Monday marked the start of Nevada's 83rd legislative session — the 120-day biennial gathering of Silver State lawmakers, lobbyists, journalists and government officials in Carson City.
Family and friends joined legislators on the floor of both chambers for photos.
Children ran through the halls of the recently remodeled 54-year-old building.
And Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Douglas Herndon administered the oath of office taken by the 42 members of the Assembly and the 10 new and re-elected senators. Twenty-two of the session's lawmakers are new to the Legislature.
In 2024, Democrats lost their supermajority in the lower house after Republicans successfully flipped a competitive district on the southern edge of Las Vegas in November. Republicans hold 15 seats.
In the Senate, Democrats hold 13 of 21 seats.
Without supermajorities, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo's veto pen looms large. In 2023, the first-year governor rejected a record-breaking 75 bills in his first session.
For The Nevada Independent, photojournalist David Calvert covered the session's first day.
The Nevada Legislature on the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. Erica Mosca (D-Las Vegas) enters the Legislature with her family during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus (R-Wellington) before a press conference in her office with her Senate GOP colleagues during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Members of the Latino Legislative Caucus during a press conference on the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) and his wife, Judge Bita Yeager, during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)From left, lobbyists Dylan Shaver and Kyle Davis and Senate leadership staff member Mykaela Ryan, during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. Alexis Hansen (R-Sparks) with her family during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Minority Leader Gregory Hafen (R-Pahrump), center, speaks with Assm. Greg Koenig (R-Fallon), left, and Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Lobbyist Melissa Clement during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. Ken Gray (R-Dayton) with his niece Olivia Parker during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. David Orentlicher (D-Las Vegas) and his colleagues take the oath of office during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Cinthia Zermeño Moore (D-North Las Vegas) during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Members of the Senate take the oath of office during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)From left, Sens. Angie Taylor (D-Reno), Skip Daly (D-Sparks) and Carrie Ann Buck (R-Henderson) walk past deer inside the Capitol complex on their way to speak with Gov. Joe Lombardo to let him know the Senate is in session during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Gov. Joe Lombardo greets Sens. Carrie Ann Buck (R-Henderson), Angie Taylor (D-Reno) and Skip Daly (D-Sparks) in his office during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. Elaine Marzola (D-Henderson), center, during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Assm. Tanya Flanagan (D-Las Vegas) poses for a photo with her family during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Some of Sen. Ira Hansen's grandchildren enter his office during the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)P.K. O'Neill (R-Carson City) at the end of the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) leaves the Legislature with her family at the end of the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)A member of the Assembly Sergeant of Arms Office makes deliveries inside the Legislature at the end of the first day of the 83rd legislative session in Carson City on Feb. 3, 2025. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)
