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Yes: 55 • No: 8
NevadaAB4383rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
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
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 3 mixed.
Annual $25 million cap on job orders
Beginning July 1, 2025, each public body can award up to $25 million in job order contracts per year. Any unused amount from one year may be added to the next year’s limit. This cap can reduce total work available through job orders when demand is high.
Stricter rules for job order contractors
Beginning July 1, 2025, contractors must meet eligibility rules, including proper state licenses, bonding, financial strength, a safety program with drug testing, and no recent disqualifying breaches. A contractor may not self‑perform more than 50% of a job order’s estimated cost and must hold the right specialty licenses for trades. The prime must hire and oversee qualified subcontractors and ensure they follow state rules. Before a job order is issued, the contractor must list intended subcontractors and can replace them only under limited legal grounds.
Prevailing wages and apprentices on job orders
Beginning July 1, 2025, job order contracts must pay prevailing wages to all non‑apprentice workers. At least 25% of workers must be registered apprentices or graduates, unless the public body grants a waiver after you show diligent efforts, or a qualifying project labor agreement applies. Contractors must monitor and prove compliance.
New job-order contracting for big localities
Beginning July 1, 2025, only large counties, big cities in those counties, and certain improvement districts may use job order contracts for minor work on existing public works. Requests for proposals must include a unit-price catalog, an adjustment factor, scoring factors, bonding rules, and renewal pricing. A review panel with construction experience scores bids, and a 5% weight applies for a valid bidding-preference certificate unless it risks federal aid. Applicant names are public, but bid contents stay confidential until a notice of intent to award. Each public body must adopt a written policy for assigning job orders after a public hearing.
New data and reports on job orders
Beginning July 1, 2025, covered public bodies must collect data on job order contracts and send quarterly reports to their governing body. Governing bodies must send an annual report to the Legislative Counsel Bureau at session start and to the Legislative Commission by February 1 of even‑numbered years. These reporting rules are exempt from the usual preclearance step, which speeds implementation.
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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