LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A bill that would have authorized more than $1.6 billion in transferable tax credits to build a film studio in Summerlin failed by a single vote in the Nevada Senate Wednesday evening.

The 10-8 vote, with three members absent, ended a long road for the most controversial, and most heavily lobbied, bill of the special session, now in its seventh day in Carson City.

The vote on Assembly Bill 5 was bipartisan, with both Republicans and Democrats in support and opposition to the bill. Eight Democrats and two Republicans voted in favor, with five Democrats and three Republicans opposed.

The Senate needed a simple majority — or 11 votes – to approve the measure.

Three Republican members were absent, but all three would likely have voted against the film tax plan.

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