AB 540 — Nevada Attainable Housing Account / Attainable Housing Creates the Nevada Attainable Housing Account and provides ~$133M (as amended) to fund “attainable” housing projects targeted at the middle-income “missing middle,” includes bond/timing provisions and eligibility rules for projects. Aimed at spurring production of housing units priced between market and deeply affordable levels. Status: Passed / Sent to Governor (signed). (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Suggested position: Evaluate fiscal details — could be Oppose or Neutral if concerns about long-term liability; Support if it protects local control and private development partnerships.
AB 499 — Elections / Voter ID and drop boxes Comprehensive election bill that combined a photo-ID requirement for in-person voting with expanded mail-ballot drop-box access and other election-administration changes. Passed the Legislature but was vetoed by Gov. Lombardo, who said mail-ballot security concerns remained. (High profile, bipartisan negotiations.) (Nevada Legislature) Status: Vetoed. (The Nevada Independent) Suggested position:Support (voter ID aligns with election-integrity priorities), but note the veto means issue returns to 2026 ballot activity.
AB 398 — Education / Teacher compensation and staffing supports Creates funding/compensation mechanisms and reporting requirements to support teacher recruitment, retention, and targeted pay (including allocations for hard-to-fill positions and some charter support provisions). Contains appropriations for additional teacher compensation programs. Status: Passed / Signed. (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Support improvements to teacher pay that are fiscally responsible and include charter schools.
SB 353 — Medicaid / Health program revisions Revisions to Medicaid (DHCFP) administration and program rules intended to align state Medicaid with federal requirements and improve certain eligibility/administration workflows. (Often technical but with programmatic impact.) Status: Signed into law (Chapter listed). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Neutral or Oppose if new mandates increase costs; request fiscal clarity.
SB 371 — Crimes / Public safety revisions Revisions to statutes related to certain criminal offenses and penalties — a public-safety package addressing specified crimes and enforcement provisions. (May include adjustments to penalties and sentencing language.) Status: Signed (Chapter listed). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Support stronger public-safety measures that protect victims and hospitality workers, while guarding due process language.
AB 64 — Public meetings / Open government Revisions to public-meeting statutes (NRS) affecting notices, remote participation rules, and administrative provisions for public bodies. Intended to modernize aspects of public-meeting law. Status: Signed (Chapter 326). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Support transparency with clear limits on costs and abuse.
AB 76 — Cannabis / Regulatory updates Updates confidentiality provisions and disciplinary processes for cannabis licensees and adjusts regulatory details for cannabis operations. Technical/regulatory changes to the cannabis code. Status: Signed (Chapter 459). (LegiScan) Suggested position:Neutral (monitor regulatory burden on small businesses).
AB 12 — Unemployment compensation / Judicial review Revises procedures for judicial review of Board of Review decisions and clarifies claimant appeal timelines/processes for unemployment-benefit determinations. Administrative and claimant process improvements. Status: Passed / Signed. (LegiScan) Suggested position:Support procedural clarity that reduces frivolous appeals and protects employers.
AB 301 — Community development / GID recordkeeping Requires certain records to be maintained by boards of trustees of specified general improvement districts and increases trustee compensation in certain districts; clarifies governance for local improvement entities. Status: Passed / Signed (Chapter 467). (LegiScan) Suggested position:Support accountability for local governance.
SB 370 — Manufactured housing reforms Revisions to manufactured-home park and manufactured-housing regulations, including timelines for compliance, remodel/relocation rules, and consumer protections for owners/tenants. Status: Signed (Chapter 203). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Neutral — support consumer protections with safeguards for property rights.
SB 372 — Care of children / Child welfare updates Revises statutes governing child welfare services, licensing, and oversight of care providers; aims to strengthen protections and clarify state agency duties. Status: Signed (Chapter 205). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Support child-safety measures; ensure funding clarity.
SB 373 — Multi-jurisdictional business licenses Establishes requirements to allow for multi-jurisdictional business licensing (multi-state / multi-local coordination) to ease business compliance in Nevada. Status: Signed (Chapter 286). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Support regulatory simplification that helps businesses.
SB 375 — Credit union changes Revisions to credit union statutes to modernize governance, expand permissible activities or clarify supervisory structures; phased effective dates and administrative prep periods. Status: Signed (Chapter 206). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Neutral — preserve competitive market while protecting consumers.
