SB 1 Nevada Senate · 36th (2026) Special Session

Revises provisions governing the short-term lease of a passenger car. (BDR 43-26)

SB 1 (NRS 482.31565) changes Nevada's car rental rules by making it optional for short-term lessors (like rental companies) to require proof of insurance before leasing a passenger car, rather than mandatory. If a rental company does require insurance, it must offer a temporary policy at fair market rates or allow the customer to decline the lease. The bill caps damage waiver fees at $22 per day (adjusted annually for inflation) for standard vehicles, with higher limits ($150/day) for cars over $60,000. It also prohibits coercive tactics to force customers to buy add-ons like insurance or waivers.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Nov 2025
Assembly Passage
Nov 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Nov 12, 2025 Signed Nov 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced As Enrolled · 4 edits · Nov 20, 2025
MODERATE
This bill amends Nevada's short-term car rental laws to change a mandatory insurance requirement into an optional one for rental companies. Previously, rental companies were required to demand proof of insurance from all customers; now they are only authorized to require it. The bill also adds new protections against unfair or deceptive practices by rental companies when selling optional services like damage waivers.
Scope change
The bill applies to short-term lessors (car rental companies) operating in Nevada and modifies the legal requirements for insurance verification and optional service sales.
REQUIREMENT

Changed the insurance proof requirement from mandatory to optional for short-term lessors, giving rental companies discretion rather than a legal obligation to require customers to show proof of insurance.

Added new provisions prohibiting unfair, deceptive, or coercive conduct by rental companies when trying to sell optional services like damage waivers, including specific examples like refusing reservations or blocking credit cards if customers decline optional purchases.

Added clarification that selling temporary insurance policies in accordance with existing insurance requirements does not count as unfair or deceptive conduct under the new protections.

TECHNICAL

Changed document formatting from 'As Introduced' committee bill format to 'As Enrolled' final bill format, including updated headers and page numbering for the 36th Special Session of 2025.

Floor votes · Senate Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly Nov 17, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Nov 13, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Nov 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 3.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.
lower
Nov 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (20-0)
senate
Nov 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. Read first time. To committee. From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
Nov 12, 2025
Committee
Prefiled. Referred to Select Committee on Public Safety and Security. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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