NevadaSB4683rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET

AN ACT relating to gaming; retaining the jurisdiction of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations governing such jurisdiction and the surrender or attempted surrender of a license, registration, finding of suitability or preliminary finding of suitability; revising the definition of “hearing examiner”; revising certain provisions governing investigative hearings and judicial review related to the licensing and control of gaming; authorizing the Board and Commission to require a finding of suitability or the licensing of any person who conducts a tournament or contest on behalf of or in conjunction with a gaming licensee; revising provisions governing the voluntary surrender of a gaming license; revising the fines for certain violations relating to the licensing and control of gaming; revising provisions governing the judicial review of certain decisions by the Board and the Commission; revising provisions relating to the resolution of certain claims by patrons regarding gaming debts; repealing provisions governing the registration or licensing of persons conducting certain tournaments or contests in association with a gaming licensee; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Judiciary

Signed by Governor

BDR 41-298

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.

Higher fines for gaming violations

Beginning July 1, 2025, regulators can levy much larger fines for gaming law violations. Fines can reach up to $500,000 for each separate violation in an initial complaint and up to $1,000,000 for each separate violation in later complaints. This applies to violations of Nevada gaming laws and related regulations. All fines go to the State General Fund.

Stronger enforcement over gaming licensees

Beginning July 1, 2025, the Board can hold investigative hearings using one or more members or a hearing examiner. Hearings may occur without prior notice and can be held in or outside Nevada. Regulators keep jurisdiction to investigate and discipline you even after you leave the role, until they formally accept a surrender under Commission rules. A surrender is not effective until the Board accepts it, and the Commission sets timelines and procedures.

Faster help for small gambling debts

Beginning July 1, 2025, a hearing examiner chosen by the Board Chair can decide patron claims under $1,000. This applies only to gaming debts that are not backed by a credit instrument. It gives patrons a quicker, lower-cost way to resolve small disputes.

New licensing rules for tournament organizers

Beginning July 1, 2025, regulators can require licensing or a suitability finding for anyone who runs a tournament or contest for a gaming licensee. The prior statute that governed how these organizers registered or were licensed is repealed. Organizers may face background checks, fees, and timing limits before events can proceed.

Tighter court-review rules for licensees

Beginning July 1, 2025, if you seek court review, you must ask in writing for the record and pay the Board’s or Commission’s required costs and fees. The agency must send the record to the court within 30 days after you serve the petition or within 5 business days after you pay, whichever is later. If you do not pay in full within 30 days after service, your petition can be dismissed.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 63 • No: 0

House vote • 5/21/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 78.

    5/28/2025legislature
  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  3. To enrollment.

    5/22/2025Senate
  4. In Senate.

    5/21/2025Senate
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/21/2025House
  6. Read second time.

    5/20/2025House
  7. From committee: Do pass.

    5/19/2025House
  8. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/16/2025House
  9. In Assembly.

    4/16/2025House
  10. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

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

    4/15/2025Senate
  12. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 14.) To printer.

    4/14/2025Senate
  13. Placed on Second Reading File.

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

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

    2/3/2025Senate
  16. From printer.

    11/22/2024Senate
  17. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    11/19/2024Senate

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