AB493 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to waste; requiring certain owners of a distributed generation system to file certain plans relating to the disposal of the distributed generation system with the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; requiring facilities

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-19

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12758.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	61
Nay	1

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	61	1

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Saturday, May 18, 2013
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Sunday, June 5, 2011
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	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 20, 2009
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Sunday, May 31, 2009
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Sunday, June 5, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 16, 2013
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 11, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 1, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Saturday, May 18, 2013
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 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
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 19, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Bill history (13 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 Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Mar 25, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 10, 2025	Notice of eligibility for exemption.	Assembly Journal
Apr 18, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 413.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 21, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, 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 Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 15, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Senate Journal
May 16, 2025	Read second time.	Senate Journal
May 19, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
May 20, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 23, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
May 26, 2025	Approved by the Governor.
May 27, 2025	Chapter 27.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (10 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 (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Amendment	Solar Energy Industries Association	PDF
Amendment	the Western Resource Advocates	PDF
Amendment	Great Basin Resource Watch	PDF

Support (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Caitlin Gatchalian	PDF

Opposition (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Catalina Jelkh Pareja	PDF
Testimony	John Hadder	PDF
Letters	(combined)	PDF

Neutral (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Jeffrey Kinder	PDF

Submitted (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	the Western Resource Advocates	PDF
	the Western Resource Advocates	PDF