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NevadaAB59183rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to state financial administration; making appropriations from the State General Fund and the State Highway Fund for the support of the civil government of the State of Nevada for the 2025-2027 biennium; providing for the use of the money so appropriated; making various other changes relating to the financial administration of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
Signed by Governor
BDR S-1228
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Bill Overview
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42 provisions identified: 34 benefits, 0 costs, 8 mixed.
Prisons and inmate healthcare funded
Starting July 1, 2025, Nevada funds prisons and corrections. Prison Medical Care gets $70.1 million in FY2025-26 and $72.0 million in FY2026-27. High Desert State Prison gets $95.6 million and $97.4 million. Training and other prison operations are also funded.
Public safety and parole funding
From July 1, 2025, the Department of Public Safety is funded for training, investigations, parole and probation, and criminal records. Parole and Probation gets $81.7 million in FY2025-26 and $83.9 million in FY2026-27. The Central Repository for criminal history and other divisions are also funded.
Roads, DMV, and patrol funding
Starting July 1, 2025, the State Highway Fund supports DMV and highway operations. Nevada Highway Patrol gets $106.0 million in FY2025-26 and $108.6 million in FY2026-27. The state also pays DMV credit card fees with $2.0 million each year and provides a small General Fund amount for DMV customer services.
State budget funds 2025–2027 services
The law funds Nevada’s state government for FY2025-26 and FY2026-27. Money starts July 1, 2025. These appropriations keep core state services operating across the biennium.
More funding for disability and mental health
Starting July 1, 2025, the state funds key disability and family supports for 2025–2027. Examples include about $8.4 million then $9.1 million for Autism Treatment Assistance, about $23.7 million each year for Home‑ and Community‑Based Services, and about $44.3–$44.7 million for Early Intervention. The state can also shift money among adult mental health accounts and among regional centers with Governor recommendation and IFC approval to meet needs.
Medicaid funding, rates, and new limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada funds Medicaid at about $1.175 billion in FY2025–26 and $1.273 billion in FY2026–27, and Nevada Check‑Up at about $23–$24.7 million. The Health Authority can move money between Medicaid and Check‑Up with Governor recommendation and IFC approval, and must set fee‑for‑service payment rates for ABA services. Managed‑care members keep getting prescriptions through their health plan during 2025–2027. Agencies can move some funds to Medicaid Administration after showing savings, and DHS savings can help pay the state share of a hospital UPL program if CMS approves. Total state money for TANF, child care, Medicaid, and Check‑Up is treated as a cap for 2025–2027, with exceptions for things like federal match changes, new federal mandates after Oct 1, 2025, county‑match costs over the cap, payment‑structure changes, or higher‑than‑budgeted drug costs.
College funding plus new budget controls
Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada funds higher education for 2025–2027, including about $179.7 million and $178.6 million for UNR and about $278.4 million and $274.3 million for UNLV. The Silver State Opportunity Grant program gets $5 million each year. NSHE can move funds among its accounts with Governor recommendation and IFC approval, and research‑match money can carry forward for up to two years. For 2025–2027, the Board of Regents must follow any Governor request to set aside money from these appropriations.
Higher pay floor for direct-care workers
Beginning July 1, 2025, direct-care workers must be paid at least $16 per hour. This applies when providers are paid $25 per hour from Medicaid or the Home- and Community-Based Services account for personal care services. The $16 must be direct pay and cannot be reduced by health insurance or other benefits.
Carry‑forwards and budget flexibility
Starting July 1, 2025, money in 23 key accounts, including Nevada Medicaid, can move between FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 with Interim Finance Committee approval after the Governor recommends it. Deferred and extraordinary maintenance funds can be used across both years with similar approval and must finish approved projects. The State Controller can move funds among accounts to carry out the approved budget. Agencies must follow state budget rules and finish any allowed year‑to‑year transfers by September 18, 2026.
Courts and judicial oversight funded
The law funds Nevada courts starting July 1, 2025. Specialty Courts get about $7.0 million in FY2025-26 and $7.3 million in FY2026-27. Judicial salaries and staff are funded, and the Commission on Judicial Discipline receives about $1.5 million each year.
Funds for statewide offices and elections
The law funds key statewide offices and elections work starting July 1, 2025. Secretary of State gets $25.3 million in FY2025-26 and $26.4 million in FY2026-27, plus Help America Vote Act funds each year. The Attorney General, Treasurer (including the employee savings trust), Controller, and Lieutenant Governor also receive listed amounts to run their offices.
Keeps tax administration running
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department of Taxation gets $49.6 million in FY2025-26 and $50.8 million in FY2026-27. This funds tax collection and services statewide.
