Revises requirements for obtaining judicial review of a decision of the Board of Review concerning a claim for unemployment benefits. (BDR 53-309)
AB 12 clarifies and tightens procedural requirements for appealing unemployment benefit decisions in Nevada. It requires appellants to serve a petition on the Employment Security Division Administrator within 45 days of filing their case, with strict compliance to Nevada's civil procedure rules. If the petition is defective or improperly served, the Administrator can move to dismiss the case, and appellants must correct errors within 10 business days - failure to do so automatically results in dismissal. This directly affects individuals challenging unemployment benefit denials and the state's Employment Security Division. The law applies to all petitions filed after its effective date (June 11, 2025).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Oct 30, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2025
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Reprint 1
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Jun 10, 2025
MINOR
This bill transitions the legislative text from a committee reprint to its final enrolled version, updating the header and explanatory notes to reflect official enactment. It clarifies that the new judicial review requirements for unemployment benefits apply to petitions filed on or after the bill's effective date.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on unemployment compensation judicial review procedures; the change is primarily the formalization of the text for final passage rather than a shift in legal applicability.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers and explanatory notes to reflect the bill's progression from a pre-filed committee version to the final enrolled act.
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 10, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2025
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 591 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 591.) To printer.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Oct 30, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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