2-Minute Preview: Marsy's Law, alternate pot tax and 2015 union law rollback up on Tuesday

Lawmakers are taking up a diverse set of issues on Tuesday, including a partisan push on collective bargaining rules, a variation on the governor's plan to tax marijuana beyond what voters authorized in 2016 and measures that help both victims and offenders.
Here's a look at some of the highlights on the agenda:
Reversing collective bargaining restrictions from the 2015 session
A Democratic bill that seeks to roll back changes made by the Republican-controlled Legislature in 2015 is up for a hearing in the Assembly.
While existing law prevents local governments from giving employees a raise before a new union contract is approved, SB356 removes that language and implements an "evergreen" rule that allows collective bargaining agreements to remain in effect past the term of any member or officer of the local government.
It also rescinds a ban on school administrators joining a union if they make more than $120,000 a year. Instead, it requires administrators to be part of a different union than the employees they supervise.
The bill also makes changes to rules about local government arbitration, including allowing more time for the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board to hear formal complaints.
The measure is sponsored by Democratic Sen. Kelvin Atkinson and passed on party lines in the Senate, with Independent Sen. Patricia Farley siding with Democrats. Watch the hearing at 8:30 a.m. in the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
Victim's rights and helping ex-felons
Bills benefitting both victims and perpetrators are up for hearings on Tuesday.
Marsy's Law, a proposed amendment to add a victim's bill of rights to the Nevada Constitution, is up for a hearing in the Assembly after unanimously passing in the Senate. Watch the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee at 1:30 p.m.
The measure, which is modeled after a 2008 amendment to the California Constitution, would enact a number of "victim's rights" into the state's Constitution, including reasonable notice of hearings in the case and consideration of the victim's safety in the bail-setting process.
The measure passed with bipartisan support in 2015, with six Democratic lawmakers voting against the measure. If passed by the Assembly, the measure — SJR17 -- will head to a vote of the people on the 2018 ballot for final approval.
Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee is taking up a handful of bills to seal the criminal records of sex trafficking victims, vacate marijuana convictions and offer more services to prisoners ahead of their release. Watch that hearing at 1:30 p.m.
Raising the marijuana tax to fund mental health programs
Marijuana would be subject to even higher taxes under a bill backed by the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee, which is chaired by Democrat Julia Ratti.
Existing law calls for a 2 percent excise tax on wholesale medical marijuana, and a 15 percent excise tax on wholesale recreational marijuana. The bill, SB487, would add an additional, 10 percent excise tax to marijuana products at the time they're sold at a store.
Of the new excise tax, 20 percent would go to a new Increased Access to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Account, 30 percent would go to the State Distributive School Account (the main state education funding account), 15 percent would go to the incorporated city where the store is located and 35 percent would go to the store's home county. Cities and counties would have to use the money for mental health treatment and substance abuse prevention programs.
The governor also proposed a 10 percent excise tax on recreational marijuana, but directed it all toward the state's education fund. The bill implementing that plan, SB508, was referred to the Senate Finance Committee in April and has yet to be scheduled for a hearing.
Watch for the vote on Tuesday evening in the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee.
Mopeds in the right lane
Getting stuck behind a slow-moving moped driver could be a thing of the past under one proposal sponsored by Republican Assemblyman Chris Edwards.
AB335, which is co-sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Carrillo, would require moped drivers to generally stay in the extreme right-lane of a two or more lane highway. It allows for a handful of exemptions, such as compliance with a police officer's directions or a quarter-mile before turning left. If approved, the bill would take effect in 2018.
Watch the hearing at 8:30 a.m. in the Senate Committee on Transportation.
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