly interfere with the ability of students and persons who attend religious services, regardless of their immigration status, to access free public education and places of worship…”

Nevada is the first state to send such a message to Congress, the state’s American Civil Liberties Union affiliate said.

Sources:

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/may/22/nevada-legislature-passes-resolution-calling-for-i/

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12391/Text

Legislative Reports 2025

AB123 introduced 3/18/2025 Government Opps & Elections

Assembly member Hanadi Nadeem brought this bill after she ran for office during which time she received death threats as well as threatening emails, etc. When looking at what laws were in Nevada, she found that while there are laws that cover most situations, there wasn’t anything about candidates. 

While this bill does protect the 1st amendment, it also provides for consequences for such threats.

Section 3 states that a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1:First violation will be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Second or any subsequent offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

SB352 Introduced 3/20/2025 Affordable Care Act (ACA) update to match the federal law for non discriminating on health care insurance. Heard in Commerce and Labor. It was presented by Senator Senator Melanie Scheible.

Existing federal law under the ACA Exchange  prohibits certain health care entities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.

But as in section 3 Protected Characteristics means race, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, or expression of sex including, without limitation, sex characteristics, intersex traits and pregnancy or related conditions.  Existing laws prohibit certain public and private policies of health insurance from discriminating against any person with respect to participation or coverage under the policy on the basis of actual or perceived gender identity or expression.

Additionally, it prohibits public and private policies of health insurance including Medicaid from discriminating against any person on the above basis. 

SB 217  Health and Human  was introduced 3/19/2025 by Services Senator Nicole Cannizzaro.

This bill is about in vitro fertilization (IVF). The American Medical Association (AMA) has, for a number of years, referred to fertility issues as a disease just like heart disease or diabetes and cancer. So why is IVF or other products and procedures not covered by insurance? 

Studies have found that one in six have fertility problems, nor is it just a woman’s problem, as men have fertility problems also. With IVF and other methods we now have the ability to help these people. The problem for most of them is the cost. One round of IVF treatment can be as high as $50,000.

As a result, there are many who just can’t afford to use a very helpful procedure that could help them have a child.

This bill changes that and allows that coverage to happen. This bill also allows for Medicaid to cover it as well.