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Tracking and measuring the initial cost of Democratic "Blueprint" bills

The Nevada Independent Staff
The Nevada Independent Staff
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By Riley Snyder and Megan Messerly

Democratic members of the Assembly and Senate have put forward more than 160 "Blueprint" bills since the start of the session, and several come with some hefty price tags.

Below, we've tracked each Blueprint bill with an associated fiscal cost for the next two years, as well as a brief description of the bill and why state agencies or local governments say it will cost them money to implement.

We've also tracked and linked each "Blueprint" bill, which is viewable in a spreadsheet here. For more on this story, check out our companion piece on why some of these measures have large price tags attached, and how they'll be reconciled into the state's two-year budget.

AB97 (Mandatory testing of rape kits): $3,713,020

AB106 (Anti-discrimination in government contracting): $563,960

AB107 (Sealing of criminal records related to evictions): $200,000

AB122 (Non-citizens can be awarded compensation for crimes): $2,195,335

AB130 (Raises requirements to become a professional-private guardian): $1,927,615

AB159 (Prohibits hydraulic fracturing): $8,620

  • Division of Minerals: $8,620 (loss of permit fees for hydraulically fractured oil)

AB175 ($15 an hour minimum wage): $46,446,596

AB176 (Requires non-governmental entities to comply with health and safety standards for seasonal or temporary recreation program for children): $2,256,164 (Supervision and regulation of approximately 800 entities/events would require 14 new staffers, and associated costs)

AB177 (Makes changes relating to court orders on domestic violence): $432,000

AB178 (extends statute of limitations, amount of damages awarded for unlawful employment practice): $1,028,231

  • Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation: $1,028,231 (Would require four new positions, reclassification of existing employees and other costs)’
  • Esmeralda County, Pershing County, Washoe County, White Pine County, City of Henderson, City of Las Vegas, City of Sparks, Carson City School District, Lincoln County School District, Nye County School District: Has Impact/Cannot be determined

AB180 (Creates a Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights): $651,128

AB183 (Restricting enforcement of liens by hospitals): $4,000,000

AB206 (Goal of 80 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2040): $300,000

AB215 (Requires drug manufacturers to submit reports to Division of Insurance): $164,390

AB249 (Requires state Medicaid plan to provide certain benefits related to contraception): $5,471,098

  • Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing and Policy: $5,185,298 (potential impact of losing federal drug rebates)
  • Churchill County: $50,000 (Small increase in medical premiums)
  • Clark County: $235,800 (Expected increase in premium costs)
  • Esmeralda County, Washoe County, Douglas County School District, Humboldt County School District, Lincoln County School District, Pershing County School District, White Pine County School District: Has Impact/Cannot be determined

AB259 (Vacates certain convictions related to marijuana): $399,000

  • City of Las Vegas: $399,000 (cost of refunding fiscal penalties, effect on court docket and case management)
  • City of Henderson, Churchill County, White Pine County: Has impact/Cannot be determined

AB266 (Tax credits for businesses who provide paid family medical leave): $147,624

AB272 (Universal polling places, extending early voting, voting materials in Mandarin and Cantonese): $1,295,600

  • City of Las Vegas, City of Reno, Churchill County, Esmeralda County, Humboldt County and White Pine County: Has Impact/Cannot be determined
  • Carson City: $307,044 (printing costs, translation)
  • Clark County: $333,496 (cost of creating a polling place in an Indian reservation, additional voting material)
  • Douglas County: $86,360 (unknown costs of real-time voter registration, translation of voting materials)
  • Nye County: $48,000 (no explanation)
  • Washoe County: $513,700 (printing costs, postage, worker pay)
  • Secretary of State: $7,000 (printing costs)

AB280 (Nevada-based businesses get a bidding preference on state contracts): $316,284

  • Department of Administration: $118,782 (Require an additional staffer)
  • Carson City, Douglas County, Washoe County, City of Henderson, City of Reno, City of Sparks, Carson City School District, Lincoln County School District, Nye County School District and White Pine School District: Has Impact/Cannot be determined
  • City of Las Vegas: $50,000 (Assumption based on last three years of contract bid awards)
  • Washoe County School District: $147,502 (assumption based on previous contracts)

AB300 (Extends time to apply for vocational rehabilitation for injured employees): $2,977,713

AB302 (Moves Division of Parole and Probation from Department of Public Safety to Department of Corrections): $5,833,743

AB303 (Barring use of private prisons, core correctional services can only be provided by state): $18,581,612

  • Nevada Department of Corrections: $18,581,612 (loss of interstate compacts with prisoner housing, likely need for for construction of additional corrections facilities)

AB304 (Revises definition of autism): $20,000

AB309 (Requires state to employ a proportional percentage as statewide number of veterans and widows/widowers): $9,202

AB322 (Driver Authorization Cards for undocumented immigrants expire at same rate as standard driver’s licenses): $333,251 in revenue

AB325 (Creates the Task Force on the Modernization of State Government): $30,147

  • Legislative Counsel Bureau: $30,147 (cost of study, meetings, notes that governor’s budget allocates $30 thousand for interim or statutory studies)

