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Nevada Senate introduces 19 bills, refers measures to committees
Summary
On March 11, 2025, the Nevada Senate introduced 19 Senate bills covering insurance, charter schools, public utilities, education, public safety and other topics and referred each to the relevant standing committee; Government Affairs reported SB 96 "due passed."
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Senate introduced 19 bills and referred each to a standing committee during its floor session on March 11, 2025, while the Senate Committee on Government Affairs reported Senate Bill 96 "due passed."
The introductions covered a range of subjects including insurance, charter schools, county fire protection, crosswalks, the Board of Regents, offender employment and training on dementia and cognitive impairment, among others. Each bill was referred to a committee by the sponsoring senator and the referrals were approved by unanimous consent with no objections recorded on the floor.
Senate leaders opened the day with roll call and a committee report from the Government Affairs Committee. The committee, chaired by Senator Edgar Flores, presented a report recommending that Senate Bill 96 be returned to the floor "due passed." The clerk recorded that 20 senators were present when the body proceeded to the business of the day.
Bills introduced and referral actions announced on the floor included:
- SB 316 (introduced by Senator Wynne) — provisions relating to insurance; referred to Commerce and Labor. - SB 317 (introduced by Senator Daley) — provisions relating to industrial insurance; referred to Commerce and Labor. - SB 318 (introduced by Senator Daley) — revisions related to charter schools; referred to Education. - SB 319 (introduced by Senators Daley and Taylor) — provisions relating to county fire protection districts; referred to Government Affairs. - SB 320 (introduced by Senator Scheibel) — provisions relating to crosswalks; referred to Growth and Infrastructure. - SB 321 (introduced by Senator Winters) — referred to Growth and Infrastructure. - SB 322 (introduced by Senator Taylor and Assembly Member Hanson) — revisions relating to the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; referred to Education. - SB 323 (introduced by Senators Scheibel, Cruz Crawford, Daley, Wynne and Taylor) — revisions relating to offenders; referred to Judiciary. - SB 324 (introduced by Senators Scheibel and Wynne) — prohibitions relating to the sale of water in certain disposable [containers]; referred to Natural Resources. - SB 325 (introduced by Senator Donato) — requires certain counties, cities and nonprofits to establish a program relating to adoption of certain animals; referred to Government Affairs. - SB 326 (introduced by Senator Cruz Crawford) — requires certain public utilities to submit an annual report to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada relating to infrastructure; referred to Growth and Infrastructure. - SB 327 (introduced by Senator Cruz Crawford) — revisions relating to contractors; referred to Commerce and Labor. - SB 328 (introduced by Senator Cruz Crawford and Senator Lupo) — provisions relating to education; referred to Education. - SB 329 (introduced by Senator Flores) — requires certain persons to complete training on dementia and cognitive impairments; referred to Health and Human Services. - SB 330 (introduced by Senator Neal) — revisions relating to facilities for skilled nursing; referred to Health and Human Services. - SB 331 (introduced by Senator Feigl) — referred to Education. - SB 332 (introduced by Senator O'Neill) — prohibits bad-faith assertions of copyright infringement; referred to Commerce and Labor. - SB 333 (introduced by Senator O'Neill) — makes an appropriation to the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board for certain expenses; referred to Finance. - SB 334 (introduced by Senator O'Neill) — revisions relating to the employment of offenders; referred to Judiciary.
Two sponsor changes were also announced: Senator Buck approved adding Senator Stone as a primary sponsor on Senate Bill 131, and Senator Taylor approved adding Senator Stone as a sponsor on Senate Bill 146. Those sponsor additions were recorded on the floor and ordered without objection.
All referrals and sponsor additions were made by motion on the floor by the sponsoring senators and were entered by unanimous consent after the presiding officer asked for objections and none were raised. The Senate adjourned to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
Votes at a glance: No roll-call or recorded roll-call votes were taken on the introduced bills on March 11; referrals and sponsor additions were approved by unanimous consent when the Senate asked if there were any objections and none were recorded.
