2025 Session
The 2025 session was similar to ones in the recent past, where numerous anti-gun bills were introduced and received a hearing, while none of the “good” gun bills even saw the light of day!
Thanks to our members, we had 237 people send over 600 emails to legislators, generating over 12,000 messages. We had 114 people send emails to the Governor urging he veto the bad bills. Your advocacy was critical to stopping these bad gun bills!
We are grateful to all our members who engaged in helping fight the good fight this session. We need to continue to hold the Governor’s mansion and stop a super majority in both houses in order for us to continue to stop bad gun legislation.
Here is a list of the bills that we actively lobbied during the session and their outcomes.
AB105 would have banned firearms within 100 feet of polling places. The bill was amended to provide for when polling sites are in places like grocery stores, but law-abiding-citizens could still be subject to harassment just because they are exercising their constitutional right to protect themselves.
The bill passed along party lines in both houses.
NVFPAC opposed the bill and urged the Governor to veto it.
The Governor did veto it, saying the bill merely duplicates protections already established under both federal and state law against voter intimidation near polling places.
AB 245 would have prohibited a person who is less than 21 years of age from possessing a semiautomatic shotgun or semiautomatic centerfire rifle. It also made it illegal to sell a semiautomatic shotgun to anyone under 21.
The bill passed on party line votes in both chambers.
NVFPAC opposed the bill and urged the Governor to veto it.
The Governor vetoed the bill due to it not passing constitutional muster.
AB 451 relates to a person who voluntarily surrenders their firearm to an FFL for a temporary hold while they are in mental crisis. We lobbied for changes to the bill, ensuring FFLs were able to participate without any liability issues, and no minimum time frame for the guns to be withheld.
While we support the goal of the bill, we remained neutral on it, as we were concerned about whether the bill would provide appropriate immunity from civil liability for a firearm retailer who provides temporary storage.
The bill passed out of the Assembly with just one “no” vote. It passed primarily on party lines in the Senate after it was amended. The Governor signed the bill, as he felt it had been amended enough to protect gun owners and FFLs.
SB 89 would have prohibited someone from possessing a firearm if the person was convicted in the preceding ten years and anywhere in the country, of committing or attempting to commit a gross misdemeanor hate crime.
It passed along party lines in both houses.
NVFPAC opposed the bill and urged the Governor to veto it.
The Governor vetoed it, saying the bill is critically flawed in that it would potentially deprive individuals of their Second Amendment right to bear arms for a crime with no nexus to firearms whatsoever.
SB 156 would have created the Office for the Prevention of Gun Violence within the Office of the Attorney General, though it was amended to appointing a Special Council for the Prevention of Gun Violence.
The bill passed both houses on party lines.
NVFPAC opposed the bill and urged the Governor to veto it.
The bill was vetoed by the Governor, saying that by embedding a Special Counsel within the Attorney General’s Office – an elected, politically-oriented position – risks turning a public safety initiative into a political tool.
SB 347 allows police to immediately confiscate any firearm owned by someone who is placed on a “mental health hold.” The mental health hold raises constitutional due process concerns because the hold can be issued in a court hearing where the gun owner does not need to be present and cannot defend himself against accusations made against him. The bill was brought forward by Clark County Metro who claimed they need such authority for a “few” situations.
We opposed the bill, though it was amended to limit the police’s authority and require the immediate return of the firearm.
The bill passed both houses primarily on party lines.
The Governor signed the bill into law, most likely out of deference to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
This is the second legislative session of Governor Lombardo’s term, and each session he has vetoed all or almost all of the bad gun control bills sent to his desk. We are grateful for his commitment to the Second Amendment.