Senate Bill 4 22, carried in the Assembly by Senator James Orencshaw (SD 21), aims to ensure the Department of Motor Vehicles offers additional hours to help Nevadans obtain the Nevada ID required for same‑day voter registration.

Sen. Orencshaw told the committee the measure is intended to “make sure that persons who are qualified to vote are able to participate in our elections and that any potential obstacles to their participation are removed.” Emily Persaud Zamora of Silver State Voices, which runs an election protection program, said voters from all parties misunderstand that same‑day registration requires a Nevada ID and that added DMV access helps people update registrations at the polling place.

Nevada DMV chief deputy Sean Seiver described the department’s position as neutral and explained the fiscal impact. The DMV already offers expanded hours at some urban offices prior to elections, Seiver said, but formalizing those extra shifts in statute would require overtime pay and security staff. “It would be a $118,501 in each year of the biennium,” Seiver told the committee, and he offered to work with the sponsor on narrowing hours to reduce costs.

Opponents—led by the Nevada Republican Party’s legislative affairs director, Joshua Skaggs, and speaking members of several small parties and civic groups—argued the bill would add expense and complexity to elections, expressed concern about provisional ballot management and residency verification, and referenced earlier litigation and vetoes of similar proposals. Many callers and witnesses questioned whether the expected impact justifies the appropriation and disputed the premise that insufficient DMV access causes significant eligible voting losses.

Deputy Secretary of State Mark Woloshen (for Secretary of State) and Senator Orencshaw pushed back on factual errors in testimony. Woloshen clarified that Nevada’s residency rule for electors is 30 days, not six months, and described interstate voter‑roll checks that reduce the risk of duplicate registration. He also said federal and state law already make voting twice a crime and that those cases would be prosecuted.

After taking public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on SB 422. There was no work‑session vote recorded in committee at this hearing; the DMV fiscal estimate and residency clarifications are on the record for members to weigh as the bill moves forward.