SB 395-82 limits corporate and limited-liability company (LLC) investors to purchasing no more than 1,000 residential units (homes/apartments) statewide in any calendar year, with exceptions for intracorporate transfers and new construction. It requires these entities to register with the Secretary of State’s Securities Division before buying property and mandates that property deeds include a registration copy and a clear statement that the property is not the owner’s primary residence. The bill also appropriates funds to cover the costs of maintaining the registry and implementing these requirements. This directly affects large-scale corporate real estate buyers but excludes family trusts and housing authorities from the restrictions.
SB 384 requires Nevada state agencies awarding federal broadband grants to prioritize applications that commit to hiring trained workers who provide quality jobs to Nevada residents and underrepresented communities. Agencies must assign a 30% scoring bonus to applications including a certification confirming compliance with workforce standards (such as safety training, high wages, or collective bargaining agreements). This applies to all state agencies distributing federal broadband funds, directly affecting grant applicants and the agencies managing these awards. The bill aims to ensure federal investments create safe, skilled jobs while expanding broadband access in low-income and rural areas.
SB 272 requires state agencies and local governments to publicly post annual contract data on their websites by September 1 each year. This includes the total number and dollar value of all contracts and performance contracts awarded in the previous fiscal year, broken down by type and separately for contracts given to minority-owned, women-owned, LGBTQ-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. The bill defines these business categories (e.g., LGBTQ-owned as businesses owned by LGBTQ individuals or with 51% LGBTQ ownership) to standardize reporting. This transparency measure applies to all relevant government entities under Nevada’s contracting laws.
AB 160-82 creates an automatic process for sealing certain criminal records in Nevada, directly affecting people convicted of eligible offenses after January 1, 2027, who meet existing sealing criteria under current law. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety to identify eligible convictions and charges by 2027, then automatically notify courts to seal records by default unless prosecutors object within a set timeframe. It expands the "rebuttable presumption" that records should be sealed (meaning they are sealed unless challenged) and mandates annual reports to the legislature on implementation. The law also establishes an Advisory Task Force and updates procedures for handling sealed records related to firearm restrictions and wrongful convictions.
AB 172 requires school districts to provide unions representing public employees with the contact details (name, address, email, phone, work location) of all employees in their bargaining units twice yearly (January 1 and July 1), unless an employee opts out in writing. If an employee opts out, the school district must not share their information with the union but must still provide it to the Government Employee-Management Relations Board upon request. The bill also adds parking and transportation issues to mandatory topics for collective bargaining between state government and classified employees. All shared employee information is kept confidential and excluded from public records.
AB 201-82 updates Nevada's behavioral health care system by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to track spending and cost savings on children's behavioral health services, then recommend reinvesting savings into that system. It mandates regional behavioral health boards to advise child services divisions and submit annual reports to both the Department and child services, while directing mental health consortia to submit strategic plans directly to the Division of Child and Family Services. The bill also clarifies that facilities providing behavioral health care must be licensed under state health regulations and directs a legislative committee to study creating a comprehensive state plan for behavioral health services. These changes primarily affect state agencies, regional boards, and mental health consortia managing child and youth behavioral health care.
AB 224-82 authorizes collective bargaining for professional employees working at state professional employers, such as the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada (which employs 400+ professional staff), and defines "professional employees" as those in unclassified roles or paid outside standard classified service pay plans. The bill establishes procedures for forming bargaining units, designating exclusive representatives, and requiring negotiations to begin within 60 days of notice, while allowing dues to be withheld from pay with written employee consent. It expands the Government Employee-Management Relations Board's role to resolve disputes and mandates annual reporting from employers and organizations. These changes create a formal framework for collective bargaining that previously did not apply to these state employees.
This bill modernizes Nevada's parentage laws by adopting key provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act. It establishes a no-fee process for parents to formally acknowledge or deny their relationship with a child and sets clear rules for genetic testing in parentage disputes. The law allows courts to recognize non-biological parents who have raised a child as their own and to permit children to have more than two legal parents in specific cases. It also ensures that a woman carrying a pregnancy for another person (a gestational carrier) retains full authority over health care decisions during the pregnancy.
AB 498-82 revises contribution rates for Nevada's Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the University of Nevada retirement program. It reduces state employees' required contributions to half the actuarially determined "normal cost" (down from equal employer/employee shares) and adjusts employer contributions accordingly. For University of Nevada professional staff, it increases mandatory contributions from 10% to 17.5% of gross pay for both the university and employees. The bill also provides state funding to cover increased employer contributions during the 2023-2025 biennium. These changes directly affect all state employees in PERS and University of Nevada staff participating in the separate retirement program.
AB 246-82 requires Nevada election officials to improve language access for voters with limited English proficiency. It mandates the Secretary of State and local clerks to post voting materials online in languages spoken by significant minority groups (based on annual data reviews), include a toll-free translation hotline at polling places and on sample ballots, and add language preference options to voter registration forms. The bill also requires county clerks to make "good faith efforts" to appoint bilingual election staff and ensures mechanical voting systems display ballot information in a voter's preferred language when possible. These changes directly affect voters with limited English skills and election officials responsible for implementing language access. The law takes effect ahead of the 2024 General Election.
AB 243 revises rules for Nevada's legislative interim committees, affecting how they operate and are staffed. The bill sets a new deadline of August 31 for appointing committee members and officers after each legislative session (previously November 1 for meetings) and allows committees to begin meetings on September 1 instead of November 1. It requires alternate committee members to be of the same political party as the regular member they replace and grants them full authority during meetings. Additionally, the bill changes the voting threshold for committee recommendations from a majority in each chamber to at least five of eight committee members, regardless of chamber affiliation.
AB 527-82 revises Nevada’s state budget process by requiring the Governor’s Budget Division to include budgets from the Judicial and Legislative Departments, the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency when calculating the state’s required 5-10% reserve fund. This change expands the current practice, which previously only included the Executive Department’s budget in the reserve calculation. The bill does not alter the reserve percentage range but ensures all major state entities contribute to the reserve calculation. It directly affects these state entities by requiring them to submit detailed budget information to the Budget Division for inclusion in the reserve calculation.
