SUMMARY MINUTES AND ACTION REPORT

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1 NEVADA LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION S SUBCOMMITTEE TO STUDY SENTENCING AND PARDONS, AND PAROLE AND PROBATION (Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 17 [File No. 98, Statutes of Nevada 2005]) SUMMARY MINUTES AND ACTION REPORT The fifth meeting of the Nevada Legislative Commission s Subcommittee to Study Sentencing and Pardons, Parole and Probation, was held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 8, 2006, in Room 3138 of the Legislative Building, 401 South Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada. The meeting was videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 East Washington Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada. A copy of this set of Summary Minutes and Action Report, including the Meeting Notice and Agenda (Exhibit A) and other substantive exhibits, is available on the Nevada Legislature s Web site at In addition, copies of the audio record may be purchased through the Publication Office of the Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB) ( publications@lcb.state.nv.us; telephone: 775/ ). COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT IN CARSON CITY: Assemblyman William Horne, Chair Senator Mike McGinness Assemblyman Bernie Anderson Assemblyman John C. Carpenter COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT IN LAS VEGAS: Senator Dennis Nolan Senator Valerie Wiener LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU STAFF PRESENT: Patrick Cadle, Senior Research Analyst, Research Division, LCB Risa B. Lang, Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel, Legal Division, LCB René Yeckley, Principal Deputy Legislative Counsel, Legal Division, LCB Kennedy, Principal Research Secretary, Research Division, LCB

2 WELCOME BY THE CHAIR Assemblyman William C. Horne, Chairman of the A.C.R. 17 Subcommittee to Study Sentencing and Pardons, and Parole and Probation, welcomed members, presenters, and staff to the final meeting of the interim. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE APRIL 27, 2006, MEETING HELD IN LAS VEGAS The Subcommittee APPROVED THE FOLLOWING ACTION: SENATOR MCGINNESS MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 27, 2006, MEETING HELD IN LAS VEGAS. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. PRESENTATION ON ACCESSIBILITY TO CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS BY PRISONERS ACCORDING TO GENDER Dorothy Nash Holmes, Deputy Director, Correctional Programs, Nevada s Department of Corrections (NDOC), gave an overview of NDOC programs with the following highlights (Exhibit B): 1. A report of NDOC inmate program statistics and a comparison of those figures to national averages; 2. An accounting of the number of programs and merit credit opportunities available to female inmates; 3. The availability of and inmate participation in camps, colleges, and mental health counseling, life skills and DUI programs; and therapeutic community programs addressing drug and alcohol abuse; 4. A description of services representing more than 20 different religious organizations; 5. An example of a seven-day calendar of program and activity schedules at the Southern Nevada Women s Correctional Center; and 6. A list of volunteer-led programs. Ms. Holmes explained that the NDOC is in the final stages of a four-year endeavor to research programs in other state prisons and train staff in Nevada regarding various aspects of correctional programming and development of programs. She explained that the purpose of this is to consolidate different class offerings into comprehensive correctional programs, thus reducing approved merit credit programs as the focus shifts to more intensive, longer- 2

3 term programs with multiple modules rather than individual classes lasting 24 hours each. Further, she emphasized NDOC s goals, including: 1. Offering the same standard curricula or program outline utilized at each prison so that inmates can transfer without losing programming opportunities; 2. Awarding merit credits to inmates for the earning of certificates in vocational areas; 3. Further refining NDOC s computer records system to track and match inmates to program eligibility requirements, track inmate progress, transfer inmate program information between prisons, and collect other program-oriented statistics; and 4. Bringing NDOC into compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) (3), which require prison correctional program evaluations be completed every three years. There were discussions regarding: (1) additional information on certain prison programs; (2) statistics on participation of female sex offenders in correctional programs; (3) information on prison substance abuse programs and the penalties for inmates testing positive for drugs or alcohol while incarcerated; (4) the percentage of female inmates who participated in education courses as compared to male inmates; (5) the financial viability of the Going Home Prepared program, which ends June 30, 2006; (6) the consolidation of core curriculum classes, and fitness and wellness classes; and (7) the medical division s ability to offer mental and psychological programs, including substance abuse. PRESENTATION ON PRISONERS ACCESS TO PROPER MEDICAL CARE Bruce Bannister, M.D., Medical Director, NDOC, stated he is the new medical director for one month. He answered questions from members on a number of topics, including: 1. The timeliness of prisoner medical care. Dr. Bannister explained that medical issues are prioritized and the system can handle emergency situations. Further, he gave an overview of the current procedure for inmates requesting medical appointments; 2. The disposition of a recent grievance alleging lack of medical care by an inmate diagnosed with epilepsy. Dr. Bannister explained that this inmate was stockpiling medications in his cell and refusing to comply with medical visits. He said that lack of communication to inmates regarding their medical appointments is necessary for custody reasons and this often leads to feelings of inmate insecurity. 3. Prisoner access to medical care. Dr. Bannister explained how inmates are classified with medical conditions during intake upon arrival. He said some medical conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, allow inmates entrance into special programs as a cost saving measure to them. Further, there are reassessments

