John Ellison

This bill modernizes various tax administration procedures but also expands partial abatements for favored businesses that recycle certain materials or produce fuels from recycled materials, further entrenching industry-specific tax breaks instead of broad relief. CPAC rejects government picking winners and losers through targeted subsidies instead of across-the-board tax relief and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 21-0. The bill later became law.

This bill requires the Governor's budget to include more detailed information on collective bargaining agreements and extends timelines for negotiating, mediating, and arbitrating contracts with executive-branch unions, backed by new appropriations. CPAC opposes measures that further entrench public-employee unions and pressure budgets toward higher spending and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 21-0. The bill later became law.

This bill makes wide-ranging changes to Nevada's election laws, including renaming provisional ballots, altering voter registration and mail ballot procedures, expanding grant-funded voter access programs, and revising audit and technology testing rules in ways that prioritize access over security safeguards. CPAC believes Nevada should tighten voter ID and ballot security instead of layering on new access grants and procedural tweaks that leave loopholes and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 13-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill requires the Attorney General to appoint a Special Counsel for the Prevention of Gun Violence with broad powers and duties to drive policy and advocacy around firearms from within state government. CPAC opposes creating a permanent anti-Second Amendment bureaucracy designed to undermine lawful gun ownership and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-28 by a vote of 11-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill imposes new mandates on landlords regarding how rent can be paid, caps certain online payment fees, requires detailed fee disclosures, creates new grounds for tenant lawsuits, and restricts some application fees and practices in rental agreements. CPAC defends property owners against ever-expanding tenant mandates and litigation traps and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-23 by a vote of 16-5. The bill later became law.

This bill orders an interim study on treating certain related businesses as a single entity for commerce tax purposes and on imposing a new tax on sales or transfers of controlling interests in entities that own Nevada real property. CPAC opposes laying the groundwork for new and expanded tax schemes on businesses and property and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-22 by a vote of 14-7. The bill later became law.

This bill allows nonpartisan voters to participate in a major party's primary for partisan offices, weakening parties' ability to choose their own nominees and opening the door to strategic crossover voting. CPAC supports strong party primaries and clear, secure election processes and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 12-9. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill forces certain landlords to impose criminal background checks on job applicants, dictates how they manage keys and recordkeeping, and creates new avenues for civil actions that invite litigation over property operations. CPAC defends property owners from burdensome mandates and trial?lawyer giveaways and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-15 by a vote of 21-0. The bill later became law.

This bill broadens state provisions on housing discrimination, exposing landlords and property managers to more regulatory risk, ambiguous standards, and potential lawsuits driven by activist enforcement. CPAC stands with property owners against ever?expanding liability and regulatory overreach and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-21 by a vote of 13-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill expands mandatory subjects of collective bargaining for public employees to include the ratio of pupils per licensed teacher in each classroom, giving unions more leverage to dictate staffing levels and drive up costs instead of empowering parents and local control. CPAC opposes handing additional power to public?sector unions at the expense of taxpayers and school flexibility and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-23 by a vote of 16-4. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill criminalizes certain statements deemed threatening or intimidating toward candidates for public office, empowers candidates to trigger investigations by the Secretary of State, and adds penalties that can chill robust political speech. CPAC defends the First Amendment and opposes subjectively enforced speech restrictions around elections and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-31 by a vote of 14-7. The bill later became law.

This bill bans adults under 21 from possessing certain firearms, criminalizes helping them do so, tightens storage mandates, and adds new restrictions on how minors may handle or access firearms, undermining self?defense rights and responsible family training. CPAC rejects age?based bans and expanded regulations that erode lawful gun ownership and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-21 by a vote of 12-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill creates a new state certification and regulatory scheme for emergency medical responders, including title restrictions, data collection, and mandatory reporting on certain applicants, particularly veterans. While it extends some legal protections, it also layers on more licensing and bureaucracy that can discourage qualified professionals from serving. CPAC opposes unnecessary new licensing regimes that expand government control over workers and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-04-22 by a vote of 17-4. The bill later became law.

This bill revises provisions governing consent for students to participate in courses addressing HIV, reproductive systems, communicable diseases, and sexual responsibility, while altering requirements for refusal forms. CPAC believes this bill diminishes parental control over sensitive education topics. CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-21 by a vote of 13-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill prohibits food dispensing establishments from using disposable foodware containers made from polystyrene foam, imposing penalties for noncompliance. This mandate increases costs for small businesses and consumers under the guise of environmental regulation. CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-21 by a vote of 16-4. The Governor vetoed this bill.

This bill prohibits the possession of firearms within a certain distance of election sites and mandates signage to enforce these restrictions, with penalties for violations. Such measures infringe upon law-abiding citizens' Second Amendment rights. CPAC opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-05-30 by a vote of 13-8. The Governor vetoed this bill.