AB489 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to civil actions; revising the term “heir” for certain purposes relating to civil actions; eliminating the statute of limitations for certain civil actions against a natural person who is deemed to be a killer or the personal representative of the estate of such a killer; and providi

Outcome: Passed Assembly only — last vote Assembly (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-04-21

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12754.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	39
Nay	15

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	39	15

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 30, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Sunday, June 2, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, May 26, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Sunday, June 2, 2019
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 30, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, May 26, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Sunday, June 2, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, June 1, 2023

Bill history (9 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
Mar 24, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Mar 25, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 18, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 406.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 21, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 16, Excused: 1.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 23, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 674.) Reprinting dispensed with.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. To printer.	Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.	Senate Journal
May 24, 2025	(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.4, no further action allowed.)

Exhibits, testimony & documents (8 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 (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Amendment	Martin Fitzgerald	PDF
Amendment	Martin Fitzgerald	PDF

Support (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	(unnamed)	PDF
Letter	Brenda Sandquist, Xquisite	PDF
	(unnamed)	PDF
Testimony	Kaylyn Kardavani, Executive Director, New Day Nevada	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Nevada Resort Association	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Martin Fitzgerald	PDF