4 performed to determine if inmates have development a new medical problem. He said a nurse is available 24 hours a day. 4. The availability of health care at remote prison work camps. Dr. Bannister explained that every work camp has a gate keeper system to determine the medical emergency of a situation before assigning and transporting the inmate to an appropriate facility. Additionally, he said prison work camps are designed for healthy prisoners, but are visited by physicians and nurses and have an emergency medical care kit on site. PUBLIC COMMENT (At Chairman Horne s request, this agenda item was taken out of order.) Consuelo McCuin, Executive Director, Diversity Leadership, Las Vegas, asked for an independent audit of the NDOC. Flo Jones, Las Vegas, suggested an independent audit of the NDOC. She also expressed support for Recommendation No. 18 if it was amended to mandate a period of time to elapse before determining that a mentally ill person was sufficiently healed. Pat Hines, Carson City, commented on letters she received from inmates on a variety of topics. She expressed support for the reinstatement of a sentencing commission and combining NDOC, the Division of Parole and Probation, and the Pardons Board. Finally, Ms. Hines noted that mistakes are made on PSI reports, and should be given prior to sentencing to allow time for changes and corrections to be noted in those reports. Larry Struve, Religious Reliance of Nevada, opined that mandatory minimum sentencing standards should be reviewed and unjustly long sentences should be stopped. William Frankell, Las Vegas, expressed support for the Parole Board utilizing the open meeting law. Further, he said that all allegations of inmate drug use should be investigated by the Office of the Attorney General, and not by NDOC. He suggested that drug dogs and raids be used on prison staff because they are the ones bringing the drugs in. Constance Kosuda, Las Vegas, opined that the Subcommittee operated with biases against inmates and with impartiality for NDOC employees. She expressed support for an independent audit of NDOC and requested that NDOC staff be sworn in before offering testimony before members of the Legislature. Ms. Kosuda refuted earlier testimony of correctional programs and alleged there is institutionalized sex discrimination against NDOC inmates. I

5 Lori Ann Kearse, Las Vegas, stated that she resigned from NDOC as substance abuse therapist in She said that although she was a registered substance abuse therapist, she was called a mental health therapist. Ms. Kearse refuted earlier testimony on correctional programs and alleged that statements were untrue regarding staffing. Finally, Ms. Kearse suggested that inmates who tested positive in prison for controlled substances should not be made to go to treatment because it is punishment and is inappropriate. There was a discussion regarding whether Ms. Kearse shared information on how drugs were transported into prison facilities and by whom. Ms. Kearse said she always shared that kind of information with her superiors as soon as she became aware of it because it was her policy to not to keep their [the inmates] secrets for them. She recounted an incident where an inmate told her that non-prison personnel would toss a nerf-ball (containing drugs) over the back fence at 10 p.m. Senator Nolan recommended that if the Subcommittee pursued an independent audit of NDOC, then statements made during the interim also be included. Michael Pescetta, Esq., Federal Public Defenders Office, Las Vegas, stated that the volume and intensity of complaints received by his office regarding the Ely State Prison was increasing. He said the complaints were about medical care of inmates. He suggested that the Subcommittee approve Recommendation Nos. 19 and 20 in the Work Session Document and emphasize whistleblower protections. Gary Taylor, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, gave more details on inmate complaints regarding the medical unit within the Ely State Prison, including an alleged report of an OB/GYN specialist treating male prisoners, broken X-Ray equipment, and a lack of syringes in the prison pharmacy. Additionally, he spoke of dismal charting practices at that facility and alleged that hepatitis is only tested for when a prison guard comes into contact with an inmate s body fluid. Lee Rowland, Public Advocate, Nevada Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), expressed support for the work of the A.C.R. 17 Subcommittee as evidenced in the suggested recommendations in the Work Session Document. She spoke of the findings of an investigation conducted by the ACLU at a southern Nevada women s facility. She recommended an independent audit of NDOC. Gary Peck, Exertive Director, ACLU, further described alleged abuses at a southern Nevada women s facility, and said the most distressing part of the investigation was impediments created for inmate women to contact the ACLU.

6 WORK SESSION DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS (Exhibit C) Parole and Pardon Issues 1. Draft legislation to amend NRS (Tab A), which sets forth the manner in which the execution of judgment of death may be stayed, to clarify that the Governor has authority under the Nevada Constitution to grant a reprieve for a period of 60 days following a conviction. (Recommendation proposed by Assemblyman Bernie Anderson. Article 5 sections 13 and 14 of the Nevada Constitution are also at Tab A.) ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 1. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND CARRIED WITH SENATOR NOLAN ABSENT FROM THE ROOM. 2. Draft legislation to amend NRS (Tab B), and any other relevant sections of NRS, to provide that when a person is serving consecutive sentences in prison, a risk assessment is conducted by the Division of Parole and Probation, Nevada s Department of Public Safety (NDPS), only when the person is eligible for release from prison if granted parole. Thus, the assessment will be performed only when the person is eligible for parole for the last sentence being served. (Recommendation proposed by Chairman William C. Horne.) ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 2. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3. Draft legislation to require the Parole Board to create and use an objective risk assessment instrument to determine whether or not to grant parole. If a prisoner has obtained the requisite points for parole using that objective risk assessment, require the Parole Board to grant parole unless the Parole Board determines that there is a reasonable probability that the prisoner will pose a danger to public safety if released on parole. If parole is denied to a prisoner who has attained the requisite points for parole, require the Parole Board to provide its reasoning in writing. Authorize a prisoner who is denied parole despite attaining the points necessary for parole to appeal the decision to the district court for review to determine whether the Parole Board abused its discretion. (Recommendation proposed by Chairman Horne.)

7 ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 3. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND FAILED ON A VOTE OF 3 YEAS (HORNE, ANDERSON, MCGINNESS) AND 3 NAYS (CARPENTER, NOLAN, WIENER). NOLAN MOVED TO AMEND RECOMMENDATION NO. 3 TO DRAFT LEGISLATION TO CREATE AN OBJECTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT TO BE USED TO GRANT PAROLE BY THE PAROLE BOARD, AND TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE TO DETERMINE ITS OBJECTIVITY. SENATOR NOLAN WITHDREW HIS MOTION. The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion. 4. Draft legislation to amend NRS (Tab C) which requires the Parole Board to grant parole to a prisoner 12 months before the end of his maximum term of imprisonment except in certain circumstances, including when the Parole Board determines that the prisoner will be a danger to public safety while on parole. Require the Parole Board to provide its reasons for denying parole in writing when parole is denied because the Parole Board determined that the prisoner will be a danger to public safety while on parole. (Recommendation proposed by Chairman Horne.) The Subcommittee TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTION: SENATOR MCGINNESS MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 4. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 5. Draft legislation to amend relevant provisions of NRS to require a person convicted of a category D or E felony to be placed on parole after serving the minimum sentence of imprisonment. (Recommendation proposed by Chairman Horne.) ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 5 WITH AMENDED LANGUAGE REPLACING THE WORDS PLACE ON WITH ELIGIBLE FOR. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR NOLAN AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

8 6. Include a statement in the final report or draft a letter to the Administrative Office of the Courts encouraging the district courts to create a statewide system of re-entry courts, similar to the Eighth Judicial District Court s Going Home Prepared program. (Recommendation proposed by Lee Rowland, Nevada Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU].) ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 6. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7. Include a statement in the final report indicating the support of the Subcommittee for the provision of mental health and substance abuse treatment to prisoners and urging Nevada s Department of Corrections (NDOC) and NDPS to seek adequate funding to provide such treatment. Further, include in the statement encouragement for NDOC and NDPS to seek funding to: (1) assist prisoners to enroll in drug court; (2) employ adequate social workers in the Division of Parole and Probation to assist prisoners upon release from prison to obtain the necessary treatment and assistance to access community resources; and (3) offer assistance to prisoners being released from prison in obtaining housing upon release, including assistance in providing security deposits and rent for the first month. (Recommendation proposed by Lee Rowland of the Nevada Chapter, ACLU, at the Subcommittee s March 21, 2006, meeting. A copy of the document provided by the ACLU is attached [Tab D].) ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 7 IN THE FORM OF A LETTER TO NDOC AND NDPS INDICATING SUPPORT FOR: (1) ASSISTING PRISONERS TO ENROLL IN DRUG COURT; (2) EMPLOYING ADEQUATE SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION TO ASSIST PRISONERS UPON RELEASE FROM PRISON TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY TREATMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO ACCESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES; AND (3) INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE S FINAL REPORT. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

