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This tracker serves as a dynamic tool to monitor key legislation during the current session, offering insights into how Nevada Policy ranks current bills. These are the key bills that will determine your legislator score in our 2025 Legislative Scorecard.  Here are some important points to keep in mind: 

  1. Living Document: This tracker will be updated regularly—once or twice a week—based on the introduction of new bills, as well as hearings and developments on existing ones. As new information becomes available, the tracker will reflect updates. 
  1. Changing Positions: Our position on some bills may evolve as hearings occur and new details emerge. Initially neutral positions may shift as more questions are addressed and clarified. 
  1. Priority Weighting: Bills ranked as Priority 1 will carry more weight in a legislator’s evaluation than those ranked as Priority 2. Prioritization reflects the bill’s significance and impact on our research focus areas and audiences. 
  1. Legislator Scores: Legislators can gain or lose points not only by voting, but also based on the quality of the legislation they introduce. Introducing strong bills will earn positive points, while poor legislation will result in deductions. 
  1. Personal Report Cards: This year each legislator will receive a personal “report card,” accessible online by their constituents. These will include breakdowns of the legislator’s performance on key bills, with an overall grade. 
  1. Solutions Sourcebook: For further clarification on our stance, here is the link to our Solutions Sourcebook, which provides policy recommendations, historical context, and key legislative insights. It should be the primary resource for understanding our position on specific bills alongside empirical evidence. 
  1. Questions or Concerns?: If you have any questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to contact Anahit at anahit@nevadapolicy.org or 818-533-8855.  

Together, we can ensure that the legislative process reflects impactful decision-making that benefits all Nevadans. 

 

