Nevada legislature faces a full schedule

The Nevada legislature will start the 76th session on February 7, 2011 and faces nearly 600 bill draft requests (bdr) to consider. The Nevada Legislature only meets every odd year and the session only lasts 120 days which means our elected officials will have a very busy spring in Carson City. The agenda for the 120 day session has been released and with nearly 600 bdr, it will almost certainly mean there will be another special session to complete all of the legislative business.
I began browsing the list of bdr to see what our legislators would be working on this year. The bdr are packed with bills about renewable energy, education reform, health insurance, gun rights, public works, new bureaucracies, campaign finance and reform and I even saw a bill where Nevada would recognize our sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
I'm very interested in some of the bills, at least what I have been able to find. As I work my way through the some 600 bdr, I will share what I find with you. Some of the descriptions were enough to peak my interest, I have been unable to locate the text of the bdr and if I can't locate them, I will contact the sponsor to obtain additional information. These bills can have a much larger impact to the residents of Nevada than federal legislation and the public officials are more accessible than most federal officials. I want to encourage all Nevadans to get involved with the political process, especially on the state and local level. To correct the unsustainable path our country is currently on, we need to look to the states, not the federal government. The states need to rein in the federal monster; the United States Constitution limits the federal government to 18 enumerated powers, leaving everything else to the states. The people need to reclaim control of our "public servants" and hold them accountable for destroying the American Dream.