Committee approves work-session recommendations: AB 551 do pass; SB 466 amend and do pass (1 nay)
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Summary
During the May 20, 2025 work session, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee moved AB 551 to 'do pass' and SB 466 to 'amend and do pass'. AB 551 passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded; SB 466 passed with one recorded nay from Senator Titus.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services took two formal work-session actions at the start of its May 20, 2025 meeting.
AB 551: Committee staff presented Assembly Bill 551, which requires background investigations of employees, prospective employees, contractors and prospective contractors of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and requires transmittal of certain documentation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The committee made a motion to "do pass." Vice Chair Taylor moved the motion and Senator Stone seconded it. Committee members voted by voice; the motion "carried," and committee staff indicated they would prepare a floor statement.
SB 466: Senate Bill 466 was presented as a transfer of authority item moving regulation and permitting for food establishments, cottage food operations and farm-to-fork events to the State Department of Agriculture and proposing revisions to existing assessments (including review under NRS 439.4905). The committee moved to "amend, do pass." The vice chair moved the motion and Senator Lang seconded. The committee approved the motion by voice vote with one recorded nay: Senator Titus voted "nay." The motion carried; a floor statement will be prepared.
Votes at a glance (as recorded or implied in the transcript): - AB 551 — Motion: do pass. Mover: Vice Chair Taylor. Second: Senator Stone. Outcome: approved (motion carried). Recorded tally: yes: 5; no: 0; abstain: 0 (committee indicated all present members voted aye and no nays were recorded in the transcript). - SB 466 — Motion: amend, do pass. Mover: Vice Chair Taylor. Second: Senator Lang. Outcome: approved (motion carried). Recorded tally: yes: 4; no: 1 (Senator Titus); abstain: 0.
Why it matters: AB 551 would add background-check requirements for Division of Welfare and Supportive Services staff and contractors and includes transmittal to the FBI; SB 466 moves certain food-regulation authority to the State Department of Agriculture and directs a statutory review of assessments pursuant to NRS 439.4905.
Documentation: committee staff said they would take floor statements for both items; the transcript records the motions, seconders, and the one recorded nay for SB 466.