LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Legislature for the first time called itself into a special session, using a procedure added to the state constitution by voters in 2012.

A total of 42 lawmakers signed a petition to call the special session, which incorporates all the items included on Gov. Joe Lombardo's Nov. 13 proclamation , as well as a bill to address corporate ownership of housing.

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Before 2012, only the governor could convene a special session, and was exclusively in charge of the agenda. But lawmakers proposed a constitutional amendment in the 2009 and 2011 sessions that voters blessed in 2012.

The procedure has never been used before this year.

"For the first time in Nevada

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