AB286 · NV 83rd Session

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing one or more institutions of higher education within the Nevada System of Higher Education to establish a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants for a license to teach through the use of alternative assessment methods; requiring certain regulati

Outcome: Passed both chambers — last vote Senate (1st Reprint): Passed on 2025-05-31

NV Legislature 83rd Session bill, aggregated from roll-call votes across the seated state legislators in this dataset. Bill ID 356.

Sponsorship

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Roll-call summary

Vote	Count
Yea	115

Party breakdown

Party	Yea	Nay
Democratic Party	115	0

Per-legislator votes

Legislator	Party	Vote	Chamber	Date
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2013
Aaron Ford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Thursday, May 25, 2017
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Brittney Miller	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Cecelia Gonzalez	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
David Orentlicher	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Dina Neal	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Duy Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Edgar Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Elaine Marzola	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Erica Mosca	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Erica Roth	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Fabian Donate	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
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
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Howard Watts III	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 13, 2009
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
James Ohrenschall	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
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)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Julie Pazina	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Linda Hunt	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Lucy Flores	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 13, 2009
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 13, 2009
Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Max Carter II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Melanie Scheible	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Natha Anderson	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Nicole Cannizzaro	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Thursday, May 25, 2017
Olivia Diaz	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Olivia Diaz	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Friday, May 24, 2019
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2013
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Patricia Spearman	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Thursday, May 25, 2017
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Reuben D'Silva	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Richard Daly	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (As Introduced)	Monday, April 13, 2009
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Thursday, May 23, 2013
Richard Segerblom	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (3rd Reprint)	Thursday, May 25, 2017
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Roberta Lange	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (1st Reprint)	Saturday, May 31, 2025
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Rochelle Nguyen	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (2nd Reprint)	Monday, June 5, 2023
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Sandra Jauregui	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Selena La Rue Hatch	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Selena Torres	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Shea Backus	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Shondra Summers-Armstrong	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Steve Yeager	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Steven Horsford	Democratic Party	Yea	Senate (As Introduced)	Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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
Tracy Brown-May	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Venicia Considine	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Venise Karris	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Wednesday, May 28, 2025
William McCurdy II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (2nd Reprint)	Tuesday, April 25, 2017
William McCurdy II	Democratic Party	Yea	Assembly (1st Reprint)	Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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 25, 2025	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Feb 26, 2025	From printer. To committee.
Mar 02, 2025	Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Apr 21, 2025	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 160.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.	Assembly Journal
Apr 24, 2025	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
May 28, 2025	From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.	Assembly Journal
May 29, 2025	In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.	Senate Journal
May 30, 2025	From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.	Senate Journal
May 31, 2025	Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.	Senate Journal
Jun 01, 2025	In Assembly. To enrollment.	Assembly Journal
Jun 04, 2025	Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Jun 06, 2025	Approved by the Governor. Chapter 372.

Exhibits, testimony & documents (3 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 Selena Torres-Fossett	PDF

Presented (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
Presentation	Dr. Danica Hays and Dr. Kenneth Varner	PDF

Submitted (1)

Document type	Submitted by	File
	Kenneth Varner, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives & Professor College of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas	PDF