Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; revising provisions relating to the testing of certain employees for tuberculosis, hepatitis and other contagious diseases for the purpose of compensation under industrial insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assemblymember Toby Yurek

AN ACT relating to health care; transferring regulation of nonemergency medical transportation from the Nevada Transportation Authority to certain health authorities; exempting certain operators of a vehicle for nonemergency medical transportation from the requirement to be permitted; requiring the driver of a vehicle for nonemergency medical transportation to report the abuse, neglect, isolation, abandonment or commercial sexual exploitation of certain persons; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Jill DickmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to firearms; removing and revising certain exemptions of The Background Check Act; revising provisions relating to the forms prescribed for a permit to carry a concealed firearm and for the renewal of such a permit; revising provisions relating to courses in firearm safety that are required to be completed to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm; revising provisions governing the renewal of a permit to carry a concealed firearm; authorizing a retired law enforcement officer who is not a resident of this State to apply to any sheriff for certification to become a qualified retired law enforcement officer; prohibiting the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History from charging a fee for a background check under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ken GrayRepublican

AN ACT relating to property insurance; creating the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan Association; requiring the membership of certain authorized insurers in the Association; creating the Board of Directors of the Association and prescribing the duties of the Board; requiring the Board to establish the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan; establishing the requirements of the FAIR Plan; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Jill DickmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; creating the State Public Charter School Facility Fund; authorizing the Executive Director of the State Public Charter School Authority to request the issuance of bonds by the State Board of Finance for certain purposes; authorizing a school district to impose a property tax, the proceeds and interest of which must be remitted for credit to the Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory S.Assistant Minority Floor Leader North KoenigRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; creating and setting forth the duties of the Security Operations Center within the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor; creating the Account for the Security Operations Center and prescribing the use of money in the Account; requiring the Security Operations Center to prepare an annual report that assesses the effectiveness of the Security Operations Center; establishing the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Program; revising the purpose of the Office; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to use the services and equipment of the Office; making various other changes relating to the cybersecurity of governmental entities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assemblymember Toby Yurek

AN ACT relating to trade practices; making certain acts relating to the initial sale of tickets to certain events by a primary ticket provider a deceptive trade practice; revising provisions relating to the resale of tickets to certain events; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bert K. GurrRepublican

AN ACT relating to public financial administration; revising provisions governing the program administered by a corporation for public benefit to provide private equity funding and venture capital investments to certain businesses; revising provisions relating to certain financing information that is required to be provided to certain small businesses by the Office of Economic Development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SteveSpeaker YeagerDemocrat

AN ACT relating to parentage; adopting provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act; revising provisions relating to the establishment of a parent and child relationship and the presumption of parentage; establishing provisions concerning the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage and denial of parentage by certain persons; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations relating to an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage; establishing provisions governing genetic testing in proceedings to adjudicate parentage; establishing and revising various provisions relating to proceedings to adjudicate parentage; authorizing a person who claims to be a de facto parent of a child to be adjudicated as a parent of the child in certain circumstances; authorizing a court to adjudicate a child to have more than two parents in certain circumstances; establishing and revising provisions relating to assisted reproduction and gestational agreements; providing for the right of a gestational carrier to make all health care decisions regarding the gestational carrier and the pregnancy of the gestational carrier; repealing various provisions relating to parentage; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Shea M. BackusDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the plan of operation for a local school precinct; revising provisions governing the expenditure of certain money by a local school precinct; revising provisions governing members of the organizational team for a local school precinct; revising provisions governing the duties of certain entities when a vacancy occurs in the position of principal for a local school precinct; requiring the principal of a local school precinct to provide the organizational team with a briefing containing certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venise KarrisDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; providing that certain teachers have sole authority to determine the grade assigned to a pupil and the components and weights used to calculate such a grade; prohibiting regulations, policies or directives that interfere with such authority; prohibiting certain acts intended to interfere with the grade assigned to a pupil or the components or weights used to calculate such a grade; eliminating provisions requiring certain teachers and administrators to develop learning goals for pupils that are used in the evaluations of such teachers and administrators; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Selena La Rue HatchDemocrat

AN ACT relating to business; revising provisions relating to contributions into the Unemployment Compensation Fund; providing an exemption for certain persons from paying certain fees for an application and first renewal of a state business license; establishing requirements relating to the review and approval of an application to modify a facility for personal wireless service by certain land use authorities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lisa K. ColeRepublican

