Bills & Legislation

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 juvenile justice; granting the juvenile court limited jurisdiction over certain persons who are 21 years of age or older; 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 orders for protection; requiring certain temporary orders for protection against domestic violence to include certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to elections; setting forth certain language access requirements relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State to employ a language access coordinator; providing that a registered voter with a physical disability may use a mobile device to access interpretive services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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 domestic violence; revising provisions governing certain orders for protection against domestic violence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the preferred manner of referring to items or materials that depict or describe a minor engaging in certain sexual conduct; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

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.

AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish certain information relating to breastfeeding and develop a program of public education concerning lactation; authorizing certain providers of health care and medical facilities to provide that information to certain persons; prohibiting a place of public accommodation from engaging in certain discrimination against a person who is breastfeeding; authorizing certain civil actions and administrative actions to enforce that prohibition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; revising provisions governing the qualifications of applicants for a license by endorsement as a dental hygienist; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing the Department of Taxation to disclose certain confidential information relating to the taxation of the net proceeds of minerals extracted in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to contract with a person who makes installment loans to pay the fees and taxes due for the initial or renewal registration of a vehicle; prescribing certain requirements for such installment loans; authorizing the Director of the Department to authorize the use of digital license plates; providing requirements governing the use of digital license plates; revising the applicability of certain provisions governing installment lenders to a lender who contracts with the Department; extending the prospective expiration of the pilot program to gather data about annual vehicle miles traveled by certain vehicles registered in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to transportation; requiring a regional transportation commission in certain counties to take certain actions to mitigate safety risks to transit operators; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; prohibiting the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association from retaliating against a school or person for certain activities; prohibiting athletic recruitment; revising provisions governing certain hearings and appeals conducted by the Association; revising provisions governing the eligibility of pupils who transfer schools to participate and practice in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event; revising requirements relating to the adoption of regulations by the Association; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Natha C.Assistant Majority Whip AndersonDemocrat

AN ACT relating to debt; establishing coerced debt as an affirmative defense in certain civil actions to collect an unsecured consumer debt; setting forth requirements for asserting the affirmative defense of coerced debt; requiring a court to take certain actions upon finding that a debt is a coerced debt; authorizing certain claims and remedies; revising provisions governing the presumption of intent to defraud in the issuance of certain instruments; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Heather GouldingDemocrat

AN ACT relating to identification cards; authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program to issue identification cards to Nevada residents who are experiencing homelessness; requiring an applicant for an identification card to attest to certain facts and provide certain information providing for the change of the full legal name on an identification card under certain circumstances; providing for the expiration of an identification card issued by the Department; prohibiting certain conduct related to an identification card; authorizing certain local governments to accept an identification card issued by the Department for certain purposes; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Linda F. HuntDemocrat

AN ACT relating to property; requiring a county or city to require a property owner to repair or rehabilitate or abate certain conditions on a residential multifamily rental property under certain circumstances; establishing procedures relating to a property owner's failure to repair or rehabilitate or abate certain conditions on the residential multifamily rental property; authorizing certain local governments and persons to bring an action to require the repair or rehabilitation or abatement or appoint a receiver for substandard property in certain circumstances; establishing the powers and duties of a receiver appointed for substandard property; making various other changes relating to substandard properties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venicia ConsidineDemocrat

AN ACT relating to real property; enacting the Uniform Easement Relocation Act; enacting the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Shea M. BackusDemocrat

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; revising the threshold for which state agencies may accept gifts, including grants from nongovernmental sources; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to cannabis; repealing provisions requiring the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine to establish a program for the evaluation and research of the medical use of cannabis in the care and treatment of persons who have been diagnosed with a chronic or debilitating medical condition; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to victims of crime; revising certain provisions relating to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to mental health; establishing certain notification and reporting requirements concerning pilot programs that research transcranial magnetic stimulation or electromagnetic brain pulse treatment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to civil actions; revising provisions relating to alternate dispute resolution for certain civil actions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt regulations establishing criteria that a vendor that provides a high-impact tutoring program must satisfy to contract with the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to provide such a program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to offenders; revising requirements relating to the provision of certain medical services to women in the custody of the Department of Corrections; revising provisions relating to notarial acts performed for persons incarcerated in the state prison; eliminating the requirement that the Director of the Department establish and administer a program of regimental discipline; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to water; exempting the State Engineer from liability for certain damages resulting from the performance of certain duties; revising provisions relating to the construction, reconstruction or alteration of a dam; exempting certain works under the jurisdiction of the United States Bureau of Reclamation or the United States Army Corps of Engineers from certain requirements relating to dams; requiring that certain applications relating to dams be made available to the Department of Wildlife; authorizing the State Engineer to enter certain parcels of land to access a dam or other obstruction; revising provisions relating to the removal of any dam, diversion works or obstruction; revising provisions relating to the removal of certain animals interfering with the flow of water; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Natural Resources

