Melanie Scheible

Soft on crime.Wrong for Nevada.

“‘Homeless Persons’ Bill of Rights’ faces opposition from cities, counties, law enforcement”

Nevada Current, March 4, 2023
Homeless “Bill of Rights”
Signed onto SB142 over opposition from cities and police (2023)
Gas tax on autopilot
Voted yes on AB530 (2025)
Weakened sentences
Voted yes on AB236 (2019)
Melanie Scheible
5
Nevada cities on record against her homeless rights bill
2036
Gas tax hikes locked in through
100g
New drug trafficking threshold, was 4g
$1,200
New felony theft threshold, was $650
SB142 (2023) hearing record  •  AB530 (2025), Nev. 83rd Sess.  •  AB236 (2019), Nev. 80th Sess.

The Record / 01: The Homeless Bill of Rights

A right to your parks, sidewalks
and public buildings.
Cities and police said no.
She signed on anyway.

Her name is on SB142. The bill declared a legal right to use public parks, sidewalks and government buildings, and a right to privacy in belongings kept in any location. Cities, counties, police and prosecutors across Nevada opposed it. Scheible kept her name on it.

What it declared
A right to “use and move freely” in public parks, on sidewalks and in government buildingsSB142, Section 3, as introduced (2023)
Belongings in public spaces
“A reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her personal property, regardless of his or her location”SB142, Section 3, as introduced (2023)
Who opposed it
Cities, counties, police and prosecutorsLas Vegas Metro Police, the Washoe County Sheriff, Clark County, the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Reno and Sparks, the Nevada League of Cities and the Nevada District Attorneys Association
Her role
SPONSOROne of the bill’s named sponsors, 2023
Cities and police said no

The Record / 02: The Gas Tax

Your vote on the gas tax?
She took it away.

Clark County voters were promised a say in 2026. Instead, Scheible voted to let automatic gas tax hikes tied to inflation continue through 2036.

2026 ballot question
Eliminated
Automatic annual hikes
Locked in through 2036
Who decides now
County commissioners, not voters
Her vote on AB530
YESSenate final passage, May 12, 2025
No ballot. No say.

The Record / 03: Crime

She voted to weaken
Nevada’s sentences.

Weaker on theft. Weaker on drugs. She voted yes.

Felony theft threshold
$650 → $1,200
Drug trafficking threshold
4g → 100g
First & second drug possession
Now misdemeanors
Her vote on AB236
YESSenate final passage, June 3, 2019
Soft on crime

For the Record: Two Jobs

She wrote the laws.
She enforced the laws.
Courts said: pick one.

For years, Scheible served as a state senator and a Clark County prosecutor at the same time. Convictions paid the price.

2020: District Court
DUI conviction thrown outJudge ruled her dual role violated separation of powers
2022: Nevada Supreme Court
Rulings overturned in 2 DUI cases she prosecuted
May 2022
Leaves the DA’s officeDays after two justices questioned her dual role

“One who serves in the legislative branch in making the law must not and cannot simultaneously serve in the executive branch.”

District Judge Richard Scotti, November 2020
Convictions overturned
Melanie Scheible
Melanie Scheible

Nevada needs accountability.Nevada deserves better.

Wrong for Nevada