9 8. Draft legislation to require that all hearings of the Parole Board be subject to the open meeting law. (Recommendation proposed by Christina Wilderveld, Esq., Las Vegas, at the Subcommittee s March 21, 2006, meeting.) 9. Draft legislation to amend Chapter 213 of NRS (Tab E) to require the Parole Board to provide notice of a parole hearing to the prisoner who is the subject of the hearing and his victims at least 3 business days before the parole hearing. (Recommendation proposed by Assemblyman Anderson.) ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO COMBINE AND ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NOS. 8 AND 9 WITH LANGUAGE AMENDED TO INCLUDE... PROVIDED THAT CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE PRIVACY OF JUVENILES/MINORS, WITNESSES, VICTIMS, OR PRISONERS WHO WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD AND TO PROVIDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY ALLOWING THEM TO TESTIFY IN PRIVATE. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 10. Draft legislation to amend Chapter 213 of NRS (Tab E) to allow a prisoner who is eligible for parole or his representative to speak during a hearing to consider the parole of the prisoner in addition to the victims. (Recommendation proposed by Christina Wilderveld, Esq., Las Vegas, at the Subcommittee s March 21, 2006, meeting.) ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 10. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 11. Draft a letter or include a statement in the final report encouraging the Parole Board to ensure the timely review of eligibility for parole when a prisoner has served the minimum term of imprisonment. (Recommendation proposed by Christina Wilderveld, Esq., Las Vegas, at the Subcommittee s March 21, 2006, meeting.) The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion.

10 12. Draft a letter to the Governor encouraging the Governor to consider the diversity of Nevada when appointing members to the Parole Board to ensure that the Parole Board represents that diverse population. (Recommendation proposed by Onie Cooper, NAACP.) ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 12. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Mandatory Minimum and Enhanced Sentencing Issues 13. Draft legislation to repeal mandatory minimum sentences and provide advisory sentencing guidelines. Authorize a judge to deviate from the guidelines if the judge determines that there is good cause for the deviation. (Recommendation proposed by The Honorable Robert E. Rose, Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, at the January 31, 2006, meeting of the Subcommittee [Tab F].) The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion. 14. Draft legislation to revise the provisions governing enhanced penalties for committing a crime with a deadly weapon by: A. Repealing the additional penalty for committing a crime with a deadly weapon set forth in NRS (Tab G); OR B. Amending NRS (Tab G) to delete paragraph (b) of subsection 5 of NRS which provides what is commonly known as the functional test for determining whether a weapon constitutes a deadly weapon. Pursuant to the functional test, a weapon, device, instrument, material or substance may constitute a deadly weapon if under the circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be used or threatened to be used, [it] is readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death. (Recommendation Proposed by Chief Justice Rose.) Chairman Horne asked members to consider Exhibit D, a letter from Chief Justice Rose, to include an additional recommendation to No. 14 to amend NRS to permit the court discretion to increase the sentence by a maximum of five years. AN AMENDED RECOMMENDATION NO. 14 WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE... AMEND NRS TO

11 PERMIT THE COURT DISCRETION TO INCREASE THE SENTENCE BY A MAXIMUM OF TEN YEARS. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Issues 15. In determining whether to release from a forensic facility a person who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, allow only forensic psychiatrists who have been specially trained and certified concerning issues related to persons who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity to evaluate the person, determine the person s eligibility for release, and testify concerning whether to release the person. Possible Action by the Subcommittee: A. Draft legislation, which: (1) requires the appropriate state agency or board to certify such psychiatrists; and (2) provides that only psychiatrists who have received such certification may evaluate a person who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, determine the person s eligibility for release, and testify concerning whether to release the person. B. Include a statement in the final report encouraging mental health facilities in this state which provide treatment to persons who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity to provide special training to employees concerning issues related to persons who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity. (Recommendation proposed by Robbin Trowbridge-Benko at the Subcommittee s November 9, 2005, meeting.) CHAIRMAN HORNE MOVED TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY ON CERTIFICATION OF PSYCHIATRY TO DETERMINE IF NEVADA HAS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PERFORM CERTIFICATIONS OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRISTS, AND IF NOT, DETERMINE WHERE COULD FORENSIC PSYCHIATRISTS BE CERTIFIED. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR WIENER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Senator Nolan requested that staff research the qualifications and standards of the practice of forensic psychiatry and determine if Nevada could certify that practice.

