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Nevada Senate passes $8.5 billion General Appropriations Act for 2025–27 biennium
Summary
The Nevada Senate approved Assembly Bill 591, the General Appropriations Act, allocating $4.2 billion for fiscal year 2026 and $4.3 billion for fiscal year 2027, for a total of $8.5 billion over the 2025–27 biennium. The bill passed by a 21-0 roll call and was ordered to the Assembly.
The Nevada Senate on May 22, 2025 approved Assembly Bill 591, the General Appropriations Act, allocating $4.2 billion for fiscal year 2026 and $4.3 billion for fiscal year 2027, for a combined total of $8.5 billion for the 2025–27 biennium.
Senator Dallas Wynne, speaking on behalf of the Senate Committee on Finance, presented the bill and said the totals reflect the final budgetary decisions of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance. The measure passed on a roll-call vote of 21 yeas and 0 nays and was declared passed and ordered to the Assembly.
The bill’s totals represent an increase of approximately $1.5 billion compared with general fund appropriations reported for the 2023–25 biennium in the 2023 General Appropriations Act, according to the floor summary presented to the Senate. The legislation delineates the general fund amounts the money committees approved for the operation of Nevada state government for the upcoming biennium.
Senator Wynne summarized the topline amounts on the Senate floor but did not provide a detailed line-item breakdown in the remarks recorded in the transcript. The Senate record shows the clerk opened and closed the roll and recorded 21 yes votes and zero no votes.
With the passage in the Senate, the measure was transmitted to the Assembly for further action.
