Las Vegas Now55 bills die on deadline in Nevada legislative committees
Associated Press - May 16, 2009 3:35 PM ET
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - With the deaths of 55 bills on a Friday deadline for action on the measures, Nevada lawmakers have killed about a third of nearly 1,000 proposals that they've considered since the 2009 session opened in early February.
The latest deadline was 1 of several imposed during the session to ensure adjournment by June 1. With the latest casualties added in, the count of plans relegated to the 2009 session's trash bin now stands at about 330.
The bills that are left are in the lawmakers' two money committees or have already been approved and routed to Gov. Jim Gibbons for his signature. By the time the session ends, it's likely that more than half, or 550 to 600, of all introduced measures will have survived.
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