Republican Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony’s bills died without hearings at the 2025 Legislature, apparent punishment from majority Democratic leadership for his opposition to transgender female athletes competing in girls sports, The Center Square has learned.

A source who worked for Anthony’s office said Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, told Anthony that his bills would die if he didn’t back off his position that biological males should be barred from women’s sports.

One of the bills would have reauthorized the Nevada Office of Small Business Advocacy, which is under the lieutenant governor’s office. The bill’s death meant the office’s workers lost their jobs.

“The lieutenant governor had three bills by statute that he’s allowed to submit, and all three of his bills die

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