Rank-and-file lawmakers, lobbyists and issue advocates repeatedly criticized the chaotic nature of a week-long special session that saw the demise of a Democratic-sponsored plan to publicly subsidize the film industry and the passage of Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s amended crime bill.

Underlying the session was frustration, anger, and confusion caused by a legislative process wherein rules sometimes seemed to alternate between capricious and optional, the Nevada Current reports.

At times, the special session also shelved transparency in a swirl of abbreviated timelines, stifled public input, and fewer opportunities for deliberation or review of legislation. And all for what several legislators characterized as bills that did not warrant a special session.

Assemblymember Jill Dickman

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