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Was the 34th special session of the Nevada Legislature held in June 2023 the shortest in state history?

By Kristyn Leonard
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The Nevada Legislature set the record for the state's shortest special session on Tuesday, June 7, 2023. The 34th special session gaveled in at 9:29 p.m. and adjourned at 11:23 p.m. the same day. In total, it lasted only one hour and 54 minutes.

The session was called by Gov. Joe Lombardo to pass the Capital Improvement Program bill, one of five major bills making up the state budget. The measure had failed to pass the day before, in the final hour of the state’s 82nd regular session.

Ten special sessions, including the 34th, have started and ended within the same 24-hour period. Of those, the next shortest were the 16th special session, held in 1989, which lasted two hours and 14 minutes, and the 27th special session, held in 2013, which lasted two hours and 19 minutes.

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Google Docs Special sessions that began and ended within one 24-hour period
Nevada Independent Legislature strikes special session deal, advances last budget bill
Nevada Independent Lombardo to convene special session to consider failed budget bill
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