# Nevada AB80: AN ACT relating to conservation; creating the Healthy Soils Initiative; setting forth the powers and duties of the State Conservation Commission in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative; establishing the Fund for Soil Health; declaring certain information obtained by the Commission to be confidential; requiring the Conservation Districts Program in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide staff services relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB80, AN ACT relating to conservation; creating the Healthy Soils Initiative; setting forth the powers and duties of the State Conservation Commission in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative; establishing the Fund for Soil Health; declaring certain information obtained by the Commission to be confidential; requiring the Conservation Districts Program in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide staff services relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Natural Resources; status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB80-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB80 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to conservation; creating the Healthy Soils Initiative; setting forth the powers and duties of the State Conservation Commission in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative; establishing the Fund for Soil Health; declaring certain information obtained by the Commission to be confidential; requiring the Conservation Districts Program in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide staff services relating to the Healthy Soils Initiative under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-02 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 49-387 - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Voluntary soil programs protect farmers' privacy: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, soil-health programs must be voluntary and incentive-based; the commission cannot force participation or practices on nonparticipants. Programs cannot hold participants to specific practices during adverse climate conditions or when success has little or no chance. They a… - Soil-health help for farms with grant rules: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, Nevada creates the Healthy Soils Initiative to support farm soil practices, research, and education. Required work and staff support depend on available money; the law sets no funding amount. A new state fund accepts gifts and grants to develop the initiative and provide… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources ## Actions (11) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-17: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-16: To printer. (House) - 2025-04-16: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. (House) - 2025-04-16: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-16: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 51.) (House) - 2025-04-15: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-02-09: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-02-04: Read first time. To committee. (House) - 2024-12-04: From printer. (House) - 2024-12-02: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB80.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB80_R1.pdf) ## Related bills - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB502: AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing certain expenditures for certain projects of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the S… (signed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB80.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB80_R1.pdf) ## Related - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB502: AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing certain expendi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB502-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB80-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).