2018 | Nevada

YOUR LEGISLATORS’ VOTING RECORD ON VOTING RECORD SMALL BUSINESS ISSUES 2018 EDITION

Roll call votes by your state legislators on key small business issues are listed here. Although this Voting Record does not reflect all elements considered by a lawmaker when voting, nor does it represent a complete profile of a legislator, it is a guide in evaluating your legislators’ attitudes toward small business. Please thank those legislators who supported small business.

1. MINIMUM WAGE (SB 106): This bill raises the three working days prior to the hearing on that minimum wage by 75 cents a year until the hourly regulation. It also requires an agency to provide at pay reaches $12. A “No” vote supports the NFIB least three working days’ notice before holding any position. The Assembly passed the bill 27–15, while subsequent hearings related to that proposed regu- the Senate passed it 12–9. The governor vetoed the lation. A “Yes” vote supports the NFIB position. bill. The Assembly passed the bill 42–0, while the Senate passed it 21–0. The governor signed the bill into law. 2. INSURANCE MANDATE (AB 175): State law currently mandates that employers who do not make health 7. LABOR (AB 211): This bill increases the administra- insurance available to hourly, minimum-wage employ- tive penalties for wage and compensation violations, ees must pay $1 over the federal minimum wage. This allows for triple damages to persons harmed by such bill establishes a new minimum level of health benefits violations, and requires the Labor Commissioner to that an employer must make available to an employee post on the internet businesses that willfully violated in order to qualify for not having to pay that additional wage and compensation statutes. A “No” vote $1. A “No” vote supports the NFIB position. The supports the NFIB position. The bill passed the Assembly passed the bill 27–14, while the Senate Assembly 27–15. NFIB worked with our allies to kill passed it 12–9. The governor vetoed the bill. the bill in the Senate. The bill did not get a hearing, so there was no Senate vote on the bill. 3. PAID SICK LEAVE (SB 196): This bill requires busi- nesses with 25 or more employees to provide 8. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (SB 516): This bill workers at least 24 hours of paid sick leave a year. creates the Office of Workforce Innovation within the A “No” vote supports the NFIB position. The governor’s office and revises the duties of the State Assembly passed the bill 25–15, while the Senate Apprenticeship Council. This bill addresses one of passed it 12–9. The governor vetoed the bill. the biggest concerns to NFIB members in Nevada, which is creating an educated and skilled workforce. 4. EQUAL PAY (SB 397): This bill imposes new penalties A “Yes” vote supports the NFIB position. The for “equal pay” complaints and exposes employers Senate passed the bill 21–0. The Assembly passed it to more lawsuits. A “No” vote supports the NFIB 40–1. The governor signed the bill. position. The Assembly passed the bill 26–14, while the Senate passed it 12–9. The governor vetoed the 9. BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT (SJR 10) : This bill. bill rescinds all previous resolutions of the that requested Congress convene a con- 5. SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES (AB 94): This bill vention to propose amendments to the extended the Nevada Grow Program and allowed for Constitution, including two passed in 1979 calling for continued funding of the Small Business Development a balanced budget amendment. A “No” vote sup- Centers at UNR and UNLV, organizations that provide ports the NFIB position. The bill passed the Assem- resources to entrepreneurs and startup companies. bly 39–0, the Senate passed it 20–0. Because it was a A “Yes” vote supports the NFIB position. The resolution, it didn’t require the governor’s signature. Assembly passed the bill 39–0, while the Senate passed it 21–0. The governor signed the bill into law.

6. REGULATIONS (SB 160): This bill requires that a state agency must post on its website a new or revised regulation that it is proposing, and that it be posted

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Y = Voted Yes * = Did not vote N = Voted No % = Percentage of votes aligned to NFIB position

SENATE VOTING RECORD

ISSUE NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 %

NFIB POSITION N N N N Y Y Y N 100% LEGISLATOR

Kelvin Atkinson (D-4) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Yvanna Cancela (D-10) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Nicole Canizzaro (D-6) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Moises Denis (D-2) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Patricia Farley (I-8) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Aaron Ford (D-11) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Heidi Gansert (R-15) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Pete Goicoechea (R-19) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Donald Gustavson (R-14) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Scott Hammond (R-18) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Joe Hardy (R-12) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Becky Harris (R-9) (Resigned) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Ben Kieckhefer (R-16) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Mark Manendo (D-21) (Resigned) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% David Parks (D-7) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Julia Ratti (D-13) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% Michael Roberson (R-20) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Tick Segerblom (D-3) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38% James Settelmeyer (R-17) N N N N Y Y Y Y 88% Pat Spearman (D-1) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y * 43% Joyce Woodhouse (D-5) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 38%

ASSEMBLY VOTING RECORD

ISSUE NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % NFIB POSITION N N N N Y Y N Y N 100% LEGISLATOR

Elliot Anderson (D-15) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Paul Anderson (R-13) (retired) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Nelson Araujo (D-3) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D-27) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33%

NFIB | RANDI THOMPSON, NV STATE DIRECTOR | 775-830-8407 | NFIB.COM/NV | @NFIB ISSUE NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % NFIB POSITION N N N N Y Y N Y N 100% LEGISLATOR

Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D-34) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Chris Brooks (D-10) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Irene Bustamante Adams (D-42) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (D-14) Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 44% Richard Carrillo (D-18) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (D-29) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Skip Daly (D-31) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y 22% Olivia Diaz (D-11) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Chris Edwards (R-19) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% John Ellison (R-33) N * N N Y Y N Y Y 88% Edgar Flores (D-28) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (D-8) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Ozzie Fumo (D-21) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% John Hambrick (R-2) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Ira Hansen (R-32) N N * * * Y N * Y 80% (D-41) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Amber Joiner (D-24) Y Y Y Y * Y Y Y Y 25% (R-40) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% (R-26) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Jim Marchant (R-37) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Richard McArthur (R-4) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% William McCurdy II (D-6) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (D-5) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D-1) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Dina Neal (D-7) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y * 38% James Ohrenschall (D-12) Y Y * * * Y Y Y Y 33% James Oscarson (R-36) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Keith Pickard (R-22) N N N N Y Y N Y * 100% Ellen Spiegel (D-20) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Michael Sprinkle (D-30) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (D-16) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Tyrone Thompson (D-17) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% Robin Titus (R-38) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% (R-25) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% (D-35) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33% (R-39) N N N N Y Y N Y Y 89% Melissa Woodbury (R-23) N N N N Y Y N Y * 100% Steve Yeager (D-9) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 33%

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