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Nevada Senate refers package of bills to committees without objection
Summary
On March 5, 2025, the Nevada State Senate formally introduced and referred a series of Senate Bills and a concurrent resolution to standing committees; members approved referrals by unanimous consent with no recorded roll-call votes.
The Nevada State Senate on March 5, 2025, introduced a package of bills and referred each to committees for initial consideration, with senators approving the referrals by unanimous consent.
Senators formally placed measures on committee dockets across policy areas including water, education, public safety, higher education appropriations, foster care, food security, rental assistance, child welfare, apprenticeships, communications and planning coordination, public works, fire-risk areas, and local government authority.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, sponsored by Senators Pizzino, DeNate, Wynne and Taylor, was referred to the interim joint standing committee on the judiciary after Senator Pesina moved the referral and the Senate registered no objection. Later, senators introduced and referred multiple Senate Bills by number and sponsor to standing committees: SB 276 (water) to Natural Resources; SB 277 and SB 278 (education) to Education; SB 279 (law enforcement) to Government Affairs; SB 280 (appropriation to UNLV School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial care) to Finance; SB 281 (foster care) to Health and Human Services; SB 282 (food security) to Government Affairs; SB 283 (appropriations for rental assistance in Clark County, Reno and Sparks) to Finance; SB 284 (child welfare) to Health and Human Services; SB 285 (apprenticeships) to Commerce and Labor; SB 286 (communication, cooperation and consultation provisions in planning processes) to Natural Resources; SB 287 (public works) to Government Affairs; SB 288 (requirements for high fire-risk areas) to Government Affairs; and SB 289 (local government provisions) to Government Affairs.
Senators who moved referrals included Senator Pesina (for SCR 3), Senator Hansen (SB 276), Senator Cruz Crawford (SB 277, SB 278, SB 286), Senator Pizzina or Pizina (moved several referrals including SB 279 and SB 287 and SB 288), Senator Wynne (SB 280), Senator Winn (SB 281), Senator Cannizzaro (SB 282, SB 283, SB 284), Senator Daley (SB 285), and Senator Flores (SB 289). The Senate clerk recorded that 20 senators were present during the business of the desk; referrals were disposed of by unanimous consent with no recorded roll-call votes.
Why it matters: referrals place bills on committee agendas where subject-matter hearings, fiscal analysis and stakeholder testimony occur. Several referred bills—such as the UNLV School of Dental Medicine appropriation and rental assistance measures—carry budget implications and will go next to the Finance Committee for fiscal review.
The Senate concluded its order of business 10 and the business of the desk for the legislative day before proceeding to remarks on the floor and guest recognitions.
