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Republican
· Senator
John Steinbeck
Represents District 18 in the State Senate.
Votes with Republicans
65%
on 152 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 95%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 668 of 669 roll calls · Senate median 99%
Their bills that became law
15 of 28
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 9.5
Roll calls on record
669
83rd Legislature (2025)
Votes and bills updated Oct 11, 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 John Steinbeck 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 John Steinbeck sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. John Steinbeck is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
53 of 152 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
AB188 · Revises provisions relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program. (BDR 23-673)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 15–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB483 · Provides for priority review of certain applications for licensure to practice health professions. (BDR 40-354)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 14–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB320 · Revises provisions related to the administration of justice. (BDR 1-810)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 14–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB540 · Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 25-1036)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 15–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB381 · Revises provisions related to animals. (BDR 50-793)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 14–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB494 · Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1136)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 15–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB296 · Revises various provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-231)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 13–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB123 · Revises provisions relating to elections communications. (BDR 24-733)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-31 · Passed 13–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB123 · Revises provisions relating to elections communications. (BDR 24-733)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-31 · Passed 14–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
AB545 · Increases certain fees relating to emissions testing. (BDR 40-1150)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-30 · Passed 16–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
SB180 · Revises provisions relating to motor carriers. (BDR 58-963)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 11–10
SB450 · Revises provisions relating to bailiffs and deputy marshals in certain courts. (BDR 1-1019)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-17 · Passed 11–10
AB388 · Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 11–9
AB597 · Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-1245)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 12–9
SB156 · Revises provisions relating to the prevention of gun violence. (BDR 18-958)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-28 · Passed 11–8
Democrats 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.
Marilyn Dondero LoopDemocrat · District 8 · 194 shared contested votes
49%
Roberta LangeDemocrat · District 7 · 194 shared contested votes
49%
Nicole CannizzaroDemocrat · District 6 · 194 shared contested votes
48%
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 (1 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills John Steinbeck 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.
Introduced28
Out of committee18
Passed one chamber17
Passed both chambers16
Became law15
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 9.5 bills that became law this session.
Revises provisions governing industrial insurance. (BDR 53-629)
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; authorizing an injured employee with a claim for an occupational lung disease or occupational heart disease to seek treatment or services from a physician or chiropractic physician which is not on the panel of physicians and chiropractic physicians maintained…
Became lawChapter 456. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-11
Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 43-906)
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or certain other prohibited substances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 502. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-11
Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-1007)
AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; requiring the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to adopt regulations that set forth the process for the Association to designate a sanctioned sport; providing certain requirements for such regulations; requiring the Association to publish such regulations on the Internet website…
VetoedVetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.) · 2025-06-09
Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for cleft and craniofacial health care. (BDR S-746)
AN ACT making an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine for the creation of a cleft and craniofacial medical team; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 446. (Effective June 9, 2025) · 2025-06-09
Establishes provisions relating to the collection and destruction of unused drugs. (BDR 54-564)
AN ACT relating to pharmacy; establishing requirements governing the maintenance of secure drug take-back bins for the collection and destruction of unused drugs; providing that entities that maintain a secure drug take-back bin in accordance with such requirements are not subject to certain discipline for…
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 444. · 2025-06-09
Establishes requirements relating to multi-jurisdictional business licenses. (BDR 20-1073)
AN ACT relating to business; requiring the governing body of certain counties and incorporated cities to take certain actions relating to the establishment of a multi-jurisdictional business license; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 286. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. (BDR 15-776)
AN ACT relating to crimes; expanding the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image to include certain acts relating to the distribution of certain photorealistic images, digital images, computer images and computer-generated images; providing an exception to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an…
Became lawChapter 299. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-632)
AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; requiring a firefighter who is not employed by the Executive Department of the State Government or volunteer firefighter to submit to an annual cancer screening for certain industrial insurance coverage for cancer; revising provisions governing the administration of physical…
Became lawChapter 381. (Effective July 1, 2026) · 2025-06-06
Provides for the issuance by the State Contractors' Board of a restricted license. (BDR 54-628)
AN ACT relating to contractors; providing for issuance by the State Contractors' Board of a restricted license; setting forth various requirements relating to restricted licenses; requiring the Board to adopt regulations governing restricted licenses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 290. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to state business licenses. (BDR 7-126)
AN ACT relating to state business licenses; reducing the fee for the issuance of a state business license for certain businesses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-542)
AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada from assessing tuition charges or certain fees against students who are a surviving spouse or child of a person killed in the line of duty as a member of the…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Revises provisions relating to crimes. (BDR 15-908)
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to warnings against trespassing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 204. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to the care of children. (BDR 38-662)
AN ACT relating to the care of children; revising provisions relating to the circumstances under which a person is not considered to have abused or neglected a child or to have injured, harmed or threatened the health or welfare of a child; and providing other…
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 205. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions governing certain surcharges imposed by a county. (BDR 20-677)
AN ACT relating to counties; revising the use of revenue collected by a county from certain telephone surcharges; revising provisions governing the fund into which such revenue is deposited; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 182. · 2025-05-31
