Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to deceptive trade practices; requiring a person who does not hold a cannabis establishment license and who sells or offers to sell certain hemp products to display signs containing certain information; prohibiting such a person from making certain false, misleading or deceptive statements in advertising; making it a deceptive trade practice to violate those requirements or prohibitions; authorizing the Cannabis Compliance Board to investigate and refer violations of those requirements or prohibitions to the Attorney General; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to health care; establishing various requirements relating to providers of vision insurance and providers of vision care; revising provisions relating to certain contracts between a provider of vision insurance and a provider of vision care; prohibiting certain conduct of a provider of vision insurance or provider of vision care which would constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice in the business of insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory S.Assistant Minority Floor Leader North KoenigRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to the adoption of regulations by certain agencies of the Executive Department of the State Government; revising provisions relating to the adoption by a governing body of a local government of certain ordinances or the taking of certain actions relating to fees paid by businesses; revising provisions relating to impact fees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory T., IIMinority Floor Leader HafenRepublican

AN ACT relating to public utilities; revising provisions governing certain procedures or methodologies for changing rates or fees for certain public utilities; revising provisions authorizing certain public utilities to submit letters of advice for certain proposed changes in schedules of rates or services in lieu of filing an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bert K. GurrRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation of property; revising provisions relating to the taxation of the agricultural use of real property to include agrivoltaic purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to insurance; establishing the policies of insurance to which certain requirements relating to coverage for legal defense costs are applicable; including certain insurance that provides for certain payments for certain legal services and certain expenses in the definition of “casualty insurance”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor

AN ACT relating to waste; requiring certain owners of a distributed generation system to file certain plans relating to the disposal of the distributed generation system with the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; requiring facilities that recycle materials from a distributed generation system or utility-scale solar project to file a report with the Division; requiring a surplus retirement plan to include certain information relating to the retirement of a utility-scale solar project; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to health care; revising the data that is collected concerning providers of health care in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to housing; requiring the governing body of certain counties and cities to adopt an ordinance to authorize the development and use of accessory dwelling units on residential property; setting forth certain requirements for the ordinance; providing that if the governing body of certain counties and cities does not adopt such an ordinance by July 1, 2026, accessory dwelling units are authorized on any parcel zoned for residential use without restriction; revising provisions relating to the amendment of a declaration or the termination of a common-interest community; requiring proof of certain insurance policies be furnished in a resale package to a purchaser of a unit in a common-interest community; increasing the fine that may be imposed by the Commission for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels for certain violations; making various other changes relating to common-interest communities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing a person who operates a brew pub to engage in certain activities concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; revising provisions governing the conduct of certain investigations and hearings and the revocation and suspension of certain licenses relating to intoxicating liquor; revising the manner in which a payment from a retail liquor store to a wholesale dealer for delivery of certain alcoholic beverages must be made; requiring certain persons manufacturing liquor to preserve certain records for inspection and audit by the Department of Taxation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

HowardMajority Whip WattsDemocrat

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to establish and administer the Regulatory Experimentation Program for Insurance Product Innovation; setting forth requirements for the operation of the Program; authorizing certain property insurers to file a proposed increase in a rate for certain lines of insurance through a program of flex-rated filing; revising requirements relating to insurance coverage for the peril of wildfire; revising certain requirements for reciprocal insurers; revising provisions relating to captive insurers; revising requirements relating to insurance coverage for common-interest communities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to businesses; requiring a person who wishes to conduct a cottage cosmetics operation to apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a license; setting forth requirements and fees relating to a cottage cosmetics operation; exempting a cottage cosmetics operation from certain licensing requirements; revising and reorganizing certain provisions governing cottage food establishments; requiring a person who wishes to conduct a cottage food operation to apply to the Department; revising certain provisions governing craft food operations; revising provisions governing farm-to-fork events; applying certain provisions governing food delivery service platforms to the delivery of food items from a cottage food operation; providing a penalty; providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the approval of academic credit for outdoor recreational activities under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SteveSpeaker YeagerDemocrat