AN ACT relating to civil liability; providing immunity from civil liability for certain acts and omissions of volunteer security personnel of a religious organization under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Alexis M. HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to water; requiring the State Engineer to prepare and submit a biennial report to the Legislature relating to certain applications pending a final decision by the State Engineer; requiring the State Engineer to adopt certain regulations relating to hearings and to establish a pre-application review process to meet with prospective applicants; making the State Engineer subject to the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act for purposes of adopting regulations and certain provisions governing the adjudication of contested cases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rich DeLongRepublican

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to the crime of assault; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ken GrayRepublican

AN ACT relating to workforce development; providing for the creation of the Southern Nevada Health Care Workforce Apprenticeship Pilot Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Duy NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to emergency response; creating the Account for the Nevada School Safety Data Grant Program within the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military to award grants to law enforcement agencies to procure school mapping data for public schools in this State; prescribing certain requirements for the use of grants received from the Account; authorizing the installation of master key boxes at public and private schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Joe DaliaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to victims of crime; repealing, replacing and revising certain provisions requiring the notification of certain victims of crime upon changes in the custody status of an offender related to release, escape, residential confinement, clemency and parole; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assemblymember Toby Yurek

AN ACT relating to public safety; creating a pilot program authorizing the Department of Transportation, a local authority and a regional transportation commission to allow the installation and use of an automated traffic enforcement system to enforce certain provisions of law; requiring a peace officer of a traffic enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location of an automated traffic enforcement system to review certain evidence detected by the automated traffic enforcement system before a citation is issued; establishing requirements relating to the issuance of a civil infraction citation based on evidence detected by an automated traffic enforcement system; creating a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner of a vehicle is the driver of the vehicle at the time of a violation detected by an automated traffic enforcement system; requiring the Department to annually compile and submit certain information to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Selena Torres-FossettDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; eliminating the requirement that pupils take a college and career readiness assessment selected by the State Board of Education to graduate from high school with a standard high school diploma; revising various provisions to reflect the elimination of such a requirement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Natha C.Assistant Majority Whip AndersonDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; providing for the submission to the voters of the question of whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to exempt from the taxes the amount of any allowance against the selling price given by a retailer for the value of a used portable electronic taken in trade on the purchase of another portable electronic under certain circumstances; providing for the same exemption from certain analogous taxes if the voters approve this amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Selena Torres-FossettDemocrat

