(The Center Square) – Five out of seven statewide ballot propositions were approved in Nevada. Three of those will be passed into law. Two propositions will be moving on to the 2026 election – citizen-led initiatives must be passed in two consecutive even-year elections. Here’s what they are and what they mean for Nevadans:

Revising Language Related to Public Entities for Individuals with Mental Illness, Blindness or Deafness Amendment

This ballot proposition passed with 65.97% of the votes and changed some language in the Nevada Constitution. According to the legislative language, it revises the description of the people who benefit “institutions that the State is required to foster and support,” to replace the term “institutions” with “entities.” Additionally, it replaces the phrase, “insane, blind, deaf and dumb persons” with “persons with significant mental illness, persons who are blind or visually impaired, persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and persons with intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities.