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Ahead of this Earth Day 2008, on Friday I joined with representatives of Sierra Pacific and Black Rock Solar to discuss the state of solar energy in Nevada. Check out the audio from the KUNR broadcast.
As I mentioned on the show, this past week marked an important event in the evolution of Nevada’s renewable energy […]

Tomorrow marks an important day in my freshman career as a legislator. After almost a year and a half from when the idea was brought to my attention, Nevada’s living will lock box will be launched (press release, PDF). With this new service, Nevadans wishing to take charge of their medical futures will […]

The Nevada Conservation League has released its 2007 legislative scorecard. In addition to including two of my bills (AB 178 - Renewable Energy and AB 217 - Conservation seat for the State Environmental Commission) in their ratings, I’m honored to have been recognized under “Distinguished Deeds”:
Assemblyman David Bobzien (D – Reno), in his first […]

I’m proud to be the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project’s (SWEEP) 2007 Energy Efficiency Award winner. I share this honor with Senator Michael Schneider for our work enacting AB 178, specifically the provision setting energy efficiency standards for light bulbs sold in Nevada.
As related by the organization, “SWEEP is honoring the two of you for […]

The votes are in for the biennial survey of legislators’ performances by the Las Vegas Review Journal. At the end of every session, a survey form is sent to legislators, lobbyists and members of the media asking for an assessment of how each legislator did. Read the full post for some results.

With plenty of wrap up articles available online, here’s a brief overview of how my legislative agenda fared over the course of the legislative session…

“We’re on track, we’ll get this shut down by 10:45.” That was the message to me from a veteran lawmaker Monday night as we raced toward the 1 a.m. constitutionally-mandated deadline for the end of the session. The deals had been worked out, the bills primed for final voting, and everything was supposed to roll out smoothly, back and forth between the Senate and Assembly, following a road map that would lead us to the first conclusion of a session without going into a special session since 1999.

PRESS RELEASE: CARSON CITY—Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman David Bobzien (D-Reno) to create a voluntary online registry for living wills in the Secretary of State’s office has been approved by the Nevada Legislature and now goes to the Governor.

In the final days of the Legislature, Governor Jim Gibbons has signed into law AB 217. Representatives from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, the Nevada Conservation League and the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, all supporters of the legislation, were on hand for a signing ceremony yesterday morning in the Governor’s office.

For those of you who have been following its progress, yesterday the Senate passed AB 217, which will revise the composition of the State Environmental Commission.
The State Environmental Commission consists of eleven members and is responsible for regulations related to the environment. The commission includes seats for representatives of state agencies and areas of industry […]