SB 376 — Industrial insurance / Workers’ comp changes Revisions to industrial insurance and related insurer/employer obligations; technical updates to claims and benefit administration. Status: Signed (Chapter 456). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Neutral — seek employer cost predictability.
SB 359 — Drivers / Motor vehicle changes Sets changes impacting drivers (licensing, enforcement, certain rules of the road) with October effective date for implementation of administrative tasks. Status: Signed (Chapter 260). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Neutral or Support depending on enforcement burden.
AB 494 — Federal repeal contingency reporting Requires certain state agencies to prepare contingency reports if specified federal laws/regulations are repealed by the federal government; gives agencies authority to adopt rules in limited circumstances. (A government-administration contingency measure.) Status: Passed / Signed (Chapter 483; effective June 10, 2025). (LegiScan) Suggested position:Support prudent contingency planning.
AB 123 — Elections communications / Candidate protection Prohibits threatening or intimidating statements toward candidates and authorizes the Secretary of State to receive complaints about such prohibited behavior; aims to protect candidates from harassment and clarify remedies. Status: Passed / Signed (Chapter 517; effective Oct. 1, 2025). (LegiScan) Suggested position:Support protecting candidates from threats while guarding free-speech protections.
AB 416 — Library access (vetoed) Would have limited certain officials, school employees, and volunteers from restricting access to library materials in schools/public libraries; vetoed by the Governor. (A free-speech / curriculum-related vetoed measure.) Status: Vetoed. (LegiScan) Suggested position:Neutral/Oppose depending on local control concerns.
AB 76x / AB 194 (example consumer bills) — Balloon release ban & miscellaneous consumer measures (Session included a number of smaller consumer-protection and environment bills — eg. AB194 banning intentional outdoor release of helium balloons with civil fine.) Status: Signed (various chapters). (GovDelivery) Suggested position:Neutral for small consumer protections; watch enforcement cost.
AB 397 / AB 585 (vetoes / legislative process bills) A set of bills dealing with higher-education fee waivers, bill-draft request procedures, and other process matters — several were vetoed during Lombardo’s record veto spree. (He vetoed dozens of measures, returning some to the next session.) (LegiScan) Status: Vetoed (specific bills noted in the veto list). (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Evaluate individually — process changes are often technical but important for party strategy (BDR rules, drafting authority).
SB 303 — Liability / Recreational use immunity (vetoed) Would have revised civil liability rules for use of premises for recreation; vetoed by the Governor and returned to next session. Status: Vetoed. (LegiScan) Suggested position:Oppose arbitrary liability expansions; prefer clear protections for property owners.
SB 467 — Cybersecurity / Office restructuring (example) Reorganized Nevada’s cyber-defense coordination by transferring a cyber office into the Office of CIO/Governor to streamline response and authority. (Reflects growing focus on cyber defense after large attacks.) Status: Passed / Chapter (effective July 1, 2025). (LegiScan) Suggested position:Support strengthening cybersecurity coordination under executive authority.
AB 540 (companion/other housing provisions) — (See #1 for AB540 main entry.) Because housing was a central GOP priority this session (governor pushed the attainable-housing package), the multiple housing bills and amendments should be tracked as a group. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Status: Passed / Signed. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Suggested position:Support measures that produce units for the “missing middle” with private-sector leverage.
AB/ SB (elections & open-primary proposals) — Nonpartisan primary / open-primary measures (vetoed) Proposals to allow nonpartisan (unaffiliated) voters to vote in certain party primaries were advanced but vetoed; similar reforms remain politically contested and may be revived via ballot initiatives. (Ballotpedia News) Status: Vetoed. (Nevada Legislature) Suggested position:Oppose open primary changes that dilute party voting control (unless you want broader primary electorate).
Miscellaneous education, health, tenants, and labor measures The session produced numerous bills on teacher raises, charter funding, Medicaid adjustments, tenant-landlord transparency, and paid-leave proposals (several were vetoed while others were signed). Summaries of the full list (all 500+ bills, signings, and vetoes) are available on NELIS and media trackers; I can expand this to a full spreadsheet. (The Nevada Independent) Status: Mixed (some signed, some vetoed). (The Nevada Independent) Suggested position: Sort into buckets: Education (Support fiscally responsible raises), Health/Meds (Neutral/Review cost), Tenants (Mixed), Labor (Watch for employer costs).
