Tag: Nevada State Legislature
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Nevada voters approved an amendment to ban duel participants from holding office and allow women to serve on school boards 137 years ago, on Feb. 11, 1889
On this day, Feb. 11, 1889, Nevada voters amended their state constitution to prohibit duel participants from holding office and voting, as well as to allow women who meet certain age and residency requirements to hold specific school offices. The amendment, which appeared on the ballot as State Question 19 at the time, prohibited anyone…
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Nevadans may decide on two initiatives, related to teacher strikes and attorney contingency fees, in 2026
Two Nevada initiative campaigns submitted signatures for initiatives targeting the 2026 ballot. If at least 102,362 signatures are found valid, the initiatives will be presented to the Nevada State Legislature. If approved by the legislature and signed by the governor, the proposed statute becomes law. If not, the law is submitted to voters at the…
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Lower number of retiring Nevada state legislative incumbents than in prior years
There are 52 state legislative seats up for election in Nevada in 2024. Across those, 12 incumbents (nine Democrats and three Republicans) did not file to run for re-election. That is below the average number of retirements per election cycle since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010 (15.9). In 2022, 19 incumbents (seven Democrats…
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Five states have enacted education savings account programs this year, most since 2021
Five states have created new education savings account (ESA) programs in 2023—the most in a single year since Arizona enacted the country’s first in 2011. In the last four years, the pace of states enacting new programs has increased—two states enacted programs in 2019, while four did so in 2021. ESAs allow families to receive…
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Nevada voters to decide on amendment regarding constitutional status of Board of Regents
An amendment to remove the constitutional status of the Board of Regents in Nevada, an elected executive agency responsible for managing the state's system of higher education, will appear on the ballot in 2024 for Nevada voters. In Nevada, placing an amendment on the ballot requires a majority vote in two consecutive sessions of the…