Nevada Senate waives parts of standing rule for SB161, appoints finance alternate and refers three bills to committees

The Nevada Senate on Feb. 18, 2025, granted a waiver for portions of its standing rules to advance Senate Bill 161, appointed an alternate to the Senate Finance Committee and referred three newly introduced bills to committee for consideration.

The waiver recorded on the floor waived subsections 1–4 of Joint Standing Rule 14.3 for Senate Bill 161 and was noted as effective Feb. 18, 2025. Senator Nicole J. Cannizzaro, Senate Majority Leader, also appointed Senator Bridal as an alternate for Senator Neal on the Committee on Finance "with full committee privileges until further notice," the floor record shows.

The moves were mainly procedural but set the path for committee review of the introduced measures. Senate Bill 230, introduced by Senators Steinbeck and Orangehall, "revises provisions relating to the testing of emissions from motor vehicles" and was referred to the Committee on Growth and Infrastructure after Senator Nicole J. Cannizzaro moved to suspend Senate standing rule 40 and refer the bill. "I move that Senate standing rule number 40 be suspended and that Senate bill number 2 30 be referred to the committee on growth in infrastructure as this relates to automobiles?" Cannizzaro said on the floor; the motion carried.

Senate Bill 231, introduced by Senator Stone, "establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs" and was referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor after Senator Stone moved the referral. Senator Stone said, "Thank you, mister president. I move to refer s b 2 31 to the committee on commerce and labor." The Senate ordered the referral with no objections recorded.

Senate Bill 232, introduced by Senator Krasner, "makes an appropriation for the construction of a veterans and community center in Virginia City, Nevada." Senator Krasner moved that SB 232 be referred to the Committee on Finance; the referral was ordered with no objections. The bill description on the floor states it makes an appropriation, but no appropriation amount was specified in the introduction.

Floor clerks also recorded several sponsor additions and procedural approvals: a sponsor was added to Senate Bill 124 (Senator Flores was added as a sponsor); Senator Krasner was added as a primary sponsor on Senate Bill 174; and Senator Stone was added as a primary sponsor on Senate Bill 179. The transcript records these sponsor additions as approved on the floor but does not specify motions or recorded votes for those approvals.

Votes at a glance: - Waiver for Senate Bill 161: Waiver of subsections 1–4 of Joint Standing Rule 14.3 recorded as granted and effective Feb. 18, 2025 (signed, per the floor record). Outcome: approved; vote tally not specified. - SB 230 (motor vehicle emissions testing): Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure after suspension of Senate standing rule 40. Outcome: referred; motion carried (voice vote), tally not specified. - SB 231 (collection and destruction of unused drugs): Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. Outcome: referred; ordered without recorded objection. - SB 232 (appropriation for veterans and community center — Virginia City): Referred to Committee on Finance. Outcome: referred; ordered without recorded objection. - Sponsor additions: SB 124 (added Senator Flores), SB 174 (added Senator Krasner as primary sponsor), SB 179 (added Senator Stone as primary sponsor). Outcome: approved as announced on the floor; no vote tallies provided.

The Senate also recorded that 19 senators were present for the roll call earlier in the session. The chamber adjourned on a motion by Senator Nicole J. Cannizzaro until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025; the motion carried.

Details recorded on the floor were procedural and largely limited to introductions and referrals; none of the bills received debate on their merits during the session excerpted in the floor record.