AB79 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; establishing a limit on contributions to the campaign of a candidate in certain special elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a candidate to file a notice of intent to file for candidacy with the Secretary of State; revising provisions relatin

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (2nd Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-23

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 11899.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	27
Nay	22

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	27	22

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 8, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 15, 2013
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, April 10, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 15, 2013
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 18, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 16, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 8, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 15, 2013
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Bill history (12 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
Nov 20, 2024	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
Dec 02, 2024	From printer.
Feb 04, 2025	Read first time. To committee.	Assembly Journal
Apr 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 380.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 22, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 25, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate.
Apr 28, 2025	In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 681.) To printer.	Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 776.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly.	Assembly Journal · Senate Journal
May 27, 2025	Senate Amendment No. 681 and 776 concurred in. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 05, 2025	Vetoed by the Governor.

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	Mark Wlaschin, Deputy Secretary of State for Elections	PDF
Amendment	the Secretary of State	PDF
Amendment	Assemblymember Erica Mosca	PDF

Support (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Ishika Bhakta, Children's Advocacy Alliance	PDF
Testimony	Ryan Vortisch	PDF
Testimony	Maureen Schafer	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	(combined)	PDF

Other (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Work Session	H Pepper Sturm, Research Division	PDF

Presented (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Francisco V Aguilar, Deputy Secretary for Elections	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Overview	the Secretary of State	PDF