# Nevada AB596: AN ACT relating to public employees; making appropriations and authorizations for the payment of quarterly retention incentives, the implementation of certain provisions of certain collective bargaining agreements and the payment of salary increases for certain public employees; providing that certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements to which the State is a party are void; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada AB596, AN ACT relating to public employees; making appropriations and authorizations for the payment of quarterly retention incentives, the implementation of certain provisions of certain collective bargaining agreements and the payment of salary increases for certain public employees; providing that certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements to which the State is a party are void; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2025-06-11 (Chapter 510.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada AB596
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to public employees; making appropriations and authorizations for the payment of quarterly retention incentives, the implementation of certain provisions of certain collective bargaining agreements and the payment of salary increases for certain public employees; providing that certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements to which the State is a party are void; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-26
- Last action: 2025-06-11, Chapter 510.
- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR S-1247
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (63 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Two years of 1% raises for state staff: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, covered state employees get a 1% raise. On July 1, 2026, they get another 1% raise. Employees with retained salaries are excluded. The state sets aside about $4.9 million and $10.1 million from the General Fund for the two years, plus Highway Fund and NSHE money, to pay thes…
- Two-year $1,000 retention bonuses for state workers: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state pays retention bonuses to many represented state employees. If you are in units A, C, E–I, or K–O, you get $1,000 in FY 2025–2026 and $1,000 in FY 2026–2027. Units G, H, K, M, and O are paid in four equal installments starting July 2025. Other units are paid under…
- New rules for union contract funding and leave: mixed, medium. Effective July 1, 2025, any union contract clause that says the Legislature must fund a benefit is void unless this session funded it. At the same time, personal leave and union leave in the listed units’ contracts do not need a legislative appropriation and take effect. This applies to units (a),…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-02 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint) | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-30 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 |   |

## Actions (29)

- 2025-06-11: Chapter 510. (legislature)
- 2025-06-10: Approved by the Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-06-06: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-06-02: Senate Amendment No. 1001 concurred in. To enrollment. (House)
- 2025-06-02: In Assembly. (House)
- 2025-06-02: From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: To printer. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1001.) (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. (Senate)
- 2025-06-01: Read second time. (Senate)
- 2025-06-01: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate)
- 2025-06-01: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate)
- 2025-05-31: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. (Senate)
- 2025-05-31: In Senate. (Senate)
- 2025-05-30: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House)
- 2025-05-30: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (House)
- 2025-05-29: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 906.) To printer. (House)
- 2025-05-29: Placed on General File. (House)
- 2025-05-29: Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. (House)
- 2025-05-28: Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. (House)
- 2025-05-28: Taken from General File. (House)
- 2025-05-28: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-05-28: Placed on Second Reading File. (House)
- 2025-05-28: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-05-27: From printer. To committee. (House)
- 2025-05-26: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. (House)

## Bill text

- As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_EN.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_R1.pdf)
- Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_R2.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_EN.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_R1.pdf)
- [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB596_R2.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB596-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).