LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is set to pioneer a law to prevent job-seekers from being immediately rejected for work based on a positive marijuana test.

Democratic Assembly members Dina Neal and Edgar Flores sponsored the measure that goes into effect in January.

Governor Steve Sisolak signed another set of bills passed during the legislative session that wrapped up a few days ago.

One bill empowers state workers to collectively bargain for the first time in Nevada history and another raises the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2024.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signs laws creating a new state outdoor recreation office, a committee studying how to improve health care and a board overseeing the legal defense of those who cannot afford lawyers.

Despite the historic first female majority Legislature in Nevada, lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have allowed pharmacists to dispense contraceptive methods directly to patients.

A bill dealing with how the state handles public records is headed to the governor’s desk, after clearing the Legislature just 30 minutes before Monday's deadline.

Senate Bill 287 would impose tougher penalties on agencies that block or stall fulfilling public records requests.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers passed a bill extending a payroll tax set to expire this summer in order to pay for some school safety initiatives and teacher pay raises.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed bills allowing cities and counties to regulate electric scooters, increasing penalties for domestic violence crimes, adopting a sexual assault survivor's bill of rights and 63 other measures.

Both legislative chambers unanimously passed a bill outlining K-12 education funding for the next biennium.