AB 148 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-770)

AB 148 changes Nevada's mail ballot distribution deadlines for in-state voters, shifting the requirement from "20 days before" to "between the fifth and fourth Mondays before" the election. County clerks can now allow voters to request mail ballots earlier than this window, while still requiring sample ballots to be sent to all registered voters before the mail ballot deadline. The bill affects all active registered voters in Nevada, including those voting in-person or by mail, and ensures sample ballots include all election details like candidate information and ballot measures. These changes align mail ballot timing with new scheduling requirements while maintaining existing voter access rules.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025

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Reprint 3 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 3, 2025

MINOR

This bill updates Nevada's election laws to change when mail ballots must be sent to voters. The primary change extends the deadline for distributing mail ballots to voters living within the state from a fixed 20 days before an election to a window between the fifth and fourth Monday before the election. It also clarifies that clerks must send sample ballots before sending out the actual mail ballots.

Scope change

The bill applies to all county and city clerks in Nevada handling elections, specifically targeting the timing of mail ballot distribution for active registered voters residing in the state.

TIMELINE

Changed the deadline for distributing mail ballots to in-state voters from 'not later than 20 days before the election' to 'on or after the fifth Monday before the election but not later than the fourth Monday before the election'.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that county or city clerks must distribute sample ballots to registered voters before the deadline for distributing the actual mail ballots.

Modified the text to clarify that clerks may allow voters to request a mail ballot before the standard distribution window, provided ballots are available.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

May 23, 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

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 3, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 231.

executive

May 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Amendment No. 683 and 747 concurred in. To enrollment.

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 747.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 683.) Reprinting dispensed with.

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors