STATE LEGISLATION
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for the protection of fundamental parental rights.
for the protection of fundamental parental rights.
Current proposed legislation that may affect your rights to parent in Nevada:
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What does this mean? |
What can I do about it? |
Eliminates parental notification and consent for abortions for minors |
If your minor-age daughter gets pregnant, they can have an abortion, a surgical procedure, and doctors and clinics cannot notify you. |
Work Session (Voting) Monday, April 1st, 4:00 pm Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV Room 4412 Share your opinion here |
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More reporting of vaccine exemptions in school children |
If you exempt your child from vaccines for religious or medical reasons that information will now be shared with Health and Human Services |
Hearing TBD. We will update when it's time to testify and email legislators. Share your opinion here |
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Requiring children under 17 to wear bike helmets or face fines |
Your child cannot ride a bike, scooter, roller blades, or anything with wheels without wearing a bike helmet. If they are found riding without a helmet you will be fined. |
Hearing TBD. We will update when it's time to testify and email legislators. Share your opinion here |
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Stops the growth of tax credits to the Opportunity Scholarship School Choice Program. |
It's currently allowed to grow by 110% each year. This Bill would keep the figure flat, which will not cover all of the students currently utilizing the program. |
Hearing TBD. We'll update when it's time to testify and email legislators. Share your opinion here |
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Establishes State visits to homes of children during early childhood |
The Division [of Child and Family Services] shall establish by regulation and coordinate with other state and local governmental entities to carry out a family home visiting system to provide for appropriately trained professionals to visit the homes of children during early childhood. |
Hearing TBD. We will update when it's time to testify and email legislators. Share your opinion here |
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Mandates Statewide Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curriculum |
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Hearing TBD. We will update when it's time to testify and email legislators. Share your opinion here |
Bills We Support:
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Simple Explanation |
What should I do to show my support? |
This bill proposes to make the $20 million in scholarship funding permanent so that all students currently utilizing the Opportunity Scholarship can continue to do so. The bill also opens up the program to special needs families. |
Share your opinion here |
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How to Testify at a Hearing:
Hearings are open to the public. You can attend, even if you don't plan on testifying (speaking/voicing your opinion) on a bill. If you do plan on speaking on a bill, you will be asked to "sign in" on a sheet of paper located at the entrance of the room. Once you have signed in, you'll take a seat until the legislators are ready to hear public testimony. Once they are ready for public comment, they will open up the microphone, at which point everyone who plans on speaking will get in line to give comment. When it is your turn, you will approach the microphone, give your comments, then return to your seat. You are welcome to leave the hearing at any time.
Here are some tips on making your testimony effective:
Your legislator will respect you, if you respect them!
Here are some tips on making your testimony effective:
- Plan on speaking for two minutes. If there are a lot of people the chair of the committee hearing may ask you to limit your comments to 1 minute. Respect the time limit. You will hurt yourself if you try to push for more time. If the chair asks you to wrap up your testimony, finish promptly.
- Be kind and courteous! The legislator is not your enemy. They are there to do their job of listening to their constituents. Don't be afraid to share your personal opinions, but do not make your comments about the legislator and do not attack them personally. You will hurt your cause more than help.
- Keep your comments factual and about the specific bill. If you start to wander off topic, you will lose credibility.
Your legislator will respect you, if you respect them!
Nevada Legislature Website:
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Power2Parent Candidate Endorsements 2018
Our endorsement is based on questionnaire responses we received from these candidates and their support for policies that affect parental rights. Their answers reflected a genuine concern for improving education, supporting school choice, and protecting parental rights in Nevada. We are excited to support these candidates and hope you will join with us in supporting them.
-The deadline to register to vote online is October 18th at www.RegisterToVoteNV.gov
-Early Voting: October 20th-November 2nd
-General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
*Don't forget your absentee voters!*
-The deadline to register to vote online is October 18th at www.RegisterToVoteNV.gov
-Early Voting: October 20th-November 2nd
-General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
*Don't forget your absentee voters!*
2017 Legislative Session-SUCCESS!
The 79th Session of the Nevada Legislature 2017 Update:
Governor Sandoval has vetoed AB348, the sex education expansion bill! This is an enormous win for parental rights and local control in education!
We want to thank all of you who showed up to long hearings, emailed, called your representatives, engaged on social media, and petitioned Governor Sandoval. AB348 had the 5th highest number of votes on the legislative opinion poll. Final numbers showed 39% in favor and 61% against AB348. Your efforts and collective voices were invaluable in this fight, and our success would not have been possible without you. We applaud your commitment and sacrifice.
While we are celebrating this victory, we understand that the special interest groups that sponsored this legislation are not going away. Our commitment to protecting our children and families must continue past this legislative season. We anticipate that these well-funded, organizations will soon be ready with proposals that will chip away at parental rights and control over sex education content in local trustee meetings. We know there will be more bills coming forward in the next legislative session that will attempt to undo what we have accomplished. The real work in this important endeavor starts now. We need your financial support to continue the fight against these national and local groups that want influence what our children learn about relationships and sexual matters in school.
Governor Sandoval agrees that children are best served when these decisions remain local, and parents should be involved in every aspect of their child's education.
Governor Sandoval has vetoed AB348, the sex education expansion bill! This is an enormous win for parental rights and local control in education!
We want to thank all of you who showed up to long hearings, emailed, called your representatives, engaged on social media, and petitioned Governor Sandoval. AB348 had the 5th highest number of votes on the legislative opinion poll. Final numbers showed 39% in favor and 61% against AB348. Your efforts and collective voices were invaluable in this fight, and our success would not have been possible without you. We applaud your commitment and sacrifice.
While we are celebrating this victory, we understand that the special interest groups that sponsored this legislation are not going away. Our commitment to protecting our children and families must continue past this legislative season. We anticipate that these well-funded, organizations will soon be ready with proposals that will chip away at parental rights and control over sex education content in local trustee meetings. We know there will be more bills coming forward in the next legislative session that will attempt to undo what we have accomplished. The real work in this important endeavor starts now. We need your financial support to continue the fight against these national and local groups that want influence what our children learn about relationships and sexual matters in school.
Governor Sandoval agrees that children are best served when these decisions remain local, and parents should be involved in every aspect of their child's education.