AJR8 · NV 83rd Session

Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by law for the establishment of a business court. Close title Proposing to amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-23

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 12307.

Sponsorship

Shea Backus (D)

Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	57
Nay	6

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Democratic Party	35	4
Republican Party	21	2
Unspecified	1	0

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Cinthia Moore	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Erica Roth	Democratic Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Hanadi Nadeem	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Heather Goulding	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Joseph DALIA	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Jovan Jackson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Julie Pazina	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Linda Hunt	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Michelee “Shelly” Crawford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Nay	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tanya Flanagan	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Venise Karris	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Alexis Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Bert Gurr	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Brian Hibbetts	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Carrie Buck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Danielle Gallant	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Gregory Hafen II	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Gregory Koenig	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Heidi Kasama	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Ira Hansen	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Jeff Stone	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Jill Dickman	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
John Ellison	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
John Steinbeck	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Ken Gray	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Lisa Cole	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Lisa Krasner	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Lori Rogich	Republican Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Melissa Hardy	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Philip O'Neill	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Rebecca Edgeworth	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Richard DeLong	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Robin Titus	Republican Party	Nay	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025
Thaddeus Yurek III	Republican Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Angela Taylor	Unspecified	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Friday, May 23, 2025

Bill history (12 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
Feb 19, 2025	Resolution read. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Feb 20, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Mar 25, 2025	Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.	Assembly Journal
Apr 15, 2025	Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on Resolution File. Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 149.) To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 16, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
Apr 17, 2025	In Senate. Resolution read. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Resolution File. Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 22, 2025	Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.	Senate Journal
May 23, 2025	Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 643.) Reprinting dispensed with. Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.	Senate Journal
May 26, 2025	In Assembly.	Assembly Journal
May 27, 2025	Senate Amendment No. 643 concurred in. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 24.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (4 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 Joe Dalia	PDF

Other (2)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Work Session	H Pepper Sturm, Research Division	PDF
		PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Assemblymember Joe Dalia and UNLV Prof. Ben Edwards	PDF