AN ACT relating to construction; setting forth certain limitations on a board of county commissioners or the governing body of a city in adopting an ordinance restricting the hours in which construction work may begin during certain times of the year; revising certain prohibitions on a declarant-controlled common-interest community from restricting the hours that construction work may begin during certain times of the year; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to motor clubs; revising certain information which a motor club is required to provide to its members; revising certain qualifications for a license as a club agent; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor

AN ACT relating to health care; authorizing a patient in certain facilities or a resident of a living community for persons with disabilities or his or her representative to request the installation and use of an electronic communication device in the living quarters of the patient or the bedroom of the resident; prohibiting such a facility or living community or an employee of such a facility or living community from taking certain additional actions; prohibiting a provider of supported living arrangement services from taking certain actions with regard to the installation and use of an electronic communication device in the home of a recipient of such services; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; prohibiting a school district from contracting or partnering with persons or entities who charge more than a certain amount of fees and costs related to the employment of certain visa holders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to award money to school districts to provide compensation in addition to base pay for hard-to-fill positions in public schools; requiring school districts to report certain information relating to hard-to-fill positions; eliminating the authority in certain large school districts to use weighted funding provided to a school for certain pupils to pay certain hiring and retention incentives; revising the powers of the Subcommittee on Education Accountability of the Interim Finance Committee; making an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Department to fund compensation in addition to base pay for hard-to-fill positions in public schools; making an appropriation to provide money to charter schools for salary increases for teachers and education support professionals; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the purpose of providing pro bono legal services, experiential legal education and contributing to the success of students; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT relating to animals; revising provisions governing the seizure of animals under certain circumstances; revising certain penalties and remedies for acts of animal cruelty; revising certain provisions governing the ownership and care of animals treated cruelly; revising provisions relating to immunity from civil liability for certain actions taken to protect or remove a pet from a motor vehicle under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to powers of attorney; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services, acting through the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department, to conduct a program to educate and inform residents of this State concerning planning for long-term care; requesting the Guardianship Commission created by the Nevada Supreme Court to study and make recommendations relating to the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

David OrentlicherDemocrat

AN ACT relating to public utilities; establishing that an applicable privilege is not waived when certain entities disclose or make available confidential information to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada and certain other persons and governmental entities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of certain school districts and the governing body of certain charter schools to prepare and publish an annual report relating to the use of force by school police officers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Cecelia GonzálezDemocrat

AN ACT relating to intoxicating liquor; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county and the governing body of an incorporated city to enact an ordinance authorizing certain food establishments to sell or deliver alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises of the establishment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Taxation to adopt regulations imposing a surcharge on such sales; revising provisions relating to craft distilleries; designating the Picon Punch as the official state drink of the State of Nevada; expanding the functions of the Ignition Interlock Program established by the Director of the Department of Public Safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health; prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the Department of Education to develop a policy concerning certain uses of artificial intelligence; imposing certain restrictions relating to the marketing and programming of artificial intelligence systems; prohibiting certain persons from representing themselves as qualified to provide mental or behavioral health care; imposing certain restrictions relating to the use of artificial intelligence by providers of mental or behavioral health care; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Jovan A. JacksonDemocrat

AN ACT relating to professions; revising requirements to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor by endorsement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Elaine H. MarzolaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to the Civil Air Patrol; revising provisions relating to the employment of a member of the Civil Air Patrol; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SteveSpeaker YeagerDemocrat

AN ACT relating to real property; requiring the Nevada Tax Commission to include in the form prescribed for the declaration of value of real property a section in which a property owner is authorized to claim certain partial abatements of property taxes; prescribing the manner in which a property owner is required to claim such partial abatements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; revising requirements for a plan to improve the achievement of pupils enrolled in a public school; requiring the superintendent of each school district to appoint an administrator to serve in a role supporting pupils who are English learners; requiring the board of trustees of a school district to ensure that each licensed teacher receives training concerning English language acquisition; requiring the Department of Education to provide certain guidance to the board of trustees of a school district; revising provisions governing certain data collected and maintained in the statewide system of accountability for public schools; prohibiting certain pupil achievement data from negatively impacting the performance rating of certain schools, school districts and employees; requiring the Department to establish an English Learner Advisory Council during the 2025-2026 interim to study policies to support English language acquisition, development and literacy; prescribing the membership and duties of the Advisory Council; repealing provisions relating to certain corrective action plans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to public employees; requiring the Governor to include certain information relating to collective bargaining agreements in the biennial proposed executive budget; revising certain deadlines relating to the negotiation, mediation and arbitration of collective bargaining agreements with the Executive Department of the State Government; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to natural resources; providing, with certain exceptions, that any person is authorized to perform certain actions relating to an easement for conservation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT relating to the public welfare; revising requirements governing notice of the intent to adopt, amend or repeal certain regulations or policies; authorizing the retroactive application of certain regulations or policies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to trade practices; requiring an original equipment manufacturer of certain equipment designed for a person with a physical disability to make available certain documentation, parts and tools for the diagnosis, maintenance or repair of the equipment; prohibiting an original equipment manufacturer from engaging in certain acts; exempting an original equipment manufacturer from liability for certain damage or injuries under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Tracy Brown-MayDemocrat

