Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to wages; authorizing a temporary agricultural foreign worker who performs herding or production of livestock on the range under an H-2A visa and his or her employer to enter into a written agreement to exclude from the wages of the worker certain specified periods for meals, sleep and other free time; exempting an employer of a temporary agricultural foreign worker who performs herding or production of livestock on the range under an H-2A visa from certain recordkeeping requirements; requiring the enforcement of certain provisions relating to payment of wages and prosecution of violations thereof; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John EllisonRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the reimbursement of costs incurred by certain smaller counties related to certain activities provided by a tax-exempt organization or nonprofit corporation that are subject to the excise tax on live entertainment; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Ira HansenRepublican

AN ACT relating to artificial intelligence systems; providing for the registration and regulation of artificial intelligence companies by the Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; imposing certain requirements and restrictions upon certain persons engaged in certain activities relating to artificial intelligence systems; requiring the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to develop a survey and report certain information relating to artificial intelligence systems; requiring a county recorder to develop, implement and maintain certain policies, procedures and protocols; revising the list of activities that constitute an unlawful contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade; requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish the Working Group on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Education; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; removing the exemption from compliance with any provision of existing law requiring a meeting to be open or public for certain proceedings concerning collective bargaining between public employers and public employees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to employment; revising provisions governing the payment of wages and compensation to an employee who resigns, quits or is discharged or placed on nonworking status; revising the penalty imposed upon an employer for the failure to pay such wages when due; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SkipDeputy Majority Whip DalyDemocrat

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; establishing various requirements relating to the placement of certain persons on a Brady-Giglio list; providing certain rights to certain law enforcement officers and employees of a law enforcement agency; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

SkipDeputy Majority Whip DalyDemocrat

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the Secretary of State and each county or city clerk to establish procedures to inform registered voters of the requirements for voting by mail ballot; requiring each county or city clerk to provide training to election board officers and certain employees relating to processing and counting mail ballots; requiring the county or city clerk to submit a report to the Secretary of State relating to mail ballots after each election; revising the deadline for returning mail ballots and curing certain defects in mail ballots; revising the requirements for establishing procedures for the processing and counting of mail ballots; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John C. SteinbeckRepublican

AN ACT relating to public health; imposing requirements relating to birth in a hospital or freestanding birthing center; requiring health insurance to include certain coverage; requiring an independent mental health assessment of certain children in the custody of a child welfare agency; prohibiting the use of race-based health formulas and race-based care standards in certain circumstances; prohibiting a health insurer from engaging in certain discrimination against solo practitioners; providing for a study of certain disparities relating to health care; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to housing; requiring the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry to establish a pilot program to buy down the interest rate on mortgage loans for certain eligible borrowers; making an appropriation for the pilot program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT making an appropriation to the DISCOVERY Children's Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, for renovation of the gallery and expansion of educational exhibits on the first floor of the museum; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring a medical facility or a provider of health care who uses generative artificial intelligence to generate certain communications to ensure that those communications include certain information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to public health; prohibiting certain persons from using latex gloves and certain other latex items in a food establishment; prohibiting providers of health care and the employees of and volunteers and contractors for certain health facilities from using latex gloves or other latex implements; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to health care; requiring certain hospitals to establish staffing committees for technical and service staff; establishing requirements governing the staffing of certain health care facilities; requiring certain hospitals to keep certain records relating to staffing; requiring certain hospitals to report certain information relating to staffing; prohibiting certain health care facilities from taking certain retaliatory actions; providing for certain actions to investigate and correct certain violations relating to staffing; providing administrative penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to motor carriers; establishing the minimum amount of insurance against liability of which the Nevada Transportation Authority of the Department of Business and Industry and the Department of Motor Vehicles must require certain motor carriers to file evidence, bond or surety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to state financial administration; providing for the nonreversion, retention and use of certain unobligated balances remaining at the end of a fiscal year by a state agency within the Executive Department of the State Government; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Government Affairs

AN ACT making a contingent appropriation for allocation to Mondays Dark, Inc. for the building of a facility in the Las Vegas, Nevada, area to provide space for the provision of educational, mental health and other services to the community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; requiring certain school districts that offer a program of career and technical education for certified nursing assistants to establish a pilot program to cover the costs of examinations for certain pupils enrolled in the program to obtain an industry-recognized credential as a certified nursing assistant; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to develop a policy governing the provision of certain services to pupils with disabilities; prohibiting an employee of a school district or charter school from interfering with the ability of certain pupils with disabilities to carry a cane or walking stick; requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe certain standards for programs of instruction or special services for pupils with visual impairments; requiring the individualized education program for a pupil with a hearing impairment or a visual impairment to include certain provisions; authorizing certain persons or governmental entities to request the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine whether such policies comply with certain laws and regulations; revising the definition of the term “volunteer” as it relates to persons required to undergo certain criminal background checks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to the environment; establishing requirements governing the provision of disposable foodware accessories and standard condiments when using a food delivery service platform; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, the sale and distribution of certain products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requiring, with certain exceptions, manufacturers of cookware containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide certain information to a consumer; setting forth requirements for a redevelopment agency relating to heat mitigation; requiring the Division of Emergency Management within the Office of the Military to apply for grants of money to reduce heat island effects under certain circumstances; requiring certain emergency management plans to include plans for heat mitigation under certain circumstances; establishing certain requirements relating to food-contact surfaces in food establishments; requiring the State Board of Cosmetology to collect and test random samples of certain packaged products relating to hair; making an appropriation; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to employment; enacting the Agricultural Workers' Bill of Rights; clarifying provisions relating to the provision of periods for rest and meals; establishing certain rights of agricultural workers related to housing and access to certain service providers; prohibiting certain actions related to weeding and thinning; requiring the provision of certain protections to agricultural workers during certain emergencies and disasters; authorizing collective bargaining for agricultural workers; authorizing the commencement of a civil action in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting health care licensing boards from disqualifying from licensure or disciplining a person for providing or assisting in the provision of medically necessary gender-affirming health care services; prohibiting in certain circumstances the Governor from extraditing a person who is charged with a crime in another state related to medically necessary gender-affirming health care services; prohibiting state agencies from assisting in certain investigations and proceedings initiated in other states related to medically necessary gender-affirming health care services; requiring certain health care licensing boards to examine the feasibility of reciprocal licensure for health care providers who provide gender-affirming health care services in other states; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to trade practices; prohibiting the importation and sale of household cleaning products for which animal testing was performed; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MelanieChief Majority Whip ScheibleDemocrat

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Oh Lab of Neurogenetics and Precision Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas or its successor entity for certain activities relating to water systems and wastewater; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to firearms; increasing the period for which a permit to carry a concealed firearm remains valid; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John EllisonRepublican

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions governing bail; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John EllisonRepublican

AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices; moving the Nevada Equal Rights Commission from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the Office of the Attorney General; revising certain duties of the Commission; establishing certain requirements relating to attorneys and paralegals who provide services to or are employed by the Commission; setting forth certain requirements relating to the final disposition of a complaint alleging an unlawful discriminatory practice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Dina NealDemocrat

AN ACT relating to contractors; revising provisions exempting certain work from the provisions governing the licensure and regulation of contractors; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to firearm safety; requiring the appointment of a Special Counsel for the Prevention of Gun Violence by the Attorney General; setting forth the powers and duties of the Special Counsel; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to identification; prohibiting the Department of Motor Vehicles from charging a fee to replace a driver's license, commercial driver's license or identification card that is not a Real ID with a driver's license, commercial driver's license or identification card that is a Real ID during certain transactions; prohibiting the Department from charging an additional fee for the issuance of a Real ID during certain transactions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican

AN ACT relating to peace officers; authorizing the employment as peace officers of persons who are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law and have been employed as a peace officer in another state; prohibiting the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission from adopting certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Edgar FloresDemocrat

AN ACT relating to manufactured home parks; requiring the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry to calculate annually and publish a maximum annual rent increase percentage in manufactured home parks; authorizing certain persons to apply for an exemption to certain requirements relating to increases in rent; revising certain requirements related to increases in rent for certain tenancies in manufactured home parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Angela D. TaylorDemocrat

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to certain crimes involving controlled substances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

John C. SteinbeckRepublican

AN ACT relating to common-interest communities; enacting provisions relating to the installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations within a common-interest community; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

James OhrenschallDemocrat

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to seek an increase to certain reimbursement rates under the Medicaid program for medication-assisted treatment provided by an opioid treatment program provider; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MarilynPresident pro Tempore Dondero LoopDemocrat

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to select and contract with a state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits for Medicaid and certain other health benefit plans; prescribing certain duties of the state pharmacy benefit manager; requiring that the Department approve certain contracts entered into by the state pharmacy benefit manager; prohibiting the state pharmacy benefit manager from engaging in certain activities; providing monetary penalties for certain violations; requiring a Medicaid managed care organization to contract with and utilize the state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to design, prepare and issue special license plates honoring veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served on a unit that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation; exempting the special license plates from certain provisions otherwise applicable to special license plates; establishing the applicability of certain parking privileges for a vehicle displaying the special license plates that bear the international symbol of access; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

JeffAssistant Minority Leader StoneRepublican

AN ACT making an appropriation to the United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra for the United Readers Program; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Angela D. TaylorDemocrat

AN ACT making a contingent appropriation for allocation to the City of Reno for the restoration and refurbishment of the Lear Theater in Reno, Nevada; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Angela D. TaylorDemocrat

AN ACT relating to regional planning; establishing the Advisory Committee on Regional Planning for Economic Resiliency; creating the Southern Nevada Regional Planning for Economic Resiliency Pilot Program; making an appropriation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MarilynPresident pro Tempore Dondero LoopDemocrat

AN ACT relating to public office; revising provisions governing financial disclosure statements filed by certain public officers and candidates for public office; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MelanieChief Majority Whip ScheibleDemocrat

AN ACT relating to civil actions; requiring the Department of Taxation to adjust monetary amounts set forth in provisions governing property exempt from execution every 3 years; revising the amount of disposable earnings of a judgment debtor that is exempt from execution under certain circumstances; revising the definition of “earnings” for the purposes of provisions governing that exemption; revising the amount of money held in a personal bank account of a judgment debtor that is exempt from execution under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

FabianDeputy Majority Whip DoñateDemocrat

AN ACT relating to natural resources; authorizing the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources to evaluate and review issues relating to water conservation; requiring the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to conduct an interim study on artificial turf and synthetic grass; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to corrections; providing for the development and implementation of certain policies relating to prisoners in a county, city or town jail or detention facility who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex; authorizing the development and implementation of certain training relating to such prisoners; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MelanieChief Majority Whip ScheibleDemocrat

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; revising provisions governing bail; revising provisions relating to an order imposing a condition of release prohibiting contact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Senate Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT relating to crimes; repealing the crime of terminating a pregnancy through performing certain acts under certain circumstances; providing that the repeal of the crime applies retroactively; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Rochelle T. NguyenDemocrat

AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising the number of meetings the Office of Minority Health and Equity within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs of the Department of Business and Industry and the Office for New Americans in the Office of the Governor are required to facilitate between diversity and inclusion liaisons and minority groups; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

MelanieChief Majority Whip ScheibleDemocrat

AN ACT making an appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services for allocation to a nonprofit organization to make grants to local governments to provide medical debt relief; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nicole J.Majority Leader CannizzaroDemocrat

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to develop curriculum standards for providing instruction to certain pupils in the prevention of human trafficking; requiring the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school to implement instruction based on such standards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Carrie Ann BuckRepublican