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Yes: 40 • No: 22
NevadaSB42283rd Regular Session (2025)Senate
AN ACT relating to elections; revising provisions relating to certain deadlines relating to automatic voter registration; revising provisions relating to voter registration during certain periods preceding an election; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to have extended hours of operation in certain counties during certain periods preceding the deadline to register to vote by mail for certain elections and following the day of certain elections; prohibiting, in certain counties, the Department from requiring an appointment to obtain a driver's license or identification card during certain periods; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
Vetoed
BDR 24-954
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
More voter ID options, with proof deadlines
Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible voters can register at any polling place in their county during early voting or election day. They must arrive before polls close and vote there as soon as practical, using a provisional ballot. Accepted identity documents include current, valid licenses or ID cards from Nevada, another state, Washington, D.C., or a U.S. territory. Tribal IDs also qualify. A Nevada license or ID, or tribal ID, showing the current home address also proves residency. Otherwise, voters can use accepted address records; utility bills, bank or credit union statements, and paychecks must be no more than 60 days old. Other accepted records include military IDs, tax returns, housing statements, vehicle registrations, property tax statements, and government documents. Voters without an issued license or state ID can use a written statement, under penalty of perjury, confirming eligibility and that none was issued. For ballots requiring later proof, voters must give the clerk a current, valid license, ID, or interim DMV document proving identity and residency. That proof is due by 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately after election day, or the ballot does not count.
Extra DMV hours without election-period appointments
Beginning July 1, 2025, DMV offices in counties with at least 100,000 people must offer extended hours for license and ID issuance or renewal. They must open Saturdays, Sundays, and outside 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during two election-related windows. The first window is the two weeks immediately before the mail voter-registration deadline. The second is the six calendar days immediately after election day. Both windows cover primary, presidential preference primary, and general elections, and the DMV cannot require appointments for these services.
Automatic voter registration deadlines and faster processing
Beginning July 1, 2025, automatic voter registration closes 18 days before primary, presidential preference primary, and general elections. That cutoff also covers city primary and general elections, plus recall or special elections held alongside the applicable regular election. Agencies must send registration data to the state database within one working day during the two-week period ending at that cutoff. Outside that period, they have five working days. For city primary and general elections, mail and regular in-person registration close on the fourth Tuesday before election day. Online registration stays open through election day; separate polling-place registration rules also apply. For standalone city recall or special elections, all registration closes on the third Saturday before election day. County and city clerks must publish registration deadlines and designated registration locations once weekly for four consecutive weeks before the last closing date.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 27 • No: 15
Senate vote • 5/26/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 13 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Vetoed by the Governor.
6/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/4/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/3/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.
6/2/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
6/1/2025HousePlaced on General File.
6/1/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
6/1/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
5/29/2025HouseTaken from General File.
5/29/2025HouseRead second time.
5/29/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/29/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/29/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
5/26/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/26/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/26/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 758.)
5/26/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/26/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
4/24/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/21/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/21/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 347.)
4/21/2025Senate
Bill Text
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