SB156 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to firearm safety; requiring the appointment of a Special Counsel for the Prevention of Gun Violence by the Attorney General; setting forth the powers and duties of the Special Counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to firearm safe

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Assembly (2nd Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-31

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 7556.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Nay	31
Yea	23

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	23	31

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Andrew Matthews	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Annie Black	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, March 18, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 15, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 15, 2021
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, March 18, 2019
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 15, 2021
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Saturday, May 2, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, March 18, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Thursday, April 15, 2021
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 17, 2021
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Victoria Seaman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Monday, May 18, 2015

Bill history (13 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 Government Affairs.
Feb 03, 2025	Read first time. To printer.	Senate Journal
Feb 04, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Apr 15, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 501.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.	Senate Journal
Apr 16, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
May 28, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 847.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 8, Excused: 2.) To printer.	Senate Journal
May 29, 2025	From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 30, 2025	From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.	Assembly Journal
May 31, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 14, Excused: 3.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
Jun 01, 2025	In Senate.	Senate Journal
Jun 02, 2025	To enrollment.	Senate Journal
Jun 04, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 09, 2025	Vetoed by the Governor.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (20 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
Amendment	R1, OAG	PDF
Amendment	Chair Flores	PDF

Support (11)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Statement	Imer Cespedes, founder of Youth Voice of Nevada	PDF
Statement	Doug Unger, UNLV Acting Chapter President and Vice Chair Government Affairs, Nevada Faculty Alliance	PDF
Statement	Juanita Morales	PDF
Statement	Mack Gledhill, President, Youth Voice of Nevada	PDF
Statement	Martha Duran	PDF
Statement	Christina Delgado, Community Justice	PDF
Statement	Allister Dias, UNLV Student Body President	PDF
Testimony	Martha Duran	PDF
Testimony	Juanita Morales	PDF
Letter	Lee D McAllister, Nevada Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics	PDF
Letter	Sydney Mitchell	PDF

Opposition (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Statement	Marinka Willig	PDF
Statement	Reva Crump	PDF
Letter	Bruce Parks	PDF
Letter	Ann Sweder	PDF

Other (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
		PDF
Remarks	Madeline Krieger	PDF
		PDF