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Nevada Assembly refers slate of bills to committees, grants waivers for two measures
Summary
On Feb. 20, 2025, the Nevada Assembly introduced multiple bills and referred them to standing committees, and granted procedural waivers for two measures. Notices from the fiscal analysis division were also entered into the record.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Assembly on Feb. 20, 2025, introduced a package of assembly bills and referred each to the appropriate standing committee, while granting waivers of joint standing rules requested by the Senate for two measures.
The Assembly, convening at 11:41 a.m. with a quorum (41 members present, one absent, excused), accepted a string of first readings and motions to refer bills including AB 273 through AB 282. Several bills were moved by members on the floor and referred to committees including Judiciary, Government Affairs, Revenue, Commerce and Labor, and Health and Human Services.
Why it matters: The introductions and referrals set these measures on a path for committee consideration and hearings, a necessary step in the legislative process that determines which bills receive further vetting and possible amendments.
Key procedural actions
- The fiscal analysis division filed notices of exemption under Joint Standing Rule 14.6 for Assembly Bill 268 and for a group of bills (AB 92, AB 100, AB 208, AB 405, AB 2403), noting the division's determinations on Feb. 23, 2025, as entered into the Assembly record.
- The Assembly granted a waiver of portions of joint standing rule 14.3 and related deadlines for Senate Bill 161 at the request of Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro. Separately, a waiver was granted for BDR 202359 to revise provisions relating to law enforcement and to waive certain submission and committee deadlines; both waivers were recorded as effective Feb. 18, 2025.
Votes at a glance
- AB 273 (introduced by Assembly Members O'Neil and Dickman): Introduced and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Motion made by Assembly Member Miller; motion carried.
- AB 274 (introduced by O'Neil, Gray, Ger, et al.): Introduced and referred to the Committee on Government Affairs. Motion carried.
- AB 275 (O'Neil, DeLong, Dickman, et al.): Introduced and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Motion carried.
- AB 276 (O'Neil and Dickman): Introduced and referred to the Committee on Revenue. Motion made by Assembly Member Bacchus; motion carried.
- AB 277 (DeLonge and Gurr): Introduced and referred to the Committee on Revenue. Motion carried.
- AB 278 (Miller, Nadim, et al.): Designates July as Muslim American Heritage Month; referred to the Committee on Government Affairs. Motion carried.
- AB 279 (Ornette Liquor and Gonzales): Revises provisions relating to tobacco; referred to the Committee on Revenue. Motion carried.
- AB 280 (Houdegui): Revises provisions relating to housing; referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor. Motion carried.
- AB 281 (Committee on Government Affairs): Revises provisions relating to the state militia; referred to Committee on Government Affairs. Motion carried.
- AB 282 (Orrutlikar): Revises provisions relating to billing for health care; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services. Motion carried.
The motions to refer and the motions accepting the fiscal notices were taken on the floor with members indicating aye; the Assembly announced that each motion carried. The record does not provide roll-call tallies for each referral vote on the floor beyond the chamber's announcement that the motions carried.
What was procedural vs. substantive
Most items were introductions and referrals, procedural steps that send bills to committee for hearings and possible amendments. The Assembly also recorded the fiscal analysis division's notices of exemption for specified bills under joint standing rules, and granted waivers of standing-rule deadlines requested by the Senate for specified measures. No final passage on substantive policy bills occurred on the floor during this session excerpt.
Other record items
- A communication from U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto requesting to speak before the Nevada Legislature on March 18, 2025, was filed and read into the record.
- The Assembly recorded the official attendance: 41 present, 1 absent (excused).
The measures referred now proceed to their assigned committees for hearings, fiscal review and potential amendments.
