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NevadaAB40483rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing a person who operates a brew pub to engage in certain activities concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; revising provisions governing the conduct of certain investigations and hearings and the revocation and suspension of certain licenses relating to intoxicating liquor; revising the manner in which a payment from a retail liquor store to a wholesale dealer for delivery of certain alcoholic beverages must be made; requiring certain persons manufacturing liquor to preserve certain records for inspection and audit by the Department of Taxation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Howard Watts (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 52-651
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Extra 20,000 barrels for out-of-state sales
If you run brew pubs, you may make and sell 20,000 extra barrels of beer each year. You must sell those extra barrels to a wholesaler outside Nevada or to people in other states where allowed. The Department of Taxation may audit these out‑of‑state sales.
Brewpubs expand retail sales and stores
If you operate a brew pub, you can sell other alcoholic drinks at retail, not just on‑site beer, if you have the local retail license and buy from a licensed wholesaler. You may also sell at up to two retail liquor stores you control. Each store must have local licenses and buy all alcohol from a licensed wholesaler. Any store licensed on or after January 1, 2025 must be at least 1,000 feet from an establishment licensed under NRS chapter 463. Stores must be in the same county as the brew pub unless the brew pub is in a county with fewer than 100,000 people. If you held the brew pub and three‑store licenses on March 31, 2025, you may keep the third store under these rules as long as that license is not transferred. If you run a brew pub and commonly controlled stores, you must keep sales records for each location and send the Department of Taxation a monthly sales report for each.
Liquor deliveries: EFT, late fees, fines
Payment for beer, wine, or spirits deliveries must be by electronic funds transfer started by the wholesaler and finished within 30 days of delivery. The wholesaler pulls funds from the retailer’s bank account and does not pay the retailer’s EFT fees. A retailer may choose to pay by credit card if it tells the wholesaler, and the retailer pays the card costs. At delivery, both sides must review the invoice; if correct, the retailer signs it. A promise to pay later, a postdated check, or a bounced check does not count as payment. “Cash” means cash, a money order, a certified check, or a cashier’s check. If a retailer is delinquent (not paid by the 15th of the month after delivery), the wholesaler must add a 1.5% service charge on the unpaid balance on the 15th of that month and each month after until paid. The Department of Taxation may fine a wholesaler up to $500 for a first violation in 24 months, up to $1,000 for a second, and up to $5,000 and/or suspend the license for later violations.
Stronger state enforcement and 4-year records
The Department of Taxation can investigate liquor license holders, issue citations, hold hearings, and suspend or revoke licenses. It can start cases on its own or after a verified written complaint, and it may issue a summary suspension followed by a hearing. All liquor makers and retailers must keep invoices and liquor lists for 4 years. Records must show the kind and amount, who you got it from, and the place and date. The Department can inspect and audit these records.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Howard Watts
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Duy Nguyen
Democratic • House
Heidi Kasama
Republican • House
Selena Torres-Fossett
Democratic • House
Tracy Brown-May
Democratic • House
Rochelle T. Nguyen
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 19 • No: 2
House vote • 5/30/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 425.
6/9/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureIn Assembly. To enrollment.
6/2/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.
6/2/2025SenateRead second time.
6/1/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
6/1/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
6/1/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
5/31/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/31/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/30/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/30/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 859.) To printer.
5/29/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/29/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/29/2025HouseTo committee.
4/24/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/24/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
4/21/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 476.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/3/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/12/2025House
Bill Text
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As Introduced
Reprint 1
Reprint 2
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