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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
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6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 2 mixed.
Heavy fines for illegal big game
The law sets steep civil penalties for unlawful killing or possession of big game. Trophy big game violations carry $5,000 to $30,000 per animal. Other listed animals carry $250 to under $5,000 per animal. The Commission now decides by rule which species count as big game mammals, which controls seasons and penalties.
Tighter rules for alternative livestock owners
The law removes exemptions for alternative livestock and captive non‑native game animals. You must have a Department license to possess live wildlife unless another rule allows it. The Commission lists species that may be possessed, and the Department can inspect and charge fees. You cannot capture Nevada wildlife to stock facilities or possess or release any mammal for hunting unless authorized. If wildlife escapes or is released without written permission, the Department can capture, seize, or destroy it. Owners must report escapes right away and pay the Department’s costs and any damage.
Ban on risky deer and elk parts
You may not knowingly bring into or possess in Nevada carcasses, parts, poop, or bodily fluids of elk, deer, moose, certain alternative livestock, or other animals the State Quarantine Officer lists as at risk for chronic wasting disease. You can bring deboned meat without any spinal column, brain tissue, or head; hides or capes without spinal column, brain, or head; clean skull plates with antlers and no brain tissue; antlers without meat (velvet is allowed); taxidermy mounts without meat (velvet is allowed); and upper canine teeth. Game wardens can seize, destroy, or send out prohibited items within 48 hours. The person who knowingly brought or possessed them must pay the costs.
Assistance allowed for disabled hunters
If you are paraplegic, have one or both legs amputated, or have paralysis of one or both legs, you can get help in the field. With a valid tag, someone may help kill and retrieve a wounded big game animal. The helper may not need a tag if the Commission’s rules allow it.
No feeding wildlife; escalating fines
It is illegal to intentionally feed wildlife the Commission classifies as wild mammals. First offense gets a written notice only. Second offense can bring a fine up to $250. Third or later offenses can bring a fine up to $500. Taking game birds over bait still requires written permission from the Department.
Science-based seasons and urban trapping rules
The Commission must base any hunting season closure on scientific data collected or developed by the Department. If it rejects a county advisory board’s advice on seasons or bag limits, it must explain why at the meeting and in writing soon after. The Commission must also set trapping rules for fur‑bearing animals in residential areas of counties with 100,000 or more people.
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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