Attempted recalls of two Nevada state senators are dead nearly two years after they started, as the Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision that signature counts for the recalls fell short of triggering a special election.

In this week’s episode of the IndyMatters podcast, reporters Megan Messerly, Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels discuss some of the ambitious bills that fell by the wayside by the April 12 committee passage deadline, including conservative ideas such as reviving the Education Savings Account program and progressive ideas such as banning the death penalty and tamping down on payday loans.

In total, members of the Senate and Assembly approved 38 bills on Thursday, which included measures banning sale of cosmetics testing on animals and requesting Congress to not ask a question on citizenship on the 2020 Census.

Hambrick, 73, attended the first week of the legislative session but has stayed home in Las Vegas amid lingering health issues stemming from a knee injury suffered last year and his wife’s ongoing health issues. He said he plans to return to the Legislature sometime in May and stay through the end of the session.

With only a few days to go until the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin, lawmakers will continue voting on Friday.

A Democratic-controlled Senate rejected on Wednesday an amendment backed by their Republican colleagues that would have removed a carveout in state trade secret law long opposed by the national drug lobby.

Lawmakers will continue voting on Thursday ahead of a deadline for bills to clear their house of origin early next week. But they’ll also be giving a couple of bills not subject to legislative deadlines their first hearings.

Lee, former head of a nonprofit focused on dropout prevention, addressed Nevada lawmakers in a 17-minute speech on Wednesday night. She also took questions from reporters afterward on education, housing and the 2020 presidential campaign.