Nevada Legislature summary for Tuesday, Feb. 23

HIGHWAY PATROL - SB239, Amodei. Changes formula for calculating salaries of Nevada Highway Patrol officers. To Finance.

FUNERALS - SB241, Shaffer. Requires state approval to manage a funeral home. To Commerce and Labor.

CHILD SUPPORT - SB242, Human Resources. Requires social security numbers be included in divorce judgments and child support orders. To Judiciary.

TOBACCO - SB244, Jacobsen. Creates fine for selling tobacco products manufactured for sale outside U.S. To Taxation.

DENTISTS - SB246, Shaffer. Allows state to limit number of licenses for dentists. To Commerce and Labor.

HIGHER ED - SB248, Finance. Appropriates $175,000 to the Nevada University system for ultrasound equipment. To Finance.

DEATH PENALTY - SB249, Finance. Appropriates $120,000 to National Judicial College for judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys to study capital punishment laws.

ASSEMBLY New Measures

POLICE COMPLAINTS - AB304, Judiciary. Makes it a misdemeanor to lie in a complaint about a police officer. To Judiciary.

STUDENT PAGERS - AB307, Education. Imposes fines up to $200 on K-12 students who bring pagers or portable phones to school. To Education.

DRUG SNIFFING DOGS - AB308, Judiciary. Requires prisons to use drug sniffing dogs on people entering a prison. To Judiciary.

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