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Laws of Nevada 2023, at page 3571, amending Nev. Rev. Stat. § 284.265 Set a percentage interview quota for veterans in classified state employment

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Expands benefits Requires an interview for every qualified disabled veteran and for other qualified veterans up to at least 22 percent of those interviewed.

NRS 284.265, subsection 2 now requires an appointing authority to interview for the position each veteran with a service-connected disability who is a qualified applicant, and, where there are qualified applicants who are veterans without a service-connected disability, to interview a number of such veterans equal to at least 22 percent of the total number of qualified applicants interviewed for the position, or all of them if there are not enough to reach that percentage, with percentages that are not whole numbers rounded to the next highest whole number. The section was amended in 2017 and again in 2023, and NRS 284.260 was amended in the same 2023 session to add a member of the Nevada National Guard who submits a letter of recommendation from the commanding officer of the member’s unit to the groups given preference in establishing pools of eligible persons. Tracked because it is the only percentage interview quota in this catalog and is materially stronger than the one-interview policy in South Carolina or the equally-qualified tie-breaker in New Hampshire, and because published descriptions of Nevada veteran employment benefits still describe it as a preference rather than as a mandatory interview obligation. The obligations run on qualified applicant status as the centralised system established under NRS 284.107 records it, so a veteran whose status is recorded only in a cover letter may not be counted.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Government Affairs, then Assembly Ways and Means
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 21-0, as amended, as an emergency measure
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Assembly, 42-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Chapter 532
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Government AffairsSponsor, Senate

What it touches

  • Nev. Rev. Stat. § 284.265
  • Nev. Rev. Stat. § 284.260

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Laws of Nevada 2023, at page 3571, amending Nev. Rev. Stat. § 284.265 on the jurisdiction's own record