SB31 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to water; providing that a federal agency that is a claimant of a vested water right is not required to file proof of the claim on or before a certain date; revising requirements relating to a notice of pending adjudication of certain water rights; and providing other matters properl

Outcome: Passed Senate only — last vote Senate (As Introduced): Passed on 2025-04-15

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 7206.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	48
Nay	13

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Republican Party	48	13

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Andrew Matthews	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Annie Black	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, March 18, 2011
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, March 9, 2015
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Ben Kieckhefer	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Cresent Hardy	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Cresent Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Jim Marchant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, March 18, 2011
Joe Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 22, 2009
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 26, 2011
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 17, 2017
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
John Ellison	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Mark Amodei	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Monday, March 9, 2015
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 17, 2017
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, April 22, 2013
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Michele Fiore	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Monday, May 20, 2013
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, May 20, 2019
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Robin Lee Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (As Introduced)	Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Victoria Seaman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Bill history (8 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
Nov 14, 2024	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.
Nov 18, 2024	From printer.
Feb 03, 2025	Read first time. To committee.	Senate Journal
Apr 10, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Senate Journal
Apr 14, 2025	Read second time.	Senate Journal
Apr 15, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
Apr 16, 2025	In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 17, 2025	(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.)

Exhibits, testimony & documents (8 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	Eureka County	PDF
Amendment	Jake Tibbitts, Eureka County	PDF

Support (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	James Bolotin, Division of Water Resources	PDF
Brief	Adam Sullivan, Divsion of Water Resources	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Joe Guild	PDF

Other (3)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Sup Ltr	Ralph Sacrison	PDF
Research Brief	Joe Guild	PDF
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