AN ACT relating to peace officers; authorizing a law enforcement agency to require applicants for certain positions of employment to make certain attestations concerning cannabis as a condition precedent to employment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to offenders; authorizing the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety to petition the sentencing court or the State Board of Parole Commissioners for the release of a person sentenced to lifetime supervision; authorizing the sentencing court or Board to grant such a petition under certain circumstances; clarifying provisions relating to certain allowable deductions from the period of probation of certain offenders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring that certain policies of health insurance include coverage for certain health care to treat and care for diseases and conditions caused by severe obesity; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain health facilities and providers of health care to provide qualified sign language interpreters to certain persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; prescribing the circumstances under which such qualified sign language interpreters may be provided remotely; establishing requirements for providing remotely such qualified sign language interpreters; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to maintain a list of certain facilities that provide services specialized to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a hospital or psychiatric hospital from employing a physician under certain circumstances; providing penalties for a violation of such prohibition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to labor; authorizing collective bargaining between task workers and task delivery platform providers; setting forth procedures and requirements governing such collective bargaining; requiring a task delivery platform provider to provide certain information to users and task workers; requiring a task delivery platform provider to ensure that a task worker is paid an amount not less than the minimum wage for each hour worked performing tasks; setting forth certain requirements and restrictions for contracts between a task delivery platform provider and a task worker; renaming and expanding the duties of the Government Employee-Management Relations Board; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the inclusion of certain information regarding pupil achievement in annual reports of accountability submitted by the boards of trustees of school districts, the sponsors of charter schools and the State Board of Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the submission of data and metrics on the performance and progress of pupils; revising provisions governing the automated system of accountability information for Nevada; requiring the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education to review and make recommendations concerning reports on pupil achievement and the financial accountability of school districts; requiring the Commission to create a framework for such reports and collaborate with the Department of Education to create a centralized repository of such reports; revising requirements for publishing a list of expenditures of county school districts; revising provisions governing the ratios of pupils to licensed teachers; removing the requirement for a school district to prepare a summary of certain fiscal reports; repealing the requirement for the Department to recommend a minimum amount to be spent by public schools on textbooks and other instructional supplies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; prohibiting the governing body of certain counties and cities from taking certain actions to prohibit the use of cooling towers which use water for certain projects; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District to establish and administer a pilot program during the 2025-2026 school year to use an alternative assessment to assess the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary school if the alternative assessment satisfies certain criteria; requiring the Department of Education to award a grant to the Washoe County School District in an amount equal to the savings to the Department for not administering the statewide assessment to pupils enrolled in the School District; requiring a report concerning the program to be submitted to the Department and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to insurance; expanding the scope of required insurance coverage for biomarker testing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to controlled substances; creating the Alternative Therapy Pilot Program; requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to administer and adopt certain regulations governing the Program; authorizing and requiring the Division to take certain actions with respect to the Program; requiring the Division to authorize at least one person to cultivate, manufacture or produce psychedelic substances for use in the Program; requiring the Division to submit to the Legislature an annual report concerning the Program; requiring the Division to establish an advisory committee with certain duties relating to the Program; prohibiting certain causes of action from being brought against the Department, its officers or employees relating to the Program; providing immunity from civil, criminal and administrative liability to a participant in the Program for certain conduct relating to the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the College of Southern Nevada for the development of its Northwest Campus, including the Center for Excellence in Public Safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to establish curriculum for a workshop to promote the mental health of pupils which must be provided to pupils at least once per month; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to business associations; reducing fees related to creating and dissolving limited-liability companies under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to cosmetology; enacting the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; providing cosmetologists practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as persons who are licensed cosmetologists in this State; authorizing the sharing of certain information with a data system created by the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to housing; renaming the position of Housing Advocate within the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry as the Housing Liaison; revising provisions relating to the statewide low-income housing database maintained by the Division; revising provisions relating to the Account for Affordable Housing; revising provisions governing the tiers of affordable housing; revising provisions relating to certain reports submitted to the Division by certain local governments relating to affordable housing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to voting; clarifying the requirements for a person to register to vote in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to service contracts; requiring the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry to establish a toll-free telephone number for receiving certain complaints concerning providers of service contracts; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to establish a system for rating providers of service contracts based on certain criteria; requiring certain information to be included in a service contract; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the pupils on whose behalf a scholarship organization is authorized to provide a grant under the Nevada Education Choice Scholarship Program; requiring a scholarship organization to notify the Department of Taxation if there are no pupils on whose behalf the scholarship organization is authorized to provide a grant; prohibiting the Department from approving applications for tax credits under the Program made by such a scholarship organization; requiring a scholarship organization to repay certain tax credits under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to water; revising provisions relating to the establishment, membership and duties of a groundwater board; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to taxation; providing for the imposition, collection, administration and enforcement of taxes on the sale or transfer of a controlling interest in an entity which possesses an interest in real property in this State; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to taxes on retail sales; providing for the submission to the voters of the question whether the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 should be amended to provide an exemption from the tax for certain coins, currency and bullion; providing for the exemptions from certain analogous taxes if the voters approve this amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to employment; establishing requirements relating to the release of certain information in the Statewide Central Registry for the Collection of Information Concerning the Abuse or Neglect of a Child and the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History to public employers; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making appropriations to the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra for the statewide implementation of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the University of Nevada, Reno, for a technology initiative for certain students; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; establishing maximum rates that hospitals, independent centers for emergency medical care and surgical centers for ambulatory patients may charge for certain goods and services provided to patients covered by certain insurance for public employees; requiring hospitals to publish certain information relating to pricing; authorizing the imposition of certain administrative penalties and sanctions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; revising provisions concerning medical certificates of death of persons who self-administer a medication that is designed to end the life of the person; authorizing a physician or advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient under certain circumstances; prohibiting persons other than a patient from administering a medication that is designed to end the life of the patient; imposing requirements relating to the medical records of a patient who requests a medication that is designed to end the life of the patient; providing immunity to certain providers of health care and health care facilities for certain actions relating to prescribing or dispensing a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient; authorizing the owner or operator of a health care facility to prohibit the provision of certain services relating to a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient; prohibiting a person from including certain provisions in a will, contract, agreement or policy of life insurance; prohibiting certain actions on a policy of life insurance because the insured requested or revoked a request for a medication that is designed to end the life of the insured; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to periods of observance; designating the month of March of each year as “Women Veterans History Month” in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.