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AB 17 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to writs of garnishment. (BDR 3-416)

AB 17 changes who must receive writs of garnishment when the garnishee is the State of Nevada. It replaces the "State Controller" with the "Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration" as the entity required to be served. This procedural update affects state agencies handling garnishment cases involving state employee wages or state-held assets. The bill does not alter garnishment rules for private entities or change the legal process for obtaining or executing garnishment orders. It became law on May 27, 2025, after unanimous passage.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 6, 2024 Signed May 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Enrolled · 1 edit · May 26, 2025
MINOR
This bill changes how garnishment writs are served when the State of Nevada is the employer. Instead of serving the writ to the State Controller, it must now be served to the Division of Human Resource Management within the Department of Administration. This change ensures that wage garnishments against state employees are processed through the correct administrative division.
Scope change
The bill's applicability remains focused on writs of garnishment where the State of Nevada is the named garnishee, but the specific agency responsible for receiving and processing these writs has been changed from the State Controller to the Division of Human Resource Management.
REQUIREMENT

Replaced the State Controller with the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration as the entity that must receive service of writs of garnishment when the State of Nevada is the named garnishee.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 15, 2025

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 26, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Nov 6, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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