NevadaAB59283rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to public employees; establishing the maximum allowed salaries for certain state employees; revising provisions relating to the compensation of employees of the Senate and Assembly; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

Signed by Governor

BDR S-1229

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Bonus pay for qualified Gaming staff

Beginning July 1, 2025, unclassified Nevada Gaming Control Board employees can get up to $5,000 more each year. The Board must adopt a plan and decide the employee uses listed skills on the job. Qualifying credentials include a Nevada CPA certificate, a law license (Nevada or another state), or a qualifying electronic lab engineer with a relevant B.S.

Fixed maximum pay for listed state jobs

Beginning July 1, 2025, the law sets a single salary schedule with hard maximums for each listed state job title. Pay for a covered job cannot go over the dollar amount shown for that title. Examples: Assistant Attorney General is capped at $198,825; Chief Medical Officer at $305,046; Medical Director (Corrections) at $270,514. These caps govern annual pay for the 2025–27 period.

Legislative staff daily pay and COLAs

Beginning July 1, 2025, base daily pay is set for House Clerks. House Clerk 12 $261.02; 11 $246.93; 10 $242.22; 9 $237.51; 8 $230.46; 7 $211.67; 6 $197.53; 5 $192.84; 4 $181.07; 3 $176.37; 2 $162.17; 1 $143.37 per day. Also starting July 1, 2025, legislative base pay rises cumulatively with each classified-service cost‑of‑living increase that takes effect on or after that date.

New rules when jobs go unclassified

Beginning July 1, 2025, if your job moves from classified to unclassified, you may choose to stay classified at your current grade and keep your rights, or move to unclassified. If you switch to unclassified, you cannot later switch back while in that job. If the unclassified salary for your job is lowered by this law, you keep your current pay while you stay. If you are unclassified on June 30, 2025 and your pay is above the new cap, you keep that pay until you leave. When a moved job becomes vacant, the next hire is unclassified.

Extra on-call pay for clinicians

Beginning July 1, 2025, certain unclassified clinicians can get extra on-call pay when their agency adopts a plan. Senior Psychiatrists, Psychiatrists, Senior Physicians, and Pharmacists may receive up to $60 for a weeknight period and up to $100 for a weekend day period. This supports 24‑hour coverage in psychiatric and correctional facilities.

Fixes for omitted or wrong salaries

Beginning July 1, 2025, if a job that should be listed was left out, the Human Resource Management Division must review it and send a recommended salary to the Interim Finance Committee. The Committee then sets the salary for that omitted job. If the Fiscal Analysis Division finds a title or maximum salary error that misstates intent, the Committee may review the job and set the correct title and maximum salary.

Office of Finance deputies work full-time

Beginning July 1, 2025, the Director appoints one or more Deputy Directors for the Office of Finance. Each Deputy is unclassified, serves at the Director’s pleasure, must work full time for the office, and may not pursue other paid business or hold another paid office, except as allowed by law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 83 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)

Yes: 20 • No: 0

House vote • 5/21/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 59.

    5/28/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/28/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/23/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/23/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.

    5/23/2025Senate
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.

    5/23/2025Senate
  8. Action of passage reconsidered.

    5/23/2025Senate
  9. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.)

    5/23/2025Senate
  10. Read second time.

    5/22/2025Senate
  11. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/22/2025Senate
  12. From committee: Do pass.

    5/22/2025Senate
  13. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.

    5/21/2025Senate
  14. In Senate.

    5/21/2025Senate
  15. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/21/2025House
  16. Read second time.

    5/20/2025House
  17. Placed on Second Reading File.

    5/20/2025House
  18. From committee: Do pass.

    5/20/2025House
  19. From printer. To committee.

    5/20/2025House
  20. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer.

    5/19/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Enrolled

  • As Introduced

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