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: Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Signed by Governor

BDR 40-874

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Court order and delay before moving remains

A cemetery must get a court order and give notice before disinterring or removing remains. The court can approve only with clear and convincing reasons. If approved, the cemetery must wait at least 1 year before moving remains. A cemetery cannot sell, mortgage, or encumber a burial plot you own in fee simple. Courts must honor a good‑faith land sale or option made before the disinterment order at the agreed price.

Stronger upkeep rules for cemetery owners

Cemetery owners must keep grounds orderly. They must mow at least monthly in the growing season, unless grass is dormant or drought water rules prevent mowing. They must remove or treat weeds; one weed treatment each year counts as compliant. They must maintain paths, entries, and landscaping, and remove litter without delay. A county district attorney or a relative may sue to force upkeep; if an owner ignores a court order, the city or county may fix it and bill the owner. This enforcement rule does not apply to city‑ or county‑owned cemeteries, veterans’ cemeteries, or cemeteries funded in whole or in part by the federal government.

More veterans eligible for state burials

More veterans 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, even if not eligible for a national cemetery. There is no charge for plots or interment for veterans who meet the federal national cemetery rules. For veterans who qualify only under the new state path, the Director charges an interment fee no higher than the VA burial allowance for a national cemetery. If the Department provides a headstone or marker, the fee cannot be more than its actual cost. Family interment fees may continue up to actual cost.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 63 • No: 0

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

  1. Chapter 248.

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

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

    5/29/2025legislature
  4. Senate Amendment No. 679 concurred in. To enrollment.

    5/26/2025House
  5. In Assembly.

    5/22/2025House
  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

    5/21/2025Senate
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/20/2025Senate
  8. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.

    5/20/2025Senate
  9. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 679.) To printer.

    5/19/2025Senate
  10. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/19/2025Senate
  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    5/19/2025Senate
  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.

    4/29/2025Senate
  13. In Senate.

    4/28/2025Senate
  14. To Senate.

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

    4/25/2025House
  16. To printer.

    4/22/2025House
  17. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)

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

    4/21/2025House
  19. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 449.)

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

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

    4/21/2025House
  22. From printer. To committee.

    3/4/2025House
  23. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

    3/3/2025House

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