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Nevada Senate approves series of appropriations and budget-related bills, sending multiple measures to Assembly
Summary
On June 1, 2025, the Nevada Senate approved a batch of appropriations and budget measures — including restorations to contingency and emergency accounts, higher-education and public-safety appropriations — and ordered them to the Assembly, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
The Nevada Senate on June 1 approved a package of appropriation and budget-related bills and ordered them to the Assembly, including measures to restore certain state accounts, provide one-time funding for higher education and fund departmental equipment and operations.
Senator Titus said Assembly Bill 558, as amended, makes general‑fund appropriations totaling $30,400,000 "to restore the balances in the state stale claims account, the emergency account, and the contingency account," and then listed the bill’s allocation language: "4.6 in the state stale claims account, 17,000 for emergency account, and $25,700,000 into the IFC contingency account." The bill was adopted and passed by a constitutional majority.
Other approved appropriations on the floor included:
- Assembly Bill 567: Senator Stone said the bill provides $11,000,000 in general‑fund appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education for safety and security equipment and enhancements; the act becomes effective July 1, 2025.
- Assembly Bill 568: Senator Dondero Lupo said, as amended, AB 568 provides one-time general‑fund appropriations totaling $57,500,000 to the Nevada System of Higher Education for operational and instructional expenses.
- Assembly Bill 571: An amendment (9‑88) to AB 571 was adopted; the bill makes appropriations to the Department of Education for professional development, information-technology projects, programs and grants.
- Assembly Bill 575 and AB 570: Floor sponsors noted appropriations to the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections for equipment, vehicles and other needs; Senator Scheibel commented informally that some appropriations "allow another department to buy some more vehicles," reflecting vehicle purchases included in those bills’ line items.
- Assembly Bill 581: A supplemental appropriation to the Department of Corrections to cover an unanticipated shortfall was approved.
Most of the appropriation bills were approved unanimously on the floor with recorded tallies reading "Yeses are 21. The noes are 0." A few non-appropriation measures acted on the same day had different tallies (for example, AB 585 was approved 17–4). Sponsors repeatedly described the bills as targeted appropriations for departmental needs, operational expenses and one-time projects.
The Senate also handled other non-appropriation items that day, including career-coaching authorization in AB 539 and changes to the Department of Taxation’s notice delivery in AB 594. AB 594, as amended, authorizes the Department of Taxation to deliver notices and other written documents by electronic means under certain circumstances and passed the Senate 21–0.
The bills were ordered and rolled and will be transmitted to the Assembly for its action.
