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NevadaAB5983rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions governing the prohibition against intentionally feeding certain animals; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a person or any agent or employee of a person from knowingly bringing into or possessing in this State the excrement or bodily fluid of certain animals; revising provisions governing certain civil penalties for unlawfully killing or possessing certain big game mammals; revising provisions relating to the importation, possession and propagation of certain fallow deer or reindeer; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
Signed by Governor
BDR 45-300
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 1 mixed.
Penalties change for unlawful moose kills
Moose are removed from the lower civil‑penalty group that was $250 to $5,000 for unlawful take or possession. The separate “trophy big game” penalty range stays $5,000 to $30,000 when it applies. This raises possible penalties tied to moose compared to the prior lower bracket.
Ban and new rules for alternative livestock
The law bans importing, possessing, or breeding alternative livestock in Nevada, except as allowed under NRS 571.210. It also removes alternative livestock from the legal meaning of “livestock” in several state laws. Owners may lose programs or rules that apply only to “livestock,” and must follow any remaining entry and health rules.
Stricter rules for selling wildlife products
It is unlawful to sell, offer, barter, trade, or buy wildlife or parts unless allowed by state law or a Commission rule. You may import or sell meat products from captive‑raised game only if they come from a licensed commercial breeder or a licensed commercial processor.
Limits on bringing deer, elk, and moose parts
It is unlawful to knowingly bring into or possess in Nevada the carcass, parts, excrement, or body fluids of elk, mule deer, white‑tailed deer, moose, alternative livestock, and other animals the State Quarantine Officer deems susceptible. Allowed parts include meat without the spinal column, brain, or head; hides or capes without spinal tissue or brain; clean skull plates with antlers; antlers without tissue except velvet; and taxidermy mounts free of meat or tissue other than velvet. Law enforcement can seize, destroy, or remove items within 48 hours. If you knowingly brought or had them, you must pay removal costs.
No intentional feeding of wildlife
The law bans intentionally feeding wild mammals unless you have written approval from the Department. It also bans taking a game bird by baiting or hunting on a baited area when you knew or should have known it was baited. First offense gets a written warning. A second offense can be fined up to $250. A third or later offense can be fined up to $500. Workers from the Department and USDA-APHIS are exempt when on duty. Normal farm practices, routine yard care, and serving food at events are allowed.
Old wildlife and livestock laws repealed
The law repeals NRS 503.242, 569.006, 571.016, and 576.131. People and agencies covered by those sections are no longer under them. This cleanup supports the shift to new wildlife and alternative livestock rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/22/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 4/15/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 222.
6/3/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/3/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Amendment No. 629 concurred in. To enrollment.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/23/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
5/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
5/22/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 629.) To printer.
5/20/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/20/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/20/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
4/16/2025SenateIn Senate.
4/15/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
4/15/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/15/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 87.) To printer.
4/14/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/10/2025HouseRead first time. To committee.
2/4/2025HouseFrom printer.
11/26/2024HousePrefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.
11/20/2024House
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