Revises provisions relating to mobile crisis teams. (BDR 39-1062)
AN ACT relating to behavioral health; revising requirements governing mobile crisis teams that may be established to provide community-based intervention services to certain persons experiencing a behavioral health crisis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 128. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-05-30
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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AB568 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education for operational and instructional expenses. (BDR S-1201) (Senate Final Passage)
AB558 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to restore the balances in the Stale Claims Account, the Emergency Account and the Contingency Account. (BDR S-1171) (Senate Final Passage)
AB567 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Nevada System of Higher Education for safety and security equipment and enhancements. (BDR S-1199) (Senate Final Passage)
AB539 · 2025-06-02
Authorizes the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to establish a career coaching program for certain pupils in certain circumstances. (BDR 18-418) (Senate Final Passage)
AB575 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Department of Public Safety for the replacement of computer hardware, equipment and associated software, vehicles and furniture and for information technology projects and a recruiting campaign. (BDR S-1213) (Senate Final Passage)
AB570 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Department of Corrections for various purposes relating to certain technology, training and equipment. (BDR S-1204) (Senate Final Passage)
AB76 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to cannabis. (BDR 56-286) (Senate Final Passage)
AB49 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to educational personnel. (BDR 34-519) (Senate Final Passage)
AB585 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137) (Senate Final Passage)
SB457 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-1038) (Senate Final Passage)
AB428 · 2025-06-02
Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services. (BDR 57-915) (Senate Final Passage)
AB259 · 2025-06-02
Establishes provisions governing prescription drugs. (BDR 40-165) (Senate Final Passage)
AB542 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to offenders. (BDR S-1132) (Senate Final Passage)
AB595 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions governing fiscal information for legislative measures. (BDR 17-1239) (Senate Final Passage)
AB460 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to child welfare. (BDR 13-1060) (Senate Final Passage)
AB571 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to the Department of Education for certain surveys, offsets to decreases in federal grant funding, professional development costs, information technology projects, programs, grants and studies. (BDR S-1194) (Senate Final Passage)
AB543 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the lease of certain state real property for certain purposes and the sale of agricultural products produced on such real property. (BDR 26-1133) (Senate Final Passage)
AB515 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to adoption assistance programs. (BDR 38-355) (Senate Final Passage)
AB326 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the designation of hospitals as centers for the treatment of trauma. (BDR 40-153) (Senate Final Passage)
AB234 · 2025-06-02
Requires Medicaid coverage for screening for certain forms of cancer. (BDR 38-893) (Senate Final Passage)
AB304 · 2025-06-02
Establishing certain notification and reporting requirements concerning pilot programs that research transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment. (BDR S-865) (Senate Final Passage)
AB345 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-97) (Senate Final Passage)
AB533 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-756) (Senate Final Passage)
AB514 · 2025-06-02
Makes revisions relating to mental health care. (BDR 38-350) (Senate Final Passage)
AB284 · 2025-06-02
Requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to seek to establish certain rates of reimbursement under Medicaid for certain devices to treat epilepsy. (BDR S-571) (Senate Final Passage)
AB467 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to forensic mental health. (BDR 14-842) (Senate Final Passage)
AB296 · 2025-06-02
Revises various provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-231) (Senate Final Passage)
AB224 · 2025-06-02
Provides for the issuance of bonds to assist certain school districts in financing capital improvements. (BDR S-688) (Senate Final Passage)
AB463 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to prior authorization. (BDR 57-825) (Senate Final Passage)
AB494 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1136) (Senate Final Passage)
AB388 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027) (Senate Final Passage)
AB251 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the inspection of meat and poultry. (BDR 51-154) (Senate Final Passage)
AB212 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to early childhood education. (BDR S-815) (Senate Final Passage)
AB204 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to medical debt. (BDR 52-135) (Senate Final Passage)
AB169 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to health insurance. (BDR 57-735) (Senate Final Passage)
AB414 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to occupational safety and health. (BDR 53-666) (Senate Final Passage)
AB381 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions related to animals. (BDR 50-793) (Senate Final Passage)
AB352 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to businesses. (BDR 51-890) (Senate Final Passage)
AB475 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations to Clark County, the City of Reno and the Nevada Rural Housing Authority for eviction diversion programs. (BDR S-1094) (Senate Final Passage)
AB504 · 2025-06-02
Establishes certain deceptive trade practices relating to the sale of or an offer to sell certain hemp products. (BDR 56-867) (Senate Final Passage)
SCR8 · 2025-06-02
Amends the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly for the 83rd Session of the Legislature. (BDR R-1258) (Senate Final Passage)
SB495 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-1037) (Senate Final Passage)
AB282 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to billing for health care. (BDR 40-785) (Senate Final Passage)
AB376 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to insurance. (BDR 57-1009) (Senate Final Passage)
AB479 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to the taxation of agricultural real property. (BDR 32-426) (Senate Final Passage)
AB534 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-975) (Senate Final Passage)
AB540 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 25-1036) (Senate Final Passage)
AB375 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to intoxicating liquor. (BDR 32-1049) (Senate Final Passage)
AB416 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions concerning access to certain library materials. (BDR 34-925) (Senate Final Passage)
AB320 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions related to the administration of justice. (BDR 1-810) (Senate Final Passage)
AB163 · 2025-06-02
Enters into the Counseling Compact. (BDR 54-129) (Senate Final Passage)
AB597 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-1245) (Senate Final Passage)
AB596 · 2025-06-02
Makes appropriations and authorizations for certain compensation and benefits for state employees represented by a bargaining unit. (BDR S-1247) (Senate Final Passage)
AB472 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to educational personnel. (BDR 34-529) (Senate Final Passage)
AB476 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (BDR S-1140) (Senate Final Passage)
AB331 · 2025-06-02
Makes an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for a grant program to expand the biennial survey administered pursuant to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (BDR S-1044) (Senate Final Passage)
AB221 · 2025-06-02
Exempts certain offices of physicians and other health care facilities from certain permitting requirements relating to anesthesia and sedation. (BDR 40-672) (Senate Final Passage)
AB594 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to taxation. (BDR 32-1130) (Senate Final Passage)
AB499 · 2025-06-02
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-998) (Senate Final Passage)
AB581 · 2025-06-02
Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Corrections for an unanticipated shortfall related to operating, travel, information services, personnel services, training, transportation, maintenance, utilities and inmate-driven expenses. (BDR S-1224) (Senate Final Passage)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 669 total roll-call votes this session).
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