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NevadaAB4383rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to public works; creating a program to gather data on the use of job order contracts for certain public works; authorizing certain public bodies to enter into job order contracts for minor construction performed on an existing public work; prescribing the procedure for awarding a job order contract; making certain documents and other information submitted by a person seeking a job order contract confidential until a contract is awarded; prescribing responsibilities of a contractor who enters into a job order contract; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Signed by Governor
BDR 28-465
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Contractor qualifications and subcontracting limits
To hold a job-order contract, a contractor must be licensed, financially able, able to get bonding, run a safety program with drug testing, and not have a disqualifying breach in the last five years. The contractor must agree to the wage and apprenticeship rules and be able to hire approved apprentices. The contractor is responsible for paying and overseeing all subcontractors and suppliers. The contractor may not self‑perform more than 50% of a job order’s estimated cost and must have proper specialty licenses. Before a job order is issued, the contractor must submit a list of intended subcontractors; swaps are limited by law.
Worker pay and apprentices on job orders
Workers on these contracts must be paid at least the state prevailing wage, except apprentices. Non‑apprentice workers need three years of relevant experience or must be apprenticeship graduates. At least 25% of workers must be apprentices or apprenticeship graduates. A public body may waive the 25% rule if the contractor shows good‑faith efforts but cannot find enough apprentices. Public bodies must monitor compliance, unless a project labor agreement with similar rules and binding arbitration is in place.
Bid documents stay confidential until award
When you submit a proposal for a job‑order contract, your materials are confidential until the public body issues a notice of intent to award. The law also adds these records to the list of confidential public records starting July 1, 2025.
Job-order contracting for large local governments
The law lets certain large local governments use job-order contracts for minor work on existing public facilities. It applies to counties with 700,000+ people, cities of 150,000+ in those counties, and some improvement districts there. Contracts are fixed-term and use job orders priced by a unit-price catalog and an adjustment factor. Each public body must hold a public hearing and adopt a written policy on assigning job orders. Total awards are capped at $25 million each year, with unused room rolling to the next year. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.
New rules for how bids are scored
Public bodies must advertise requests for proposals with detailed tasks, a unit-price catalog, the required adjustment factor, and clear scoring weights. Proposals must show qualifications, bonding and insurance ability, licensing, and disclosures. A panel with construction experience ranks bids using the stated factors. A 5% scoring weight applies for a qualifying certificate, unless it would risk federal funding. Local governments may not use reverse auctions to award public works.
Quarterly and annual job‑order reporting
Covered public bodies must file quarterly reports listing each job order, costs, subcontractors, and business‑ownership status, plus expected upcoming work. Each governing body must send an annual report to the Legislative Counsel Bureau for the Legislature and the Legislative Commission. The act also exempts these new reporting duties from a timing rule so reports are not delayed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 13 • No: 8
House vote • 4/22/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 221.
6/3/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/3/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 689 and 768 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.
5/23/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 768.)
5/23/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
5/22/2025SenateTo printer.
5/22/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 689.)
5/21/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/21/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/21/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
4/28/2025SenateIn 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, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
4/22/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 10.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025House
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