Sen. Angie Taylor, chair of the Senate Committee on Education, introduced Assembly Bill 406 at the work session in Carson City. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymembers Jackson and Nadeem, prohibits public schools from using artificial intelligence to perform the functions and duties of a school counselor, psychologist or social worker, while allowing those professionals to use AI for other duties.

Jen Sturm Gainor, the committee policy analyst, described several proposed amendments. Tess Opperman’s amendment revised the bills definition of artificial intelligence to align with other bills in the legislative session, required the Department of Education to adopt a policy for using AI tools for certain health purposes and to evaluate vendors for accuracy, and authorized the Department of Public and Behavioral Health to assist for related purposes. The amendment also clarified that records supported by an AI system that must be independently reviewed by a provider include billing records and files or notes related to individual patient sessions. A separate amendment proposed by Tom Clark would have authorized mental and behavioral health providers, including certain school-based personnel, to use AI technology approved by a federal agency or a national association with expertise in mental and behavioral health care; the bill sponsor indicated that Clarks amendment was not friendly and was not accepted.

Vice Chair Dondero Loop moved to amend and do pass the bill with the first set of amendments (labeled 1a–1d), and Sen. Cruz Crawford seconded. Sen. Titus said she would vote no, expressing concern about the billing-review requirement because "frequently the provider isn't even where the billing process happens." The chair recorded the final vote as 5–1 with Sen. Titus cast as the lone no. "The vote is 5 to 1. Let the record show that senator Titus is a nay vote," the chair said.

The work session record does not include the full revised statutory text or a dollar estimate for implementation costs. The committee assigned a floor statement for the bill to Sen. Cruz Crawford.

Votes at the committee: amended do-pass recommendation, 5–1 (Sen. Titus opposed).