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Nevada Senate introduces multiple bills and resolutions, refers measures to standing committees
Summary
During a floor session, the Nevada Senate introduced eight Senate joint resolutions and 29 Senate bills and referred each to the committees named by sponsors; motions to dispense with certain readings and to accept media representatives also passed by unanimous consent.
The Nevada Senate introduced a slate of bills and joint resolutions and sent them to standing committees during a floor session, with referrals approved by unanimous consent.
The session opened with routine roll call and ceremonial remarks, then moved to procedural motions. Senators voted to dispense with continued reading of the journal and to authorize the secretary to make necessary corrections; they also approved rules for how bills and resolutions will be read for the remainder of the session and dispensed with reading bill histories. The chamber accepted designated members of the press for use of Legislative Building media facilities.
Why it matters: The introductions clear the first procedural step for a wide group of proposals—ranging from constitutional amendments and land-use resolutions to bills on health care, education, commerce and labor, and government operations—and map each to a committee that will hold hearings and consider amendments before the measures can advance.
What was introduced and where it was sent - Senate joint resolutions: SJR 1 (urging Congress to allow a surviving spouse to receive a veteran's military retirement pay) was referred to the Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections; SJR 2 (proposed amendment to the Nevada Constitution on elections for unopposed incumbent judges/justices) to Legislative Operations and Elections; SJR 3 (urging Congress to call a convention of states) to Legislative Operations and Elections; SJR 4 (federal recognition of certain land-use planning principles) to Natural Resources; SJR 5 (various government reforms amendment to the Nevada Constitution) to Legislative Operations and Elections; SJR 6 (proposed amendment to create an independent redistricting commission) to Legislative Operations and Elections; SJR 7 (urging the federal government to find Yucca Mountain unsuitable) to Legislative Operations and Elections; and SJR 8 (urging protection of public lands adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens) to Legislative Operations and Elections.
- Senate bills: Sponsors introduced SB 160 through SB 188. Sponsors referred them to committees as follows (committee names and referrals as stated on the floor): SB 160 (Nevada Equal Rights Commission) to Government Affairs; SB 161 (local government employees) to Government Affairs; SB 162 (state financing) to Government Affairs; SB 163 (bail) to Judiciary; SB 164 (permits to carry concealed firearm) to Judiciary; SB 165 (behavioral health) to Commerce and Labor; SB 166 (housing) to Commerce and Labor; SB 167 (prohibiting sale of household cleaning products tested on animals) to Commerce and Labor; SB 168 (cannabis) to Commerce and Labor; SB 169 (third-party restaurant reservation platforms) to Commerce and Labor; SB 170 (industrial insurance) to Commerce and Labor; SB 171 (shield law for transgender community) to Commerce and Labor; SB 172 (agricultural workers' rights) to Commerce and Labor; SB 173 (environment) to Commerce and Labor; SB 174 (autism spectrum disorder provisions) to Education; SB 175 (military credentials, licensure of educational personnel) to Education; SB 176 (education) to Education; SB 177 (education) to Education; SB 178 (contingent appropriation to Monday's Dark Inc. for a facility) to Finance; SB 179 (discrimination) to Government Affairs; SB 180 (motor carriers) to Growth and Infrastructure; SB 181 (higher education) to Growth and Infrastructure; SB 182 (staffing of health care facilities) to Health and Human Services; SB 183 (case workers for child welfare agencies) to Health and Human Services; SB 184 (prohibits the use of latex in certain circumstances) to Health and Human Services; SB 185 (Medicaid reimbursement for care of disabled or chronically ill children) to Health and Human Services; SB 186 (requirements concerning the use of artificial intelligence in health care) to Health and Human Services; SB 187 (child welfare) to Health and Human Services; and SB 188 (procedures to assist persons with limited English proficiency in accessing health care) to Health and Human Services.
Most referrals were made by the senator who introduced the bill or resolution; the presiding officer asked for objections after each referral and, when none were voiced, the referral was ordered.
Context and next steps: Referral to a committee is the first committee-stage action; each listed committee will schedule hearings, receive testimony, and may amend or vote the measure out for floor consideration. The session adjourned with the Senate set to reconvene on Thursday, 02/06/2025, at 11 a.m., as moved and approved by the floor.
Votes at a glance: The session recorded unanimous-consent approvals on procedural motions and the referrals (floor practice: "Are there any objections? If not, so ordered"). Specific roll-call votes were not recorded for individual referrals in the transcript; where the presiding officer asked and no objections were offered, the referral was ordered by unanimous consent.