Bill Tracker

Order House of Origin wdt_ID wdt_created_by wdt_created_at wdt_last_edited_by wdt_last_edited_at Bill Priority Topic Summary Position Sponsor Status
9 Senate 4 Dara 07/03/2025 01:08 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:14 PM SB 78 1 Boards and Committees This bill restructures the Office of Nevada Boards, Commissions, and Councils Standards, expanding its oversight to include additional boards, commissions, and councils within the Executive Department. It mandates that the Office provide administrative, legal, and financial services to these entities and prohibits them from hiring outside services for functions provided by the Office. The bill eliminates or consolidates numerous boards, such as the Nevada State Board of Accountancy, the State Board of Podiatry, the Board of Dispensing Opticians, and the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority, transferring their responsibilities to new or existing agencies. It standardizes term limits and compensation, setting a four-year term limit with a maximum of two terms for appointed board members, impacting boards such as the State Contractors’ Board and the State Barbers’ Health and Sanitation Board. All professional and occupational licensing boards will now use hearing officers from the Office to adjudicate contested cases instead of deciding them internally. Additionally, the bill mandates the closure or consolidation of over 20 advisory bodies, including the Commission on Behavioral Health and the Nevada Commission for Persons Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, while requiring all affected entities to centralize online postings on a single government website. ✅ Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development Passed Committee
19 Senate 8 Dara 07/03/2025 01:11 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:19 PM SB 161 1 Education, Collective Bargaining This bill outlines new procedures for binding arbitration in collective bargaining between school districts and employee organizations representing teachers, especially when agreements expire or negotiations fail. It sets deadlines for arbitration decisions and mandates a final ruling within 60 days of the dispute being submitted or by the start of the school year. The bill also prohibits school districts from requiring teachers to work more hours than the expired agreement stipulates. It authorizes teacher organizations to petition the court for a strike if detrimental policies or conditions exist, with the court's approval. The bill revises public policy to allow court-approved strikes, and it excludes individual teachers from penalties related to strikes, instead imposing penalties on the employee organization and its officers. If passed this bill will create the opportunity for teacher unions to protest terms that they lawfully negotiated for. ❌ Rochelle Nguyen Waiver
27 Senate 10 Dara 07/03/2025 01:12 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:22 PM SB 220 1 Fiscal Policy This bill revises Nevada’s film tax credit program and establishes the Nevada Film Infrastructure, Workforce Development, Education, and Economic Diversification Act. It creates film infrastructure tax credits for productions at the Nevada Studios Project at the UNLV Research Foundation’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, allowing production companies to use these credits against the modified business tax, insurance premium tax, or gaming license fee. The base amount of credits is 35% of qualified expenditures paid to Nevada residents and 30% of all other qualified expenditures, with reductions if workforce requirements are not met. The total amount of credits issued each year is capped, with 50% of unused credits rolling over, and no credits can be issued more than 15 years after the Project’s first certificate of occupancy. The bill expands non-infrastructure tax credits, increasing the base rate from 15% to 35% for Nevada-based expenditures and 30% for other expenditures for applications submitted between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2043. It also raises the annual cap on these credits from $10 million to $15 million starting July 1, 2028, until June 30, 2043. The available transferable tax credits would begin at $48 million annually, eventually ramping up to $83 million. Additionally, the bill establishes the Account for Nevada Film, Media, and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training, funded by 10% of issued tax credits, to support the Nevada Media and Technology Lab and workforce development programs. A new Board for Nevada Film, Media, and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training will oversee the fund, approve grants, and ensure recipients implement community benefits programs. ❌ Roberta Lange Exempt
31 Senate 12 Dara 07/03/2025 01:15 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:24 PM SB 240 1 Business and Regulation Existing law requires certain businesses to obtain a state business license from the Secretary of State. The fee for the issuance of a state business license is $500 for certain corporations and $200 for certain other businesses. This bill reduces the fee for the issuance of a state business license for certain businesses which employ not more than 50 full-time or part-time employees to $100. This change would ease the regulational burden on small businesses in the state. ✅ Multiple Passed Committee
5 Senate 15 Dara 07/03/2025 08:43 PM Dara 21/04/2025 03:42 PM SB 28 2 Housing Expands tax-increment financing beyond the existing authority for infrastructure projects to include subsidized housing and nebulous purposes like "transit-oriented development" or "a transportation project." ― Senate Committee on Government Affairs Passed Committee
8 Senate 17 Dara 07/03/2025 08:47 PM Dara 15/04/2025 01:29 PM SB 75 2 Business and Regulation This bill authorizes the Secretary of State to regulate and adjust various business-related fees, including state business license fees, fees for forming business entities, and penalties for late payments. It also allows the Secretary of State to accept records written in languages other than English, provided sufficient resources are available for translation. The bill modifies requirements related to business entity names containing certain professional titles, allowing the Secretary of State to accept documentation confirming compliance in place of certification from the State Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Residential Design. It also removes the Secretary of State’s authority to define classes of goods and services for trademark registration, instead adopting the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s classification system. Additionally, the bill requires that trademark assignments be made using forms prescribed by the Secretary of State. Conforming changes are made throughout the bill to update references and clarify procedural requirements. Other provisions relate to the filing and administration of business documents with the Secretary of State, expanding flexibility for business entities. These changes aim to streamline administrative processes and provide more regulatory flexibility for businesses operating in the state. ❌ Senate Committee on Judiciary Passed Committee
12 Senate 19 Dara 07/03/2025 08:51 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:17 PM SB 116 2 Good Governance This bill proposes changes to the compensation of elected county officers, including district attorneys, sheriffs, and county commissioners. It sets the base salary for these officers in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at 3% higher than the highest salary of an employee they supervise, with a 3% annual increase in each subsequent fiscal year (regardless of state funds). The bill eliminates the ability of county commissioners to withhold salary increases if the county’s financial resources are insufficient. It also removes the salary classification table for district attorneys, applying the exception to counties with populations under 3,000, and mandates studies on county commissions by the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Government Affairs. ❌ Skip Daly Exempt
15 Senate 21 Dara 07/03/2025 08:53 PM Dara 15/04/2025 01:30 PM SB 124 2 Labor This bill authorizes the Board of Medical Examiners to issue a limited license to practice medicine to certain foreign-trained physicians who hold or have held an unrestricted license in a country other than Canada and have practiced or trained as a physician within the last five years, or longer if deemed appropriate by the Board. The bill, as amended, removes the requirement that licensees work only in facilities with accredited residency programs and instead allows the Board to require proof of employment, suspend or revoke licenses based on employment status, and permit changes in employment under certain conditions. Applicants must now demonstrate English proficiency, be in good standing with their foreign licensing body, and pass Step 3 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Limited licensees must be supervised by a fully licensed physician under a Board-approved supervision agreement and may be subject to clinical competency evaluations. The Board is further authorized to adopt regulations for license renewal, specialty authorization, scope of supervised practice, and must submit an annual report to the Legislature evaluating the program’s outcomes and geographic distribution of licensees. ✅ Fabian Doñate, Cecelia González Passed Committee
21 Senate 25 Dara 07/03/2025 08:58 PM Dara 12/04/2025 05:21 PM SB 175 2 Education This bill allows members or veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who are certified as Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) instructors to obtain a teaching license in Nevada, similar to completing the state's alternative route to licensure. It exempts these individuals from the requirement to submit proof of completion of a traditional course of study and training for teacher licensure. The bill also ensures that school districts must consider the Joint Services Transcript, including JROTC instructor certification, as credit toward licensure or employment qualifications. Additionally, it extends the credit consideration to current members of the Armed Forces, not just veterans. This is a great alternative route to address Nevada's decreasing number of teachers. ✅ Lori Rogich Passed Committee
22 Senate 26 Dara 07/03/2025 08:59 PM Dara 15/04/2025 01:32 PM SB 182 1 Healthcare This bill expands existing requirements for hospitals in counties with populations over 100,000 to establish staffing committees by mandating the creation of technical and service staffing committees in addition to the existing nursing staffing committees. These committees are required to collaborate in developing a documented staffing plan for the hospital, which must include provisions for adequate staffing of technical and service workers and compliance with nurse-to-patient ratios. The bill sets maximum nurse-to-patient and nursing assistant-to-patient ratios based on hospital units and requires hospitals to maintain records to measure compliance. It also requires the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to enforce compliance with staffing ratios and other related requirements, including random visits and a confidential reporting system. Hospitals must report annually to the Legislature on the activities and efficacy of all staffing committees, and the bill outlines penalties for non-compliance, including actions by the Labor Commissioner and prohibiting retaliation against employees reporting violations. ❌ Rochelle Nguyen Passed Committee
House of Origin Bill Priority Topic Summary Position Sponsor Status