LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Legislature's special session ground to a halt almost immediately on Thursday, as a procedural move nearly killed a controversial proposal for $1.4 billion in film tax credits.

After some brief parliamentary business — including swearing in two appointed members — Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager was referring bills to a trio of select committees when Assemblywoman Selena La Rue Hatch, D-Washoe County, raised an objection to the film tax bill.

Citing an Assembly standing rule, La Rue Hatch demanded a vote on rejecting the film tax bill outright. If a majority of members had supported the motion, the bill — known now as Assembly Bill 5 — would have died and could not have been brought back for the rest of the session.

The motion sparked a lengthy recess, du

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