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AB 249 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to fiscal notes. (BDR 17-932)

AB 249 revises Nevada's requirements for fiscal notes accompanying legislative bills and initiative petitions to improve clarity about potential costs. It changes the "Effect on the State" statement from "Yes" to "May have Fiscal Impact" in bill summaries, acknowledging that fiscal effects are not guaranteed. For initiative petitions, the bill updates the posting deadline for fiscal notes: if a challenge to the fiscal description is filed, the note must be posted within 10 business days of the court's decision; otherwise, it must be posted within 10 business days after the challenge deadline expires. These changes apply to the Legislative Counsel, Fiscal Analysis Division, and Secretary of State when preparing and publishing fiscal information.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the required language on legislative summaries to reflect that bills may have fiscal impacts rather than definitively stating they do or do not. It also adjusts the deadlines for local governments to submit fiscal notes, extending the standard review period to 8 days and allowing a 7-day extension for complex research.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on fiscal note procedures and legislative summaries, but the specific requirements for content and timing have been modified.
REQUIREMENT

Updated the mandatory text for legislative summaries to replace definitive 'Yes' or 'No' statements with 'May have Fiscal Impact' for state effects, and added specific options regarding the State Highway Fund.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for local governments to return fiscal notes from 5 to 8 working days, and increased the allowable extension for extended research from 7 to 10 additional days.

TECHNICAL

Removed the section stating that the act becomes effective on July 1, 2025, likely because the bill was enacted as an enrolled law.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 807 concurred in. To enrollment.
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 807.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly.
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly. Action of passage reconsidered. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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