# Nevada SB226: AN ACT relating to legislative affairs; making various changes relating to legislative interim committees and presiding officers of those committees; revising the deadline to submit an application to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education to serve on the Nevada State Teacher and Education Support Professional Recruitment and Retention Advisory Task Force; eliminating the requirement that the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services review certain regulations; making the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources a stand-alone interim committee; making the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission a stand-alone interim committee; revising provisions relating to legislative committee members and staff regulated by the Nevada Lobbying Disclosure and Regulation Act and Nevada Financial Disclosure Act; revising provisions governing the review of certain mining regulations by the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada SB226, AN ACT relating to legislative affairs; making various changes relating to legislative interim committees and presiding officers of those committees; revising the deadline to submit an application to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education to serve on the Nevada State Teacher and Education Support Professional Recruitment and Retention Advisory Task Force; eliminating the requirement that the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services review certain regulations; making the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources a stand-alone interim committee; making the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission a stand-alone interim committee; revising provisions relating to legislative committee members and staff regulated by the Nevada Lobbying Disclosure and Regulation Act and Nevada Financial Disclosure Act; revising provisions governing the review of certain mining regulations by the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections; status signed, last action 2025-06-11 (Chapter 455.) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB226-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB226 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to legislative affairs; making various changes relating to legislative interim committees and presiding officers of those committees; revising the deadline to submit an application to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education to serve on the Nevada State Teacher and Education Support Professional Recruitment and Retention Advisory Task Force; eliminating the requirement that the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services review certain regulations; making the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources a stand-alone interim committee; making the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission a stand-alone interim committee; revising provisions relating to legislative committee members and staff regulated by the Nevada Lobbying Disclosure and Regulation Act and Nevada Financial Disclosure Act; revising provisions governing the review of certain mining regulations by the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-19 - Last action: 2025-06-11, Chapter 455. - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 17-365 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (59 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Less paperwork for hospitals and boards: benefit, low. Agencies no longer have to send certain licensing‑rule copies to the Health and Human Services committee. Large hospitals in big counties no longer have to file staffing‑committee reports each year. Other posting and filing rules still apply. - More focus on kids and justice: benefit, low. The Health and Human Services committee must review child‑welfare issues and can ask for up to five child‑welfare bills. The Judiciary committee must review juvenile‑justice issues and can ask for up to five juvenile‑justice bills. The Government Affairs committee may review government purchasing a… - New Public Lands Committee and powers: benefit, low. The law creates a stand‑alone Committee on Public Lands with 8 members, including 3 Senators, 3 Assembly members, one local elected officer, and one tribal representative. It follows joint interim committee rules, allows alternates, and must hold at least three interim meetings mainly in different… - Stronger reviews of state boards: benefit, low. The law turns the former Sunset Subcommittee into a stand‑alone Sunset Committee. It must review at least 10 state boards and commissions each interim and decide whether to end, change, combine, or keep them. Members are appointed like a joint interim committee, and the usual bill‑draft cap for tho… - Tahoe and seniors committees updated: benefit, low. The Tahoe oversight committee and the committee for seniors, veterans, and adults with special needs are restructured. Each now has 8 regular and 5 alternate members, appointed like joint interim committees. They follow joint‑committee rules and are not subject to the usual cap on bill‑draft reques… - Tighter oversight of prison industries: benefit, low. The Interim Finance Committee now oversees state‑run prison vocational and industrial programs. If a program loses money for two straight years, the Director must appear with a plan to fix it, and if it is still not profitable in the third year after that meeting, the Director must act. The Committ… - New school and teacher deadlines: benefit, low. The State Board files its Holocaust and genocide instruction report by July 1 of even‑numbered years. The Education Committee sends its review by August 31 of even‑numbered years. Teachers and education support professionals must apply by December 1 of odd‑numbered years to serve on the recruitment… - 90-day clock on mining regulations: mixed, medium. Certain mining‑related regulations must be reviewed by the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission before taking effect. The Commission must send its findings to the Legislative Counsel. If the Commission does not finish its review within 90 days of adoption, the regulation can take effect w… - Clearer rules for interim committees: mixed, low. Each interim committee has 8 regular and 5 alternate members, named by October 31 after the session. Leaders must keep experience and party balance, and the Chair and Vice Chair are named by October 31 and alternate between the two Houses. Members get interim pay, per diem, and travel from the Legi… - Defines committees and shifts duties: mixed, low. The law defines which bodies count as legislative committees and what counts as an official investigative meeting or trip. If this act abolishes a committee named in other laws, its duties move to the right Joint Interim Standing Committee, and statutes will be updated. It also removes four named s… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-31 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-05-26 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 20 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-06-11: Chapter 455. (legislature) - 2025-06-10: Approved by the Governor. (legislature) - 2025-06-05: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-06-04: To enrollment. (Senate) - 2025-06-02: Assembly Amendment No. 927 concurred in. (Senate) - 2025-06-01: In Senate. (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-05-31: From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. (House) - 2025-05-30: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 927.) To printer. (House) - 2025-05-30: Placed on Second Reading File. (House) - 2025-05-30: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-05-26: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee. (House) - 2025-05-26: In Assembly. (House) - 2025-05-26: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-26: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (Senate) - 2025-05-23: To printer. (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 769.) (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate) - 2025-05-23: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Notice of exemption. (Senate) - 2025-02-20: From printer. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_R1.pdf) - Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_R2.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) - SB207: AN ACT relating to health care; transferring the authority to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly from the Aging and Disab… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_R1.pdf) - [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB226_R2.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) - [SB207: AN ACT relating to health care; transferring the authority to establish and adm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB207-83rd2025) - [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-SB226-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).