SB 180 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to motor carriers. (BDR 58-963)

SB 180 increases insurance requirements for specific Nevada motor carriers. It mandates that fully regulated carriers transporting only freight, and other common/contract/private carriers using vehicles weighing 26,000 pounds or more for intrastate freight, must maintain liability insurance or bonds. The minimum coverage starts at $1 million on January 1, 2026, rising to $1.25 million by 2028 and $1.5 million by 2030. The bill also requires the Department to create a separate, lower insurance category for vehicles under 26,000 pounds. The law takes effect October 1, 2025, for administrative purposes, with full implementation beginning in 2026.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 17, 2025

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MINOR

This bill was amended to replace the single $1,500,000 insurance requirement with a phased schedule that increases coverage amounts over time. The new schedule requires $1,000,000 by January 1, 2026, $1,250,000 by January 1, 2028, and $1,500,000 by January 1, 2030. This change provides carriers with a transition period to adjust their insurance coverage while still ensuring adequate public protection.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same regarding which carriers are covered, but the financial requirements have been modified to allow for a gradual increase in coverage amounts.

REQUIREMENT

The minimum liability insurance amount was changed from a fixed $1,500,000 to a tiered schedule with lower amounts initially that increase over time.

The specific dollar amounts for insurance coverage were updated to reflect the phased implementation schedule rather than a single immediate requirement.

TIMELINE

New effective dates were added to establish specific deadlines for meeting each tier of the insurance requirement: January 1, 2026; January 1, 2028; and January 1, 2030.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 10.) To printer.

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Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 239.) Reprinting dispensed with.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors