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Democratic
· Senator
James Ohrenschall
Represents District 21 in the State Senate.
Votes with Democrats
98%
on 149 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 659 of 669 roll calls · Senate median 99%
Their bills that became law
11 of 38
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 15
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 James Ohrenschall 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 James Ohrenschall 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. James Ohrenschall is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
3 of 149 party-line votes.
AB381 · Revises provisions related to animals. (BDR 50-793)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-06-02 · Passed 14–7 · most Democrats 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 Democrats voted the other way
AB123 · Revises provisions relating to elections communications. (BDR 24-733)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-31 · Passed 13–8 · most Democrats 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
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.
John SteinbeckRepublican · District 18 · 191 shared contested votes
46%
Lori RogichRepublican · District 11 · 191 shared contested votes
45%
Ira HansenRepublican · District 14 · 180 shared contested votes
28%
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 (10 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills James Ohrenschall 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.
Introduced38
Out of committee25
Passed one chamber21
Passed both chambers16
Became law11
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 15 bills that became law this session.
Revises provisions relating to discrimination. (BDR 18-35)
AN ACT relating to discrimination; revising provisions relating to certain investigations conducted by the Nevada Equal Rights Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Became lawChapter 495. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-11
Revises provisions relating to autism spectrum disorders. (BDR 23-118)
AN ACT relating to autism; requiring peace officers to complete certain training concerning developmental disabilities; authorizing certain training concerning autism spectrum disorders to be included as part of the training of peace officers in interacting with persons with developmental disabilities; requiring the Legislative Auditor to…
Became lawChapter 389. · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to autism. (BDR 38-106)
AN ACT relating to autism; revising requirements governing the statewide standard for measuring outcomes and assessing and evaluating certain persons with autism spectrum disorders; revising requirements governing early intervention services for persons with autism spectrum disorders; requiring an insurer to accept as dispositive certain diagnoses…
Became lawChapter 387. · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-942)
AN ACT relating to education; authorizing a principal to assign a homeless pupil or a pupil in foster care to a temporary alternative placement under certain circumstances; revising the requirement for the principal of a school to consult with certain persons before determining that a…
Became lawChapter 259. (Effective July 1, 2025) · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions governing certain programs of treatment established by the juvenile court. (BDR 5-62)
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice; expanding the scope of a program established by the juvenile court for the treatment of children diagnosed with or suspected to have autism spectrum disorders to include children diagnosed with or suspected to have certain other neurobehavioral disorders; and…
Became lawChapter 301. (Effective October 1, 2025) · 2025-06-06
Revises provisions relating to the death penalty. (BDR 14-1110)
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; extending the time for which a judgment of death must be executed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
VetoedVetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.) · 2025-06-05
Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-569)
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a county clerk in certain counties to establish a certain number of locations for a voter to return his or her mail ballot in a mail ballot drop box during the period between the last day for early voting…
Vetoed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Makes revisions relating to Medicaid. (BDR 38-40)
AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to provide certain limited coverage to certain persons who would otherwise be ineligible for Medicaid because of their immigration status; prescribing the scope and limitations of such coverage; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to seek…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Establishes a pilot program to reduce interest rates on mortgage loans to certain eligible borrowers. (BDR 25-42)
AN ACT relating to housing; requiring the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry to establish a pilot program to buy down the interest rate on mortgage loans for certain eligible borrowers; making an appropriation for the pilot program; and providing other matters…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Makes a contingent appropriation for allocation to Mondays Dark, Inc. for building a certain facility. (BDR S-708)
AN ACT making a contingent appropriation for allocation to Mondays Dark, Inc. for the building of a facility in the Las Vegas, Nevada, area to provide space for the provision of educational, mental health and other services to the community; and providing other matters properly…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Revises provisions relating to pupils with disabilities. (BDR 34-53)
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to develop a policy governing the provision of certain services to pupils with disabilities; prohibiting an employee of a school district or charter…
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Revises provisions relating to periods of observance. (BDR 19-803)
AN ACT relating to periods of observance; designating the month of October of each year as Menopause Awareness Month in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
VetoedVetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message. · 2025-06-02
Enacts a shield law to protect the transgender community. (BDR 54-12)
AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting health care licensing boards from disqualifying from licensure or disciplining a person for providing or assisting in the provision of medically necessary gender-affirming health care services; prohibiting in certain circumstances the Governor from extraditing a person who is…
VetoedVetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message. · 2025-06-02
Urges Congress to protect the public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area. (BDR R-946)
Urging Congress to protect the public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area.
Became lawFile No. 29. (Effective May 22, 2025) · 2025-06-01
Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-788)
AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to consider certain changes when adopting regulations governing licensure for teachers and other educational personnel; eliminating the use of local assessments to determine whether a pupil has a deficiency in the subject…
Became lawApproved by the Governor. Chapter 190. (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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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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