LAS VEGAS — Governor Joe Lombardo plans to call a special session to complete unfinished business, like the failed film tax credit expansion bill.
In a brief two-sentence statement, Lombardo announced plans to reconvene the Nevada State Legislature for a special session in Carson City.
His statement read:
“At some point over the next few months, I intend to call the Legislature back for a special session. The goal will be to finish what the Legislature left unfinished – plain and simple.”
While no other details were offered, the unfinished legislation likely includes Lombardo’s crime bill to enhance public safety and the film tax credit bill.
A coalition of Southern Nevada construction, carpentry, and building trades unions is pushing for the tax bill to be revisited.
The bill, sponsored by Assms. Sandra Jauregui (D-Las Vegas) and Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D-North Las Vegas), would facilitate the construction of a film studio in southern Nevada by the Howard Hughes Corp., Warner Bros./Discovery, and Sony Pictures. The measure passed the Assembly during the last day of the 2025 regular session but failed after time expired.
The coalition has continued to put pressure on Lombardo and the Senate to approve the bill, as they believe it will diversify Nevada’s economy and provide thousands of jobs.
Frank Hawk, the western district vice president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, told The Nevada Independent, “We’ve got a full-court press coming from our membership. There’s a level of expectation that we deliver jobs. That’s one of our biggest roles as union leaders out there.”
According to the coalition, the bill could generate an estimated 19,000 construction jobs and 17,000 permanent positions, in addition to boosting Las Vegas’s growing film industry.
“When you look at movie studios, you look at a whole different type of tourism,” said Tommy White, a business manager and secretary-treasurer for Local 872. “We get this on, we get these built, you’re going to begin to attract a lot more tourists than just want to go and walk the Las Vegas Strip.”
