Nevada SJR8: Urges Congress to protect the public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area. (BDR R-946)

What the bill says

From the enrolled text, May 29, 2025:

Senate Joint Resolution No. 8-Senator Ohrenschall Joint Carter, Cole, Considine, Monroe-Moreno and Moore FILE NUMBER.......... SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION--Urging Congress to protect the public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area. WHEREAS, The public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area are undeveloped natural treasures located near the Las Vegas Valley; and WHEREAS, These public lands contain colorful mountain ranges rising up from the desert lowlands; and WHEREAS, Gypsum Cave, which holds some of the earliest evidence of human inhabitance in the western United States and is significant to Indian tribes, is located on these public lands; and WHEREAS, These public lands contain evidence of the Great Unconformity, which consists of exposed surface rock that represents more than one quarter of the history (1.2 billion years) of the Earth's crust and tectonic plates; and WHEREAS, Several plant species that have received special status designation by the Bureau of Land Management are found on these public lands; and WHEREAS, Many Nevada residents enjoy the natural desert landscape and the outdoor recreational opportunities of Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the members of the 83rd Session of the Nevada …

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Sponsors

• James Ohrenschall (D, 21) · primary sponsor
• Erica Mosca (D, 14) · primary sponsor
• Max Carter (D, 12)
• Lisa Cole (R, 4)
• Venicia Considine (D, 18)
• Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D, 1)
• Cinthia Moore (D, 11)

Latest actions

1. June 1, 2025: Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 29.
2. May 29, 2025: Assembly Amendment No. 554 concurred in. To enrollment.
3. May 22, 2025: Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 3.) To Senate. In Senate.
4. May 21, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
5. May 20, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
6. May 19, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
7. May 16, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
8. May 15, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
9. May 14, 2025: Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
10. May 13, 2025: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

Votes

• Assembly (1st Reprint) (May 22, 2025): 39 yea, 3 nay, passed
• Senate (As Introduced) (April 15, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SJR8?

SJR8 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Urges Congress to protect the public lands including and adjacent to Sunrise Mountain, Frenchman Mountain and the Rainbow Gardens Area. (BDR R-946).

What is the status of SJR8?

Introduced. Latest action: Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 29. (June 1, 2025).

Who sponsored SJR8?

James Ohrenschall (D, 21), with 6 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SJR8?

On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12211/Overview