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NevadaAB39783rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revising the criteria of eligibility for a waiver of fees by the Board of Regents for certain persons who are or were unaccompanied for a certain period of time; revising the criteria of eligibility for a waiver of fees by the Board of Regents for certain Native American students; providing for the continuity of waivers previously provided for certain Native American students; repealing certain provisions requiring the Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education to cause to be analyzed certain natural materials upon the request of a resident of this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Angela D. Taylor (Democratic), Howard Watts (Democratic)
Vetoed
BDR 34-653
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 5 mixed.
Purple Heart waivers cover more programs
Beginning July 1, 2026, eligible Purple Heart veterans and their children can use fee waivers in any Nevada public higher-education program. This includes trade, graduate, professional, and dual-credit programs. A child must graduate from a Nevada high school; the veteran must be or have been a Nevada resident at death. Children can use the waiver for 10 years after turning 18, or after first enrollment if they enrolled before 18. Recipients receive Nevada resident treatment for fees, and the Board can offer better waiver terms when needed for federal funding.
Military students get waivers with requirements
Beginning July 1, 2026, covered Guard, military survivor, and Purple Heart waivers cover remaining registration, lab, and other mandatory fees. Required fees include program, course, student, and technology fees. Scholarships, grants, and other nonloan aid are applied first; loans do not reduce the waiver. Each year, students must file the FAFSA if eligible for federal aid, or their school's alternative aid form otherwise. They must meet school academic progress rules under federal student-aid law, replacing the stated 2.0 cumulative GPA requirement.
Missing service members' families get fee help
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Board can waive college fees for spouses and children of prisoners of war or missing service members. The service member must have been identified as a prisoner of war or missing in action while performing military duties. Waivers cover remaining registration, lab, and mandatory fees after nonloan aid; loans do not reduce them. Spouses have 10 years from that identification; children have 10 years from turning 18, or first enrollment if before 18. Applicants must file a yearly FAFSA if eligible for federal aid, or a school alternative form otherwise, and meet school progress rules.
Native students get waivers with eligibility rules
Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying Native American students receive registration, lab, and mandatory fee waivers, including summer, between-term, and dual-credit courses. Scholarships, grants, and other nonloan aid are applied first; loans do not reduce the waiver. Students must belong to a federally recognized tribe with territory partly or wholly in Nevada, or have certified descent from an enrolled member. Certification can come from the tribal enrollment department or Bureau of Indian Affairs; students need not live in Nevada. Students must be eligible to enroll and have a Nevada high-school diploma, complete Nevada's selected equivalency assessment, currently attend a Nevada high school, or descend from a Stewart Indian School attendee. Students must meet school progress rules and file a yearly FAFSA or alternative aid form unless taking only dual-credit courses. The Board can request proof of tribal membership or descent. Earlier waivers continue through July 1, 2030, for students who received one between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2026, and are enrolled on July 1, 2026. Those students must remain eligible under the July 1, 2024 rules; continued fee coverage follows those earlier rules.
Unaccompanied students get fee help with checks
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Board must waive remaining mandatory fees for qualifying full-time or part-time undergraduates age 25 or younger at enrollment. Students must have been unaccompanied for at least six months after turning 13. During that period, they must have been homeless or self-supporting and at risk of homelessness. Waivers cover registration, lab, and other mandatory fees after nonloan aid; loans do not reduce them. Students must file a yearly FAFSA if eligible for federal aid, or a school alternative form otherwise, and meet school progress rules. The Board must request proof of eligibility.
Veterans get graduate fee help with conditions
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Board can waive at least half of qualifying veterans' remaining registration, lab, and mandatory graduate fees. Scholarships, grants, and other nonloan aid are applied first; loans do not reduce the waiver. Veterans must be Nevada residents with bachelor's degrees, enrolled or planning to enroll in a designated critical-need graduate program. Eligible fields are science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, and health science. Veterans must file a yearly FAFSA or alternative aid form, meet school progress rules, and arrange payment of remaining fees. Veterans or third parties can pay that balance, including through other scholarships or fee waivers.
More fee help for Guard families
Beginning July 1, 2026, Nevada's Board of Regents can waive additional mandatory college fees for active Nevada National Guard members. It can also waive these fees for eligible children, widows, and widowers of members killed while performing their duties. After reenlisting, a member can assign or reassign the waiver to a spouse, qualifying domestic partner, or child for degree credits. Only one eligible person can use the benefit during each reenlistment period. Recipients receive Nevada resident treatment for fees, and the Board can verify Guard status and keep records.
Nevada ends required natural-material testing service
Effective July 1, 2025, Nevada repeals five laws governing a resident-requested natural-material analysis service. The higher-education Chancellor no longer must arrange testing of Nevada ores, minerals, soil, or water at a resident's request.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Angela D. Taylor
Democratic • Senate
Howard Watts
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
House vote • 5/30/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Vetoed by the Governor.
6/12/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 996 concurred in. To enrollment.
6/2/2025HouseIn Assembly.
6/2/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
6/2/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
6/2/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
6/2/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 996.)
6/2/2025SenateRead second time.
6/1/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
6/1/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
6/1/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
5/31/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/31/2025SenateTo Senate.
5/31/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
5/31/2025HouseTo printer.
5/30/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
5/30/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
5/30/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 898.)
5/30/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/30/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee.
4/10/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/10/2025HouseRead second time.
4/10/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
4/7/2025House
Bill Text
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