NevadaAB12183rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide a tenant at least one method of paying rent or any other fee or charge that meets certain requirements; prohibiting a landlord or his or her agent from charging a tenant a fee to make a payment through an Internet website or online portal that exceeds the amount of any fee charged by the operator of the Internet website or online portal for the use of the website or portal; requiring a written rental agreement to separately identify any such fee under certain circumstances; authorizing a tenant to bring a civil action against a landlord who has committed certain violations; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide, upon request, a copy of a written rental agreement to a prospective tenant; requiring a landlord to refund certain fees collected from a prospective tenant under certain circumstances; prohibiting a landlord from collecting certain application fees; requiring certain references to the amount of rent due under a rental agreement to be set forth in a certain manner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Venicia Considine (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 10-166

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Right to sue for rent‑rule violations

If your landlord violates the rent‑listing or maximum total rent rules in this law, you can sue. If you win, the court can award damages, equitable relief, your costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees. You also get $250 for each violation that involved deception.

Clear total rent and utility fees

The law requires rent to be shown as one total amount that includes all mandatory fees. A landlord cannot charge more than that total. A separate monthly fee is allowed only for electric, gas, or water when the utility cannot bill you directly, or for master‑metered water. The lease must mark this with a clear symbol and a same‑page note that lists each utility’s name and phone number and says the fee equals the utility cost.

Fair screening fees and lease access

If you ask, the landlord must give you the full written lease before you sign. If you pay an application, credit report, or background‑check fee and the unit is rented to someone else without that work being done, you must get a refund. The landlord cannot charge any application, credit report, or background‑check fee for a child under 18 in your household.

Free rent payment and online fee cap

Your landlord must offer at least one way to pay with no fee and without giving bank account info. A paper check may include bank details. If you pay online, the landlord cannot charge more than the portal operator charges, and any portal fee must be listed separately in the lease.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Venicia Considine

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 43 • No: 20

Senate vote • 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)

Yes: 16 • No: 5

House vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 27 • No: 15

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 227.

    6/6/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    6/3/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/29/2025legislature
  4. Senate Amendment No. 740 concurred in. To enrollment.

    5/27/2025House
  5. In Assembly.

    5/26/2025House
  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To Assembly.

    5/23/2025Senate
  7. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.

    5/23/2025Senate
  8. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 740.) To printer.

    5/22/2025Senate
  9. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/22/2025Senate
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    5/22/2025Senate
  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.

    4/28/2025Senate
  12. In Senate.

    4/28/2025Senate
  13. To Senate.

    4/25/2025House
  14. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/25/2025House
  15. To printer.

    4/22/2025House
  16. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.)

    4/22/2025House
  17. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/21/2025House
  18. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 45.)

    4/21/2025House
  19. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025House
  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025House
  21. Read first time. To committee.

    2/4/2025House
  22. From printer.

    1/28/2025House
  23. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.

    1/27/2025House

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