Assembly Government Affairs committee moves 14 bills in work session; key votes and floor assignments

The Assembly Committee on Government Affairs conducted a work session and acted on 14 bills the committee had previously heard. Most measures were approved (some as amended), several drew recorded no votes from individual assembly members, and each bill was assigned a member to deliver the floor statement.

Below are the bills acted on in the committee work session, the motion recorded in the transcript, named mover/second when stated, any recorded recorded no votes, and the committee’s assigned floor statement recipient as noted during the meeting.

- AB 1 (voids certain regulations relating to the Fort Mohave Valley Development Law): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair (unnamed in transcript); second: Assembly Member Karas. Recorded opposition: Assembly Members Gurr and Gallant. Outcome: motion carries. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Flanagan.

- AB 8 (revises provisions relating to State Financial Administration—parks deposit timing): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair Wynne; second: Assembly Member Carter. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Gray.

- AB 10 (adds improvement of water/sewer systems owned by common interest communities to neighborhood improvement projects): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair Wynne; second: Assembly Member Carter. One member indicated "yes with reservation," but the roll call recorded the measure as passing unanimously. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Hunt.

- AB 14 (requires certain county offices and the Carson City Board of Supervisors to be registered to vote in Nevada, with exception for officeholders as of 07/01/2025): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair Winn; second: Assembly Member Carter. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Kasama.

- AB 50 (authorizes counties to establish an electronic database for mass casualty incident victims; clarifies reporting requirements and immunities): Motion to amend and do pass (amendments proposed by Clark County analyst Ashley Kennedy were presented); mover: Assembly Member Hunt; second: Assembly Member Da Silva. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Jackson.

- AB 57 (transfers certain duties relating to Nevada Interstate Mutual Aid System to State Forester/Fire Warden and clarifies mutual aid procedures): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair (unnamed); second: Assembly Member Carter. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member DeLong.

- AB 64 (various changes to Nevada’s open meeting law, including remote technology and public comment provisions; Attorney General amendment removed a guaranteed 3-minute-per-speaker requirement): Motion to amend and do pass; mover: Vice Chair Winn; second: Assembly Member Carter. Recorded opposition: Assembly Members Gurr and Gallant. Outcome: motion carries. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Karas.

- AB 114 (changes appointment and chair election procedures for County Fair and Recreation Boards): Motion to amend and do pass; mover: Assembly Member DeLong; second: Assembly Member Ger. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member DeLong.

- AB 155 (adds pupil-per-teacher ratios and certain support staffing ratios to mandatory bargaining subjects for public employees; effective date amended to 07/01/2025): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair Winn; second: Assembly Member Hunt. Recorded opposition: Assembly Members De Silva, DeLong, Edgeworth and Gallant. Outcome: motion carries. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member L'Heureux Hatch.

- AB 189 (revises notary public oath and affirmation rules): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair (unnamed); second: Assembly Member Da Silva. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Koenig.

- AB 274 (waives certain Secretary of State business license fees for eligible veterans and gold star family members under specified conditions): Motion to "do pass"; mover: Vice Chair Winn; second: Assembly Member Karas. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member O'Neil.

- AB 281 (revises compensation to align Nevada militia benefits with equivalent federal Title 10/32 benefits; Adjutant General proposed clarifying amendments): Motion to amend and do pass; mover: Assembly Member DeLong; second: Vice Chair Wynne. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Da Silva.

- AB 303 (applies public-works provisions to publicly funded broadband/telecommunications/fiber projects and record-submission requirements to the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank; sponsor amendments limited scope and added co-sponsors): Motion to amend and do pass; mover: Vice Chair Wynne; second: Assembly Member Carter. Recorded opposition: Assembly Members Gallant, DeLong, Gurr, Edgeworth and Kasama. Outcome: motion carries. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Karas.

- AB 325 (defines artificial intelligence and bars AI from making final emergency-management decisions and from being the sole basis for public-utility emergency shutdown decisions; NV Energy-requested clarification was added): Motion to amend and do pass; mover: Vice Chair Wynne; second: Assembly Member Carter. Outcome: unanimous pass. Floor statement assigned to Assembly Member Torres Fawcett.

Overall context: the committee opened the work session, considered 14 bills it had previously heard, approved or approved-as-amended each measure during the session recorded in the transcript, and assigned floor statement responsibilities for the next step in each bill’s legislative process. Several bills had recorded no votes from named assembly members, but no motion failed during the session.

(This roundup uses the committee’s recorded motions, named movers/seconds when provided, and the recorded names of members voting "no." Where the transcript did not provide a specific mover or a complete tally of "yes" votes, the article reports the mover/second names exactly as stated and records named opposition when available.)