# Nevada AB9: AN ACT relating to water; revising the duration of time in which agricultural water rights may be temporarily converted for certain purposes; providing an exception to provisions relating to the forfeiture and abandonment of a water right; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada AB9, AN ACT relating to water; revising the duration of time in which agricultural water rights may be temporarily converted for certain purposes; providing an exception to provisions relating to the forfeiture and abandonment of a water right; 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.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB9-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB9 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to water; revising the duration of time in which agricultural water rights may be temporarily converted for certain purposes; providing an exception to provisions relating to the forfeiture and abandonment of a water right; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-10-29 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 48-391 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Conservation programs help protect water rights: benefit, low. Nevada exempts qualifying water rights from the law's specified forfeiture and abandonment rules. The exemption covers rights under contracts or agreements in official federal land or water conservation programs. It also covers rights in official water-conservation programs run by a Nevada state ag… - Limits on temporary farm water changes: cost, low. Nevada's State Engineer cannot approve a temporary groundwater change after the owner receives notice of 4 consecutive years of nonuse. Notices covering longer periods also block approval. The Engineer must reject changes that fail an allowed purpose or the public interest, and can shorten approved… - Longer farm water changes with return rules: mixed, low. Nevada allows temporary changes to agricultural water rights for up to 5 years, instead of 3. Each extension also has a 5-year maximum, up from 3 years. Allowed purposes include helping wildlife and improving water quality or flow; improving water quantity is now allowed too. Applicants must first… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources ## Actions (10) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House) - 2025-04-15: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-15: Taken from General File. (House) - 2025-04-15: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-04-15: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (House) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 49.) To printer. (House) - 2025-04-10: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-02-04: Read first time. To committee. (House) - 2024-11-01: From printer. (House) - 2024-10-29: 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/AB9.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB9_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/AB9.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB9_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-AB9-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).