The Nevada Legislative Session is a period of time––biennium (once every two years), usually 120 calendar days, in which legislators are convened for the purpose of lawmaking at the state level. This event means that new bills (SB – Senate Bills) or (AB – Assembly Bills) go through a process to then become laws.
This is an opportunity for community leaders and members to have a voice in the future transformation of our state. As people of faith and goodwill, it’s an opportunity to help create a system rooted in abundance and change the problems that have arisen from scarcity.
How to Navigate the Nevada Legislature
Nelis is the tool to use for keeping track of bills, legislative hearings, and sharing your opinions. You can create an account on Nelis and track bills that FIANV is working on!
Influencing Your Legislatures
Finding your legislature is the first step towards influencing them as a constituent, we encourage you to follow them on social media and tag them in your posts!
- Find your legislature by going to ‘Who’s My Legislator/What’s My District’ and entering your address into the sidebar.
- Follow your legislature on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
- Find your Senate Member’s contact info
- Find your Assembly Member’s contact info
Public Opinion
Public Testimony
Here is how to leave public testimony or listen in on committee meetings:
- On Nelis go to 'Meetings and Floor Sessions'
- Select an upcoming meeting and click ‘Participate’
- Complete the meeting registration form
- If you are joining the video call, try and make sure you arrive early to ensure that your wifi connection, audio & video are working properly.
How to Work with FIANV to Influence Nevada 2021 Legislature
- Join our Rapid Response List (to recieve texts when we have an action around a specific bill)
- Leave Public Opinion
- Join our Digital Activation Team (share our toolkits on social media––tag your legislators, use hashtags, personalize the tweet templates we give you)!
- Read our Weekly Legislative Recap Blog Posts
- Tune into our Weekly Legislative Recap & Look Ahead Facebook Live event with FIANV Policy Director, Benjamín Challinor