SB 156 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the prevention of gun violence. (BDR 18-958)

SB 156 creates the Office for the Prevention of Gun Violence within Nevada's Attorney General's Office. The Office will be led by a Director appointed by the Attorney General and will focus on increasing public awareness of gun safety laws, developing educational materials on safe storage and responsible ownership, and collaborating with researchers to build data resources. It will maintain a statewide resource bank of gun violence data and may award grants to local organizations for prevention initiatives. The Attorney General must submit biennial reports to the Legislature on the Office's activities and effectiveness.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Vetoed

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 2, 2025 Vetoed Jun 9, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized into law with minor formatting updates and the removal of draft markers. The core policy content regarding the creation of a Special Counsel for gun violence prevention, their duties, and the grant program remains substantively unchanged from the previous version.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, committee references, and 'Reprint' labels to finalize the official text of the bill.

Deleted placeholder sections (Sec. 3, Sec. 4, Sec. 5, Sec. 10, Sec. 13) that were marked for deletion in the draft version.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing throughout the document to conform to the final enrolled format.

Floor votes · Assembly May 31, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jun 9, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.)

executive

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

To enrollment.

upper

May 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 14, Excused: 3.) To Senate.

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May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 847.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 8, Excused: 2.) To printer.

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

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Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 501.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

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Feb 2, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors