Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System; exempting, in certain circumstances, retired members of the System who accept employment or an independent contract with certain public employers from certain provisions governing the employment of such retired members; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to water; requiring the Division of Water Resources of the State Department of Conservation and Water Resources to notify an applicant if a committee is assigned to review certain applications for a permit; providing certain deadlines for the State Engineer to approve or deny certain applications and extensions, review reports of conveyance and issue certain permits; requiring the State Engineer to provide certain notices relating to the cancellation of a permit; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the State Department of Agriculture for the purpose of awarding grants of money to Nevada school districts to provide universal free breakfast and lunch for Nevada pupils; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to the Legislature; requiring the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to publish certain fiscal information relating to the Legislature and the Legislative Counsel Bureau; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to professional licensing; establishing procedures by which an applicant for certain professional or occupational licenses may obtain judicial review of the decision of a regulatory body denying the application of the applicant on the basis of the moral character or criminal history of the applicant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, under certain circumstances, that a county or city clerk affirmatively ask whether a registered voter would like to update his or her signature in the voter registration records of the clerk; providing, under certain circumstances, that any signature provided by a voter to cure a mail ballot becomes the voter's signature for purposes of his or her voter registration; requiring the Secretary of State, rather than the county clerk, to send certain notices to persons who register to vote or update their voter registration using the automatic voter registration system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring an abortion services provider to compile and provide to patients a list of persons offering post-abortion counseling and support services; authorizing the imposition of civil penalties in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Nevada School of the Arts for its programs and services to promote education in the arts; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to employment practices; prohibiting certain conditions, stipulations and provisions in certain contracts and agreements that require an employee or independent contractor to pay a sum of money if the person leaves employment or ceases providing services before the passage of a specified period; setting forth the manner by which that prohibition may be enforced; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to grants; creating the Community Project Grant Program to provide grants for certain community projects; creating the Account for the Community Project Grant Program in the State General Fund; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to civil liability; providing immunity from civil liability to certain persons authorized to provide certain care pursuant to an agreement between a hospital and the Armed Forces of the United States; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to the Legislative Department of the State Government; creating the Office of Ombudsman for Legislative Employees in the Legislative Counsel Bureau of the Legislative Department of the State Government; setting forth the powers and duties of the Office; requiring the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections to conduct an interim study concerning legislative employment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

AN ACT relating to offenders; requiring the Department of Corrections, to the extent money is available, to establish vocational farm programs; authorizing the Department to engage the services of certain registered dietitians; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations relating to such dietitians; requiring the Department to issue a request for information and conduct a study on food services during the 2025-2026 interim; limiting the term of renewals of food service contracts during that period; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venicia ConsidineDemocrat

AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; revising provisions relating to the accommodation of persons with physical disabilities at certain public meetings; requiring that certain public buildings designed on or after July 1, 2025, include equipment and software for Communication Access Realtime Translation; including American Sign Language as a foreign or world language course of study; requiring the Department of Education to conduct an interim study on the need for a school for pupils who are deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Tracy Brown-MayDemocrat

AN ACT relating to firearms; prohibiting a person who is less than 21 years of age from possessing certain firearms; making it unlawful to aid or knowingly permit a person who is less than 21 years of age to possess a firearm under certain circumstances; prohibiting the sale or barter of certain firearms to a person who is less than 21 years of age; revising provisions relating to the storage of a firearm; revising provisions relating to the handling, possession or control of a firearm by certain children; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SandraMajority Floor Leader JaureguiDemocrat

AN ACT relating to the management of land; requiring the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council in the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish by regulation a program to mitigate damage to sagebrush ecosystems; requiring the Council to adopt certain regulations related to the program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rich DeLongRepublican

AN ACT relating to food dispensing establishments; prohibiting certain food dispensing establishments from selling, preparing, providing or transporting food or beverages using disposable foodware containers made from polystyrene foam; providing civil penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venicia ConsidineDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; providing partial exemptions from the property and governmental services taxes for certain Nevada Gold Star Spouses; establishing certain requirements for claiming the exemptions; requiring the maximum allowable amount of the exemptions be adjusted annually; authorizing an eligible Nevada Gold Star Spouse to direct an amount equivalent to the exemptions to certain charitable gift accounts in lieu of claiming the exemptions; providing for the reduction of the property tax exemption in certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Brian HibbettsRepublican

AN ACT relating to athletics; requiring certain schools and institutions of higher education to designate by sex the athletic teams and sports sponsored by the schools or institutions; prohibiting male or female athletes from competing on teams designated for the other sex; prohibiting certain actions from being brought against a school or institution for maintaining a separate athletic team or sport designated for pupils and students of the female or male sex; establishing certain causes of action; establishing the statute of limitations for such actions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bert K. GurrRepublican

AN ACT relating to economic development; enacting the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act; requiring the Office of Economic Development to enter into a development agreement to establish certain criteria for the development of infrastructure for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions and other new capital investment in this State; establishing certain penalties if the development does not meet certain requirements for new capital investment and expenditures for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions; establishing requirements for a production company located at such a development to be eligible for film infrastructure transferable tax credits for qualified productions produced at the development; providing for the calculation of the amount of film infrastructure transferable tax credits; requiring the creation of a production studio entertainment district; revising provisions governing noninfrastructure transferable tax credits for motion pictures and other qualified productions produced in this State; authorizing an additional amount of noninfrastructure transferable tax credits; establishing the Account for Nevada Film, Media and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training and a board to approve distributions from the Account; providing for the distribution of money from the Account to certain entities and organizations that provide education and vocational training to develop a workforce for the production of qualified productions in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SandraMajority Floor Leader JaureguiDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; repealing the requirement for the Department of Education to establish a pilot program to provide competency-based education; authorizing certain entities to apply to the Department for approval to provide a program of competency-based education; establishing requirements for programs of competency-based education approved by the Department; repealing the requirement for the Department to conduct a public awareness campaign regarding competency-based education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Education

AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing any county in this State to create the office of registrar of voters; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions relating to the jurisdiction of justice courts in certain criminal cases; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory T., IIMinority Floor Leader HafenRepublican

AN ACT relating to elections; establishing procedures for the use of absent ballots in an election; requiring, with certain exceptions, proof of identity for voting in person; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles, under certain circumstances, to issue identification cards at no charge; requiring a voter to include certain personal identifying information with his or her absent ballot; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a person from returning an absent ballot on behalf of a voter; repealing provisions that require county and city clerks to prepare and distribute mail ballots to certain registered voters for every election; repealing provisions relating to voting, collecting, verifying and counting mail ballots; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Jill DickmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring certain service contracts to impose certain duties upon the provider of the service contract; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Linda F. HuntDemocrat

AN ACT relating to public works; exempting the Office of the Military from the requirement that the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration furnish engineering and architectural services for the construction of certain buildings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to elections; revising certain deadlines relating to the return of mail ballots; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rich DeLongRepublican

AN ACT relating to professions; revising provisions governing the scope of the practice of massage therapy; establishing certain requirements for the training of an apprentice in the practice of barbering; exempting certain persons from provisions governing barbers; revising requirements for licensure as a barber or apprentice; revising provisions governing the operation of a barbershop; requiring the granting of a license as an instructor in the practice of barbering to an instructor of cosmetology under certain circumstances; revising and repealing certain provisions relating cosmetology; revising provisions relating to apprentices in certain occupations of cosmetology; revising certain requirements for the granting of a license to practice a branch of cosmetology; revising provisions governing the training and practice of apprentices in occupations of cosmetology; revising provisions governing the operation of a cosmetological establishment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Duy NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to real property; authorizing a tenant whose landlord fails to remedy a failure to maintain a dwelling unit in a habitable condition to file a verified complaint for expedited relief; revising certain provisions relating to the content of written rental agreements; revising provisions relating to the payment of rent; revising provisions relating to requirements for habitability; revising provisions relating to the remedies a tenant is authorized to pursue if a landlord fails to remedy certain breaches or failures relating to habitability; providing that certain items and services constitute essential items and services for purposes of such provisions; revising the amounts which a tenant is authorized to recover from a landlord who takes certain unlawful actions or fails to make required disclosures; requiring a landlord to, under certain circumstances, provide a tenant who has terminated a rental agreement with a reasonable length of time to gather his or her belongings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venicia ConsidineDemocrat

AN ACT relating to public works; requiring, with certain exceptions, a contractor or subcontractor to comply with certain requirements relating to the employment of workers and apprentices on a public work; providing certain penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Jovan A. JacksonDemocrat

AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; revising provisions governing the awarding of certain contracts of the Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to courts; requesting that the Nevada Supreme Court study procedures for notifying defendants and persons who are issued a civil infraction citation of certain information; requesting that the Nevada Supreme Court adopt court or administrative rules governing such procedures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Cecelia GonzálezDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; revising the amount of the tax on live entertainment that is required to be distributed to the Nevada Arts Council; requiring the Nevada Arts Council to use a portion of such distributions to make grants to certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

HowardMajority Whip WattsDemocrat

AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Melissa R..Assistant Minority Floor Leader South HardyRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; revising the criteria for pupils to be eligible for a grant from a scholarship organization under the Nevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program; establishing the order of priority in which a scholarship organization must award such grants; establishing the minimum amount of a grant provided on behalf of a pupil; revising the amount of credits the Department of Taxation is authorized to approve against the modified business tax for taxpayers who donate to a scholarship organization; providing a tax credit for insurers who donate money to a scholarship organization to be applied against the general tax on insurance premiums; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory T., IIMinority Floor Leader HafenRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the administration of criterion-referenced examinations and a college and career readiness assessment to pupils enrolled in a program of distance education through a remote testing platform; revising provisions governing the security and administration of such examinations and assessments; revising provisions governing irregularities in testing administration within a program of distance education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Melissa R..Assistant Minority Floor Leader South HardyRepublican

AN ACT relating to governmental entities; restricting the manner in which certain governmental entities or government-funded entities may use certain products; providing certain exceptions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SteveSpeaker YeagerDemocrat

AN ACT relating to insurance; repealing provisions which prohibit an insurer from issuing or renewing a policy of liability insurance that contains certain provisions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Lisa K. ColeRepublican

AN ACT relating to cannabis; revising certain requirements relating to the packaging, labeling and delivery of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing certain persons to enter into a joint-venture agreement with certain cannabis establishments; revising provisions relating to cannabis consumption lounges; prohibiting the Cannabis Compliance Board from imposing certain requirements on cannabis establishments; revising the definition of “usable cannabis”; revising provisions relating to the seizure and destruction of cannabis; revising provisions relating to certain taxes imposed on sales of cannabis and cannabis products; authorizing the Department of Taxation to impose an administrative fine upon a person who engages in the unlicensed sale of cannabis or cannabis products; revising the powers of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety; requiring the Board and the Nevada Gaming Control Board to prepare a report concerning certain issues relating to cannabis and gaming; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Max E., II CarterDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing consent to participate in a course or unit of instruction concerning the human immunodeficiency virus, the human reproductive system, related communicable diseases and sexual responsibility; revising requirements for forms used to refuse authorization for a pupil to participate in such a course or unit of a course; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Heather GouldingDemocrat

AN ACT relating to industrial insurance; establishing certain methods which must be used by the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to calculate an average monthly prevailing wage; revising provisions to provide for the recalculation of the average monthly prevailing wage of an injured construction worker; requiring the compensation of a construction worker who is injured or disabled or who dies to be based on the greater of the worker's average monthly wage or average monthly prevailing wage; revising provisions governing the payment in a lump sum for a construction worker with a permanent partial disability; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Venise KarrisDemocrat

AN ACT relating to evictions; requiring the automatic sealing of certain eviction case court files under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which a court is authorized to seal certain eviction case court files; requiring the automatic sealing of certain case court files related to unjustified lockouts under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Erica P. RothDemocrat

AN ACT relating to state purchasing; providing for the disposition of rebates for purchases made with procurement cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to firearms; revising the crime of discharging a firearm under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties for discharging a firearm under certain circumstances; revising the punishments for committing certain delinquent acts relating to firearms; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Reuben D'SilvaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the duties, rights and responsibilities of appointed members of a board of trustees of a school district; enacting provisions governing term limits for trustees; prohibiting a board of trustees from conducting certain business during a meeting designated as a work session or workshop; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Assemblymember Toby Yurek

AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; authorizing collective bargaining for certain state employees; providing for the recognition of professional organizations; providing for the establishment of bargaining units and the designation of exclusive representatives; establishing certain rights for professional organizations and professional employees; establishing procedures for collective bargaining and for making collective bargaining agreements; authorizing the Government Employee-Management Relations Board to collect certain fees; prohibiting certain practices relating to collective bargaining; authorizing a state professional employer to use the services of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration and the Attorney General for certain purposes; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to conduct collective bargaining negotiations and enter into collective bargaining agreements with certain employees; providing a civil penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Natha C.Assistant Majority Whip AndersonDemocrat

AN ACT relating to water; creating the Fund for Hydrological Studies to make grants of money for hydrological studies in certain counties; revising provisions governing the payment of the cost of a hydrological study required by the State Engineer in certain counties; making an appropriation to the Fund to be used for such grants of money; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bert K. GurrRepublican

AN ACT relating to notaries public; defining certain terms relevant to the administration of an oath or affirmation by a notarial officer; specifying certain circumstances under which a notarial officer may administer an oath or affirmation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Gregory S.Assistant Minority Floor Leader North KoenigRepublican

AN ACT relating to pharmacy; authorizing a registered pharmacist to prescribe drugs and devices to treat certain health conditions and dispense a refill without the authorization of a practitioner, other than a pharmacist, under certain circumstances; authorizing a registered pharmacist to administer drugs; authorizing a registered pharmacist to engage in certain activity relating to laboratories and laboratory testing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

David OrentlicherDemocrat

AN ACT relating to crimes; expanding certain prohibitions relating to pornography involving minors; revising provisions relating to the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Joe DaliaDemocrat