AN ACT relating to charter schools; revising provisions governing the membership of the State Public Charter School Authority; revising provisions establishing the local educational agency that is responsible for performing certain functions with respect to charter schools; clarifying requirements for certain information to be included in an application to renew the charter contract of a charter school; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to money transmission; exempting a person engaged solely in the provision of payroll processing services from provisions governing the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in money transmission; repealing provisions imposing certain duties on persons engaged in the provision of payroll processing services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Tanya P. FlanaganDemocrat

AN ACT relating to animals; requiring each governing body of a county or incorporated city to adopt an ordinance requiring, with certain exceptions, the owner or operator of a kennel, an animal rescue organization that handles pets or a commercial establishment engaged in the business of handling pets to complete a training course on handling pets prescribed by the governing body and renew the training biennially; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Brian HibbettsRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Legislature; revising provisions relating to the Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee of the Legislature; eliminating the duty of the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to perform certain budget stress testing; abolishing the Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and Program Evaluation within the Fiscal Analysis Division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle fuel; establishing certain requirements for the display and labeling of pumps and dispensers for motor vehicle fuel at a motor vehicle fuel dispensing site; requiring certain types of motor vehicle fuel to be identified and labeled in a certain manner; revising requirements relating to the advertisement of prices of motor vehicle fuel; revising certain requirements relating to the letters, words, figures and numerals used on an advertising medium for motor vehicle fuel; repealing requirements for certain letters and numerals used on advertising mediums; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; revising provisions relating to certain hearings concerning actions taken against a provider of services under the State Plan for Medicaid; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services

AN ACT relating to cemeteries; revising provisions relating to the disinterment and removal of human remains from certain cemeteries; revising certain requirements applicable to certain cemetery owners; expanding eligibility for interment in a veterans' cemetery to include certain additional veterans; requiring the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to charge certain fees relating to the interment of such veterans; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a center for the treatment of trauma from representing it provides a specific level of care unless the center provides that level of care; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing specific designations for the level of care provided by a center for the treatment of trauma; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; providing that any money remaining in the Fund to Assist School Districts in Financing Capital Improvements and the Fund to Assist Rural School Districts in Financing Capital Improvements at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund; revising provisions relating to grants from the Fund to Assist Rural School Districts in Financing Capital Improvements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to higher education; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to require each institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education to adopt an emergency response plan to address opioid-related drug overdoses; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to behavioral health; revising requirements governing mobile crisis teams that may be established to provide community-based intervention services to certain persons experiencing a behavioral health crisis; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to state purchasing; revising provisions relating to certain preferences granted to or imposed on bids or proposals submitted for certain state purchasing contracts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to housing; revising provisions relating to the Nevada Supportive Housing Development Fund; making an appropriation; requiring, under certain circumstances, the Governor to submit a statement to the Legislature relating to supportive housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to community development; requiring certain records to be maintained by the board of trustees of certain general improvement districts; increasing the compensation of the board of trustees of certain general improvement districts; requiring a general improvement district created for acquiring television maintenance facilities to report certain information annually to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is located; exempting certain general improvement districts from an annual publication of certain notices of budget adoption and filing; revising provisions governing the procedure for applying for transferable tax credits for affordable housing and the transfer of such tax credits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the Student Loan Repayment for Providers of Health Care in Underserved Communities Program; renaming the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.