AB 336 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to state purchasing. (BDR 27-458)

AB 336 modifies Nevada's State Purchasing Act to allow businesses that qualify as both Nevada-based (principal place of business in Nevada or majority goods produced in Nevada) and veteran-owned with service-connected disabilities to receive a combined 10% bid advantage instead of separate 5% preferences. It also eliminates the "inverse preference" mechanism that would have discounted bids from out-of-state businesses if other states favored their own businesses over Nevada firms. These changes affect all state agencies purchasing goods or services under the Act. The bill simplifies preference combinations while removing a reciprocal discount provision.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Jun 6, 2025
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As Introduced As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 6, 2025
MINOR
This bill modifies Nevada's State Purchasing Act to allow businesses to combine two existing preferences (5% each) for a total 10% bid advantage when they qualify as both Nevada-based and veteran-owned. It also removes the inverse preference mechanism that penalized businesses from other states when those states gave Nevada businesses a disadvantage.
Scope change
The bill expands eligibility for bid preferences by allowing stacking of two separate preferences, and removes the inverse preference system that applied to out-of-state bidders.
ELIGIBILITY

Removed prohibition on combining the Nevada-based business preference (5%) with the veteran-owned business preference (5%), allowing a combined 10% preference for qualifying bidders.

Eliminated the inverse preference system that reduced bid scores for out-of-state businesses when those states denied Nevada businesses similar preferences.

REQUIREMENT

Updated advertisement requirements to remove references to the eliminated inverse preference while keeping notices about the two remaining preferences.

Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2025 · Assembly May 27, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
May 31, 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
13
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Jun 6, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 373.
executive
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
May 27, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (40-0)
assembly
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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