Votes at a glance: Nevada Senate advances dozens of bills to general file and the Assembly

The Nevada Senate on April 15 considered a large number of resolutions and bills, advancing dozens to the next stage of the legislative process. Several measures were adopted unanimously or by large margins; a small number drew divided votes.

Key floor actions declared by the secretary or announced from the floor included the adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 7 (urging the federal government to reconsider Yucca Mountain as a spent nuclear fuel repository) and Senate Joint Resolution 8 (urging federal protection for public lands near the Las Vegas Valley). Both joint resolutions passed unanimously (21-0) and were ordered to the Assembly.

The chamber also moved a slate of Senate bills forward. Several that the Senate declared passed and ordered to the Assembly include SB 8 (changes to Aging and Disability Services Division terminology), SB 9 (Medicaid-related billing/cooperation provisions), SB 10 (reporting changes for the State Land Registrar), SB 11 (rules for extended unemployment benefits), SB 13 (court authority over bail disposition; recorded 20-1), SB 19 (interstate fire compacts ratification), SB 21 (outdoor recreation grant program changes), SB 45 (career and technical education grant calculation), SB 46 (gaming regulatory provisions), SB 84 (domestic violence treatment curriculum), SB 102 (prohibitions against false slates of presidential electors; recorded vote 13-8), SB 114 (landlord key-control and background-check requirements for large properties), and SB 120 (court fee/payment-plan reforms). Many additional bills were reprinted, engrossed and placed on the general file for later consideration or referred to other committees due to fiscal impact.

Where a formal roll call was recorded in the transcript, the secretary announced the tallies on the floor; where only committee actions or orders to reprint/engross were recorded there was no roll-call vote spoken aloud. In several instances the floor adopted committee-sponsored amendments before placing bills on the general file.

Several bills were identified on the floor as having fiscal impacts and were re-referred to the Finance Committee upon return from reprint, per the floor announcements. A number of measures included technical or policy clarifications and were adopted with amendments proposed by committees before the bills were reprinted and advanced.

The Senate concluded the day by taking a recess; the Senate chair and secretary announced passage and general-file placements as each item concluded on the floor.