# Nevada AB308: AN ACT relating to cannabis; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board, to waive any requirement to obtain a registration card for a person who holds an ownership interest of 5 percent or more in a cannabis establishment; clarifying the procedures by which an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment may obtain a registration card; revising provisions governing the renewal of registration cards; revising requirements setting forth the cannabis establishments at which the holder of a registration card may serve as an owner, officer or board member or volunteer or work; increasing the fee for the issuance or renewal of certain registration cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB308, AN ACT relating to cannabis; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board, to waive any requirement to obtain a registration card for a person who holds an ownership interest of 5 percent or more in a cannabis establishment; clarifying the procedures by which an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment may obtain a registration card; revising provisions governing the renewal of registration cards; revising requirements setting forth the cannabis establishments at which the holder of a registration card may serve as an owner, officer or board member or volunteer or work; increasing the fee for the issuance or renewal of certain registration cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Shea M. Backus (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-AB308-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB308 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to cannabis; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board, to waive any requirement to obtain a registration card for a person who holds an ownership interest of 5 percent or more in a cannabis establishment; clarifying the procedures by which an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment may obtain a registration card; revising provisions governing the renewal of registration cards; revising requirements setting forth the cannabis establishments at which the holder of a registration card may serve as an owner, officer or board member or volunteer or work; increasing the fee for the issuance or renewal of certain registration cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Shea M. Backus (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 56-822 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cannabis owners can get card waivers: benefit, low. Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board can waive a registration-card requirement for someone who owns at least 5% of a cannabis establishment. The Board must follow policies and procedures established by regulation. A waiver is discretionary, not automatic. - Higher card fees for cannabis leaders: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, the law raises covered cannabis registration-card fees to $400 per person for issuance or renewal. This covers people listed in the application as owners, officers, board members, cannabis executives, or cannabis receivers. The fee applies to qualifying cards issued or re… - Cannabis workers get revised card rules: mixed, low. Initial cannabis cards expire two years after issuance; renewed cards expire two years after the previous card’s expiration date. Cardholders must submit renewal information and fees by expiration, but no longer file an affidavit on the card’s first anniversary. Non-lab cards allow work, volunteeri… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Shea M. Backus (Democratic), House ## Actions (8) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-14: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-14: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. (House) - 2025-04-10: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-03-09: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-02-28: From printer. To committee. (House) - 2025-02-27: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB308.pdf) ## Related bills - 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) - 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) - AB301: AN ACT relating to community development; requiring certain records to be maintained by the board of trustees of certain general improvement districts; increas… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB308.pdf) ## Related - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [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) - [AB301: AN ACT relating to community development; requiring certain records to be maint…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB301-83rd2025) - [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-AB308-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).