AB497 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to campaign finance; authorizing a committee for political action to use money in its campaign finance account for certain purposes; providing that a labor union and certain business organizations and corporations are not a committee for political action for purposes of campaign fina

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (2nd 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 12762.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	35
Nay	12

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	35	12

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 5, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Cresent Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 30, 2011
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 30, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Jim Marchant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2009
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 5, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 30, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
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	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Friday, June 2, 2017
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 22, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Victoria Seaman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, June 1, 2015

Bill history (14 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 24, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Mar 25, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 385.) Dispensed with reprinting.	Assembly Journal
Apr 22, 2025	Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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 Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 642.) To printer.	Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
May 26, 2025	In Assembly.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	Senate Amendment No. 642 concurred in. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 05, 2025	Approved by the Governor.
Jun 06, 2025	Chapter 255.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (5 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
Amendment	Steve Yeager	PDF

Support (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Tara Alcox, Children's Advocacy Alliance	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	(combined)	PDF

Other (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Work Session	H Pepper Sturm, Research Division	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Overview	Assemblymember Yeager	PDF