SB325 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to animals; authorizing the governing body of certain counties and incorporated cities to establish a program to waive the adoption fee of certain animals adopted by a person who is a veteran, law enforcement officer or first responder; and providing other matters properly relating t

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Assembly (1st 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 1033.

Sponsorship

Angela Taylor (U); Danielle Gallant (R); Jeff Stone (R); John Ellison (R); John Steinbeck (R); Julie Pazina (D); Ken Gray (R); Lisa Krasner (R); Melanie Scheible (D); Rochelle Nguyen (D)

Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	145
Nay	7

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Democratic Party	93	0
Republican Party	51	7
Unspecified	1	0

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Cinthia Moore	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Erica Roth	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Hanadi Nadeem	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Heather Goulding	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Joseph DALIA	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Jovan Jackson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Julie Pazina	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Linda Hunt	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Lucy Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Olivia Diaz	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Olivia Diaz	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Shondra Summers-Armstrong	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Steven Horsford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 16, 2009
Steven Horsford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tanya Flanagan	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Venise Karris	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
William McCurdy II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Andrew Matthews	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Annie Black	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Cresent Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Jim Marchant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 16, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, May 31, 2015
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 31, 2021
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2017
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 22, 2025
Angela Taylor	Unspecified	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 21, 2025

Bill history (17 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 11, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.	Senate Journal
Mar 12, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 17, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 512.) Reprinting dispensed with.	Senate Journal
Apr 18, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
Apr 21, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) 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 Government Affairs. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 14, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Assembly Journal
May 15, 2025	Read second time.	Assembly Journal
May 16, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Assembly Journal
May 19, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Assembly Journal
May 20, 2025	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. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.	Assembly Journal · Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	To enrollment.	Senate Journal
May 27, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
May 28, 2025	Approved by the Governor. Chapter 87.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (6 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 (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Conceptual Amendment	Senator Donate	PDF

Support (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	Penny Lambright	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Senator Fabian Doñate	PDF

Other (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Senator Donate, Pets for Heros	PDF
Introductory Remarks	Senator Fabian Donate	PDF
Testimony	Samantha Bivins, Copresenter	PDF