AB82 · NV 83rd Session
AN ACT relating to days of observance; requiring the Governor to annually proclaim certain days to be “Diwali Day,” “Eid al-Fitr Day,” “Vaisakhi Day” and “Vesak Day” in the State of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to days of observance; requ
Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (2nd 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 9662.
Sponsorship
Gregory Koenig (R); Heidi Kasama (R); Lisa Cole (R); Rebecca Edgeworth (R)
Roll-call summary
| Vote | Count |
|---|---|
| Yea | 46 |
| Nay | 19 |
Party breakdown
| Party | Yea | Nay |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 46 | 19 |
Per-legislator votes
| Legislator | Party | Vote | Chamber | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Alexis Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| Ben Kieckhefer | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| Bert Gurr | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Bert Gurr | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Brian Hibbetts | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Brian Hibbetts | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Carrie Buck | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Carrie Buck | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
| Cresent Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| Cresent Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| Danielle Gallant | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Danielle Gallant | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Gregory Hafen II | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Gregory Hafen II | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Gregory Koenig | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Gregory Koenig | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Heidi Kasama | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Heidi Kasama | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Heidi Kasama | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| Ira Hansen | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
| Jeff Stone | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Jeff Stone | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Jill Dickman | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Joe Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Monday, May 16, 2011 |
| Joe Hardy | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (2nd Reprint) | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| John Ellison | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 18, 2011 |
| John Steinbeck | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Ken Gray | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Ken Gray | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Lisa Cole | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Lisa Krasner | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
| Lori Rogich | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Mark Amodei | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Monday, June 1, 2009 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Tuesday, April 7, 2015 |
| Melissa Hardy | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (1st Reprint) | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| Michele Fiore | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| Michele Fiore | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Monday, April 15, 2013 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Philip O'Neill | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Rebecca Edgeworth | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Richard DeLong | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Richard DeLong | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Robin Lee Titus | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
| Robin Lee Titus | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Robin Lee Titus | Republican Party | Yea | Senate (As Introduced) | Monday, May 22, 2023 |
| Robin Titus | Republican Party | Nay | Senate (2nd Reprint) | Wednesday, May 21, 2025 |
| Thaddeus Yurek III | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Thursday, March 23, 2023 |
| Thaddeus Yurek III | Republican Party | Nay | Assembly (1st Reprint) | Thursday, April 17, 2025 |
| Victoria Seaman | Republican Party | Yea | Assembly (As Introduced) | Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
Bill history (20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 09, 2024 | Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. | |
| Dec 12, 2024 | From printer. | |
| Feb 04, 2025 | Read first time. To committee. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 07, 2025 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 11.) To printer. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 11, 2025 | From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. | |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate. | Assembly Journal |
| Apr 18, 2025 | In Senate. | Senate Journal |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. 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. 691.) 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 | Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly. | Senate Journal |
| May 22, 2025 | In Assembly. | Assembly Journal |
| May 26, 2025 | Senate Amendment No. 691 concurred in. To enrollment. | Assembly Journal |
| May 29, 2025 | Enrolled and delivered to Governor. | |
| Jun 02, 2025 | Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Assembly with Governor's veto message. | |
| Jun 03, 2025 | (No further action taken.) |
Exhibits, testimony & documents (2 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 | Assemblymember Reuben D'Silva |
Support (1)
| Document type | Submitted by | File |
|---|---|---|
| Statement | Arathi Veeraswamy |