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Votes at a glance: Nevada Senate passage log for May 20, 2025
Summary
On May 20 the Nevada Senate voted on and passed multiple bills, including SB85, SB119, SB156, SB193 and several Assembly bills; recorded roll-call tallies and short descriptions are listed below.
The Nevada Senate conducted multiple roll-call votes and procedural actions on May 20, 2025. Below are the bills recorded with final roll-call results in the transcript excerpt and a brief description drawn from floor statements.
- SB 85 — Continued traffic study (final passage). Result: passed; yes 11, no 8. Senate sponsors said the bill continues a traffic study the body has been conducting for two years.
- SB 119 — Appropriation to College of Southern Nevada to support the Nevada GROW program (as amended). Result: passed; yes 19, no 0. Amendment reduced the appropriation to $1,200,000 from a larger initial amount.
- SB 156 — Prevention of gun violence (as amended). Result: passed; yes 11, no 8. Committee amendment deleted creation of a standalone office and instead requires the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel for prevention of gun violence (see separate article).
- SB 193 — Pilot program to reduce interest rates on mortgage loans for certain eligible borrowers (as amended). Result: passed; yes 14, no 5. Committee amendment revised the bill’s effective date to July 1, 2025.
- AB 92 — Makes rooms or spaces in public buildings available without charge upon application of a major political party central committee. Result: passed; yes 19, no 0.
- AB 415 — Revises provisions governing towing of motor vehicles (as introduced). Result: passed; yes 19, no 0.
- AB 551 — Requires background checks for persons employed by Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (as amended). Result: passed; yes 19, no 0. Amendment added fingerprinting and Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the covered entities.
- AB 588 — Replaces 'assemblyman'/'assemblywoman' with 'assemblymember' in Nevada Revised Statutes. Result: passed; yes 11, no 8. The measure prompted extended floor debate on inclusion and historical recognition.
Several additional bills were placed on general file, ordered reprinted or engrossed, or assigned to committees with no recorded roll-call in the provided excerpt. Those items included appropriations and policy bills (for example SB104, SB132, SB1 04, AB 544, AB 563 and others) that were moved with committee amendments or ordered to the general file; where a final roll-call appeared in the transcript above it is listed here.
