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Yes: 63 • No: 0
NevadaAB35083rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to cemeteries; revising provisions relating to the disinterment and removal of human remains from certain cemeteries; revising certain requirements applicable to certain cemetery owners; expanding eligibility for interment in a veterans' cemetery to include certain additional veterans; requiring the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to charge certain fees relating to the interment of such veterans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
BDR 40-874
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Stronger court checks before moving graves
A cemetery cannot remove remains without a district court order. The court may approve only with clear and convincing proof the burial area is unsafe or cannot be maintained at market rates, or that removal is needed because of the cemetery’s future care costs in that area. After any order, the cemetery must wait at least one year before removal. Some removals do not need a court order: in a plot owned in fee simple by someone else; under a disinterment permit, a coroner, or a person authorized by law; or in marked historic areas and county-owned historic cemeteries. The cemetery must keep a written record naming the person, the plot, and any new burial location, and share it with health or death officials on request. The cemetery may not sell, mortgage, or place liens on privately owned plots, and courts must honor good‑faith sale agreements made before the order at the agreed, reasonable price.
More veterans eligible; some burial fees
The law expands who can be buried in Nevada veterans’ cemeteries. Veterans who meet Nevada’s definition and either served in a National Guard reserve component or received a VA commemorative plaque or urn are now eligible. Veterans who qualify for national cemeteries under 38 U.S.C. § 2402 pay no state charge for the plot or interment. Veterans in the new eligibility group may be charged up to the VA burial allowance for interment, and up to the actual cost for a headstone or marker the Department provides. The Department also charges family members of an eligible veteran a fee that cannot be more than the actual burial cost.
New upkeep rules for cemetery owners
Cemetery owners must keep grounds in orderly condition. They must mow at least monthly in the growing season unless grass is dormant or water rules bar irrigation; remove or treat weeds (one yearly treatment counts); maintain safe paths; care for landscaping; and remove litter quickly. The law explains that “orderly” means full upkeep that honors the dead, keeps people safe, and allows access. A district attorney or a relative can sue to enforce; courts can order fixes; if the owner does not comply, the city or county can restore the cemetery and bill the owner. These enforcement suits do not apply to city or county cemeteries, veterans’ cemeteries, or cemeteries with federal funding.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/21/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 248.
6/3/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/3/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 679 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/22/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
5/21/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/20/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
5/20/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 679.) To printer.
5/19/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/19/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/19/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
4/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
4/28/2025SenateTo Senate.
4/25/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/25/2025HouseTo printer.
4/22/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
4/22/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 449.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/4/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
3/3/2025House
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