NevadaSB4383rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to public health; authorizing certain district boards of health to be designated to act as a solid waste management authority or exercise certain powers of a solid waste management authority under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to public swimming pools; removing the authority of certain district boards of health to administer the collection and disposal of solid waste; requiring the State Environmental Commission to adopt regulations establishing certain criteria for a district board of health to demonstrate capability for certain purposes; authorizing certain district boards of health to issue certain permits and administer and enforce certain provisions relating to public water systems under certain circumstances; removing the authority of certain district boards of health to administer certain provisions relating to public water systems; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

Signed by Governor

BDR 40-264

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New rules and fines for waste tires

You must have a permit to run a waste‑tire facility and follow its terms. Each day you operate in violation is a misdemeanor, and courts can add $500 to $5,000 in civil penalties per conviction. In designated areas, local boards must write tire rules, set recycling programs, and may ban landfill disposal by tire sellers. Willfully dumping a waste tire into a municipal landfill in those areas is a misdemeanor with a fine of at least $100 per violation. Accidental disposal and times when no facility is available are exempt.

Local boards can run drinking water permits

The Division may let a local health board issue permits and enforce drinking‑water rules if it applies and shows it meets the Commission’s criteria. Permits are required for systems built on or after July 1, 1991, except expansions of a public utility. Designated boards and the Division can inspect, order fixes, issue summary orders for imminent danger, and seek court orders and fines. The Division reviews designated boards; non‑urgent issues get at least 60 days to fix, serious hazards allow immediate revocation, and boards can request a hearing within 30 days. Fees set by the Commission go into a dedicated account to run the program. Boards already enforcing these rules stay designated. The law also defines which local boards qualify as district boards of health.

Private club pools not public pools

The law excludes pools at private 501(c)(7) social clubs, and their invited guests, from the public‑pool rules. Those pools are not subject to state public‑pool oversight.

City and state solid-waste planning rules

Cities or health districts must file a solid‑waste plan on the state’s schedule. The state has 90 days to approve or reject; no response means approval. Plans must match the statewide plan and stay in effect until revised. The Commission and any board seeking designation must also adopt landfill‑permit rules that meet federal RCRA standards.

Local boards can run solid waste programs

The state can name a local health board to act as the solid‑waste authority if the board applies and proves it is capable. The Commission sets the capability rules, and a designated board may issue solid‑waste permits and enforce rules. The Division stays the authority where no board is designated. These authorities can issue subpoenas, and the Division reviews boards and can revoke designations after at least 60 days to fix problems, or right away for serious hazards. Boards already acting as the authority keep that role.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Senate Committee on Health and Human Services

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 60 • No: 3

House vote • 5/19/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/16/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 18 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 438.

    6/9/2025legislature
  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    6/5/2025legislature
  3. To enrollment.

    6/4/2025Senate
  4. Assembly Amendment No. 566 concurred in.

    6/2/2025Senate
  5. In Senate.

    5/19/2025Senate
  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/19/2025House
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/16/2025House
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/15/2025House
  9. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.

    5/15/2025House
  10. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 566.) To printer.

    5/14/2025House
  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    5/12/2025House
  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.

    4/17/2025House
  13. In Assembly.

    4/17/2025House
  14. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To Assembly.

    4/16/2025Senate
  15. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/16/2025Senate
  16. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 58.) To printer.

    4/15/2025Senate
  17. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/14/2025Senate
  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/14/2025Senate
  19. Read first time. To committee.

    2/3/2025Senate
  20. From printer.

    11/20/2024Senate
  21. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

    11/18/2024Senate

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