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Votes at a glance: Key Senate actions April 16, 2025
Summary
A roundup of bills acted on by the Nevada Senate on April 16, including passage tallies and brief descriptions of measures ordered to the Assembly or otherwise acted upon.
The Nevada Senate conducted a series of votes and actions on April 16, 2025. Below are the key bills and outcomes recorded on the Senate floor.
- SB 16 — Revises disciplinary actions the State Contractors Board may take and makes it unlawful to interfere with board investigations; passed 21-0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- SB 17 — Revises provisions relating to specialty courts and pre-prosecution diversion eligibility and clarifies district court authority for certain treatment programs; passed 21-0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- SB 28 — Expands tax increment area undertakings to include affordable housing and transit-related projects; passed 17-4 and ordered to the Assembly. (Separate story covers floor debate.)
- SB 93 — Sets workforce, safety and training certification preferences in state grant awards for broadband infrastructure; passed 13-8 and ordered to the Assembly. (Separate story covers floor debate.)
- SB 138 — Requires birthing hospitals to offer parents the option to sign newborns up for presumptive Medicaid eligibility if the newborn is placed in a NICU; passed 18-3 and ordered to the Assembly. (Separate story covers floor debate.)
- SB 162 — Requires entities accepting state appropriations to agree to comply with specified civil-rights and employment laws; passed 21-0 and ordered to the Assembly.
- SB 381 — Revises powers and duties of sheriffs, constables and related personnel, including certifying and limiting certain constable requirements; passed 20-1 and ordered to the Assembly.
- SB 450 — Revises provisions concerning bailiffs and deputy marshals in certain courts, clarifies employment status and assignment; passed 11-10 and ordered to the Assembly.
- SB 353 — Committee amendment 116 was adopted on the floor (clarifies terms and per diem rates); amendment ordered to be reprinted and the bill was ordered to the general file. Later in the day, the bill was among those re-referred to the Committee on Finance because a fiscal impact was identified.
- SCR 2 — Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 recognizes the Fruit Loop in Clark County as a historical LGBTQ+ landmark; adopted by voice vote and transmitted to the Assembly.
Additional procedural actions: The Senate temporarily suspended certain reprinting rules for amended bills from April 16 through April 22 to reduce staff burden; that motion carried. Several bills and resolutions were placed on the secretary’s desk or moved among reading files as routine floor management.
Roll-call tallies are recorded where a roll call occurred; other measures were adopted by voice vote as noted above.
