AB244 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to food dispensing establishments; prohibiting certain food dispensing establishments from selling, preparing, providing or transporting food or beverages using disposable foodware containers made from polystyrene foam; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-21

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12274.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	41
Nay	24

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	41	24

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Sunday, May 17, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 25, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 11, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 25, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 22, 2013
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Sunday, May 17, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 24, 2023
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 17, 2025

Bill history (18 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
Feb 17, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Feb 18, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 10, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.	Assembly Journal
Apr 14, 2025	Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 80.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 15, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Assembly Journal
Apr 16, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Assembly Journal
Apr 17, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 6.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
Apr 18, 2025	In Senate.	Senate Journal
Apr 23, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 15, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Senate Journal
May 16, 2025	Read second time.	Senate Journal
May 19, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 20, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 21, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 4, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 02, 2025	Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Assembly with Governor's veto message.
Jun 03, 2025	(No further action taken.)

Exhibits, testimony & documents (6 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 Venicia Considine	PDF

Support (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Tracy Puckett, Public Citizen	PDF
Testimony	Mimi Butler, Public Citizen	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	Carol Patterson, Foodservice Packaging Institute	PDF

Other (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	AB 244 Styrofoam Limitation Bill, Sierra Club	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Styrofoam Limitation	the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter	PDF