All Roll Calls
Yes: 63 • No: 0
NevadaAB46283rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to economic development; authorizing the creation of an industrial park in a contiguous area that meets certain requirements; authorizing the creation of a tax increment area and the issuance of bonds and other securities for certain projects within an inland port or industrial park; requiring the designation of a teacher or other licensed educational personnel to coordinate career pathways programs at each high school which offers such programs; creating the Career Pathways Oversight Committee; requiring the appointment of a Career Pathways Oversight Coordinator; revising provisions governing the Teacher Academy College Pathway Program; revising provisions governing the program for reimbursement of tuition and fees paid by teachers who completed the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Shea M. Backus (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
BDR 22-823
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Prevailing wages on port and park projects
Beginning July 1, 2025, construction tied to these financed projects must pay Nevada prevailing wages. Contractors and subcontractors must follow public‑works wage rules in their bids and contracts. Workers get required wage rates. Developers and builders face higher labor costs when planning project budgets.
How ports and industrial parks are created
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law covers industrial parks as well as inland ports and defines what counts as an industrial park. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development can approve or start a project if the Board of Economic Development agrees. Cities or counties must hold at least two public hearings with 7 days’ notice and a map, then pass an ordinance that sets the boundaries, main office, name, and board size. If there are multiple members, a member that leaves must give 6 months’ notice; if an airport is inside the area, one director is appointed by the airport’s governing body (rules vary above or below 700,000 population). The board needs a two‑thirds vote to impose any fee. The runway minimum to count a municipal airport as qualifying infrastructure is now 5,001 feet. New reporting and added local expenses tied to this Act are exempt from certain state limits and reporting rules.
Tax-increment financing and bonds for ports
Beginning July 1, 2025, cities and counties that create an inland port or industrial park can set up a tax increment area. Property taxes above a set base go into a special account to pay for project debt, and the area ends no later than 30 years. Voter‑approved bond rates still go to the issuing agency’s debt fund, and school taxes still go to the State Education Fund. These tax‑increment areas are not limited by the statewide ad valorem revenue cap. Tax‑increment money can fund drainage, flood control, roads, sewers, water, rail, airport, and utility projects. Local governments can issue bonds and other securities, including special‑obligation bonds backed only by project revenues, or general‑obligation bonds that follow normal debt limits.
Rules for roads, rail, and airports
Beginning July 1, 2025, an authority can use and change local streets and public ways, but only with the owning government’s consent and at the authority’s expense. It cannot change a state highway without the Transportation Department’s consent or a railroad without the railroad’s consent. If a municipal airport is inside the area, the authority cannot alter the airport or control airline or commercial air operations. The authority may market and promote the port or park to attract users.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Shea M. Backus
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Senate (3rd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 5/29/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 428.
6/9/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 962 concurred in. To enrollment.
6/2/2025HouseIn Assembly.
6/2/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
6/2/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint.
6/1/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 962.) To printer.
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 Government Affairs. To committee.
5/29/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/29/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/29/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/29/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 835.) To printer.
5/28/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/28/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/28/2025HouseTo 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. 265.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025House
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