Dems passed the largest education budget in NV history, adding an additional $500 million in per-pupil spending this budget cycle. They also supported nearly $200 million in new revenue dedicated to the needs of our students. Plus, to get kids back on track due to the pandemic, school districts are now required to produce plans to provide summer school free of charge.
Dems also increased funding for need-based Silver State Opportunity Grants for college ready high school students and voted to waive Nevada System of Higher Ed registration fees for Native American student who are members of a federally recognized Nevada tribe.

Dems expanded health care access and affordability through Senate Bill 420, which provides an affordable public option for health insurance for Nevada families and expands Medicaid services for pregnant women.
They also passed legislation that requires prescription labels to be available in a patient’s preferred language, provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women, and provides Medicaid coverage for doulas.

Dems helped Nevadans hit hard by the pandemic! They passed $50 million in grants to small businesses and nonprofits to help them keep their doors open and keep employees on the payroll; helped keep Nevadans in their homes by streamlining access to federal rental assistance for both tenants and landlords; earmarked $54 million in federal aid to modernize the state’s unemployment system; ensured workers were provided paid time off to receive a COVID-19 vaccine; and granted frontline hospitality employees the right to return to their prior place of employment if they were laid off because of the pandemic.
When the legislature was not in session, NV Dems helped their constituents navigate the unemployment system, delivered food to families caring for someone with COVID-19, connected people with services they needed, and much more.

Nevada expanded access to the ballot box.
Legislative Democrats passed bills that made vote-by-mail ballots permanent for everyone who wants one, supported updating our voter registration system to make it more accurate and secure, and moved Nevada to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Nevada continues to be a shining star for democracy in our country.

Legislative Democrats passed several key pieces of legislation.  Senate Bill 448 adds necessary transmission lines to ensure we achieve our climate goals and adds Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure to ensure we have the ability to meet Governor Sisolak’s clean car program.
The legislature also closed the “classic car” smog loophole so our communities have cleaner air, took several steps to conserve water and energy in our state, and passed a resolution to protect 30% of our public lands and waters by 2030.

Social, racial, women, LGBTQ & economic justice expanded. Legislative Democrats passed legislation to make birth control available over-the-counter and to require hospitals provide emergency contraceptives for victims of sexual assault. They also passed bills to allow for multi-parent adoption and to allow pharmacists to dispense HIV medication without a prior prescription from a doctor. Democrats decriminalized most traffic offenses and jaywalking and ended drivers license suspensions for most unpaid traffic fines and fees, which helps keep hard working Nevadans out of our criminal justice system and at their jobs.