# Nevada SB442: AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations to require a public utility to make available to the public certain reports containing information regarding terminations of utility service to residential customers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada SB442, AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations to require a public utility to make available to the public certain reports containing information regarding terminations of utility service to residential customers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure; status signed, last action 2025-06-09 (Approved by the Governor. Chapter 453.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada SB442
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to adopt regulations to require a public utility to make available to the public certain reports containing information regarding terminations of utility service to residential customers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-24
- Last action: 2025-06-09, Approved by the Governor. Chapter 453.
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 58-429
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (45 yes, 18 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger protections from home utility shutoffs: benefit, medium. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada must set rules for when utilities must delay a shutoff after nonpayment. The rules can consider your ability to pay. If a shutoff is reasonably likely to threaten an occupant’s health and you meet the rules, the utility must postpone it. Utilities must foll…
- Tenant notice before landlord utility shutoffs: benefit, low. When a landlord pays for and resells utility service and has not paid the bill, the utility must try to post a clear notice before shutoff. The notice must include how to contact the utility if the shutoff is likely to harm someone’s health. This gives renters time to reach out for help.
- Quarterly public reports on shutoffs: benefit, low. Utilities must publish a public report each quarter by the last day of the first month. The report covers the prior quarter. It must show the total number of monthly shutoffs to homes and give aggregated details, including ZIP codes.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-02 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint) | pass | 28 | 14 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 17 | 4 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-06-09: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 453. (legislature)
- 2025-06-05: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature)
- 2025-06-04: To enrollment. (Senate)
- 2025-06-03: In Senate. (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.) To Senate. (House)
- 2025-06-01: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House)
- 2025-06-01: Placed on General File. (House)
- 2025-06-01: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-05-15: Exemption effective. (House)
- 2025-05-15: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House)
- 2025-05-14: To committee. (House)
- 2025-05-14: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. (House)
- 2025-05-14: Taken from General File. (House)
- 2025-05-14: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-05-12: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee. (House)
- 2025-04-24: In Assembly. (House)
- 2025-04-23: To Assembly. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To printer. (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 245.) (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: From printer. To committee. (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442_EN.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442.pdf)
- Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442_R1.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442_EN.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442.pdf)
- [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB442_R1.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB442-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).