# Nevada SB36: AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to retire certain groundwater rights; creating the Nevada Conservation and Recreation Program; creating the Account for Retiring Water Rights; establishing the Nevada Voluntary Water Rights Retirement Program; requiring the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to purchase certain water rights for the purpose of retiring the water rights; revising provisions governing a program to provide grants of money for certain purposes relating to improvements to water systems and to conserve water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada SB36, AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to retire certain groundwater rights; creating the Nevada Conservation and Recreation Program; creating the Account for Retiring Water Rights; establishing the Nevada Voluntary Water Rights Retirement Program; requiring the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to purchase certain water rights for the purpose of retiring the water rights; revising provisions governing a program to provide grants of money for certain purposes relating to improvements to water systems and to conserve water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Natural Resources; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Chapter 292.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB36-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB36 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to retire certain groundwater rights; creating the Nevada Conservation and Recreation Program; creating the Account for Retiring Water Rights; establishing the Nevada Voluntary Water Rights Retirement Program; requiring the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to purchase certain water rights for the purpose of retiring the water rights; revising provisions governing a program to provide grants of money for certain purposes relating to improvements to water systems and to conserve water; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-11-15 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Chapter 292. - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Natural Resources - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 48-384 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (63 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Limits on recreation in artificial lakes: cost, low. In any Nevada county with 700,000 or more people, the county or a city may ban or limit using water or treated wastewater for recreation in man-made lakes or streams. This does not apply to water kept for flood control, peak demand, or sewage treatment, to mining reclamation projects, or to U.S. or… - Water system grants with 15-75% match: mixed, medium. Starting July 1, 2025, state grants help public water systems pay for projects. Eligible systems are the Lincoln County Water District and publicly owned community or nontransient systems that existed on January 1, 1995. The Board prefers systems serving fewer than 6,000 people. Each recipient must… - State buys and retires groundwater rights: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state runs a program to buy and permanently retire decreed or certificated groundwater rights from willing sellers and accept donations. The State Engineer must retire any rights the Director approves by June 30, 2035, and that water cannot be appropriated again. The Sta… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Natural Resources ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-28 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 | | | 2025-05-22 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint) | pass | 21 | 0 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-06-06: Chapter 292. (legislature) - 2025-06-05: Approved by the Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-31: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-29: In Senate. To enrollment. (Senate) - 2025-05-28: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-05-27: Read second time. (House) - 2025-05-27: Placed on Second Reading File. (House) - 2025-05-27: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-05-26: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee. (House) - 2025-05-26: In Assembly. (House) - 2025-05-23: From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 728.) (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Placed on General File. (Senate) - 2025-05-22: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 98.) (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate) - 2024-11-20: From printer. (Senate) - 2024-11-15: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_R1.pdf) - Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_R2.pdf) ## Related bills - 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) - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - SB15: AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to the timing of when an annual meeting of a debt management commission must occur… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_R1.pdf) - [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB36_R2.pdf) ## Related - [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) - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [SB15: AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB15-83rd2025) - [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-SB36-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).