NevadaAB24783rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; revising provisions relating to the accommodation of persons with physical disabilities at certain public meetings; requiring that certain public buildings designed on or after July 1, 2025, include equipment and software for Communication Access Realtime Translation; including American Sign Language as a foreign or world language course of study; requiring the Department of Education to conduct an interim study on the need for a school for pupils who are deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Tracy Brown-May (Democratic)

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BDR 19-574

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Better meeting access for disabled attendees

Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada public officers and employees must make reasonable efforts to accommodate meeting attendees with physical disabilities. Accommodations include qualified interpreters and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART). These services can be provided in person or electronically. Public buildings designed on or after July 1, 2025, must include CART equipment and software. This building rule applies only to publicly owned buildings used for public meetings covered by the law.

Sign language joins school language standards

Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada's public-school standards council must include American Sign Language in foreign or world language standards. This gives sign language a place in the state's school standards. It does not require each school to offer a sign language course.

Local governments get expense rule exemption

Beginning July 1, 2025, extra local-government expenses related to this law are exempt from the state rule in NRS 354.599. The exemption changes how that rule applies to local governments' implementation costs. It does not directly change household payments or benefits.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tracy Brown-May

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. (No further action taken.)

    6/3/2025House
  2. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

    4/16/2025House
  3. To printer.

    4/15/2025House
  4. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.

    4/15/2025House
  5. Taken from General File.

    4/15/2025House
  6. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 127.)

    4/15/2025House
  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/14/2025House
  8. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    3/17/2025House
  9. From printer. To committee.

    2/18/2025House
  10. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.

    2/17/2025House

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