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AB 43 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-465)

AB 43 creates a permanent program allowing Clark County and its qualifying cities (Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas) and certain districts to use job order contracts for minor maintenance, repair, or renovation of existing public buildings and facilities. These contracts replace traditional bidding for routine work, requiring contractors to submit detailed proposals with unit prices for each task and ensuring at least 25% of workers are from apprenticeship programs. Public bodies must report annual data on contract usage and hold public hearings before adopting policies for assigning job orders. The bill applies only to large jurisdictions meeting specific population thresholds and does not restrict existing contracting methods.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Nov 19, 2024 Signed Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 3 → As Enrolled · 7 edits · Jun 3, 2025
MODERATE
This bill transitions a pilot program for job order contracts from Clark County and specific cities into a permanent statewide program. It establishes new requirements for public bodies to use competitive bidding panels, mandates that at least 25% of workers be apprentices, and sets confidentiality rules for contractor proposals.
Scope change
The bill expands the program from a temporary pilot in Clark County and three cities to a permanent program applicable to counties with 700,000+ residents, cities with 150,000+ residents in those counties, and specific sewer districts.
ELIGIBILITY

Establishes a permanent program for specific large counties, cities, and sewer districts, replacing the previous temporary pilot program.

REQUIREMENT

Requires a public hearing and written policy before awarding contracts, and mandates a selection panel to rank proposals.

Mandates that at least 25% of workers performing the work must be enrolled in or graduates of an apprenticeship program.

Requires contractors to submit a list of intended subcontractors before a job order is issued.

Makes all proposal documents and information confidential until the contract is officially awarded.

Prohibits contractors from performing more than 50% of the work or using their own employees on a job order contract.

ENFORCEMENT

Requires public bodies to submit quarterly reports to their governing body and annual reports to the Legislative Counsel Bureau.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

12–8
Passed
Total votes 20
May 23, 2025
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1 Nay
91% Yea
R Republican8
1 Yea 7 Nay
87% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 221.
executive
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 689 and 768 concurred in. To enrollment.
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 768.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 689.) Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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. 10.) Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Nov 19, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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