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NevadaAB49183rd Regular Session (2025)House
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
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 3 mixed.
City attorneys and judges: local and full-time
An elected City Attorney must be a licensed Nevada lawyer, be a registered voter in the city, work full time, and not practice privately. Municipal judges must be licensed Nevada lawyers, be registered voters in the city, and may not do private legal work. The city council sets municipal judges’ pay, and all judges receive the same salary.
Education boards: local residency and registration
Elected State Board of Education members must be qualified electors and registered voters of their congressional district. If the Governor fills a vacancy in one of those seats, the appointee must meet the same voter and residency rules. County school trustees must live in, and be registered to vote in, the area or district they represent. Each Regent must live in and be registered to vote in the district that elects them.
Judges must be registered voters
Candidates for the Nevada Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and district courts must be registered Nevada voters. Candidates for justice of the peace must be qualified electors and registered to vote in the township they seek to serve.
Most offices need local voter registration
The law requires most elected officials to be registered voters where they serve. Legislators must be qualified electors, at least 21, live in Nevada for one year, and be registered in their district. Statewide officers must be registered Nevada voters. County officers, including commissioners, clerks, recorders, treasurers, assessors, and public administrators, must be registered in the county. Sheriff candidates must be qualified electors and registered in the county; district attorneys must be Nevada residents, registered voters, and Nevada‑licensed attorneys; constables must be 21, qualified electors, and registered in their township. A general rule also bars anyone from holding state or local office unless registered to vote in the area where residency is required, including mayors, council members, town boards, and district trustees.
Stricter residency rules for city officials
City mayors and council members must be local registered voters and meet set residency periods. Some charters require two years in the city before election; others require 12 months for mayors and 30 days in the ward for council seats. In Las Vegas, the mayor and council must have lived in the city or ward for 30 days before filing, and they forfeit office if they move out. In some cities, council members must keep living in their ward during their term; boundary changes do not force them out. Terms are generally four years, and some councils set salaries by ordinance or resolution.
District boards: local voters and $10K bonds
Members of many local and special district boards must be local registered voters and meet clear residency rules. Initial trustees and county appointees must be qualified electors registered in the district; vacancy appointees must meet the same rules. Precinct directors, NRS 539 directors and supervisors, hospital trustees, and fire district appointees must live in and be registered in the area they serve. Some boards require actual residence in the area for at least 30 days before filing or six months before the election. Before taking office, some members must file an oath and a corporate surety bond; the District pays the bond, which cannot exceed $10,000.
Faster election data and public filings
County and city clerks must send current‑election data to the Secretary of State within two working days or give a written timeline. For nonfederal offices, you must have actually lived in the area and been registered there for the 30 days before filing closes. Your declarations are public and posted online, and you must show photo ID with address or a current utility, bank, paycheck, or government document. Knowingly filing false information is a gross misdemeanor. To fill a legislative vacancy, you must list street addresses and voter registration in a public, electronic declaration; no filing means you are ineligible.
Start date and local cost treatment
Beginning October 1, 2025, these new eligibility and filing rules apply to anyone who files to run for a nonfederal office. People who hold an elected office on October 1, 2025 are not subject to the new rules. Local governments may treat extra costs from this act as not covered by NRS 354.599 limits when they budget for implementation.
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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