State lawmakers have scheduled multiple hearings and committee votes on dozens of legislative proposals at the end of the fourth week of the 120-day Legislature.

In addition to more than 20 scheduled committee votes, lawmakers are scheduled to hold hearings on bills affecting confidentiality of state retirement system records, changing the state Board of Pardons in the Constitution, requiring cameras in special education classrooms and regulating community-based living arrangements.

Legislators will also get an overview of the budget for the state’s health department, purchasing division and Department of Taxation’s account for marijuana oversight.

For more information on the status of bills working their way through the Legislature, check out The Nevada Independent’s bill tracker. And for the bills in committee today, check out the Legislature’s website for committee times and links to watch live committee meetings and floor sessions.

Here’s what to watch for on Friday at the Legislature:

Medicaid budget hearings

The budget subcommittee on human services will hear budgets from the Department of Health and Human Services’ director’s office, including indigent hospital care, and Medicaid, including the Nevada Check Up Program. The budget subcommittee on general government will also hear the account for the Department of Administration’s purchasing division and the Department of Taxation’s marijuana regulation and control account.

Both hearings begin at 8 a.m.

AB200: Texting while driving

Lawmakers on the Assembly Judiciary Committee will review AB200, a bill sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow that would allow police to use a device at the scene of a crash that would determine whether someone was using their phone at the time of the collision.

The device is aimed to help enforce the state’s ban on handheld device use while driving.

The hearing is at 8 a.m.

SJR1: Board of Pardons in Constitution

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to review a proposal that would amend details of the state Board of Pardons in the Nevada Constitution.

Originally approved in the 2017 Legislature, SJR1 would amend the Constitution by requiring the state pardons board to meet quarterly, eliminate a requirement that the governor vote in the majority of any action, and allow any member of the board to submit matters for consideration. The pardons board consists of the governor, members of the state Supreme Court and the attorney general.

For the measure to take effect, lawmakers will need to again pass it during the 2019 Legislature, and voters would then need to approve it via a ballot question in the 2020 election.

SB109: Cameras in the classroom

Proposed by Republican Sen. Scott Hammond, SB109 would require public and charter schools in Nevada install cameras in classrooms for students enrolled in special education.

The bill, set for a hearing in the Senate Education committee, would generally require every school district to install cameras in special education classrooms starting in 2020 and required in every applicable classroom by 2024. The proposed legislation lays out guidelines for camera use, including limitations on what can be recorded and when, and sets limits on how the recordings can be accessed — typically if required as part of a legal proceeding or law enforcement investigation.

The measure is likely to be pricey; the Clark County School District estimated in a fiscal note that implementing the measure would cost around $12.5 million per year. The bill is considered an unfunded mandate and contains no funding sources or tax increases.

SB224: PERS confidentiality

Democratic Sen. Julia Ratti is set to again make the case to legislators that identifying information in the state’s Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS, should be kept confidential and not considered a public record.

Scheduled for a 1 p.m. hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Affairs, SB224 would make all information pertaining to individuals receiving funds from PERS — from state workers to retired judges and lawmakers — confidential under state law, with some exemptions. The bill allows for the public release of an identification number for the account-holder, their last public employer, years of service, retirement date, amount of annual pension benefit and whether they receive a disability retirement allowance. The measure would not disclose the name of the account-holders.

A similar bill proposed by Ratti passed on party-line votes in the 2017 Legislature, but was vetoed by former Gov. Brian Sandoval. The bill is opposed by several open government groups, including the Nevada Policy Research Institute and the Nevada Press Association.

The committee has also scheduled work session votes on seven other bills, including measures related to low-income housing databases, county-formed nonprofits and compensation for trustees of a general improvement district.

AB131: Community-based living arrangement homes

After a legislative audit last year revealed deplorable conditions in group homes where some of the state’s most vulnerable residents struggling with mental health issues live, the Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults with Special Needs is putting forward legislation to regulate so-called community-based living arrangement (CBLA) homes under existing laws that apply to other facilities for the dependent.

Other facilities for the dependent include halfway homes for those recovering from drugs and alcohol, adult day care centers, group residential facilities, personal care service agencies and peer support recovery organizations, among others.

For instance, the bill would extend existing provisions of law requiring operators of facilities for the dependent or their contractors to undergo a criminal background check. The legislation would also require CBLA homes to be inspected annually by the state as residential facilities for groups currently are.

The bill would additionally require the Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults With Special Needs to conduct a study during the upcoming interim legislative period comparing the standards of training required by the different facilities and determine whether employees and contractors should be required to complete a certain amount of training to demonstrate a minimum amount of competency.

The bill is up for a hearing in Assembly Health and Human Services at 1:30 p.m.