Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have killed a bill that would have prohibited penalties against anyone who rejects a government offer for property in eminent domain proceedings.
AB397 would have revised a current law that allows a government to seek attorneys' fees from a person who rejects a settlement offer, regardless of the outcome of a trial.
Assemblyman William Horne, D-Las Vegas, offered an amendment Thursday, to limit the bill to single-family residences, in an unsuccessful effort to save the bill.
The vote to pass the bill out of committee failed 4-3 along party lines with Judiciary Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, and Sens. Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, Dennis Nolan, R-Las Vegas, and Maurice Washington, R-Sparks, voting "no."
Lawyers for the powerful Jones-Vargas law firm had lobbied against the bill.
