Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 498 — Makes appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education to expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and for academic programming and building renovations at institutions within the System. (BDR S-1200)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 412.

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    Introduced
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    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 19, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 09, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 30, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
498 SENATE BILL NO .
498–Committee on Finance CHAPTER..........
498–COMMITTEE ON FINANCE (ON BEHALF OF THE O FFICE OFF INANCE IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ) M AY 19, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Finance SUMMARY—Makes appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education to expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and for academic programming and building renovations at institutions within the System.
(BDR S-1200) FISCAL NOTE:
EfEffect on the State:
Contains Appropriation included in Executive Budget.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets omitted material is material to be omitted.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
$10,000,000 For the Fiscal Year 2026-2027.............................
The money appropriated by subsection 1:
The money appropriated by subsection 1:...................
(a) May be used only for operating costs associated with expanding such undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, including, without limitation, costs related to faculty, staff and equipment;
$10,000,000 (a) May be used only for operating costs associated with expanding such undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, including, without limitation, costs related to faculty, staff and equipment;
and - *SB498_R1* – 2 – (b) Must not be used for capital expenditures, including, without limitation, the construction of new facilities.
and (b) Must not be used for capital expenditures, including, without limitation, the construction of new facilities.
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education the sum of $2,500,000 for the Nevada State University budget account to support academic programming at the North Las Vegas site of the Nevada State University.
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education the sum of $2,500,000 for the Nevada State University budget account to Nevada State University.ming at the North Las Vegas site of the - 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – Sec.
Sec.
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education the sum of $1,511,999 for the Western Nevada College budget account for the renovation of the Aspen Building on the campus of Western Nevada College.
There is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education the sum of $1,511,999 for the Western Nevada College budget account for the renovation of the Aspen Building on the campus of Western Nevada ColSec.
Sec.
H - *SB498_R1*
~~~~~ 25 - 83rd Session (2025)
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 412.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. To enrollment.

  4. Assembly Amendment No. 899 concurred in.

  5. In Senate.

  6. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 899.) To printer.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.

  9. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

  10. From printer. To committee.

  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Finance · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Finance

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Assembly (1st Reprint)

Passed 41 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 26001
Republican 14000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 41001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (42)
Member Party Vote
O’Neill, PK — Yea
Anderson, Natha C. Democratic Yea
Backus, Shea M. Democratic Yea
Brown-May, Tracy Democratic Yea
Carter, Max E., II Democratic Yea
Considine, Venicia Democratic Yea
D'Silva, Reuben Democratic Yea
Dalia, Joe Democratic Yea
Flanagan, Tanya P. Democratic Yea
González, Cecelia Democratic Not Voting
Goulding, Heather Democratic Yea
Hunt, Linda F. Democratic Yea
Jackson, Jovan A. Democratic Yea
Jauregui, Sandra Democratic Yea
Karris, Venise Democratic Yea
La Rue Hatch, Selena Democratic Yea
Marzola, Elaine H. Democratic Yea
Miller, Brittney M. Democratic Yea
Monroe-Moreno, Daniele Democratic Yea
Moore, Cinthia Zermeño Democratic Yea
Mosca, Erica Democratic Yea
Nadeem, Hanadi Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Duy Democratic Yea
Orentlicher, David Democratic Yea
Roth, Erica P. Democratic Yea
Torres-Fossett, Selena Democratic Yea
Watts, Howard Democratic Yea
Yeager, Steve Democratic Yea
Cole, Lisa K. Republican Yea
DeLong, Rich Republican Yea
Dickman, Jill Republican Yea
Edgeworth, Rebecca Republican Yea
Gallant, Danielle Republican Yea
Gray, Ken Republican Yea
Gurr, Bert K. Republican Yea
Hafen, Gregory T., II Republican Yea
Hansen, Alexis M. Republican Yea
Hardy, Melissa R.. Republican Yea
Hibbetts, Brian Republican Yea
Kasama, Heidi Republican Yea
Koenig, Gregory S. Republican Yea
Yurek, Toby Republican Yea

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Senate (As Introduced)

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8000
Democratic 13000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Cannizzaro, Nicole J. Democratic Yea
Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" Democratic Yea
Daly, Skip Democratic Yea
Dondero Loop, Marilyn Democratic Yea
Doñate, Fabian Democratic Yea
Flores, Edgar Democratic Yea
Lange, Roberta Democratic Yea
Neal, Dina Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Rochelle T. Democratic Yea
Ohrenschall, James Democratic Yea
Pazina, Julie Democratic Yea
Scheible, Melanie Democratic Yea
Taylor, Angela D. Democratic Yea
Buck, Carrie Ann Republican Yea
Ellison, John Republican Yea
Hansen, Ira Republican Yea
Krasner, Lisa Republican Yea
Rogich, Lori Republican Yea
Steinbeck, John C. Republican Yea
Stone, Jeff Republican Yea
Titus, Robin L. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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SB 498 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Finance.
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