As of Tuesday morning, a review showed that more than 150 bills had died by the final legislative deadline.

On the final day, lawmakers, staff and lobbyists scrambled to push forward some of the most consequential bills of the 120-day session. Not everything made it before time ran out.

The Nevada legislative session concluded Monday night with lawmakers passing all of the constitutionally required budget bills but with four of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five priority bills failing to advance before the clock struck midnight.

In a last-minute joint letter to Gov. Joe Lombardo, the Resort Association and Culinary Union urged lawmakers to adopt the proposal reestablishing the court with powers to ban people from the region.

There are less than 24 hours left in Nevada’s 83rd legislative session, and hundreds of bills and last minute surprises could be waiting in the wings. 

A committee advanced the bill, but with major changes that crack down on smash-and-grab burglaries and increase penalties for certain offenses on the Strip.

Details emerged Sunday in the form of an amendment to their dueling education bills, which  was posted to the Nevada Legislature’s website Sunday afternoon, less than 32 hours remaining before the end of the 2025 legislative session. 

A recent executive order that would withhold federal funding from “sanctuary jurisdictions” — which extend protections to undocumented people — has placed additional pressure on officials to collaborate with ICE.

Lawmakers will be working through the weekend as the session enters its home stretch. The Nevada Independent will be regularly updating this live blog on the main developments.

Issues still on the table as the session ends include Gov. Joe Lombardo’s five policy bills, Democratic priority bills, and one remaining budget bill that, if passed, could signal that a final deal to end the session on time has been reached.

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is proposing new voter ID requirements as part of a potential deal with Gov. Joe Lombardo to resurrect a vetoed effort to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in the days leading up to an election.

Neither of two film tax credit bills has passed out of a legislative chamber. Gov. Joe Lombardo has not indicated whether he will sign or veto the legislation.

Just two weeks after an investigation found that NV Energy overcharged tens of thousands of customers over the span of more than two decades, likely resulting in the shutoff of electricity for some customers, state lawmakers have stalled a bill that would require the utility to provide quarterly updates of where utility shut offs are occurring in the state.

Sen. Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) criticized a state-commissioned report, saying the analysis of her film tax credit bill had “flawed and misleading conclusions.”

Hygienists are concerned about an expedited licensing path, and lawmakers also questioned a plan to speed up insurance approvals for certain trusted providers.

Presented in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in a nearly six-hour hearing — its first this session — SB457 would impose harsher sentences for repeat offenders and for a large swath of crimes, including lowering the thresholds for burglary to be considered a felony offense.

The proposed merger would allow for two studio sites, albeit with lower film tax credit allocations for each of them (but with a higher overall total). Assm. Sandra Jauregui, the other bill's sponsor, said she had not heard anything.

The latest projections provided by proponents of one measure indicate that the film tax credits are expected to generate an average of nearly $12 million annually for pre-K programs in the county

In what is likely the most consequential election proposal so far this session, Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager's (D-Las Vegas) proposal would significantly expand the voting options of the largest voting bloc in Nevada.

The independent analyses questioned the sustainability of the proposals. Lawmakers had previously only seen rosier estimates from project proponents.