SB188 · NV 83rd Session
AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health facilities and providers of health care to take reasonable steps to provide a person with limited English proficiency with language assistance under certain circumstances; prescribing requirements governing the use of interpreters and translat
Fiscal effect: state
Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Assembly (2nd Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-22
NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 7619.
Sponsorship
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Roll-call summary
| Vote | Count |
|---|---|
| Yea | 26 |
| Nay | 24 |
Party breakdown
| Party | Yea | Nay |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 26 | 24 |
Per-legislator votes
| Legislator | Party | Vote | Chamber | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Alexis Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Andrew Matthews | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 19, 2021 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Monday, June 6, 2011 |
| Bert Gurr | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Brian Hibbetts | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Danielle Gallant | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Gregory Hafen II | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Gregory Hafen II | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Gregory Koenig | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Heidi Kasama | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 19, 2021 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Monday, June 6, 2011 |
| Jeff Stone | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Joe Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| Joe Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Monday, June 6, 2011 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Monday, June 6, 2011 |
| John Steinbeck | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Ken Gray | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Lisa Cole | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Lori Rogich | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Mark Amodei | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 19, 2021 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Michele Fiore | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Friday, May 21, 2021 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Rebecca Edgeworth | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Richard DeLong | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Robin Titus | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 21, 2025 |
| Thaddeus Yurek III | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
Bill history (15 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 03, 2025 | Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. | Senate Journal |
| Feb 04, 2025 | To printer. | |
| Feb 05, 2025 | From printer. Read first time. To committee. | Senate Journal |
| Apr 18, 2025 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 351.) Reprinting dispensed with. | Senate Journal |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer. | Senate Journal |
| Apr 23, 2025 | From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. | |
| Apr 24, 2025 | In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. | Assembly Journal |
| May 16, 2025 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. | Assembly Journal |
| May 19, 2025 | Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 560.) To printer. | Assembly Journal |
| May 20, 2025 | From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. | Assembly Journal |
| May 21, 2025 | Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. | Assembly Journal |
| May 22, 2025 | Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 7.) To Senate. In Senate. | Assembly Journal · Senate Journal |
| May 23, 2025 | Assembly Amendment No. 560 concurred in. To enrollment. | Senate Journal |
| May 27, 2025 | Enrolled and delivered to Governor. | |
| May 30, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. Chapter 172. |
Exhibits, testimony & documents (4 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.
Submitted (1)
| Document type | Submitted by | File |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Senator Fabian Doñate |
Other (3)
| Document type | Submitted by | File |
|---|---|---|
| Destini Cooper | Senior Policy Analyst, Legislative Counsel Bureau | |
| Statement | Fabian Donate, Nevada State Senator | |
| Presentation | Language Translation in Healthcare, Leticia Delgado |