SB 142 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing property that is exempt from execution. (BDR 2-707)

SB 142 updates Nevada's property exemption rules to better protect debtors from forced collection. It adjusts key exemption amounts (like $16,150 for personal injury payments and $605,000 for homestead equity) annually starting in 2026 using the Consumer Price Index, ensuring they keep pace with inflation. The bill also changes how disposable earnings exemptions work, replacing percentage-based limits with a fixed $850 base plus 90% or 85% of earnings above that, and increases bank account exemptions from $2,000/$400 to a flat $5,000 regardless of recent deposits. These changes directly affect individuals who owe debts (judgment debtors) and creditors seeking to collect through execution, while the Department of Taxation will manage the annual CPI-based adjustments.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Vetoed Jun 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's laws on property exempt from debt collection by establishing a mandatory three-year automatic adjustment mechanism for monetary limits. It replaces outdated fixed dollar amounts with a formula based on the Consumer Price Index to ensure these protections keep pace with inflation. Additionally, it increases specific exemption thresholds for bank accounts and disposable earnings while simplifying the rules for calculating those earnings.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of protection for debtors by increasing the dollar limits on exempt bank accounts and earnings, and it broadens the definition of 'earnings' to include work performed as independent contractors.
REQUIREMENT

Requires the Department of Taxation to automatically adjust exempt property limits every three years based on inflation data, effective April 1, 2026.

THRESHOLDS

Increases the exempt amount in personal bank accounts from $2,000 (with conditions) or $400 to a flat $5,000.

Revises the exempt amount for disposable earnings from a percentage of gross salary to a fixed base amount of $850 plus a percentage of earnings above that threshold.

DEFINITION

Updates the definition of 'earnings' to explicitly include compensation for work performed as an independent contractor, not just employees.

Eliminates the requirement to calculate exemptions based on a judgment debtor's gross weekly salary or wage.

Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 2, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.
executive
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
FD
Fabian Doñate
DDemocratic
NV
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