# Nevada SB119: AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring certain reporting relating to the NV Grow Program; requiring the Division of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development of the College of Southern Nevada to develop, create and oversee the Program; revising certain qualifications for a business to participate in the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada SB119, AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring certain reporting relating to the NV Grow Program; requiring the Division of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development of the College of Southern Nevada to develop, create and oversee the Program; revising certain qualifications for a business to participate in the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Dina Neal (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-11 (Chapter 493.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada SB119
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to economic development; requiring certain reporting relating to the NV Grow Program; requiring the Division of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development of the College of Southern Nevada to develop, create and oversee the Program; revising certain qualifications for a business to participate in the Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-27
- Last action: 2025-06-11, Chapter 493.
- Sponsor: Dina Neal (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR S-81
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (61 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More Nevada small firms qualify for NV Grow: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, your Nevada business can join NV Grow if it makes $35,000 to $700,000 a year. Your main office must have been in Nevada for at least 2 years. You also need a written business plan. This lowers the old $50,000 minimum and lets more small firms in.
- Funding and deadlines for NV Grow help: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada provides $1.2 million to the College of Southern Nevada to run NV Grow and pay training, stipends, software, and other program costs. Each fiscal year, $100,000 goes to the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension in Clark County for counseling, GIS training, and da…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dina Neal (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-02 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 |   |
| 2025-05-28 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint) | pass | 19 | 0 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-06-11: Chapter 493. (legislature)
- 2025-06-10: Approved by the Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-06-06: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-06-04: To enrollment. (Senate)
- 2025-06-03: In Senate. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House)
- 2025-06-01: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-06-01: Placed on Second Reading File. (House)
- 2025-06-01: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-05-29: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee. (House)
- 2025-05-29: In Assembly. (House)
- 2025-05-29: From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To printer. (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 872.) (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: Placed on General File. (Senate)
- 2025-05-28: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 38.) (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: From printer. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Revenue and Economic Development. To printer. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_EN.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_R1.pdf)
- Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_R2.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_EN.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_R1.pdf)
- [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB119_R2.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB119-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).
