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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Howard Watts
Represents District 15 in the State Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
98%
on 133 party-line votes · House Democrats median 98%
Cast a vote
100%
Yea or Nay on 663 of 663 roll calls · House median 99%
Their bills that became law
11 of 21
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 7
Roll calls on record
663
83rd Legislature (2025)
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 83rd Legislature (2025).
How Howard Watts votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Howard Watts sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Howard Watts is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
2 of 133 party-line votes.
AB238 · Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act. (BDR S-63)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-05-30 · Passed 22–20 · most Democrats voted the other way
AB81 · Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of federal law relating to daylight saving time. (BDR 19-23)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-04-17 · Passed 27–15 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
AB500 · Provides for the licensure and regulation of payments banks. (BDR 55-999)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-06-01 · Failed 20–22
AB238 · Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act. (BDR S-63)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-05-30 · Passed 22–20
AB346 · Establishes provisions governing the prescribing, dispensing and administering of medication designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-600)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-04-17 · Passed 23–19
AB44 · Prohibits manipulating the price of an essential good or service in this State. (BDR 52-503)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 24–18
AB156 · Revises provisions governing the members of the board of trustees of school districts. (BDR 34-689)
Assembly Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 24–18
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Gregory KoenigRepublican · District 38 · 171 shared contested votes
32%
Rebecca EdgeworthRepublican · District 35 · 171 shared contested votes
31%
Lisa ColeRepublican · District 4 · 170 shared contested votes
29%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (0 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Howard Watts was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced21
Out of committee16
Passed one chamber13
Passed both chambers12
Became law11
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 7 bills that became law this session.
Revises provisions relating to higher education. (BDR 34-653)
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…
VetoedVetoed by the Governor. · 2025-06-12
Revises provisions relating to grants. (BDR 31-589)
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; requiring a state grant-making entity to provide written notice to a private nonprofit corporation when a payment under a grant agreement is not made within a certain period of time; authorizing the Office of Federal Assistance to coordinate…
Became lawChapter 474. (Effective July 1, 2026) · 2025-06-11
Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120)
AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain institutions from eliminating or reducing the size of a program for residency training and postdoctoral fellowships without the approval of the Department of Health and Human Services; transferring the administration of the Graduate Medical Education Grant Program…
Became lawChapter 500. (Effective July 1, 2025) · 2025-06-11
Revises various provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-231)
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to contract with a person who makes installment loans to pay the fees and taxes due for the initial or renewal registration of a vehicle; prescribing certain requirements for such installment loans; authorizing…
Became lawChapter 466. · 2025-06-11
Revises provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. (BDR 52-651)
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing a person who operates a brew pub to engage in certain activities concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; revising provisions governing the conduct of certain investigations and hearings and the revocation and suspension of certain licenses relating to…
Became lawChapter 425. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-09
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-837)
AN ACT relating to education; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; requiring the superintendent of each school district to appoint an administrator to serve in a role supporting pupils who are English learners; requiring the…
Became lawChapter 419. · 2025-06-09
Revises provisions governing energy. (BDR 58-228)
AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the users of a solar-powered affordable housing system to participate in net metering; exempting the owner or operator of a solar-powered affordable housing system from certain provisions of law; requiring the owner or landlord of a qualified multifamily affordable…
Became lawChapter 254. · 2025-06-06
Provides for the creation of restoration improvement districts for building restoration projects. (BDR 22-332)
AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing under certain circumstances the governing body of a county or city to create a restoration improvement district for the purpose of a project to restore certain buildings that are at least 50 years of age; authorizing under certain circumstances…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Revises provisions relating to the use of the proceeds of the tax on live entertainment. (BDR 32-652)
AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the amount of the tax on live entertainment that is required to be distributed to the Nevada Arts Council; requiring the Nevada Arts Council to use a portion of such distributions to make grants to certain persons; and providing…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Makes an appropriation to the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation for exhibits and improvements at the National Atomic Testing Museum. (BDR S-230)
AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation for exhibits and improvements at the National Atomic Testing Museum; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Authorizes the management of designated invertebrates. (BDR 45-229)
AN ACT relating to wildlife; authorizing the management of designated invertebrates by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners and the Department of Wildlife; requiring the Department to coordinate with the State Department of Agriculture in preparing the State Wildlife Action Plan; revising the definition of wildlife…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Urges Congress to take certain actions relating to the therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds. (BDR R-801)
Urging Congress to take certain actions relating to the therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds.
Became lawFile No. 28. (Effective May 22, 2025) · 2025-06-01
Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750)
AN ACT relating to water; establishing provisions governing the reporting and sharing of certain information relating to water by certain governmental entities and Indian tribes; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 189. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-05-31
Recognizes the Fruit Loop as a historical LGBTQ+ landmark in Clark County, Nevada. (BDR R-588)
Recognizing the Fruit Loop as a historical LGBTQ+ landmark in Clark County, Nevada.
