NevadaAB54783rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to public employment; requiring an appointing authority to recognize relevant employment experience obtained in the Federal Government as equivalent to employment experience obtained in the government of this State for certain purposes; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, an appointing authority from requiring an applicant for a position of employment in the classified or unclassified service of the State to have obtained a bachelor's degree as a condition precedent to employment; requiring the Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration to take certain actions with respect to the master classification plan for all positions in the classified service of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Steve Yeager (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 23-994

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

No blanket degree rule for state jobs

Agencies cannot require a bachelor’s degree just to apply for Nevada state jobs. This covers both classified and unclassified positions. A degree can be required only when the needed skills can be learned only through a bachelor’s program.

State jobs count federal work experience

Nevada agencies must treat relevant federal government work as the same as Nevada state experience. This applies to hiring, promotion, management, and pay decisions for classified and unclassified jobs. The state’s job classification plan must let federal experience replace a Nevada experience requirement within a job class. The Human Resource Administrator reviews each agency’s classification plan every year using the state’s audit process.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Steve Yeager

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Danielle Gallant

    Republican • House

  • Heather Goulding

    Democratic • House

  • Heidi Kasama

    Republican • House

  • Jill Dickman

    Republican • House

  • Reuben D'Silva

    Democratic • House

  • Venicia Considine

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 60 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

House vote • 4/18/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 39 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 159.

    5/30/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/30/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/22/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

    5/21/2025Senate
  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/20/2025Senate
  7. Read second time.

    5/19/2025Senate
  8. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/19/2025Senate
  9. From committee: Do pass.

    5/19/2025Senate
  10. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.

    4/23/2025Senate
  11. In Senate.

    4/23/2025Senate
  12. To Senate.

    4/22/2025House
  13. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/22/2025House
  14. To printer.

    4/18/2025House
  15. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.)

    4/18/2025House
  16. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/17/2025House
  17. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 377.)

    4/17/2025House
  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/16/2025House
  19. From printer. To committee.

    4/8/2025House
  20. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.

    4/7/2025House
  21. Waiver granted effective: March 24, 2025.

    4/7/2025House

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