# Nevada SB28: AN ACT relating to municipalities; establishing requirements for a tax increment area for certain projects relating to transportation or affordable housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada SB28, AN ACT relating to municipalities; establishing requirements for a tax increment area for certain projects relating to transportation or affordable housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Government Affairs; status signed, last action 2025-05-28 (Approved by the Governor. Chapter 54.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada SB28
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to municipalities; establishing requirements for a tax increment area for certain projects relating to transportation or affordable housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-11-13
- Last action: 2025-05-28, Approved by the Governor. Chapter 54.
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Government Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 22-411
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (53 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- City tax‑increment funds for housing and transit: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, cities and counties can use tax increment areas to fund affordable housing, multi‑family housing, transit‑oriented development, and major transit projects. The tax increment area must sit in a transit‑oriented or master‑planned zone and be within one‑half mile of a planned o…
- Standard definitions for housing and transit projects: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law sets clear meanings for affordable housing, affordable housing projects, and multi‑family projects (five or more homes). It also defines fixed guideway, high‑capacity transit, transit‑oriented development, and transportation projects. Cities and counties must use the…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Government Affairs

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-19 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint) | pass | 36 | 6 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 17 | 4 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-05-28: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 54. (legislature)
- 2025-05-23: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-05-19: In Senate. To enrollment. (Senate)
- 2025-05-19: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 36, Nays: 6.) To Senate. (House)
- 2025-05-16: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-05-15: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-05-14: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-04-18: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee. (House)
- 2025-04-18: In Assembly. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To Assembly. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 493.) To printer. (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate)
- 2024-11-14: From printer. (Senate)
- 2024-11-13: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28_EN.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28_R1.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28_EN.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB28_R1.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB28-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).
