As a new Democratic supermajority takes complete control of Nevada’s government, the Nevada Legislature may start the 2027 session by trying to override the 87 bills Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed in 2025. Under the Nevada Constitution, bills vetoed after the session ends come back at the next regular session. Overriding a veto takes a two-thirds vote in each chamber: 28 of 42 Assembly members and 14 of 21 senators. If both chambers hit that mark, the bill becomes law even though the governor rejected it.
Several bills that passed on mostly party-line votes in 2025 are expected to come up early. The most controversial ones Lombardo vetoed covered guns, paid family leave, limits on rent increases for seniors, fertility treatment, stronger protections for tenants, more time to fix problems with mail ballots, faster insurance approvals for medical care, and expanded workplace protections for lower-wage and gig workers.
Then-Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui (D), now lieutenant governor-elect, sponsored two gun bills Lombardo vetoed. One would have banned guns within 100 feet of polling places and other election sites, with exceptions for police. The other would have raised the minimum age to 21 for certain semiautomatic shotguns and rifles, with exceptions for military members and supervised hunting. These are likely to come up for override votes or be reintroduced.
Other bills Lombardo vetoed that are likely to come back include a measure requiring larger employers to offer up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, a pilot program capping yearly rent increases at 5 percent for senior tenants, and a bill giving tenants stronger options when landlords fail to keep units livable.
Democrats will have a 32-10 majority in the Assembly, giving them a supermajority. In the Senate, they will have a 13-8 edge, leaving them one seat short of a supermajority.
