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SB 447 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to public works. (BDR 28-968)

SB 447 changes Nevada law to require courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the winning party in lawsuits by contractors against government bodies over unpaid public works contracts. It directly affects contractors who sue for delayed payments or withheld information, and public bodies that must now cover these fees regardless of whether their contracts previously addressed fee-sharing. The key provision amends NRS 338.630 to allow courts to grant these fees automatically when a contractor wins an "alternate writ of mandamus" case. This removes the need for contracts to include specific fee clauses, potentially increasing costs for local governments handling such disputes.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Vetoed Jun 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized as an enrolled act, removing the 'Second Reprint' status and updating the header to reflect the 83rd Session of 2025. The substantive legal text regarding the ability to sue public bodies for improper contract awards remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still authorizes lawsuits against public bodies for specific contract award violations.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Second Reprint' header and the specific reprint date of May 22, 2025.

Added the official 'As Enrolled' header indicating the 83rd Session (2025) and page number.

Condensed the Legislative Counsel's Digest and the 'Deleted by amendment' section into a single line for final formatting.

Floor votes · Assembly May 23, 2025

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.)
executive
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 737 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 737.) To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To printer.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 483.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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