CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Affordable health care and better schools are among the 2019 legislative priorities for Nevada Democrats as they manage a legislative session with control of both chambers, leading lawmakers said Monday.
“We have an agenda that we believe is going to move Nevada in a more prosperous direction,” said Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson, a Democrat. “But we’re not going to overlook working across party lines when we can find agreement.”
More than 450 bills have been introduced since the beginning of the session, which entered its fourth week on Monday. The Democrats’ health care priorities include protecting people with pre-existing conditions and lowering prescription drug prices and expanding healthcare access for women.
Education priorities include reducing class sizes, raising teacher pay and updating the funding formula for schools.
Democrats hold a super majority in the Assembly and a majority in the state Senate.
The policy priorities also include increasing the minimum wage, banning private prisons and giving state workers the power to collectively bargain.
Democrats have already addressed one legislative priority when they passed a bill expanding background checks for private gun sales and transfers.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed that bill into law.
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