All Roll Calls
Yes: 63 • No: 0
NevadaSB34383rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the name of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education; revising the purpose of the State 4-H Camp; revising the membership and duties of the State 4-H Camp Advisory Council; prohibiting the lease, exchange or sale of certain property without the express authority of the Legislature; abolishing and transferring the duties of the Technological Crime Advisory Board; abolishing the Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools; exempting certain applicants for employment or contracts with a postsecondary educational institution from certain background investigations; abolishing and transferring the duties of the Advisory Committee on Medicaid Innovation in the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services; requiring the terms of the appointed members of the Rangeland Resources Commission to be staggered; abolishing the Commission to Review the Compensation of Constitutional Officers, Legislators, Supreme Court Justices, Judges of the Court of Appeals, District Judges and Elected County Officers; eliminating the requirement for the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish certain working groups; abolishing the Advisory Board on Automotive Affairs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Signed by Governor
BDR 49-972
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Medicaid innovation work moves in-house
The Division of Health Care Financing and Policy now studies Medicaid innovation directly. It reviews ideas like prescription‑buying coalitions, helping people get employer plans, coordinating with Medicaid, and help to buy private insurance. It also studies federal waiver options. The Division must give recommendations to the Director at least once a year.
Some state advisory boards eliminated
The law repeals a list of statutes and abolishes the advisory boards and councils named in them. To keep things running, existing regulations, contracts, and past actions by renamed or replaced agencies remain in force until changed by the new agency. This streamlines state governance while keeping legal obligations in place.
New K-12 standards and training rules
Changes to K‑12 standards now follow the state’s normal public rulemaking process. The law removes past requirements that many items must align to the former standards council. The Board of Regents and State Board must ensure teacher‑education students learn Nevada high‑school standards. Regional training programs must use State Board standards to judge their work and file reports each year: by September 1 to the Statewide Council and by December 1 to the State Board. The December report must list priorities, training types, participant counts, effectiveness results, gifts and spending, and a five‑year plan for each region and district.
No new fingerprints for some school hires
If you apply to work for a Nevada postsecondary school and already hold a Nevada professional or occupational license that required a background check, you do not need new fingerprints. All other existing exemptions stay the same. If you do not meet an exemption, you must submit fingerprints and may have to pay the investigation cost.
New terms and travel pay for Rangeland Commission
Rangeland Commission appointees now serve four‑year, staggered terms when possible. State grazing boards must send two nominees at least 30 days before a term ends, or the Governor appoints a board member. The Chair and Vice Chair serve one‑year terms starting July 1. Members can get per diem and travel pay while on Commission business, but only from fee money collected under state law and only if funds are available.
Technical update to hazardous rules definitions
The law updates a legal cross‑reference so defined terms now apply through NRS 459.684. This clarifies which sections supply definitions and does not change household duties.
Stronger state tools against cybercrime
The law expands what counts as a technological crime to cover crimes involving devices and systems that store or send data. The Attorney General can investigate and prosecute these crimes, seek to seize related property, and ask courts to stop them. The Investigation Division and its Chief must investigate using the updated legal definition. For state data breaches, leaders can notify the Homeland Security Commission and the IT Advisory Board (the Technological Crime Advisory Board is removed). Money from sales of forfeited property goes to the State Treasury, then to the agencies that worked the case after costs, and it does not revert at year‑end. If a lender did not know about the crime, the State must pay the lender or return the property.
New rules and priorities at 4-H Camp
The State 4‑H Camp focuses on a natural setting to teach life skills, leadership, and citizenship. The Director manages the camp, sets rules, and gives 4‑H members first priority, with other youth groups next. The 12‑member advisory council has staggered three‑year terms and includes members from 4‑H leaders, the university, the Farm Bureau, and the Director. Camp land cannot be leased, traded, or sold without express approval by the Legislature; any proceeds stay in the camp account for camp development or re‑establishment. Negotiations about rights‑of‑way or land issues are not binding unless approved by the Board of Regents and the Legislature.
County property tax for Extension programs
Counties must levy a property tax for Cooperative Extension of at least 1 cent per $100 of taxable value. By unanimous vote, a county may raise it, but the total cannot exceed 5 cents per $100. The State pays no more than the amount equal to a 1‑cent levy. The money goes to the county agricultural extension fund and is spent under the Cooperative Extension Director, within the approved state–county budget. Counties must file an approved extension budget with the System Treasurer within 10 days, and file any Director‑approved changes that do not raise total county and state spending.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Natural Resources
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/21/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/16/2025
Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 88.
5/28/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
5/28/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/27/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
5/22/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/21/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/21/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/20/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/19/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/16/2025HouseRead second time.
5/15/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/14/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
4/17/2025HouseIn Assembly.
4/17/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
4/16/2025SenateRead second time.
4/15/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/15/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
4/15/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/13/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
3/12/2025Senate
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