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Yes: 60 • No: 3
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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Bill Overview
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6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
Tougher enforcement for unsafe drinking water
The Division or a designated health board can issue orders, seek court injunctions, and fine violators of public water laws. Water suppliers can face civil penalties up to $25,000 per day. Laboratories can face administrative fines up to $5,000 per day. Orders take effect at once, and parties can ask the Commission for a hearing within 30 days.
Immediate start and current programs continue
The law takes effect upon passage and approval. Any health board already acting as a solid‑waste authority or enforcing public water rules is treated as designated and may keep operating without reapplying.
Local boards can run solid waste rules
The state may name a district health board to act as the local solid‑waste authority. The board must apply, meet State Environmental Commission criteria, and adopt needed rules. The Division reviews their work, gives at least 60 days to fix non‑urgent problems, and can revoke immediately for imminent hazards. A revoked board can ask the Commission for a hearing within 30 days. If a board is not designated, the Division stays the solid‑waste authority.
Permits and fines for waste tires
Designated health boards must set permit rules for waste‑tire facilities and create recycling and reuse programs. No one may run a waste‑tire facility without a permit; violations are misdemeanors with civil fines of $500 to $5,000 per violation. Willfully dumping a locally generated waste tire in a municipal landfill in covered areas is a misdemeanor with at least a $100 fine per violation, with exceptions for honest mistakes or when no facility is available.
Stronger landfill permits and public checks
Landfill owners must get a permit before building or operating. Permits must meet federal RCRA and state rules, and the authority can inspect and test for compliance. The authority must run a program to verify data and accept information from the public, with ways to intervene. Local boards and cities may adopt stricter solid‑waste rules if they notify the state.
Local boards oversee public water systems
The state may designate a district health board to issue permits and enforce public water laws. The State Environmental Commission sets the capability criteria for designation. The Division reviews designated boards, gives at least 60 days to fix non‑urgent problems, and can revoke right away for imminent hazards. Designated boards can approve plans, inspect systems, enforce rules, and require permits for systems built on or after July 1, 1991.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 438.
6/9/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/4/2025SenateAssembly Amendment No. 566 concurred in.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/19/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/19/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/16/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
5/15/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/15/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 566.) To printer.
5/14/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/12/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To committee.
4/17/2025HouseIn Assembly.
4/17/2025HouseRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 3.) To Assembly.
4/16/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/16/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 58.) To printer.
4/15/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/14/2025SenateRead first time. To committee.
2/3/2025SenateFrom printer.
11/20/2024SenatePrefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
11/18/2024Senate
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