AB585

Existing law establishes the number and timing of requests for the drafting of legislative measures for Legislators and for other requesters. (NRS 218D.150-218D.220) Existing law authorizes incumbent members of the Assembly to request, before a regular session, the drafting of up to 9 legislative measures and incumbent Senators to request the drafting of up to 18 legislative measures, with portions of these requests due to the Legislative Counsel by August 1 preceding session and December 10 preceding session. (NRS 218D.150) Section 1 of this bill: (1) reduces the total number of authorized pre-session requests from 9 to 6 for members of the Assembly and from 18 to 12 for Senators; (2) divides this number of pre-session requests equally between the two deadline periods; (3) establishes a deadline for submission of information sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or a withdrawal of each request for each deadline period; and (4) reduces the number of requests available in subsequent pre-session deadline periods if a Legislator does not submit information sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or withdraw a request from the previous deadline period. In addition to the requests for the drafting of legislative measures available to Legislators generally, existing law authorizes the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly and the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate to request the drafting of certain additional legislative