AB 18 (TRPA Oversight) Approved by Governor 6/3; Effective 7/1
Authorizes the issuance of bonds for environmental improvement projects for Lake Tahoe. (DSL)

AB 75 (DCNR) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 10/1
Requires the State Forester Firewarden to submit annual reports concerning fire prevention and forest health in the Nevada portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin to certain persons and entities. (NDF)

AB 78 (DCNR) Approved by Governor 3/12; Effective 3/12
Requires the State Forester Firewarden to establish and carry out a program for operating conservation camps. (NDF)

AB 119 (Leslie) Vetoed 5/25; No Override Attempt
Requires the comprehensive regional plan in certain counties to include provisions concerning the sustainability of certain water resources. (DWR)

AB 214 (Parnell) Approved by Governor 6/3; Effective 7/1
Revises provisions regarding industrial injuries and occupational diseases. This includes those park rangers who are Category 1 peace officers in heart-lung coverage. (DSP)

AB 229 (Oceguera) Approved by Governor 6/3; Effective Date Varies by Bill Section(s)
Enacts provisions governing fire-safe cigarettes. (NDF)

AB 236 (Grady) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 5/22
Revises provisions governing grants of money for water conservation and capital improvements to certain water systems. (DEP)

AB 266 (Oceguera) Allowed to Become Law 5/29; Effective 1/2010
Prohibits the sale of novelty lighters. (NDF)

AB 289 (Mortenson) Approved by Governor 5/18; Effective 10/1
Provides protection for paleontological sites. (DSP)

AB 377 (Bobzien) Approved by Governor 5/19; Effective 10/1
Revises the policy of this State concerning water by encouraging the State Engineer to consider the best available science in rendering decisions concerning available surface and underground sources of water in Nevada. (DWR)

AB 395 (Aizley) To Governor
Provides for workplace relations discussions and agreements for certain state employees.

AB 416 (Goicoechea) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 7/1
Requires the State Engineer or a person designated by him to conduct an inventory of a basin before approving an application for an interbasin transfer of groundwater under certain circumstances. (DWR)

AB 426 (Pierce) Approved by Governor 5/29; Effective 7/1
Requires the Division of Environmental Protection to conduct a study concerning programs for reusing and recycling computers and other electronics. (DEP)

AB 463 (Smith) Veto Override; Enrolled/To Secretary of State 6/1; Effective 6/1
Restricts a department, division or other agency of this State from employing a person as a consultant. Also requires the reporting of certain consulting information to the legislature. (DCNR)

AB 480 (Assembly Government Affairs) Veto Override; Enrolled/To Secretary of State 5/28; Effective 7/1
Makes various changes (increases) relating to fees collected by the State Engineer. (DWR)

AB 521 (Assembly Commerce & Labor) To Governor
Revises provisions governing coverage for cancer as an occupational disease of firefighters. (NDF)

AB 550 (Assembly Ways & Means) Lost on Senate Floor 9-11-1 on 5/22
Requires the establishment of a commercial wedding program at all state parks. (DSP)

SB 6 (Lee) Approved by Governor 5/26; Effective 7/1
Revises provisions regarding occupational diseases of volunteer firefighters (provisions concerning heart disease as an occupational disease of volunteer firefighters.) (NDF)

SB37 (DCNR) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 5/22
Authorizes the award of subgrants for certain purposes relating to the control of water pollution. (DEP)

SB 42 (State Public Works Board) Failed Second House Passage Deadline 5/22
Exempts from the authority of the State Public Works Board and the deputy manager for compliance and code enforcement certain projects, improvements and buildings administered by other agencies. (DSP)

SB 60 (Senate Health & Education) Approved by Governor 5/26; Effective 7/1
Revises provisions governing buildings and other property that has been used in crimes involving methamphetamine or certain other substances. (DEP)

SB 66 (Douglas County) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 7/1
Revises certain provisions governing the appropriation of water, i.e. certain uses of water from the Muddy River and the Virgin River are beneficial uses of that water; authorizing the State Engineer to grant extensions of time for not more than a certain period for the completion of work or the application of water to a beneficial use; revising the circumstances under which the fee for filing an application for an extension of time must be paid; setting forth the circumstances under which an order or decision of the State Engineer may be stayed. (DWR)

SB 94 (Senate Government Affairs for Governor) Bill Signing Ceremony 6/8
Imposes various requirements relating to fire protection in the areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin and the Lake Mead Basin that are located in this State. (NDF)

SB 105 (Public Lands) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 7/1
Revises the provisions governing the matching funds required for grants made by the Board for Financing Water Projects. (DEP)

SB 137 (Breeden) Approved by Governor 5/26; Effective 10/1
Provides for the placement of recycling containers in certain locations. (DEP)

SB 146 (Senate Finance) Approved by Governor 6/1; Effective on Passage & Approval
Provides funding to the Department of Wildlife for certain projects. (DCNR)

SB 152 (Horsford) To Governor
Enacts the Green Jobs Initiative. (DSP)

SB 174 (McGinness) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 7/1
Exempts certain retired public employees who are serving as volunteer firefighters from certain consequences of reemployment with a public employer. (NDF)

SB 185 (Copening) Approved by Governor 5/26; Effective 7/1
Requires school districts to use certain environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. (DEP)

SB 186 (Copening) Approved by Governor 5/29; Effective 10/1
Provides for the issuance of permits for the operation of facilities for the management of waste tires. (DEP)

SB 215 (Rhoads) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 5/22
Extends the date for the reversion of money transferred to provide historical interpretive signs for the California Trail Wayside Sites to be located in eight northern Nevada counties of this State. (DSP)

SB 256 (Mathews/Smith) Approved by Governor 5/22; Effective 10/1
Designates an area on the grounds of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services as a historic cemetery. (DSL)

SB 300 (Cegavske) Approved by Governor 5/19; Effective 5/19
Requires the acceptance of the donation of certain improvements on certain state land by the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (DSL)

SB 332 (Senate Energy, Infrastructure & Transportation) To Governor
Revises provisions governing the use of alternative fuels and clean vehicles. (DEP)

SB 394 (Public Lands) Veto Override; Enrolled/To Secretary of State 6/2
Makes various changes to provisions relating to off-highway vehicles. (DCNR)

SB 396 (Senate Judiciary) To Governor
Revises provisions governing an investigation of a peace officer by a law enforcement agency. (DSP)

SB 397 (Senate Commerce & Labor) Not Heard Again After Commerce & Labor
Establishes provisions relating to the use of certain plastic bags. (DEP)