AB348 (changes sex ed requirements, including making it opt-out instead of opt-in): $1,019,740

AB366 (Creates four regional mental/behavioral health boards): $73,102

AB369 (Places certain crimes in jurisdiction of juvenile courts, removes some circumstances where children are charged as adults): $19,800,000

  • Clark County: $19,800,000 (Would require construction of additional housing units to house juvenile offenders)
  • Washoe County, White Pine County: Has Impact/Cannot be determined

AB383 (Mandates police be trained in constitutional and lawful use of force): $3,709,276

AB402 (Exempts feminine hygiene products from sales & use tax): $69,897

  • Office of Secretary of State: $69,897 (cost of placing question on ballot)
  • Carson City, Churchill County, Clark County, Esmeralda County, Washoe County, City of Las Vegas, City of Reno, City of Sparks, Humboldt County School District, Lincoln County School District, Nye County School District, Washoe County School District, White Pine County School District: Has Impact/Cannot be determined

AB405 (Renewable Energy Bill of Rights, requirements for solar contracts): $3,737

  • Office of the Governor: $3,737 (printing and mailing costs for 35,000 pamphlets)

AB408 (Places several ACA provisions in state law): $500,000

AB409 (Makes various changes to Read by 3 program, including removing requirement that children who can’t read by grade 3 are held back): $2,971,772

AB414 (Police have to electronically record interrogations for suspects accused of homicide or sexual assault): $25,790

AB436 (Loans for small businesses owned by women or minorities): $189,147

AB449 (Establishes Public Lands Day, with free park admission): $80,790

AB469 (Places CCSD reorganization regulations in state law): $26,900,000

SB90 (Creates a student loan refinancing program): $36,500,728

SB94 (Same day voter registration, pre-registration, expanded early voting hours): $1,511,445

  • Washoe County: $151,000 (in staffing, extended registration, publications and election workers)
  • Carson City: $379,045 (in additional staff, election workers, overtime, software enhancement, publications, and additional election supplies)
  • Secretary of State: $100,000 (for voter registration database enhancements and hardware)
  • City of Las Vegas, City of Reno and Pershing County: cannot be determined if there’s impact
  • Douglas County: $88,900 (for the county share of a statewide real-time voter system that allows the county to process same day registration)
  • Churchill County: $4,500 (for additional staff wage paid during voter registration)
  • Clark County: $753,000 (for various expenses related to the extension of voter registration, same day voter registration, extended hours at permanent polling places and electronic sample ballots.)
  • Esmeralda County and White Pine County: Has impact but cannot be determined.
  • Elko County: $35,000

SB106 ($12 an hour minimum wage): $38,256,196

SB121 (Creates an interim study on behavioral and cognitive care needs of the elderly): $5,993

SB122 (Grants for family planning services): $3,260

SB126 (Loans to small businesses owned by women): $474,416

SB136 (Creates a state Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life): $80,160

SB137 (Collects data on veterans, extends an account supporting veterans who have suffered sexual trauma): $128,706

SB144 (Same-day voter registration, pre-register voters under 18): $877,176

SB147 (Tax credits for employers who assist in finding/paying for daycare): $120,201

SB153 (Need to pass a computer science class to get a high school diploma, internship pilot program): $1,498,114

SB166 (Drug/alcohol abuse survey for public school kids): $105,400

SB178 (Weighted funding formula) $1,145,730,174

SB188 (Expands transgender community discrimination protections): $3,000

SB192 (Expands hours of operation for mobile mental health units): $2,817,608

SB200 (Requires certain computer literacy/computer science education): $6,635,598

SB233 (Expands state Medicaid plan to include women’s health preventative services): $174,532,843

  • Public Employees’ Benefits Program: $650,738 (expected cost in claims due to changes in bill)
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing and Policy: $173,832,105 (Expected rise in cost of insurance plans due to expanded coverage levels)
  • Carson City, Esmeralda County, Humboldt County, Washoe County, Douglas County School District, Humboldt County School District, Lincoln County School District, Pershing County School District, White Pine County School District: Has impact/Cannot be determined
  • Churchill County: $50,000 (Expected rise in premium costs to cover expanded coverage)

SB241 (Creation of a STEM seal for high school graduation diplomas): $5,000

SB249 (Financial literacy education in public schools): $7,319,783

SB253 (Establishes accommodations for pregnant workers): $10,000

SB257 (Welfare for children): $4,256,137

SB265 (Diabetes drug caps and pharma sales rep registration bill): $11,827,259

SB303 (High stakes testing): $159,350

SB137 (Nevada workers/businesses first for contracts): $168,782

SB325 (Medicaid and CHIP for non-citizen children): $39,318,756

SB357 (Apprenticeships): $8,010,000

SB391 (Nevada promise scholarships, community colleges): $2,120,732

SB407 (Creates a ‘Green Bank’ program): $267,346

SJR6 ($12/hour minimum wage constitutional amendment): $7,609,181

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