Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · Nevada
Votes with Republicans
95%
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
0 of 18
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 9.5
Roll calls on record
669
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 John Ellison 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 Ellison 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 Ellison is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
8 of 152 party-line votes.
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
AB451 · Provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons returning a firearm under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-1057)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-05-22 · Passed 16–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB319 · Requires the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners, Reno City Council and Sparks City Council to establish a board to study the creation of a county fire protection district within certain territory. (BDR S-1018)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 16–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB347 · Revises provisions relating to mental health crisis holds. (BDR 39-8)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 16–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB166 · Revises provisions relating to housing. (BDR 57-713)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-22 · Passed 14–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB447 · Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-968)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-21 · Passed 16–5 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB324 · Establishes prohibitions relating to the sale of water in certain disposable plastic bottles in communities abutting the Lake Tahoe Watershed. (BDR 40-216)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-18 · Passed 16–4 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB370 · Revises provisions relating to manufactured housing. (BDR 43-754)
Senate Final Passage · 2025-04-15 · 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.
Dina NealDemocrat · District 4 · 186 shared contested votes
12%
James OhrenschallDemocrat · District 21 · 191 shared contested votes
12%
Rochelle NguyenDemocrat · District 3 · 194 shared contested votes
12%
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 Ellison 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.
Introduced18
Out of committee3
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 9.5 bills that became law this session.
Revises provisions relating to veterans. (BDR 37-1046)
AN ACT relating to veterans; prohibiting the Director of the Department of Veterans Services from charging a fee for the interment of the spouse of a veteran; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(No further action taken.) · 2025-06-03
Imposes certain requirements upon certain alarm companies. (BDR 52-730)
AN ACT relating to trade practices; imposing certain requirements upon certain alarm companies with respect to an alarm system that becomes defective or inoperative; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.) · 2025-05-17
Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 15-729)
AN ACT relating to real property; making it unlawful to procure or offer a false or forged written rental agreement for purposes of committing the crime of housebreaking or unlawful occupancy; expanding the crime of unlawful occupancy under certain circumstances; defining the terms squatter and…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.) · 2025-05-17
Revises provisions relating to financial institutions. (BDR 55-225)
AN ACT relating to financial institutions; requiring certain financial institutions, credit unions, savings banks and thrift companies to take certain actions relating to the use of an emergency financial contact for certain accounts and transactions which involve an older person or vulnerable person; authorizing certain…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Provides immunity from civil liability for certain acts and omissions of volunteer security personnel of a religious organization under certain circumstances. (BDR 3-322)
AN ACT relating to civil liability; providing immunity from civil liability for certain acts and omissions of volunteer security personnel of a religious organization under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. (BDR 20-112)
AN ACT relating to law enforcement; allowing a county sheriff to enter into an agreement with certain federal agencies to authorize their employees to enforce state or local laws, or both, in certain circumstances; conferring the powers of a peace officer on such employees in…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to public monuments. (BDR 35-1013)
AN ACT relating to public monuments; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a governmental agency from removing or destroying a monument that is located on state lands or any other publicly owned land unless such action is approved by the Governor; providing that a person who willfully…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Recognizes the strategic partnership and bond of friendship with, and expresses the Nevada Legislature's support for, the State of Israel. (BDR R-1014)
Recognizing the strategic partnership and bond of friendship with, and expressing the Nevada Legislature's support for, the State of Israel.
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. (BDR 16-726)
AN ACT relating to law enforcement; requiring a county or city jail or detention facility to notify federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances; revising certain requirements related to model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to state or local law enforcement agencies and are…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 3-222)
AN ACT relating to real property; defining the terms squatter and tenant for certain purposes relating to summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property, a recreational vehicle or a mobile home; reducing the period for seeking reentry of a dwelling and the return of…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to organized retail theft. (BDR 15-727)
AN ACT relating to crimes; increasing the penalty for organized retail theft under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to pharmacy benefit managers. (BDR 57-534)
AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefit managers; expanding the scope of certain provisions; prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in certain practices; requiring pharmacy benefit managers to make certain disclosures; requiring pharmacy benefit managers to pass rebates along to certain insurers and insureds; requiring pharmacy…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to athletics. (BDR 34-179)
AN ACT relating to athletics; requiring certain schools and institutions of higher education to designate by sex the athletic teams and sports sponsored by the schools or institutions; prohibiting male or female athletes from competing on teams designated for the other sex; prohibiting certain actions…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-724)
AN ACT relating to wages; authorizing a temporary agricultural foreign worker who performs herding or production of livestock on the range under an H-2A visa and his or her employer to enter into a written agreement to exclude from the wages of the worker certain…
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
Revises provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed firearm. (BDR 15-607)
AN ACT relating to firearms; increasing the period for which a permit to carry a concealed firearm remains valid; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Failed(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) · 2025-04-12
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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