# Nevada AB247: 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. Nevada AB247, 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., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Tracy Brown-May (Democratic); 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-AB247-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB247 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: 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. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-17 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Tracy Brown-May (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 19-574 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Better meeting access for disabled attendees: benefit, low. 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 elec… - Sign language joins school language standards: benefit, low. 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: benefit, low. 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 and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tracy Brown-May (Democratic), House ## Actions (10) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-16: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-15: To printer. (House) - 2025-04-15: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. (House) - 2025-04-15: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-15: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 127.) (House) - 2025-04-14: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-03-17: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-02-18: From printer. To committee. (House) - 2025-02-17: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB247.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB247_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) - AB234: AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for screening for certain forms of cancer; and providing other matters properly relating th… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB247.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB247_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) - [AB234: AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for screeni…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB234-83rd2025) - [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-AB247-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).