AB 333 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 49-833)

AB 333 ends a 50-year lease between the State of Nevada and Washoe County for property currently used as a county public building complex. It reclassifies the unleased portion of the property as the "Nevada State Fairgrounds," transferring management to the State Department of Agriculture. The bill establishes a dedicated funding account in the State General Fund to develop, maintain, and promote the fairgrounds, while requiring Washoe County to survey its existing building complex as part of a new lease agreement. These changes finalize a decades-long legislative process involving the property's trust status and update oversight responsibilities for the fairgrounds.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed May 30, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 5 edits · May 30, 2025
MODERATE
This bill transitions the management of the Nevada State Fairgrounds from the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board to the State Department of Agriculture. It terminates the existing lease for the county public building complex while establishing a new lease for that specific area, creating a dedicated funding account for the fairgrounds, and updating the oversight responsibilities for the remaining state-owned land.
Scope change
The bill shifts the primary responsibility for the fairgrounds from a junior livestock show board to the State Department of Agriculture and modifies the lease arrangements between the state and Washoe County.
REQUIREMENT

Requires the State Department of Agriculture to establish and operate the Nevada State Fairgrounds.

Changes the oversight duties of the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board to focus only on physical improvements to the fairgrounds rather than reviewing all uses of the leased property.

FISCAL

Creates a new State General Fund account specifically for the maintenance and operation of the fairgrounds.

SCOPE

Terminates the existing lease for the real property used as a county public building complex and replaces it with a new agreement.

DEFINITION

Formally defines 'Department' and 'Director' to clarify which state agencies are responsible for the new fairgrounds.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

200
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

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 125.
executive
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
7 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors