Issues

Each legislative session, legislators face more than 1500 individual pieces of proposed legislation, generally referred to as “bills.” Those bills are requested by individual legislators, governmental agencies, and interim committees which have studied the more complex issues.

Some measures simply make small updates or corrections to previously passed law. Other bills, running hundreds of pages, take on complex changes which are frequently hotly debated.

Here, Assemblyman William Horne discusses a few issues that he worked on during the 2007 legislative session:

Restoring the Public Trust:

William co-sponsored Assembly Bill 79, a law that would prohibit a public officer or employee from using governmental time, property or equipment for activities relating to a political campaign. It’s important that our public officials and employees are held to a high standard, and your tax dollars should not go towards political campaigns. “I am proud to be a part of this legislation, with so many scandals in the public arena I hope this is a step in the right direction to restoring the public trust in our elected officials.”

Preventing Drug Abuse:

With Methamphetamine abuse on the rise in Nevada there is a great need for more resources to prevent people from using in the first place. William co-sponsored Assembly Bill 149, which helps fund the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services in the Department of Health and Human Service for the prevention of the abuse of Methamphetamine.

Getting Tough on Domestic Violence:

William is proud to have been the chief sponsor of Assembly Bill 194, which further protects victims of domestic violence by prohibiting adverse parties from having a firearm. William was honored by the Southern Nevada Domestic Violence Task Force for his work on this bill.

Honoring Exemplary Citizens:

William was the chief sponsor of a resolution honoring United States Air Force Major Nicole Malachowski, one of Nevada’s own Thunderbird pilots. William believes that ordinary people do extraordinary things everyday, and Major Malachowski is just one example.