Became lawFile No. 25. (Effective May 22, 2025) · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to wildlife. (BDR 45-576)
AN ACT relating to wildlife; requiring the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to adopt regulations providing for the issuance of salvage permits; providing an exception to certain prohibitions relating to wildlife; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 184. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-05-31
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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SB466 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions governing the authority of the State Department of Agriculture relating to food and water. (BDR 51-1121) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB427 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to certain institutions of the Nevada System of Higher Education for capital improvement projects. (BDR S-560) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB452 · 2025-06-02
Extends the date of reversion of certain previous appropriations made to the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor. (BDR S-1152) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB85 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 43-490) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB81 · 2025-06-02
Revises various provisions governing education. (BDR 34-276) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB182 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the staffing of health care facilities. (BDR 40-33) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB465 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to certain criminal defendants. (BDR 14-1119) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB467 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to cybersecurity. (BDR 19-1149) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB378 · 2025-06-02
Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-705) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB317 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-625) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB62 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 16-507) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB503 · 2025-06-02
Eliminates the Account for the Regulation and Supervision of Captive Insurers in the Fund for Insurance Administration and Enforcement. (BDR 57-1236) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB475 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the purchase and replacement of vehicles, equipment, computer and information technology equipment and radios and for certain projects. (BDR S-1216) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB434 · 2025-06-02
Creates a program to award grants to address shortages of providers of health care. (BDR 40-1107) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB468 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the State Public Charter School Authority for the transportation of pupils enrolled in charter schools. (BDR S-1197) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB472 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education for expenditures related to instruction that are due to caseload adjustments at certain institutions within the System. (BDR S-1202) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB480 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Office of Finance in the Office of the Governor for a loan to the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor for the replacement of uninterruptible power supply equipment and related expenses. (BDR S-1177) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB473 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to and authorizes the expenditure of money by the Department of Education for the replacement of computer hardware and associated software and office chairs. (BDR S-1193) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB135 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to Communities In Schools of Nevada to provide integrated student support services. (BDR S-13) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB192 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to public health. (BDR 40-86) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB300 · 2025-06-02
Makes revisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-110) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB460 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-16) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB173 · 2025-06-02
Establishes provisions relating to the environment. (BDR 52-585) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB119 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the NV Grow Program. (BDR S-81) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB457 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-1038) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB281 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to certain foster care and behavioral health programs. (BDR S-144) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB417 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to public utilities. (BDR 58-1106) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB309 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 43-906) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB382 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to vehicles. (BDR 43-316) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB90 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of grants to organizations to provide certain supplies and materials to teachers and specialized instructional support personnel. (BDR S-107) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB63 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the processing of certain data. (BDR 52-505) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB185 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to Medicaid reimbursement for care of disabled or chronically ill children. (BDR 38-760) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB478 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations and requires the issuance of bonds for costs associated with the Judicial Department of State Government. (BDR S-1187) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB422 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to voting. (BDR 24-954) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB74 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-482) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB104 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Other State Education Programs Account for allocation to certain nonprofit organizations for the creation and maintenance of school gardens and to certain other nonprofit organizations. (BDR S-539) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB442 · 2025-06-02
Requires the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to establish certain reporting requirements. (BDR 58-429) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB217 · 2025-06-02
Makes revisions relating to reproductive health care. (BDR 40-24) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB316 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to insurance. (BDR 57-777) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB280 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial health care. (BDR S-746) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB133 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement to support civics education programs. (BDR S-104) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB393 · 2025-06-02
Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-701) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB262 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB260 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to air quality. (BDR 53-961) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB6 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Desert Research Institute of the Nevada System of Higher Education to support the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program. (BDR S-389) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB481 · 2025-06-02
Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for an unanticipated shortfall related to the costs of provider services in the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services budget account. (BDR S-1175) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB132 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund for securing and implementing grants for qualified clean energy projects. (BDR S-593) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB487 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs associated with the business licensing system modernization project. (BDR S-1179) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB60 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions governing crimes committed against older or vulnerable persons. (BDR 15-342) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB207 · 2025-06-02
Requires the establishment of a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. (BDR 38-763) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB233 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to agriculture. (BDR S-704) (Assembly Final Passage)
AB500 · 2025-06-01
Provides for the licensure and regulation of payments banks. (BDR 55-999) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB502 · 2025-06-01
Authorizes and provides funding for certain projects of capital improvement. (BDR S-1233) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB494 · 2025-06-01
Makes revisions relating to health and human services. (BDR 18-1116) (Assembly Final Passage)
AB534 · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB54 · 2025-05-31
Requires Medicaid to provide coverage of certain services for persons experiencing homelessness. (BDR 38-412) (Assembly Final Passage)
AB568 · 2025-05-31
Makes appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education for operational and instructional expenses. (BDR S-1201) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB88 · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to offenders. (BDR 16-491) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB424 · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to emergency medical services. (BDR 38-561) (Assembly Final Passage)
SB231 · 2025-05-31
Establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs. (BDR 54-564) (Assembly Final Passage)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 663 total roll-call votes this session).
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