AB 231 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires certain service contracts to impose certain duties upon the provider of the service contract. (BDR 57-655)

AB 231 requires service contract providers (like appliance repair or HVAC companies) to fix covered goods within specific timeframes after a customer reports a defect. For most items, providers must restore them to working order within 14 business days. For home air conditioners, they must fix them within 5 business days, and if they miss this deadline, they must provide free hotel accommodations until the repair is complete. If repaired goods fail again within 14 days, providers must fix them within 2 business days. This bill directly affects consumers who buy service contracts and the companies that sell them, adding clear repair deadlines to existing contract requirements.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Assembly Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action May 17, 2025

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As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands the definition of covered service contracts to include home warranty contracts covering structural components, appliances, or home systems. It adds furnaces and heaters to the list of items with expedited repair requirements (5 business days) and adds a per diem lodging allowance for providers who fail to repair these items in time, while removing the specific hotel accommodation requirement for air conditioners.

Scope change

The bill now specifically applies to 'home warranty service contracts' covering structural components, appliances, or home systems of a residence, rather than all service contracts.

DEFINITION

Added definition of 'home warranty service contract' to mean a service contract covering only structural components, appliances, or home systems of a residence.

REQUIREMENT

Expanded expedited repair requirement to include furnaces and heaters alongside air conditioners, requiring restoration within 5 business days.

Added requirement for providers to offer a per diem lodging allowance if they fail to restore air conditioners, furnaces, or heaters within the 5-day window.

Removed specific requirement for providers to provide sleeping accommodations in a hotel for air conditioner failures.

Extended the 14-day repair window exclusion to also include furnaces and heaters, not just air conditioners.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

26–14

Passed

Total votes 40

Apr 22, 2025

D Democratic26

26 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican14

14 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To printer.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 31.) Dispensed with reprinting.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors