# Nevada AB191: AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; authorizing collective bargaining for certain state employees; providing for the recognition of professional organizations; providing for the establishment of bargaining units and the designation of exclusive representatives; establishing certain rights for professional organizations and professional employees; establishing procedures for collective bargaining and for making collective bargaining agreements; authorizing the Government Employee-Management Relations Board to collect certain fees; prohibiting certain practices relating to collective bargaining; authorizing a state professional employer to use the services of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration and the Attorney General for certain purposes; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct collective bargaining negotiations and enter into collective bargaining agreements with certain employees; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB191, AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; authorizing collective bargaining for certain state employees; providing for the recognition of professional organizations; providing for the establishment of bargaining units and the designation of exclusive representatives; establishing certain rights for professional organizations and professional employees; establishing procedures for collective bargaining and for making collective bargaining agreements; authorizing the Government Employee-Management Relations Board to collect certain fees; prohibiting certain practices relating to collective bargaining; authorizing a state professional employer to use the services of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration and the Attorney General for certain purposes; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct collective bargaining negotiations and enter into collective bargaining agreements with certain employees; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Erica P. Roth (Democratic), Natha C. Anderson (Democratic), Steve Yeager (Democratic) and 1 others; status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB191-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB191 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; authorizing collective bargaining for certain state employees; providing for the recognition of professional organizations; providing for the establishment of bargaining units and the designation of exclusive representatives; establishing certain rights for professional organizations and professional employees; establishing procedures for collective bargaining and for making collective bargaining agreements; authorizing the Government Employee-Management Relations Board to collect certain fees; prohibiting certain practices relating to collective bargaining; authorizing a state professional employer to use the services of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration and the Attorney General for certain purposes; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct collective bargaining negotiations and enter into collective bargaining agreements with certain employees; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsors: Erica P. Roth (Democratic), Natha C. Anderson (Democratic), Steve Yeager (Democratic), Roberta Lange (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 29 - Subjects: BDR 23-889 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 16 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - State workers gain protections against unfair practices: benefit, medium. The law bars specified willful interference, discrimination, retaliation, and refusals to bargain by employers and professional organizations. Race protections include hair texture and protective hairstyles, and state employers must provide breastfeeding accommodations. The labor relations Board ca… - University workers gain bargaining agreement protections: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Board of Regents can negotiate agreements for university employees meeting the law’s professional-employee definition. The Regents handle bargaining and the employer’s representation in discipline, investigations, and grievances for the system’s unclassified personnel. F… - Bargaining judgments generally spare personal assets: benefit, low. Professional organizations and state professional employers can sue or be sued as entities under the bargaining law. Judgments against those entities do not make individuals or their personal assets liable under these provisions. Another statute can specifically provide an exception. - Unlawful state worker strikes bring steep penalties: cost, high. A strike started or continued against a court order can bring fines up to $50,000 per day for the organization. A responsible officer can face fines up to $1,000 per day or imprisonment. Courts can also dismiss or suspend participating state employees. - Emergencies can suspend state worker agreements: cost, low. During a state-proclaimed emergency or disaster, state professional employers can suspend some or all bargaining agreement terms. Suspension must be necessary to carry out employer responsibilities and cannot last beyond the emergency or disaster. Such action does not count as refusing to bargain i… - Public access to bargaining proceedings is limited: cost, low. Specified bargaining talks, mediation, arbitration, and employer meetings with management representatives are exempt from public-meeting requirements. The exemption also covers Board deliberations on complaints, appeals, and requests to clarify legal rights. Beginning July 1, 2025, these closure ru… - State employers pay bargaining administration fees: cost, low. State employers with recognized organizations owe an annual Board fee of up to $10 per qualifying represented employee. Counts use the first pay period of the preceding fiscal year, regardless of organization membership or full-year employment. Payment is due July 31; employers cannot pass this fee… - State worker agreements continue, but funding matters: mixed, medium. Existing agreement terms stay in force after expiration until a new agreement takes effect. Lawful agreement terms override conflicting employer policies, but cannot override statutes unless the Legislature changes them. Terms needing legislative funding apply only to the amount funded. Either side… - State workers bargain over pay, with limits: mixed, medium. State employers and exclusive representatives must bargain over pay, leave, work hours, discipline, safety, and listed workplace policies. Insurance and health benefits are included, except pensions, Public Employees’ Benefits Program benefits, and deferred compensation participation. Employers kee… - State workers gain organizing and representation rights: mixed, medium. Covered Nevada state workers can organize, join a professional organization, or choose not to participate without membership-based discrimination. Employers must recognize organizations that submit required governing documents, officer lists, and information identifying the workers they seek to rep… - State workers gain workplace dispute protections: mixed, medium. Covered workers can raise grievances directly; settlements must follow their agreement, and exclusive representatives get participation opportunities and settlement copies. Agreements must provide a grievance process for all unit workers, ending in binding arbitration. For claims under NRS 281.755,… - Binding arbitration resolves state worker bargaining disputes: mixed, low. Negotiations must begin within 60 calendar days after written notice to bargain. After 120 calendar days without agreement, either side can request federal mediation, unless both agree in writing to a later date. The mediator has 21 days to resolve the dispute; failed mediation leads to arbitration… - Existing state worker agreements get transition protection: mixed, low. The transition date is the later of July 1, 2025, or the first July 1 after enactment. Existing bargaining groups and representatives continue covering the same workers until changed under the law. Conflicting amendments do not apply during the current term of an agreement made before that date. Th… - State worker bargaining groups face membership limits: mixed, low. Employers must consult professional organizations when forming bargaining groups, using shared work interests as the main guide. Managers and confidential employees are excluded; supervisors cannot share a group with the workers they supervise. Confidential employees can still join group benefit pl… - State workers can authorize payroll dues payments: mixed, low. State employees can request payroll payments to professional organizations in writing, including electronic authorization allowed by state law. For covered professional employees, employers must withhold authorized dues or similar fees for a recognized organization. Authorization binds employees fo… - State workers get rules for choosing representatives: mixed, low. Without an existing representative, verified support above 50% lets an organization become the exclusive representative without an election. Support from 30% through 50% allows a requested election, with no election in the previous 12 months. Changing or ending existing representation requires veri… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Erica P. Roth (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Natha C. Anderson (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Steve Yeager (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Roberta Lange (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Angela D. Taylor (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Brittney M. Miller (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cecelia González (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cinthia Zermeño Moore (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniele Monroe-Moreno (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David Orentlicher (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Duy Nguyen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Elaine H. Marzola (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Erica Mosca (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Hanadi Nadeem (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Heather Goulding (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Howard Watts (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joe Dalia (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jovan A. Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Linda F. Hunt (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Max E. Carter II (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Reuben D'Silva (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sandra Jauregui (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Selena La Rue Hatch (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Selena Torres-Fossett (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Shea M. Backus (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tanya P. Flanagan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tracy Brown-May (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Venicia Considine (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Venise Karris (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Fabian Doñate (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie Pazina (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelee "Shelly" Cruz-Crawford (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nicole J. Cannizzaro (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (13) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-15: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-14: To printer. (House) - 2025-04-14: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. (House) - 2025-04-14: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 72.) (House) - 2025-04-10: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-03-09: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-02-05: From printer. To committee. (House) - 2025-02-04: To printer. (House) - 2025-02-04: Read first time. (House) - 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. (House) - 2025-02-03: Prefiled. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB191.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB191_R1.pdf) ## Related bills - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB169: AN ACT relating to insurance; establishing the applicability of provisions requiring policies of health insurance to include certain coverage; requiring that c… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB191.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB191_R1.pdf) ## Related - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB169: AN ACT relating to insurance; establishing the applicability of provisions requ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB169-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB191-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).