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Nevada Senate introduces 11 bills and refers each to committee
Summary
On Feb. 18, 2025, the Nevada State Senate introduced 11 Senate bills covering K–12 funding, reproductive health, antitrust notification, organized retail theft, film industry workforce development, homeowners associations, criminal law, and elections, and referred each bill to the relevant committee with no recorded objections.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada State Senate on Feb. 18, 2025, introduced 11 Senate bills and formally referred each to committee without recorded objections.
The measures, numbered SB 216 through SB 226, touch a range of policy areas, including an appropriation for K–12 services, changes to reproductive-health law, an anti‑trust pre‑merger notification statute, organized retail theft penalties, a film‑industry workforce and infrastructure act, revisions to common‑interest‑community law, criminal statutes, education policy, elections, and legislative operations. Each bill introduction was followed by a motion to refer the measure to a standing committee, and the presiding officer ordered the referrals after no senators objected.
Why it matters: the early referral of bills sets the pathway for committee review and hearings during the 2025 legislative session. Referral committees determine whether bills receive hearings, amendments, and votes before reaching the full Senate for consideration.
Senate actions and committee referrals
- SB 216: Introduced by Senator Lang; would appropriate funds to United Citizens Foundation Inc. for services connected to the K–12 public education system. Referred to the Committee on Finance after a motion by Senator Lang.
- SB 217: Introduced by Senator Cannizzaro and others; would revise provisions relating to reproductive health. Referred to the Health and Human Services Committee after a motion by Senator Cannizzaro.
- SB 218: Introduced by Senator Orenshaw; would enact the Uniform Antitrust Pre‑merger Notification Act. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor after a motion by Senator Orenshaw.
- SB 219: Introduced by Senator Ellison; would revise provisions relating to organized retail theft. Referred to the Judiciary Committee after a motion by Senator Ellison.
- SB 220: Introduced by Senator Lang; would enact the Nevada Film Infrastructure Workforce Development Education and Economic Diversification Act. Referred to the Revenue and Economic Development Committee after a motion by Senator Lang.
- SB 221: Introduced by Senators Buck and Stone; would revise provisions related to common‑interest communities. Referred to the Judiciary Committee after a motion by Senator Buck.
- SB 222: Introduced by Senator Buck; would revise provisions relating to common‑interest communities. Referred to the Judiciary Committee after a motion by Senator Buck.
- SB 223: Introduced by Senator Buck; would revise provisions relating to crimes. Referred to the Judiciary Committee after a motion by Senator Buck.
- SB 224: Introduced by Senators Buck, Stone and Assembly Member Hansen; would revise provisions relating to education. Referred to the Education Committee after a motion by Senator Buck.
- SB 225: Introduced by Legislative Operations and Elections; would revise provisions relating to elections. Referred to the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee after a motion by Senator Orenshaw.
- SB 226: Introduced by Legislative Operations and Elections; would revise provisions relating to legislative affairs. Referred to the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee after a motion attributed in the transcript to Senator Warren Shaw.
All referrals were made by motion on the floor and the presiding officer asked, “Are there any objections?” The transcript records "Seeing none, so ordered," indicating no objections were entered at the time of referral.
Other formal actions
- Senator Buck approved adding Senator Titus as a sponsor on SB 92 and adding Senators Danette and Rogich as sponsors on SB 131; those sponsorship updates were announced to the chamber.
- The Senate agreed to stand in recess at the request of Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro so members could convene a joint session in the Assembly chamber later that afternoon to receive remarks from U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford. Cannizzaro moved the recess and the motion carried.
Communications to the Legislature
The Senate entered several written communications from members of the U.S. Congress requesting opportunities to address the Nevada Legislature. The messages, received in writing and read into the record, included requests from U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (Nevada’s 4th District) to speak on Feb. 19, 2025; U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen to address legislators on April 17, 2025; and U.S. Rep. Dina Titus to address legislators on April 23, 2025. The communications were accepted into the record as delivered.
Attendance and context
The secretary announced 19 senators present when the roll was called. The bill introductions and referrals recorded during this portion of the session were procedural steps that send measures to committees for vetting; no committee hearings, floor debates on the bill merits, or final passage votes on these bills occurred during this segment of the transcript.
What’s next
Each referred bill will await scheduling by the committee to which it was sent. Committees decide whether to hold hearings, take testimony, and amend measures before any possible committee vote to advance a bill back to the full Senate.
