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2024 Nevada legislative session
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| 2024 Nevada legislative session |
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| General information |
| Scheduled session start: No regular legislative session. Scheduled session end: N/A |
| Leadership |
| Senate President Stavros S. Anthony (R) House Speaker |
| Elections |
| Next Election: November 5, 2024 Last Election: November 8, 2022 |
| Previous legislative sessions |
| 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 |
| Other 2024 legislative sessions |
Nevada held no regular legislative session in 2024.
Leadership in 2024
Nevada State Senate
- Senate president: Stavros S. Anthony (R)
- Majority leader: Nicole Cannizzaro (D)
- Minority leader: Heidi Gansert (R)
Nevada State Assembly
- Speaker of the House: Steve Yeager (D)
- Majority leader: Sandra Jauregui (D)
- Minority leader: Philip O'Neill (R)
Partisan control in 2024
- See also: State government trifectas
Nevada was one of 10 divided governments at the start of 2024. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House. For more information about state government trifectas, click here.
Nevada was also one of 21 state legislatures where neither party had a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. Veto overrides occur when a legislature votes to reverse a veto issued by an executive such as a governor or the president. If one party has a majority in a state legislature that is large enough to override a gubernatorial veto without any votes from members of the minority party, it is called a veto-proof majority or, sometimes, a supermajority. To read more about veto-proof supermajorities in state legislatures, click here.
The following tables show the partisan breakdown of the Nevada State Legislature in 2024.
Nevada State Senate
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 13 | |
| Republican Party | 7 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | |
Nevada State Assembly
| Party | As of January 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 27 | |
| Republican Party | 14 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | |
Standing legislative committees
A standing committee of a state legislature is a committee that exists on a more-or-less permanent basis, from legislative session to session, that considers and refines legislative bills that fall under the committee's subject matter.
At the beginning of the 2024 legislative session, there were 20 standing committees in Nevada's state government, including zero joint legislative committees, 10 state Senate committees, and 10 state House committees.
Joint legislative committees
There are no joint committees of the Nevada State Legislature.
Senate committees
- Commerce and Labor Committee
- Education Committee
- Finance Committee
- Growth and Infrastructure Committee
- Government Affairs Committee
- Health and Human Services Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Legislative Operations and Elections Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Revenue and Economic Development Committee
House committees
- Commerce and Labor Committee
- Education Committee
- Government Affairs Committee
- Growth and Infrastructure Committee
- Health and Human Services Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Legislative Operations and Elections Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- Revenue Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.
The methods by which the Nevada Constitution can be amended:
The Nevada Constitution can be amended via three different paths: a constitutional convention, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment or an initiated constitutional amendment.
Initiative
- See also: Initiated constitutional amendment
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Nevada, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 10% of the total number of votes cast in the preceding general election. A simple majority vote in two consecutive elections is required for voter approval.
Legislature
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Convention
According to Section 2 of Article 16 of the Nevada Constitution, a two-thirds vote of the Nevada State Legislature is required to refer a constitutional convention question to the ballot. A simple majority vote of the electorate is required to call a convention.
Historical partisan control
The table below depicts the historical trifecta status of Nevada.
Nevada Party Control: 1992-2025
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Historical Senate control
Democrats won control of the Nevada State Senate in 2016. In 2022, they won a 13-8 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Nevada Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Nevada State Senate election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Republicans | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Historical House control
Democrats won control of the Nevada State Assembly in 2016. In 2022, they won a 28-14 majority.
The table below shows the partisan history of the Nevada State Assembly following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.
Nevada State Assembly election results: 1992-2022
| Year | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | '22 |
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| Democrats | 29 | 21* | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 28 |
| Republicans | 13 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
See also
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