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                        IntroducedMar 11, 2025
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                        Passed AssemblyJun 02, 2025
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                        Passed Senate
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
                    Revises provisions relating to higher education. (BDR 34-653)
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         executive • Jun 12, 2025: Vetoed by the Governor.
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- Angela Taylorprimary
 
Votes
                        YES: 42
                                                
                                        - Anderson, Natha
 - Backus, Shea
 - Brown-May, Tracy
 - Carter, Max
 - Cole, Lisa
 - Considine, Venicia
 - Dalia, Joe
 - DeLong, Rich
 - Dickman, Jill
 - D'Silva, Reuben
 - Edgeworth, Rebecca
 - Flanagan, Tanya
 - Gallant, Danielle
 - González, Cecelia
 - Goulding, Heather
 - Gray, Ken
 - Gurr, Bert
 - Hafen, Gregory
 - Hansen, Alexis
 - Hardy, Melissa
 - Hibbetts, Brian
 - Hunt, Linda
 - Jackson, Jovan
 - Jauregui, Sandra
 - Karris, Venise
 - Kasama, Heidi
 - Koenig, Gregory
 - La Rue Hatch, Selena
 - Marzola, Elaine
 - Miller, Brittney
 - Monroe-Moreno, Daniele
 - Moore, Cinthia Zermeño
 - Mosca, Erica
 - Nadeem, Hanadi
 - Nguyen, Duy
 - O’Neill, PK
 - Orentlicher, David
 - Roth, Erica
 - Torres-Fossett, Selena
 - Watts, Howard
 - Yeager, Steve
 - Yurek, Toby
 
NO: 0
                                            OTHER: 0
YES: 20
                                                
                                        - Buck, Carrie Ann
 - Cannizzaro, Nicole
 - Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly"
 - Daly, Skip
 - Doñate, Fabian
 - Dondero Loop, Marilyn
 - Ellison, John
 - Flores, Edgar
 - Hansen, Ira
 - Krasner, Lisa
 - Lange, Roberta
 - Neal, Dina
 - Nguyen, Rochelle
 - Ohrenschall, James
 - Pazina, Julie
 - Rogich, Lori
 - Steinbeck, John
 - Stone, Jeff
 - Taylor, Angela
 - Titus, Robin
 
NO: 0
                                            EXCUSED: 1
                                                        Actions
            - Jun 12, 2025 | executive
- Vetoed by the Governor.
 
 - Jun 05, 2025 | executive
- Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
 
 - Jun 02, 2025 | Assembly
- Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 996.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 996 concurred in. To enrollment.
 
 - Jun 01, 2025 | Senate
- From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
 
 - May 31, 2025 | Senate
- Heard; Amend, and do pass as amended -- Senate Education May 31, 2025 See Agenda
 - From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
 
 - May 30, 2025 | Assembly
- From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 898.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.
 
 - May 28, 2025 | Assembly
- Heard; Amend, and do pass as amended -- Assembly Ways and Means May 28, 2025 8:00 AM
 
 - Apr 10, 2025 | Assembly
- Mentioned no jurisdiction -- Assembly Education Apr 10, 2025 12:30 PM
 - Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | Assembly
- From committee: Do pass.
 
 - Apr 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Do pass -- Assembly Education (Work Session) Apr 03, 2025 12:30 PM
 
 - Mar 24, 2025 | Assembly
- Notice of eligibility for exemption.
 
 - Mar 20, 2025 | Assembly
- Heard -- Assembly Education Mar 20, 2025 12:45 PM
 
 - Mar 12, 2025 | Assembly
- From printer. To committee.
 
 - Mar 11, 2025 | Assembly
- Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.
 
 
Documents
        
            - Fiscal Note: Nevada System of Higher Education (As Introduced)PDF
 - Agenda: Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Minutes: Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Video: Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Exhibit AB397(R1)_Work session document and amendment_Jen Sturm-Gahner_Senior Principal Policy Analyst_Research Division_Legislative Counsel Bureau -- Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Exhibit AB397_Proposed Amendment_Howard Watts_Assemblymember_Nevada Assembly -- Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Exhibit AB397_Proposed Amendment Part 2_Howard Watts_Assemblymember_Nevada Assembly -- Senate Education, 05/31/2025
 - Agenda: Assembly Ways and Means, 05/28/2025
 - Exhibit AB 397 Mockup submitted by Assemblymember Watts -- Assembly Ways and Means, 05/28/2025
 - Exhibit AB 397 Proposed Amendment submitted by Assemblymember Watts -- Assembly Ways and Means, 05/28/2025
 - Agenda: Assembly Education, 04/10/2025
 - Agenda: Assembly Education, 04/03/2025
 - Exhibit AB397 Work Session Document -- Assembly Education, 04/03/2025
 - Agenda: Assembly Education, 03/20/2025
 - Exhibit AB397 Support Testimony submitted by Theresa Butler -- Assembly Education, 03/20/2025
 - Exhibit AB397 Support Statement submitted by Yesenia Moya -- Assembly Education, 03/20/2025
 
