NevadaAB33683rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to state purchasing; revising provisions relating to certain preferences granted to or imposed on bids or proposals submitted for certain state purchasing contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable

Signed by Governor

BDR 27-458

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Bid boost for Nevada and veteran-owned firms

Nevada-based businesses get a 5% edge on state buys. For goods, your bid is scored as 5% lower. For service proposals, you get 5 extra percentage points in scoring. A local business owned and operated by a veteran with a service‑connected disability also gets a 5% price preference on qualifying contracts, if the bid is responsive and responsible. These two preferences can be used together, but not with other preferences. They do not apply to multistate buys or to contracts funded with federal money unless federal law allows it. The preferences change award evaluations, not what the state pays after award.

Clearer rules for state contract awards

State contract ads must show the Nevada and disabled‑veteran preferences and no longer list the old inverse rule. Ads run on the Purchasing Division’s website and in at least one Nevada newspaper, with approved wording. When picking the lowest responsible bidder, the state applies those preferences and explains in writing if it skips the lowest bid. It can weigh location, delivery dates, quality, and total cost of ownership, including maintenance, warranties, parts, and trade‑in value. The law repeals the inverse preference, so that rule no longer affects awards.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 63 • No: 0

Senate vote 5/31/2025

Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

House vote 5/27/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 373.

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

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

    6/4/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    6/1/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

    5/31/2025Senate
  6. Read second time.

    5/30/2025Senate
  7. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/30/2025Senate
  8. From committee: Do pass.

    5/30/2025Senate
  9. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.

    5/28/2025Senate
  10. In Senate.

    5/28/2025Senate
  11. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/27/2025House
  12. Placed on General File.

    5/27/2025House
  13. From committee: Do pass.

    5/27/2025House
  14. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.

    4/14/2025House
  15. Taken from General File.

    4/14/2025House
  16. Read second time.

    4/14/2025House
  17. From committee: Do pass.

    4/10/2025House
  18. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    3/10/2025House
  19. From printer. To committee.

    3/4/2025House
  20. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.

    3/3/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Enrolled

  • As Introduced

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