12 16. Draft legislation to amend NRS (Tab H) to change the standard of proof by which a defendant must prove insanity at trial from proof by a preponderance of evidence to proof by clear and convincing evidence. (Recommendation proposed by Robbin Trowbridge-Benko at the Subcommittee s November 9, 2005, meeting.) The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion. 17. Draft legislation to amend the NRS to create an additional plea of Guilty But Mentally Ill. (Recommendation proposed by Ben Graham, District Attorneys Association. Mr. Graham s proposed draft is included as Tab I.) ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER MOVED TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATION NO. 17 AND CODIFICATION OF THE MCNAUGHTON RULE IN STATUTE. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY SENATOR MCGINNESS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 18. Revise procedures for commitment, treatment, and release of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity. (Recommendation proposed by Ben Graham, District Attorney s Association. Language in Mr. Graham s proposed draft would amend NRS and add several new sections in locations within the NRS to be determined. This language would create a procedure whereby a person found not guilty by reason of insanity could be committed and treated. There are provisions also for release from custody under certain circumstances. See also Tab I.) The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion. There was a discussion regarding the position of the Nevada District Attorney s Association on the recommendation. Kristen Erickson, Nevada District Attorney s Association, told Subcommittee members that no action in the meeting today would prompt her organization to request a bill draft request.

13 Issues Concerning Nevada s Department of Corrections 19. Draft a letter or include a statement in the final report encouraging NDOC to create a citizens advisory committee to monitor inmate grievances and to study inmate housing issues. Request NDOC to forward the findings from the feasibility study to the Legislature. (Recommendation Proposed by William C. Frankel, citizen, Las Vegas, and Pat Hines, Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform, Yerington, at the Subcommittee s January 31, 2006, meeting.) The Subcommittee did not take any action on the recommendation due to a lack of a motion. 20. Draft a letter to the Legislative Commission requesting the Commission to direct the Audit Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to conduct a performance evaluation of correctional programs. The evaluation should include an assessment of vocational training programs and educational programs. The evaluation should also incorporate a survey of programs which have been successful in other states and address the issue of availability and accessibility to correctional programs by male and female prisoners. (Recommendation proposed by Senator Dennis Nolan at the Subcommittee s April 27, 2006, meeting.) SENATOR NOLAN MOVED TO COMBINE RECOMMENDATION NOS. 20 AND 19 AND AMEND IT TO INCLUDE HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ASSEMBLYMAN ANDERSON MOVED TO DRAFT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR REGARDING MODIFIED RECOMMENDATION NOS. 19 AND 20. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ASSEMBLYMAN CARPENTER AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

14 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Subcommittee, the meeting was adjourned sine die at 4:18 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kennedy Principal Research Secretary APPROVED BY: Patrick R. Cadle Senior Research Analyst Assemblyman William C. Horne, Chairman Date:

15 LIST OF EXHIBITS Exhibit A is the Meeting Notice and Agenda provided by Patrick R. Cadle, Senior Research Analyst, Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB), Carson City, Nevada. Exhibit B is a document submitted by Dorothy Nash Holmes, Deputy Director, Correctional Programs, Nevada s Department of Corrections. Exhibit C is the Work Session Document furnished by Patrick R. Cadle, Senior Research Analyst, Research Division, LCB, Carson City. Exhibit D is a letter to Chairman William C. Horne regarding proposed changes to law submitted by Chief Justice Robert E. Rose, Supreme Court of Nevada. This set of Summary Minutes and Action Report is supplied as an informational service. Exhibits in electronic format may not be complete. Copies of the complete exhibits, other materials distributed at the meeting, and the audio record are on file in the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, Carson City, Nevada. You may contact the Library online at or telephone: 775/