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Frequently Asked Questions about the Nevada Legislature's Website
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What's My District?</a> page</p> <h3>How do I contact my legislators?</h3> <p>Use the instructions above to find your legislator. Once you have looked up your address, click on the pin on the map to list your representatives. You can click on their names to go to their profiles where you will find their contact information.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <h2 class="mt-4">Personalized Legislative Tracking (PLT)</h2> <hr> <h3>How do I create an account?</h3> <p>In <a href="/App/NELIS/REL/">NELIS</a>, visit the main menu item for Personalized Legislative Tracking where you will find an option to Register with the Nevada Legislature.</p> <h3>I forgot my username/password. What do I do?</h3> <p>From the PLT login screen, click the "Account Recovery" link</p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <h2 class="mt-4">Session Information</h2> <hr> <h3>What is NELIS?</h3> <p>NELIS is the Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System. It provides up-to-date session information for bills, <abbr title="Bill Draft Request">BDRs</abbr>, budgets, committees and meetings.</p> <h3>What is a <abbr title="Bill Draft Request">BDR</abbr>?</h3> <p>The initials BDR stand for "Bill Draft Request." As the name implies, a BDR is a request for the Legal Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to draft a bill. When a legislator, a state agency, or other organization requests a bill draft, that request is added to the BDR list in the order it is received so that the public has notice of subjects that may be considered in the next legislative session.</p> <p>The brief description that appears on the BDR list (found under the <a href="/App/NELIS/REL/">BDRs menu item in NELIS</a>) is the only information that is available to the public until the bill is actually drafted and introduced. When that occurs, the number of the bill will appear in bold print under the BDR number on the list. For more information about that bill, click on the bill number.</p> <h3>How can I find a bill?</h3> <p>Visit the <a href="/App/NELIS/REL/">Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System (NELIS)</a> and go to Bills using the main menu.</p> <h3>How can I view an amendment?</h3> <p>Visit the <a href="/App/NELIS/REL/">Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System (NELIS)</a>, select a bill and the amendments will be listed in the "Amendments" tab.</p> <h3>How can I view the vote on a bill?</h3> <p>Visit the <a href="/App/NELIS/REL/">Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System (NELIS)</a>, select a bill and the votes will be listed in the "Votes" tab.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"></footer> <script src="/site/library/js/jquery-3.1.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.0/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-cs/chFZiN24E4KMATLdqdvsezGxaGsi4hLGOzlXwp5UZB1LY//20VyM2taTB4QvJ" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-ChfqqxuZUCnJSK3+MXmPNIyE6ZbWh2IMqE241rYiqJxyMiZ6OW/JmZQ5stwEULTy" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script> $("#header").load('/Site/header/HeaderBoot4.html' + "?" + Math.random()); $("#sidebar").load('/Division/Research/SideMenu.html' + "?" + Math.random()); $("#footer").load('/Site/footer/footer-v2.html' + "?" + Math.random()); </script> </body> </html>