Legislative operations and support funding
From July 1, 2025, the Legislative Counsel Bureau divisions are funded. For example, the Administrative Division gets $57.4 million in FY2025-26 and $56.8 million in FY2026-27. The state also funds administration of the Legislators’ Retirement System: $103,477 in FY2025-26 and $105,182 in FY2026-27.
Parks, water, and Tahoe funded
From July 1, 2025, Nevada funds parks, forestry, water resources, and fire suppression. State Parks receives about $15.1 million in FY2025-26 and $15.7 million in FY2026-27. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency receives $2,783,479 each year.
K‑12 and early learning funded
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department of Education is funded for two years. Early Learning and Development gets $55.5 million in FY2025-26 and $73.2 million in FY2026-27. The Superintendent’s Office and Assessments and Accountability are also funded.
Jobs and business growth programs funded
Starting July 1, 2025, the Office of Economic Development is funded with $9.3 million in FY2025-26 and $9.4 million in FY2026-27. The Workforce Innovations Account and Knowledge Account each receive dedicated funds every year to support training and innovation.
Spending deadlines and reserve rules
Most appropriations cannot be committed after June 30 each year. Leftover FY2025-26 funds cannot be spent after September 18, 2026; FY2026-27 funds cannot be spent after September 17, 2027. If the State General Fund’s projected ending balance is under $175 million, the Governor may set reserves up to 15% of operating expenses with legislative or Interim Finance Committee approval.
Administration, libraries, and records funding
State funds support the Department of Administration starting July 1, 2025. Examples: National Judicial College gets $352,500 each year. The State Library gets about $3.7 million each year. Archives and Public Records and the Merit Award Board also receive listed amounts.
Arts, museums, and tourism support
Funding starts July 1, 2025 for arts and cultural programs. The Nevada Arts Council gets about $1.1 million each year. Nevada Humanities receives $200,000 each year, and state museums and history programs are also funded.
Emergency advances for fires and Guard
Starting July 1, 2025, the state can issue temporary General Fund advances to pay approved wildfire and emergency response bills when reimbursements are delayed. These must be repaid by the last business day in August after the fiscal year. When the Governor activates the Nevada National Guard, the state can advance up to $50,000 per activation, to be repaid from the Emergency Account.
Ethics system, policy, and training funds
From July 1, 2025, the Commission on Ethics is funded, including $79,679 in FY2025-26 and $21,450 in FY2026-27 for a new electronic case system that can shift between years with approval. The Department of Sentencing Policy and the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission are also funded each year to support policy work and officer training.
Governor’s offices get two-year funding
Starting July 1, 2025, the Office of the Governor gets $6,086,691 in FY2025-26 and $6,129,359 in FY2026-27. Funding also supports the Office for New Americans, Office of Finance, CORE.NV, OSIT, and Cyber Defense Coordination.
Legal help for low‑income Nevadans
Starting July 1, 2025, the Department of Indigent Defense Services gets $12.95 million in FY2025-26 and $12.98 million in FY2026-27. The Office of the State Public Defender also receives funding each year. This keeps legal defense available for people who cannot afford a lawyer.
Legislature operations and IT funded
Money in the Legislative Fund can be used in both FY2025–26 and FY2026–27 and moved among legislative accounts with internal approval. The state provides about $16.4 million for session costs and about $8.1 million for IT projects, equipment, and dues.
Military and veterans services funded
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Office of the Military gets $8.64 million in FY2025-26 and $9.05 million in FY2026-27. National Guard Benefits receive $72,000 each year. The Department of Veterans Services gets about $4.76 million and $4.62 million, and the Northern Nevada Veterans Home gets $438,360 each year.
On-time state pay and transfer flexibility
Starting July 1, 2025, the Controller pays prior‑year claims through the last business day of the following August and processes prior‑year transactions through the third Friday in September. The Controller pays statewide officers in biweekly installments for days worked and stops extra year‑end checks. Departments can move salary funds within the same department with Governor recommendation and IFC approval.
Small boosts for conservation projects
The state funds $50,000 each year for contracts to update conservation planning tools. It preserves the remaining balance of a prior $1 million sagebrush habitat appropriation. It also keeps earlier land‑management system funds available across years, with any leftovers reverting by September 18, 2026.
Small grant for Civil Air Patrol
Starting July 1, 2025, the state sets aside $25,000 for Civil Air Patrol operations. The money can shift between FY2025–26 and FY2026–27 with Governor recommendation and IFC approval.
Support for Native American programs
Starting July 1, 2025, the Nevada Indian Commission receives $987,461 in FY2025-26 and $1,007,566 in FY2026-27. The Stewart Indian School Living Legacy gets $227,619 in FY2025-26 and $230,418 in FY2026-27 to support cultural and education work.
