AB163 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to mental health; ratifying and entering into the Counseling Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with the coordinated database and reporting system created by the Compact; providing licensed professional counselors practicing in this State under the Compact with t

Fiscal effect: state

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-06-02

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12113.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	39

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Democratic Party	39	0

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Cinthia Moore	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Erica Roth	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Hanadi Nadeem	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Heather Goulding	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Joseph DALIA	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Jovan Jackson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Julie Pazina	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Linda Hunt	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Michelee “Shelly” Crawford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tanya Flanagan	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Venise Karris	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bill history (16 actions)

Chronological legislative actions taken on this bill, sourced from NELIS. Journal links open the daily Assembly or Senate journal PDF where the action was recorded — public record per NRS 218D.

Date	Action	Journal
Jan 31, 2025	Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
Feb 02, 2025	From printer.
Feb 04, 2025	Read first time. To committee.	Assembly Journal
Mar 02, 2025	Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Mar 18, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Assembly Journal
Mar 19, 2025	Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 826.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
May 28, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 31, 2025	From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.	Senate Journal
Jun 01, 2025	Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
Jun 02, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
Jun 04, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.
Jun 06, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 10, 2025	Approved by the Governor.
Jun 11, 2025	Chapter 461.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (14 on file)

Exhibits, testimony, amendments, and supporting documents collected by the NV Legislature on this bill. Submissions are public record per NRS 218D. Sources cite back to NELIS.

Amendment (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Amendment	Assemblymember Hafen	PDF

Support (7)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	Scott F. Lewis, Fire Chief, Pahrump Valley Fire Rescue Services	PDF
Letter	Kevin A. Osten-Garner, CEO/Managing Partner, Concept2Reality Psychological Solutions	PDF
Letter	Annette Logan-Parker, Founder, Chief Advocacy and Innovation Officer, Cure 4 The Kids Foundation	PDF
Letter	Darla A. Lee, Private Citizen	PDF
	Kelli May Douglas, Pacific Southwest Regional Liaison, Department of Defense	PDF
Letter	Dr. Jennifer Ross, President, Nevada Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists and Clinical Professional Counselors	PDF
Letter	Anahit Baghshetsyan, Research Assistant, Nevada Policy	PDF

Opposition (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Letter	M. Sylvia Fernandez, President & CEO, Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)	PDF

Other (4)

Document type	Submitted by	File
		PDF
		PDF
Opposition Letter And Information	Dr. Jim Jobin, Dr. Jim Jobin & Associates LLC	PDF
		PDF

Presented (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Assemblymember Gregory Hafen II	PDF