The Nevada State Senate on May 16, 2025, accepted multiple committee reports, ordered nearly three dozen bills to the general file, adopted two committee amendments and approved temporary procedural suspensions to expedite floor consideration of selected measures.

Committee reports and procedural votes set the tone for the day. Committee chairs reported recommendations that numerous assembly and senate measures be given "due pass" status, and the Fiscal Analysis Division notified the body that it had determined exemptions for Senate Bills 258 and 418 pursuant to joint standing rule 14.6.

The actions matter because sending bills to the general file advances them toward floor debate and final votes during the Legislature's committee-passage deadline. Senators also used standing-rule suspensions and committee amendments to move work along: the Senate suspended the one-day notice requirement for at least one bill and reclassified another bill's committee referral, and it adopted two amendments that change the language of their underlying assembly bills.

On amendments, Senator Julie Pizzina, chair of the Committee on Commerce and Labor, moved and the Senate adopted amendment number 583 to Assembly Bill 112. "Amendment 5 83 removes the term paid time off benefit from certain provisions of the bill," Pizzina said. After no further remarks, the Senate carried the motion and ordered Assembly Bill 112 reprinted, engrossed and sent to the general file.

Separately, the Senate adopted amendment number 577 to Assembly Bill 387. Senator Bridal moved to adopt the amendment; Senator Schiavo explained the change on the floor: "This amendment specifies that a guardian ad litem or an advocate may be appointed for good cause and retains certain corresponding sections of the Nevada Revised Statutes." The motion carried and Assembly Bill 387 was ordered reprinted, engrossed and sent to the general file.

Several procedural motions passed by voice vote. Senator Kinzaro moved and the Senate carried a suspension of the one-day notice requirement in standing rule 50 so that Senate Bill 89 could be withdrawn from the Committee on Finance and placed on the general file for the next legislative day. Senator Cannizzaro later moved a similar suspension so that Assembly Bill 445 could be withdrawn from the Committee on Finance and re-referred to the Committee on Education; that motion also carried. Cannizzaro also designated Senator Taylor to serve as an alternate to Senator Pizzina on the Committee on Growth and Infrastructure with full privileges; the appointment was approved.

On committee and desk business, committee chairs formally reported the following (as read on the Senate floor): the Committee on Commerce and Labor reported back on assembly bills identified in the record; the Committee on Finance, Health and Human Services, Judiciary, Natural Resources and Revenue and Economic Development likewise reported multiple bills "due pass." The Fiscal Analysis Division announced notice of exemption determinations for Senate Bills 258 and 418 under joint standing rule 14.6.

The Senate ordered the following bills to the general file as announced on the floor (listed as read in the transcript): Senate Bill 20; Assembly Bills 35, 38, 46, 55, 56, 70, 89, 90, 110, 111, 112 (reprinted and engrossed after amendment), 177, 201, 202, 205, 217, 236, 244, 361, 387 (reprinted and engrossed after amendment), 417, 430, 449, (the record also shows a Senate bill numbered 480 moved to the general file), 493, 512 and 513. (If a bill number is repeated or appears in committee reports, the Senate reading on the floor is recorded as presented.)

Other routine floor business included acceptance of accredited press representatives and a motion to move bills currently on order of business 13 to the general file for the next legislative day; both motions carried by voice vote.

The Senate adjourned to a specified reconvening time: Senator Cannizzaro moved that the Senate stand adjourned until 11 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 2025; the motion carried and the President pro tempore declared the Senate adjourned.

The day’s floor work was largely procedural: committee reports, referral changes and moving bills to the general file to meet the Legislature’s scheduling deadlines. Several bills received adopted committee amendments that alter statutory language or clarify appointment authority; two bills had fiscal exemptions noted by the Fiscal Analysis Division. The transcript records voice votes and does not provide roll-call tallies for the listed motions.