The end of the special legislative session seemed near on Wednesday evening, with just one bill left to take up in the Assembly — a measure extending partial immunity from COVID-19 related lawsuits to some businesses but not all.
The Senate also adopted a resolution declaring systemic racism a public health crisis. The measure points out the disproportionate harm that coronavirus has had on communities of color. The Nevada Independent’s photographer David Calvert is once again in Carson City as the Legislature tries to wrap up the second special session of 2020.
Senator Chris Brooks, left, and Assemblyman Alexander Assefa on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)State Senators Keith Pickard and Heidi Seevers Gansert on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)The feed from inside the Senate showing Senator Ira Hansen during a floor speech on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Senator Julia Ratti outside the Legislature on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)State Senators David Parks and Julia Ratti on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblywomen Michelle Gorelow and Susie Martinez on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Inside the press room at the Legislature on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson and Assembly Democrats Caucus executive director Chelsey Wininger leave the Capital building on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblywoman Susie Martinez on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblywoman Sarah Peters during the Pledge of Allegiance on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblyman Steve Yeager looks at a map of Lake Tahoe before the Assembly convened on Wednesday evening, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson speaks with Assembly Minority Co-Leader Robin Titus, left, and Majority Floor Leader Teresa Benitez-Thompson on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)State Senator Pete Goicoechea on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Senate Minority Leader James Settelmeyer on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)From left, Assembly members Sandra Jauregui and Steve Yeager and on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session of the Legislature in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assemblyman Jim Wheeler speaks with reporters outside the Legislature on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 during the sixth day of the 32nd Special Session in Carson City. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)
