AB177 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to professions; providing for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants; authorizing certain persons to engage in the supervised practice of speech-language pathology; revising the scope of practice of audiologists, hearing aid specialists and speech-language pathologists

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-21

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 9868.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	61
Nay	6

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	61	6

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 22, 2017
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Jim Marchant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Friday, April 10, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 22, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 18, 2019
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 20, 2023
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Victoria Seaman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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 02, 2025	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
Feb 04, 2025	From printer. Read first time. To committee.	Assembly Journal
Apr 18, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 155.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 21, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Assembly Journal
Apr 22, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 24, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate.	Senate Journal
Apr 28, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 15, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Senate Journal
May 16, 2025	Read second time.	Senate Journal
May 19, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 20, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 21, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
May 28, 2025	Approved by the Governor. Chapter 76.

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.

Support (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	Katie Allen, President, Nevada Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSHA)	PDF
	Nevada Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSHA)	PDF
	Jess Garrett	PDF
	(unnamed)	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letters	(89 combined)	PDF

Presented (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Assemblymember Cecelia Gonzalez	PDF

Other (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
		PDF
		PDF
		PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Esmeralda Vazquez	PDF