Votes at a glance: Appropriations and bills advanced by the Nevada Senate on May 26, 2025

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate on May 26 approved a slate of appropriation and policy bills, and took procedural actions to concur in or not concur with Assembly amendments on several measures. The roll calls and floor announcements below reflect the floor record on that date.

Key appropriations and budget-related bills (floor statements and roll calls)

- SB 90 (Dondero Loop): $15,000,000 general-fund appropriation to the Department of Education to support grants for classroom supplies and materials; provides up to $500 per teacher. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 472 (Senate Committee on Finance): Appropriations totaling $9,721,776 from the state general fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education for instruction caseload adjustments. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 473 (Senate Committee on Finance): General-fund appropriations totaling $224,699 and authorizations totaling $18,118 over the 2025-27 biennium to the Department of Education for replacement computer hardware, software and office furniture. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 475 (Senate Committee on Finance): One-time general-fund appropriations approximately $12,800,000 over the 2025-27 biennium to the Division of State Parks for vehicles, equipment, IT and radios. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 477 (Senate Committee on Finance): General-fund appropriations to the Department of Taxation for continued development and implementation of a unified tax system: $12,500,000 in FY26 and $15,300,000 in FY27; plus authorized expenditures of $5,000,000 during the 2025-27 biennium. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 480 (Senate Committee on Finance): Appropriation to the Office of Finance and the Governor's Office for a loan to the Office of the Chief Information Officer: total appropriations of $800,352 over the 2025-27 biennium; repayment in annual installments of 25% beginning 07/01/2027 and completed in FY2031. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 481 (Senate Committee on Finance): Supplemental general-fund appropriation in FY2025 of just over $1,600,000 to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health for contractual obligations for providers in Southern Nevada adult mental health services. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 487 (Senate Committee on Finance): General-fund appropriations of $8,983,876 to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs related to the business licensing system modernization project. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 496 (Senate Committee on Finance): Appropriation from the Highway Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles: $13.8 million in FY26 and $9.8 million in FY27 for migrating a legacy system and data to a cloud platform; and $33.9 million in FY26 and $30.397 million in FY27 for continuation of the DepartmentTransformation Effort Project. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

Other passed items and actions

- SB 6 (Senate Committee on Natural Resources): $600,000 per year to support the Nevada cloud seeding program via the Desert Research Institute. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- SB 233 (2 33) (Senators Deyate and Flores / Donate on floor): Requires the Council on Food Security to study long-term financial stability of Home Feeds Nevada and allocates $800,000 from the general fund to the program. Vote: Yes 21, No 0. Ordered to the Assembly.

- Concurrence and enrollment actions: The floor record shows the Senate concurred in assembly amendments for several bills and ordered them enrolled or notified the Assembly, including SB 114 (concur), SB 168 (concur; one senator announced an abstention for conflict), SB 235 (concur), SB 295 (concur with two amendments), SB 352 (ordered to the Assembly), and others as announced on the floor.

Context and procedure

- Most appropriation bills on the finance calendar were approved unanimously by the Senate (21-0) and were ordered to the Assembly. Several bills were read with section and effective date information included in floor statements.

Speakers (presenters and floor sponsors recorded in the transcript)

- Senator Dondero Loop — sponsor/presenter for SB 90 and other remarks - Senator D'Andrea Lueb — presenter for SB 472 - Senator Taylor — presenter for SB 473 - Senator Titus — presenter for SB 475 and SB 481 - Senator Stone — presenter for SB 477 and SB 487 - Senator Buck — presenter for SB 480 - Senator Neal — presenter for SB 496 - Senator Scheibel — presenter for SB 6 - Senator Donate — presenter for SB 233

Authoritative items recorded on the floor

- Each listed bill was introduced or reported to the floor and the floor record shows the outcome as noted above. Where the transcript recorded roll calls, tallies are reported verbatim.

Clarifying details (from floor statements)

- SB 90: $15,000,000 general fund; no more than $7,500,000 to be expended in FY26; allows $500 per teacher as described on the floor. - SB 472: $9,721,776 from the state general fund for caseload adjustments. - SB 473: $224,699 and $18,118 authorization across the 2025-27 biennium. - SB 475: Approximately $12.8 million one-time general fund. - SB 477: $12,500,000 in FY26 and $15,300,000 in FY27, plus $5,000,000 authorized expenditures in the 2025-27 biennium. - SB 480: $800,352 over the 2025-27 biennium; repayment schedule described on the floor. - SB 481: Supplemental appropriation of just over $1,600,000 in FY2025 for Southern Nevada adult mental health provider contractual obligations. - SB 487: $8,983,876 to Secretary of State for business licensing system modernization costs. - SB 496: Multiple Highway Fund appropriations and continuation costs for DMV IT transformation (see above for FY breakdown).

Provenance (floor evidence)

- topicintro: {"block_id":"s1294.76","local_start":0,"local_end":38,"evidence_excerpt":"S b 63 has received the constitutional majority as declared passed in order to the assembly."}

- topfinish: {"block_id":"s3580.095","local_start":0,"local_end":140,"evidence_excerpt":"The following bills are ready to be immediately transmitted to the assembly. Senate bills number 6 63 92 3 3 4 7 2 4 7 3. 4 7 5 4 7 7 4 8 0 4 8 1 4 8 7 4 9 6."}

Notes on usage of the floor record

- Where the transcript showed roll-call tallies, they are reported here exactly as read on the floor. Some procedural items and concurrence motions were recorded without full roll-call detail in the transcript. Where a senator announced an abstention (for example on SB 168), the transcript records that disclosure; the motion to concur nonetheless carried and the bill was ordered enrolled.

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