Text Box: Writing to Your Legislators, continued from page 2 Addressing written correspondence Nevada State Senators Senator (full name) 401 South Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 Email address=(first initial)+(last name)@sen.state.nv.us             I.e. Mark Amodei is mamodei@sen.state.nv.us Dear Senator (last name), Nevada State Assemblymen or Assemblywomen Assemblyman/Assemblywoman (full name) 401 South Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701   Email address=(first initial)+(last name)@asm.state.nv.us i.e. Bonnie Parnell is bparnell@asm.state.nv.us Dear Assemblyman/Assemblywoman (last name), How a Bill Becomes a Law From “Guide to the Nevada State Legislature”   Initial Steps by the Author Idea Ideas for legislation come from elected officials, businesses, lobbyists, and citizens. Drafting Legislators, legislative committees, the Governor, state agencies, and local governments may request bill drafts.  Staff attorneys in the Legislative Counsel Bureau prepare the formal drafts of bills. Action in the House of Origin Introduction and First Reading A bill is submitted by a Senator or Assembly member, numbered and read for the first time, assigned to a committee, and printed.  A bill or resolution may be introduced in either the Senate or the Assembly and cosponsors in the other house may be listed on the front of the measure.     Continued on page 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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