LAS VEGAS (KNTV) — Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed a bill that would expand health care for lung diseases faced by first responders that was passed by the Nevada Legislature during the special session last month.

Sources had told Channel 13 that Lombardo was considering vetoing the measure, Senate Bill 7 , which did not appear on the governor's original special session proclamation or on a superseding proclamation signed by two-thirds of the Legislature's membership.

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Behind-the-scenes lobbying on the measure was intense, one source told Channel 13.

The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada, whose representatives had lobbied hard for the bill, thanked the governor in a ne

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