# Nevada AB66: AN ACT relating to district courts; increasing the number of district judges in certain judicial districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada AB66, AN ACT relating to district courts; increasing the number of district judges in certain judicial districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Judiciary; status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada AB66
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to district courts; increasing the number of district judges in certain judicial districts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-11-20
- Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.)
- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 1-473
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More judges for two Nevada districts: benefit, low. Beginning January 4, 2027, the First Judicial District, covering Carson City and Storey County, grows from two judges to three. The Tenth Judicial District, covering Churchill County, grows from one judge to two on the same date. Voters select both added judges at the November 3, 2026, general elec…
- Local court costs escape spending limit: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, the state spending limit in NRS 354.599 does not apply to extra local costs tied to this law. The law identifies the added judge seats as an unfunded mandate for local governments. The exemption itself does not require spending or create a household payment duty.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary

## Actions (13)

- 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House)
- 2025-04-23: To committee. (House)
- 2025-04-23: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (House)
- 2025-04-21: To printer. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Taken from General File. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 286.) (House)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Second Reading File. (House)
- 2025-04-21: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read first time. To committee. (House)
- 2024-11-26: From printer. (House)
- 2024-11-20: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB66.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB66_R1.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB66.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB66_R1.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB66-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).