Wildlife and agriculture programs funded
Starting July 1, 2025, wildlife and agriculture programs receive funds. Fisheries Management gets $151,209 each year. Veterinary Medical Services gets about $1.53 million in FY2025-26 and $1.55 million in FY2026-27. Biodiversity, predatory animal control, and conservation education are also funded.
Flexible funding for child and youth services
The state can move money among key child‑ and youth‑service accounts with Governor recommendation and IFC approval. This includes youth centers (Summit View, Caliente, Nevada Youth Training Center) and Northern and Southern Child and Adolescent Services. The goal is to keep services running where the need is greatest.
Keeps funds for medical training and Public Option
Beginning July 1, 2025, money from section 18 goes straight to the Nevada Health Authority’s Public Option account to run the program in 2025–2027. Any money left in the older Graduate Medical Education grant account at the end of FY2024–2025 must move to the new GME account by September 19, 2025. Money left in that GME account at the ends of FY2025–2026 and FY2026–2027 also carries forward. These steps keep health program funds in place and do not change who qualifies for coverage.
Funds for state employee merit awards
The state sets $3,000 for Merit Award Board administration and $5,000 for awards, available in FY2025–26 and FY2026–27. Unspent FY2025–26 money can carry forward with Governor recommendation and IFC approval.
More broadband for schools and libraries
The state provides $1 million in FY2025–26 and $1 million in FY2026–27 to improve broadband for schools and libraries. The funds can move between years with Governor recommendation and IFC approval and must support approved broadband projects.
Workforce and rehab programs get funding
Starting July 1, 2025, Nevada funds job and rehab services for 2025–2027. The Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation receives about $6.24 million in FY2025–26 and $6.67 million in FY2026–27. Funding also supports equal‑rights enforcement and workforce innovation efforts.
Business innovation and Main Street funds carry over
Money left in the Knowledge Account and the Nevada Main Street Program at the end of FY2024–2025 does not revert. It carries into FY2025–2026. Balances left at the ends of FY2025–2026 and FY2026–2027 also carry forward. This keeps business innovation and downtown projects funded across years.
More funding for business and labor offices
Starting July 1, 2025, the state funds Business and Industry offices for 2025–2027. Real Estate Administration gets $3,040,911 in FY2025–26 and $2,802,205 in FY2026–27. The Office of the Labor Commissioner gets $3,647,750 and then $4,007,295. Business and Industry Administration gets $1,121,828 and then $1,092,454. A New Markets Performance Guarantee account gets $144,955 and then $147,376 to support oversight.
Court budget moves and tech upgrades
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Chief Justice can approve some budget transfers between court accounts and years. The courts must report transfers, salary changes, and new positions each quarter, and some accounts are excluded. The law sets aside money for training, a guardianship portal, interpreter expansion, and IT staffing and systems. Some unspent amounts must revert to the State General Fund by September 17, 2027.
Loans to launch savings and cyber offices
Starting July 1, 2025, funds for the Nevada Employee Savings Trust program are treated as a loan that must be repaid once program money is sufficient. For the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination, funds are a loan repaid in four annual 25% installments starting July 1, 2027, and fully repaid by the end of FY2030–31, using intergovernmental transfer revenues.
Prison budget flex and funds stay put
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Department of Corrections can shift funds among its accounts within set limits, but not for deferred or extraordinary maintenance under section 38, and not for the Training Academy. Leftover money in the Prison Industry and Prison Ranch accounts does not revert and stays available for those programs.
Reserves paused; interest can cover federal payments
The state stops automatic transfers into the rainy‑day reserve in FY2025–26 and FY2026–27. With Board approval, the Controller can use interest earnings to pay amounts owed to the U.S. Treasury under federal cash‑management rules. Money in nonreversionary accounts stays available next year instead of reverting.
Caps county child welfare funding, with exception
Beginning July 1, 2025, the state sets the Clark and Washoe child welfare budgets as firm limits. The Division of Child and Family Services cannot ask for more money for those accounts. It may request more only for adoption assistance under NRS 432B.219.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/23/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 5/21/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 58.
5/28/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
5/28/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/23/2025legislatureIn Assembly. To enrollment.
5/23/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
5/23/2025SenateTaken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
5/23/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
5/23/2025SenateAction of passage reconsidered.
5/23/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.)
5/23/2025SenateRead second time.
5/22/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/22/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/22/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
5/21/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/21/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/21/2025HouseRead second time.
5/20/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/20/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/20/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
5/20/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer.
5/19/2025House
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