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NevadaAB49183rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a county or city clerk to provide certain information or data relating to the current election cycle within a certain period of time; revising qualifications for certain elected public officers to require such officers to be registered to vote in this State; revising provisions governing a declaration of candidacy and declaration of residency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
Signed by Governor
BDR 24-570
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Bill Overview
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19 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 9 costs, 5 mixed.
Alternate address proof for candidates
If your home has no street address or you live remote, you can use alternative proof of residency. You must sign an oath under penalty of perjury and show a photo ID. The filing officer decides if your other proof is enough, and the Secretary of State can set rules.
Faster election data to state
The Secretary of State can ask county or city clerks for current election data. Clerks must send it by the end of the second working day. If they cannot, they must send a written timeline.
Public can see candidate filings online
Candidate declarations are public records online. Filing officers must keep copies of ID and residency proof, but they must not show Social Security numbers, driver’s license or ID numbers, or account numbers.
School trustees and Regents must be local voters
School board candidates must be qualified voters, meet the office’s residency rules, and be registered in that school district. Board of Regents members must live in the district they represent and be registered to vote there.
Vacant district seats filled by local voters
If a fire protection district seat opens, the board must appoint a qualified voter registered in the district. For other district director vacancies, the board must appoint a qualified, registered voter from the same division. The appointee serves until a successor is elected and qualified.
City leaders must live and vote locally
Mayors must be qualified city electors, have lived in the city for at least 1 year, and be registered to vote there. City council members must be qualified electors, have lived in the city for at least 1 year, and be registered to vote in their ward or the city if elected at large. People elected to frame a city charter must have lived in the city for 2 years and be registered to vote there.
Judges must be local voters and residents
District judge candidates must be qualified electors, have lived in Nevada for the 2 years before the election or appointment, and be registered to vote in the state. Justices of the peace must be qualified electors, be registered to vote in the township, and are ineligible if previously removed or retired from judicial office (unless overturned or on appeal). Municipal judges must be state citizens, have lived in the city for at least 1 year unless the charter says otherwise, and be registered to vote in the city.
Special district boards must be local voters
Trustees and managing‑board members of local and interlocal districts must be qualified electors registered to vote in the district. Initial boards and appointees to fill vacancies must also meet these voter and residency rules. Boards may be appointive or elective, and local rules set size, terms, pay, and powers.
Statewide officers must be Nevada voters
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Controller must be at least 25, actual Nevada residents for 2 years, and registered to vote in Nevada. The Attorney General must be at least 30, a Nevada resident for 3 years, a State Bar member in good standing, and registered to vote.
Stricter filing and residency proof for candidates
To run for most state or local offices, you must have lived in and been registered to vote in the area for the 30 days before filing closes. Your form must list your street address (no PO box unless no street address exists) and include proof like a photo ID with that address or a current bill, bank statement, paycheck, or government document. You cannot hold an elected office unless you are registered to vote in the area the office requires you to live.
Stricter rules for county offices
County commissioners, clerks, recorders, treasurers, and assessors must be registered voters in their county. Sheriffs must be at least 21, be registered to vote in the county, meet training or peace‑officer certification rules by county size, and cannot have felony convictions. District attorneys must live in Nevada, be registered to vote in Nevada, and be licensed Nevada attorneys. Public administrators must be at least 21, be county electors registered to vote there, and have no unreversed felony. Constables must be at least 21, be qualified electors, and be registered to vote in the township.
Tighter eligibility for state lawmakers
To serve in the Legislature, you must be a qualified voter, at least 21, an actual Nevada resident for 1 year, and registered in the district. When you file, you must sign a sworn residency statement saying where you have lived since November 1 of the prior year. If you apply to fill a legislative vacancy, you must list a street address (no PO box unless none exists), show you lived there at least 30 days before nomination or filing closed, and confirm local voter registration. The filing officer makes your declaration public and available online.
Town boards need local registered voters
Members of town boards and town advisory boards must live in the unincorporated town and be registered to vote there. Candidates must file the required notice on time. Counties set whether members are elected or appointed and may set removal rules; very large counties follow special selection and removal limits.
School boards must live and vote locally
Elected members of the State Board of Education must be registered voters who live in the congressional district they represent; any appointee to a vacancy must meet the same rule. School district trustee candidates in trustee election areas must live in and be registered to vote in the area they seek to represent. Each school trustee must live in and be registered to vote in their election district for the entire term.
City judges and attorney must be lawyers
City judicial and legal posts add professional and local voter rules. Municipal judges in Carson City, Las Vegas, and Reno must be Nevada‑licensed attorneys, live locally shortly before filing, and be registered voters there. Reno’s City Attorney must be a Nevada‑licensed attorney, be a registered voter in Reno, and serves a 4‑year term; Reno municipal judges cannot practice law privately. Las Vegas municipal judges are elected citywide.
City mayors and councils: live and register locally
Across many city charters, candidates for Mayor and Council must live in the city or ward for set times (about 30 days to 2 years) before the filing deadline or election. They must be qualified electors and be registered to vote in the city or ward. Some charters require ongoing residency or make the office vacant for a felony or loss of qualification. The Mesquite charter also restates mayor powers like presiding, vetoes, emergencies, and appointments. Beginning October 1, 2025, these rules apply to people who file after that date; they do not apply to anyone already holding office on that date.
District board candidates must be local voters
District board candidates must be local voters. Hospital trustees must live in and be registered in the county they serve. Directors from precincts must live in and be registered in that precinct. Water district directors must be registered voters and own land in the division. Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley board members must live in their areas for 30 days or 6 months, and be registered there.
Localities cover costs to implement law
The law exempts extra local costs to carry out this act from NRS 354.599. Local governments may have to cover these costs without state reimbursement.
Tougher checks and penalties on filings
Knowingly filing a false declaration, including lying about residency, is a gross misdemeanor. You can also be sued and blocked from taking office. Filing officers must send credible felony‑conviction evidence about a candidate to prosecutors, who treat it as a formal challenge.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 18 • No: 3
House vote • 4/21/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 41 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 323.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 639 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/27/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To printer.
5/22/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 639.)
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 Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
4/23/2025SenateIn Senate.
4/23/2025SenateTo Senate.
4/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/23/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.)
4/21/2025HouseDispensed with reprinting.
4/18/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 383.)
4/18/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/18/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/18/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/25/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
3/24/2025House
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