NevadaAB383rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to civil actions; revising provisions relating to alternate dispute resolution for certain civil actions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Signed by Governor

BDR 3-472

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Winners in arbitration or short trials get $15K fees

Beginning January 1, 2026, if you win in arbitration or a court-approved short trial, the decision-maker can award your attorney fees up to $15,000. The award is the smaller of what you ask for and $15,000. Costs and interest can also be awarded as allowed by statute or court rules.

More cases under $100K go to arbitration

Beginning January 1, 2026, district-court civil cases from Nevada with $100,000 or less per plaintiff go to nonbinding arbitration, unless the parties use another approved process. Some cases are not forced into arbitration, including insurer bad-faith cases seeking punitive damages, sexual assault or sexual battery cases, and product liability cases. These excluded cases can stay in the normal court process.

Arbitration fees and arbitrator pay change

Beginning January 1, 2026, Nevada removes fixed pay caps for arbitrators. The Nevada Supreme Court sets payment rules and maximums, and a judge can waive limits for good cause. In districts with 100,000+ people, courts can charge arbitration fees when each plaintiff seeks more than $100,000.

New short trial option with limits

Beginning January 1, 2026, Nevada adds a short trial option if all parties agree and the Supreme Court authorizes it. Short trials limit discovery, set strict time limits, and can use a jury of up to eight people.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 61 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/22/2025

Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)

Yes: 20 • No: 1

House vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 41 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 215.

    6/3/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

    5/29/2025legislature
  4. Senate Amendment No. 668 concurred in. To enrollment.

    5/26/2025House
  5. In Assembly.

    5/23/2025House
  6. To Assembly.

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

    5/23/2025Senate
  8. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To printer.

    5/22/2025Senate
  9. Reprinting dispensed with.

    5/21/2025Senate
  10. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 668.)

    5/21/2025Senate
  11. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/21/2025Senate
  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    5/21/2025Senate
  13. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/28/2025Senate
  14. In Senate.

    4/28/2025Senate
  15. To Senate.

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

    4/25/2025House
  17. To printer.

    4/22/2025House
  18. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.)

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

    4/21/2025House
  20. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 285.)

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

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

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

    2/4/2025House
  24. From printer.

    10/8/2024House
  25. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    9/27/2024House

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