The Assembly Committee on Ways and Means on an extended morning agenda voted to move a long list of bills out of committee, approving amendments and sending many measures to the Assembly floor for further action.

The committee, chaired by Assemblywoman Sandra Monroe Moreno, conducted a large work session during which members approved motions—most by voice vote—to amend and do pass on a range of budget and implementation bills. Committee staff and the fiscal analyst presented fiscal notes or proposed amendments for many items before the committee adopted motions to advance them.

Why it matters: The committee’s action advances spending priorities and implementation steps across multiple state agencies before the Legislature returns to final floor action. Several votes included appropriations that would add or change funding not included in the governor’s recommended budget, raising immediate budget decisions for the full Assembly.

Most significant outcomes
- Appropriations tied to housing and eviction prevention: Assembly Bill 475 was amended to reduce the sponsor’s original $25 million appropriation for eviction-diversion programs to $21 million, reallocating funding between Clark County, the City of Reno (including unincorporated Washoe County and Sparks by amendment), and $750,000 proposed for rural eviction-diversion efforts. The motion to amend and do pass carried.

- Food assistance and related appropriations: Assembly Bill 474, which would create a surplus-food assistance program administered by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and included a $5,000,000 appropriation to a new account, was adopted as amended.

- Workforce, education and credentialing: The committee advanced several bills affecting professional licensing and workforce programs. These included AB163 (counseling compact ratification; amended effective date), AB230 (audiology and speech-language pathology compact), AB483 (priority review for license applicants serving underserved communities; amended to remove renewals), and AB462 (changes to the Inland Port / Industrial Park Authority and teacher-academy pathway amendments).

- State technology and administrative appropriations: The committee approved AB593, a large appropriation to support implementation of the statewide Enterprise Resource Planning system (CORE.NV), sending it to the floor as a do-pass.

- Public safety and corrections-related spending: The committee advanced AB575, with amendments that change several appropriation lines tied to Department of Public Safety hardware and support. It also advanced bills amending definitions and benefits for certain law-enforcement categories (AB93, with a small general-fund appropriation added for parole-and-probation physicals).

Other notable actions included amended approvals for bills creating special-license plates (AB117, AB409), establishing an Outdoor Education Council (AB165 with a small travel appropriation), continuing and funding early-childhood family-engagement programming (AB212), and an amended measure to rename and fund the Nevada Supportive Housing Development account (AB366 with modified appropriation language).

How the votes were taken: Most motions were made by Assemblymember Steve Bacchus and seconded by Assemblymember Hategui and passed by voice vote with “aye” recorded and no roll-call tallies in committee minutes. Committee staff assigned the official floor sponsor statement for each bill to a named member when the motion passed. Several bills had fiscal notes reduced or removed after amendments were accepted.

What’s next: The bills advanced by the committee will be scheduled for floor action by the full Assembly. Any appropriation changes will be reflected in the upcoming budget documents and may require additional adjustments during later budget deliberations.

Ending note: Committee members repeatedly emphasized that many of the work-session actions were technical or implementation-focused and that further policy debate—if any—would occur either during floor consideration or in follow-up hearings.