# Nevada AB528: AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy to accept new applications for property tax abatements for certain buildings and structures which meet certain energy efficiency standards; revising requirements for the Green Building Rating System adopted by the Director; revising the duration and amount of partial abatements that are available; requiring the Director to adopt certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB528, AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy to accept new applications for property tax abatements for certain buildings and structures which meet certain energy efficiency standards; revising requirements for the Green Building Rating System adopted by the Director; revising the duration and amount of partial abatements that are available; requiring the Director to adopt certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure; status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB528-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB528 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to energy; authorizing the Director of the Office of Energy to accept new applications for property tax abatements for certain buildings and structures which meet certain energy efficiency standards; revising requirements for the Green Building Rating System adopted by the Director; revising the duration and amount of partial abatements that are available; requiring the Director to adopt certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-24 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 58-425 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Existing buildings face added certification rules: cost, low. Buildings using LEED Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance, or an equivalent, must qualify for the federal retrofit deduction under Section 179D(f). Zero-carbon status also requires net-zero carbon emissions; this rule excludes buildings that received abatements before July 1, 2021. Those… - Stricter green standards for building owners: cost, low. Nevada's rating system must match LEED or an equivalent and exclude standards present there for less than two years. Reasonable exceptions are allowed for site size. Buildings on the standard new-building path must beat the applicable energy code by 5% for silver, 10% for gold, or 15% for platinum;… - Building owners can apply again: mixed, low. Nevada removes the July 1, 2021 application cutoff for green-building property-tax breaks. Eligible properties are nonresidential buildings and structures, not land or homes with up to four units. Except for state or locally owned buildings, government funding for acquisition, design, construction,… - Building owners must report and comply: mixed, low. Recipients must report total energy and water use annually to the Office of Economic Development throughout the tax break. The Energy Director can require more data and must report expected and actual energy and water savings. Failure to keep the required rating or recertification ends the break, b… - Building tax breaks have tiered limits: mixed, low. Building tax breaks exclude land taxes and taxes for public education. The general schedule, outside the existing-building operations rating path, lasts up to 10 years: 20% for silver, 25% for gold, and 35% for platinum. Buildings on that existing-building path without a pre-July 1, 2021 abatement… - Owners can buy government building abatements: mixed, low. The Energy Director must create rules allowing state or local governments to assign approved building tax breaks for compensation. The receiving building must be in the same county and already approved for its own tax break. After assignment, it can claim both breaks. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure ## Actions (8) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-15: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-15: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-15: Read second time. (House) - 2025-04-14: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-04-10: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-03-26: From printer. To committee. (House) - 2025-03-24: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB528.pdf) ## Related bills - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB514: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for rehabilitative residential mental health care; requiring the State Long-Term Care… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB528.pdf) ## Related - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB514: AN ACT relating to mental health; requiring Medicaid to provide coverage for re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB514-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB528-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).