AB163 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to mental health; ratifying and entering into the Counseling Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with the coordinated database and reporting system created by the Compact; providing licensed professional counselors practicing in this State under the Compact with t

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-06-02

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 9840.

Sponsorship

Gregory Hafen II (R)

Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	52
Nay	7

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	52	7

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 22, 2015
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, April 10, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 22, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, March 24, 2023
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bill history (16 actions)

Chronological legislative actions taken on this bill, sourced from NELIS. Journal links open the daily Assembly or Senate journal PDF where the action was recorded — public record per NRS 218D.

Date	Action	Journal
Jan 31, 2025	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
Feb 02, 2025	From printer.
Feb 04, 2025	Read first time. To committee.	Assembly Journal
Mar 02, 2025	Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Mar 18, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Assembly Journal
Mar 19, 2025	Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 826.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
May 28, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 31, 2025	From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.	Senate Journal
Jun 01, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
Jun 02, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
Jun 04, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.
Jun 06, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 10, 2025	Approved by the Governor.
Jun 11, 2025	Chapter 461.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (14 on file)

Exhibits, testimony, amendments, and supporting documents collected by the NV Legislature on this bill. Submissions are public record per NRS 218D. Sources cite back to NELIS.

Amendment (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Amendment	Assemblymember Hafen	PDF

Support (7)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	Scott F. Lewis, Fire Chief, Pahrump Valley Fire Rescue Services	PDF
Letter	Kevin A. Osten-Garner, CEO/Managing Partner, Concept2Reality Psychological Solutions	PDF
Letter	Annette Logan-Parker, Founder, Chief Advocacy and Innovation Officer, Cure 4 The Kids Foundation	PDF
Letter	Darla A. Lee, Private Citizen	PDF
	Kelli May Douglas, Pacific Southwest Regional Liaison, Department of Defense	PDF
Letter	Dr. Jennifer Ross, President, Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors	PDF
Letter	Anahit Baghshetsyan, Research Assistant, Nevada Policy	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	M. Sylvia Fernandez, President & CEO, Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)	PDF

Other (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
		PDF
		PDF
Opposition Letter And Information	Dr. Jim Jobin, Dr. Jim Jobin & Associates LLC	PDF
		PDF

Presented (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Assemblymember Gregory Hafen II	PDF