Making your voice heard by Nevada lawmakers
The best way to get your comments heard by representatives is to testifying during a hearing.
Alternative methods are:
1) sending an electronic letter to the committee representative (see instruction below),
2) submit “opinions” (located on NELIS - Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System- 2x options- the "opinion" button on your lawmaker's page-under their picture or the "opinion" button in the upper right-hand corner of the bill’s page.), and/or
3) email committee members hearing the bill (and Cc your lawmaker). You can get all the needed information you will need by clicking on the red bill numbers contained on this site's Advocacy page labeled Active 2025 Legislation.
In person/live testimony
Providing in person testimony can be accomplished at the Legislative Building (Carson City) or via the videoconferencing facility (usually room 6 for Senate Judiciary or room 3 for Assembly Judiciary for HOA related bills) of the Legislature’s new hearing rooms- State of Nevada Campus- located at 7120 Amigo Street, Las Vegas, NV.
All meetings are available virtually - both live at http://www.leg.state.nv.us. Click on "View Events." After the hearing a video recording is typically available on the bill's page shortly after the hearings closes.
To provide public comment or testimony telephonically, dial (888) 475-4499 on the date of the meeting. When prompted, provide Meeting ID (found on NELIS and the bill’s agenda notice). The press #. When prompted for a Participant ID, press #. Call (775) 684-1300 for assistance.
Special arrangements for the meeting are necessary, you will need to email accessibility@lcb.state.nv.us or phone at (775) 684-6903.
Public comment will be taken during the meeting. Because of time considerations, the period for public comments by each speaker may be limited. Plan for 2-3 minutes maximum for speaker. No public comment or testimony will be taken on bills and resolutions being discussed during work sessions.
A letter via email
Find here a list (PDF) of email addresses for 2025 session lawmakers along with the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committee members (where HOA bills are typical heard). Just copy and paste.
Reach out timely directly to the committee chair considering the bill with a copy to the committee address. Here’s a suggested email template:
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To: Melanie.Scheible@sen.state.nv.us
Subject: "bill #", OPPOSE (or SUPPORT as appropriate)
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Address your letter properly- even if you plan to transmit it electronically. Be clear about who you are. Personalize your letter. Be direct and concise. Be informative and factual. Be civil.
To have your letter posted to NELIS and available for all to read, the bill must be scheduled for a hearing and you must request it be posted- best done in the transmittal email. It is typically a short window from schedule to hearing.
Below are instructions on how to submit your comments, which will become “exhibits” on the bill.
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Your letter/comments should be submitted in PDF format as an attachment via email.
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Comments provided in the body of an email may not get posted.
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The subject line of your email should contain the word support, opposition, or neutral along with the bill number.
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) may become a public document or public record, including the sender’s name, signature, email address, or other personally identifiable information. (If you do not want your PII made public, please submit a PDF attachment with only the information you want the public to see.)
Exhibits must be submitted 24 hours prior to the meeting.
• Assembly Judiciary meetings are held at 8:00 am.
• Senate Judiciary meetings are held at 1:00 pm. The Senate Judiciary staff will try to post comments received by COB the business day prior.
An exhibit submitted to the committee will not be posted publicly to NELIS if the exhibit contains any literary work, including, without limitation, a newspaper article, magazine article or article from an Internet website, or any pictorial or graphic work, including without limitation, a photograph, graph, chart, screenshot, logo or any other graphic or image, regardless of its source or creator.
The Legislative Department will make the sole determination regarding whether an exhibit may be posted publicly to NELIS. Submitters of exhibits will not be notified of the decision in advance or given the opportunity to appeal the decision or remediate the exhibit. If the submitter of an exhibit wishes for an exhibit to be posted publicly to NELIS, the submitter must ensure that the exhibit does not contain any literary work, pictorial work or graphic work of any kind. This policy applies only to the public posting of exhibits to NELIS and does not prevent any person from delivering, presenting or displaying to the committee, during the course of a committee meeting, any material not otherwise in conflict with the committee’s rules, regardless of whether the material contains work that is potentially subject to copyright protection.
Simple email
If you do not have the time and/or inclination to craft a letter, emails can help. If your legislator is not on the committee, Cc your representative. We recommend you note your support./opposition in the subject line along with the bill number, the same as above. Tell the lawmaker why this legislation matters to you. I you have a personal story tell it- but make if brief. Giving your lawmaker you address is of value.
Make your point up front. We provided key points to consider in our summary of each bill.
Remember the legislator's job is representing you. Be courteous but not afraid to take a firm position. Keep in mind the lawmaker may know no more about the issue than you do.