Rep. Brittney Miller

Maddy summaryAB 428 requires most health insurance plans in Nevada to cover fertility preservation services for individuals diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer who face infertility from the cancer or its treatment. This coverage must include medically necessary procedures as defined by established medical guidelines, such as egg or sperm freezing before cancer treatment begins. Insurers affiliated with religious organizations may exclude this coverage if they provide written notice to insureds about the exemption. The law applies to private health plans, Medicaid, and state/local government employee health insurance, with enforcement by the Insurance Commissioner for non-compliance.

Maddy summaryAB 416 prohibits school boards, charter school governing bodies, and school employees from restricting student access to library materials by removing, hiding, labeling, or defacing them. It allows materials to be removed only through a court order if deemed obscene under a standard similar to existing law. The bill also creates new felony charges for using force to block student access or leaking personal information of school staff or students as retaliation for accessing library materials, with specific conditions for the information-sharing provision. This directly affects school officials, students, and staff by protecting access to library resources and penalizing interference.

Maddy summaryAB 388 revises paid family leave provisions for state employees and private employers with 50+ staff. It reduces the required employment duration from 12 months to 90 days, increases leave entitlement from 8 to 12 weeks, and expands eligible reasons to include bonding with foster children, pregnancy-related conditions, and domestic violence situations. Employers must provide 100% pay for employees earning up to 110% of the state average wage, and 60% pay for higher earners. The bill also requires employers to establish clear procedures and provide written notices about leave eligibility.

Maddy summaryAB 123 makes it a crime to threaten or intimidate a candidate for public office or their family members regarding bodily injury or property damage. It specifically targets threats that cause reasonable fear of being carried out, with first offenses classified as misdemeanors and repeat offenses as gross misdemeanors. The bill creates a process where candidates can report threats to the Secretary of State, who must investigate and refer serious cases to the Attorney General if reasonable suspicion exists. This law directly affects election candidates and their families by adding criminal penalties for targeted threats, while explicitly protecting constitutionally protected free speech.

Maddy summaryAB 381 updates Nevada's animal cruelty laws to better address neglect and abuse. It revises definitions to include passive inaction (like failing to stop abuse when aware) as cruelty, and removes the exception that previously exempted agricultural land from cruelty investigations. The bill increases penalties for cruelty, raising police animal assault to a category B felony if the animal is disabled or killed, and changes procedures for impounded animals during arrests by requiring forfeiture to local governments instead of auction. These changes directly affect animal owners, law enforcement, courts, and shelters handling cruelty cases.

Maddy summarySB 256 requires individuals or entities engaging in illegal gaming activities to pay back all profits, gains, or other benefits to the State Treasurer for deposit into the State General Fund. It increases penalties for certain violations, such as accepting wagers from people physically in Nevada, raising the offense from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. The bill directly affects operators of unlicensed gambling activities, including those who manipulate games or accept wagers without proper authorization. Key provisions mandate disgorgement of illicit profits as a standard penalty for qualifying violations, alongside enhanced criminal penalties.

Maddy summaryAB 289 authorizes Nevada's Board of Regents to establish a required financial literacy course within the Nevada System of Higher Education, which includes the University of Nevada. This bill directly affects public universities in Nevada by giving the Board of Regents the authority to create such a course of study. The key provision adds language to Nevada law allowing the Board to prescribe financial literacy as part of the curriculum. The bill was signed into law by the Governor on June 5, 2025, and became Chapter 284.

Maddy summaryAB 300 appropriates $750,000 from Nevada's State General Fund to the Evans-Kendall Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8071 for constructing a veterans and community center in Virginia City. The funds directly support the VFW Post in building a facility serving local veterans and community members. The bill requires the VFW Post to submit two spending reports (by December 2026 and September 2027) and mandates that any unspent funds revert to the state by September 17, 2027. This is a straightforward funding allocation with specific accountability measures, not a policy change affecting broader legislation.

Maddy summaryAB 227 revises Nevada's adoption laws to separate procedures for children in foster care (handled by child welfare agencies) from general adoption processes. It establishes new registries for adoption information and updates rules for postadoptive contact agreements, placement of children for adoption, and confirmatory adoptions (where parentage is legally confirmed). The bill also adds procedures for "readoptions" of internationally adopted children and moves interstate adoption compacts to new sections of Nevada law. These changes primarily affect child welfare agencies, adoption service providers, and families pursuing adoptions of both minors and adults.

Maddy summaryAB 264 requires Nevada regulatory bodies (like state boards for professions) to inform applicants denied a license based on moral character or criminal history about their right to challenge the decision. It mandates written notice within 10 days of denial, detailing the basis, and gives applicants 30 days to seek judicial review in district court. Courts must require the regulatory body to prove by a preponderance of evidence that the applicant poses a direct, substantial, and unmitigatable risk to public health/safety - prior arrests alone cannot justify denial. If the body fails to meet this burden, the court orders the license be issued, overriding other law. This applies to most professional licenses but excludes State Contractors’ Board licenses.