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NevadaAB50283rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to public works; revising provisions relating to the compliance of a contractor or subcontractor with certain requirements relating to apprentices on a public work; revising requirements relating to identifying numbers for public works; revising provisions relating to the imposition of penalties for certain violations; revising provisions relating to the period within which a person is disqualified from being awarded a contract for a public work in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to the investigation of certain possible violations; creating the Public Works Compliance Division within the Office of Labor Commissioner and prescribing its duties; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Signed by Governor
BDR 28-401
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Repeat violators barred from public contracts
If the Labor Commissioner fines a contractor or subcontractor under Chapter 338, the Commissioner may also bar that business and its corporate officers from new public work contracts. First offense: up to 180 days. Second offense: at least 180 days and up to 3 years. Third offense: at least 3 years and up to 5 years. Fourth or later offense: at least 5 years.
Stronger payment protections for contractors
Beginning January 1, 2026, a public body cannot hold back money before final payment unless a full investigation is finished. A contractor cannot dock a subcontractor for missing monthly records if the sub gave the records on time; subs may also send records directly to the public body. A public body cannot withhold amounts due to a contractor or subcontractor to recover fees or penalties the Labor Commissioner charged the public body.
New worker records and monthly filings
Beginning January 1, 2026, contractors and subs on public works must ask each worker if they want to voluntarily state gender and ethnicity, record the worker’s answer or a decline, and explain that answers are voluntary and open to public inspection. They must keep accurate records for each worker, including name, job, voluntary gender and ethnicity (or declined), driver’s license issuing state (if any), and actual per diem, wages, and benefits. If a worker has a driver’s license or ID, the record must also include the ID number and issuing state; those ID-number records are confidential. A copy of each monthly record must reach the awarding public body within 15 days after month-end; some records are open to public inspection, and public bodies may discard them two years after final payment. Anyone performing public work who neglects these record rules is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Public bodies face new reporting penalties
A public body must get an identifying number at least 3 business days before advertising a public work and include it in all ads, bids, and solicitations. It must report the contract award within 10 days and report completion before final payment, or face $50 for each calendar day it is late. Beginning January 1, 2026, within 90 days after substantial completion, the public body must investigate possible violations or refer them to the Public Works Compliance Division using the Labor Commissioner’s form. If a public body fails this duty, the Labor Commissioner may charge a $1,000 fee plus a $2,000 administrative penalty for each contractor or subcontractor found in violation.
Apprentice requests and yearly reports for contractors
Contractors and subs on public works must ask an apprenticeship program for an apprentice no earlier than 30 days before starting and no later than 5 days after starting work. If no apprentice is supplied, they must ask again at least every 30 days while working, and again when work resumes. By February 15 each year, contractors and subs who worked on public jobs last year must file a report that lists identifying details for each public work, but not personal details about apprentices or employees. These rules apply beginning January 1, 2026.
Public Works Compliance Division created
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Office of the Labor Commissioner runs a new Public Works Compliance Division. The Division investigates possible violations when directed or after a referral, and sends a written report to the Labor Commissioner and, if referred, to the public body. The Labor Commissioner may hire a Chief Assistant and staff to do this work. State and county officers must furnish information when the Office requests it in writing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/30/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 5/26/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 39 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Chapter 331.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/2/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 914 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/31/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/31/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
5/30/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
5/30/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 914.) To printer.
5/29/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/29/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/29/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
5/26/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 2, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
5/26/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass, as amended.
5/26/2025HouseTo committee.
4/22/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/22/2025HouseTo printer.
4/17/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means.
4/17/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/17/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 284.)
4/17/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/16/2025HouseNotice of exemption.
4/3/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/25/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
3/24/2025House
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