AN ACT relating to professional regulation; revising provisions relating to a certificate of registration to practice architecture; revising provisions relating to certain examinations required for licensure as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor; revising the circumstances under which the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors may waive certain examinations for certain applicants for licensure; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the membership of the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to optometry; providing that a license to practice optometry issued by the Nevada State Board of Optometry is a revocable privilege; establishing procedures by which the Board may summarily suspend a license to practice optometry; specifying the substances which may be prescribed by an optometrist who holds a certificate to administer and prescribe pharmaceutical agents; increasing the number of members which constitute the Board; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license by endorsement; revising provisions governing the issuance of certain certificates by the Board; revising the circumstances under which certain optometrists are authorized to prescribe controlled substances; revising provisions relating to investigations conducted by the Board; clarifying that the practice of optometry includes optometric telemedicine; establishing certain circumstances under which a licensee is not required to report certain events to the Board; establishing certain provisions governing the temporary ownership of an optometry practice of a licensee who is permanently incapacitated; revising provisions governing the issuance of citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory S.Assistant Minority Floor Leader North KoenigRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing one or more institutions of higher education within the Nevada System of Higher Education to establish a pilot program to assess the competency of applicants for a license to teach through the use of alternative assessment methods; requiring certain regulations adopted by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to authorize an applicant for a license to teach to be exempt from requirements to pass a competency test in various subjects if the applicant completes the pilot program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to offenders; authorizing the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a transitional housing program for certain offenders to develop skills and training relating to forestry management and conservation; requiring the State Forester Firewarden to establish a hiring program to appoint certain former offenders to firefighting positions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to food inspections; revising provisions governing custom processing establishments and mobile processing units for certain purposes relating to the inspection of meat and poultry; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish a data dashboard setting forth certain statistical information relating to student outcomes; requiring the Board of Regents to establish a policy for the use of low-cost course materials and no-cost open educational resources in courses offered at an institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education; requiring the Board of Regents to conduct a study during the 2025-2026 interim relating to certain issues facing students of the Nevada System of Higher Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to real estate; requiring brokerage agreements to be in writing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services for a grant program to expand the biennial survey administered pursuant to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing the imprinting of individualized symbols or codes for different medical conditions on driver's licenses or identification cards; revising the manner in which the Department communicates certain information concerning liability insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing the Administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to request from a local detention facility access to any records in its possession which contain information that may assist in evaluating and treating a defendant who is committed to the custody of or ordered to report to the Administrator based upon a finding of incompetence; requiring a local detention facility to provide access to any such records for the limited purpose of allowing the Administrator to evaluate and treat the defendant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring an application to participate in Medicaid as a provider to be accompanied with a verification of the identity and signature of the applicant; establishing the means by which the identity and signature of an applicant may be established; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to artificial intelligence; defining “artificial intelligence” in the context of emergency management; requiring emergency management plans prepared by the Governor and each plan adopted by a state or local governmental agency to include provisions ensuring that final decisions regarding emergency response planning and the allocation of resources in response to an emergency are not made by artificial intelligence; prohibiting a public utility from making a final decision regarding whether to reduce or shut down utility service in response to a disaster or emergency based solely on the use of artificial intelligence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; ratifying and entering into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; authorizing the sharing of certain information with data systems created by the Compact; providing audiologists and speech-language pathologists practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as persons who are licensed to practice audiology and speech-language pathology in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Elaine H. MarzolaDemocrat