AB397 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revising the criteria of eligibility for a waiver of fees by the Board of Regents for certain persons who are or were unaccompanied for a certain p

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 5456.

Sponsorship

Howard Watts III (D)

Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	69

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Democratic Party	69	0

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Cinthia Moore	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Erica Roth	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Hanadi Nadeem	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Heather Goulding	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2009
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2019
Joseph DALIA	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Jovan Jackson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Julie Pazina	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Linda Hunt	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2019
Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2019
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2019
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Olivia Diaz	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Sunday, June 4, 2017
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Monday, June 2, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017
Steven Horsford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 1, 2009
Tanya Flanagan	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
Venise Karris	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Friday, May 30, 2025
William McCurdy II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
William McCurdy II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Thursday, June 1, 2017

Bill history (11 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
Mar 11, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Mar 12, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Mar 24, 2025	Notice of eligibility for exemption.	Assembly Journal
Apr 07, 2025	From committee: Do pass.	Assembly Journal
Apr 10, 2025	Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.	Assembly Journal
May 30, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 898.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
May 31, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.	Senate Journal
Jun 01, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.	Senate Journal
Jun 02, 2025	Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 996.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 996 concurred in. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal · Senate Journal
Jun 05, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 12, 2025	Vetoed by the Governor.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (6 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 (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Amendment	Howard Watts, Nevada Assembly	PDF
Amendment	Assemblymember Watts	PDF

Support (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Testimony	Theresa Butler	PDF
Statement	Yesenia Moya	PDF

Other (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Howard Watts, Nevada Assembly	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Assemblymember Watts	PDF