AB250 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to debt; establishing coerced debt as an affirmative defense in certain civil actions to collect an unsecured consumer debt; setting forth requirements for asserting the affirmative defense of coerced debt; requiring a court to take certain actions upon finding that a debt is a coerc

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (3rd 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 12280.

Sponsorship

John Steinbeck (R); Lisa Krasner (R)

Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	41
Nay	27

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	41	27

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 2, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 3, 2019
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Cresent Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 3, 2019
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, May 2, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Tuesday, March 29, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Thursday, April 16, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 3, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 26, 2023
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, May 30, 2019
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Victoria Seaman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 14, 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 18, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Feb 19, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 442.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 22, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 25, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate.
Apr 28, 2025	In Senate.	Senate Journal
Apr 29, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 19, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 592.) To printer.	Senate Journal
May 20, 2025	From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 21, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 734.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly.	Assembly Journal · Senate Journal
May 26, 2025	Senate Amendment No. 592 and 734 concurred in. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 03, 2025	Approved by the Governor. Chapter 240.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (9 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 (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Conceptual Amendment	Assemblymember Heather Goulding	PDF
Amendment	Assemblymember Heather Goulding	PDF

Support (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Briana Goularte	PDF
	Various Individuals	PDF

Opposition (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Eric Cardona, Henderson Chamber of Commerce	PDF
	Brian Partridge	PDF
	Kris Quigley, Consumer Data Industry Association	PDF
	Peter Guzman, the Latin Chamber of Commerce	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Assemblymember Heather Goulding	PDF