AB 388 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 23-1027)

AB 388 revises paid family leave provisions for state employees and private employers with 50+ staff. It reduces the required employment duration from 12 months to 90 days, increases leave entitlement from 8 to 12 weeks, and expands eligible reasons to include bonding with foster children, pregnancy-related conditions, and domestic violence situations. Employers must provide 100% pay for employees earning up to 110% of the state average wage, and 60% pay for higher earners. The bill also requires employers to establish clear procedures and provide written notices about leave eligibility.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Vetoed

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Vetoed Jun 11, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill significantly expands paid family leave rights for Nevada state employees by reducing the required employment period from 12 months to just 90 days and increasing paid leave from 8 to 12 weeks. It also broadens the reasons for taking leave to include bonding with foster children, recovering from pregnancy-related conditions, and addressing domestic violence or sexual assault. Additionally, the bill extends these paid leave protections to private employers and local governments with 50 or more employees.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from applying only to state Executive Department employees to also covering private employers and local government employers with 50 or more employees.

ELIGIBILITY

Reduced the employment tenure requirement for state employees to receive paid family leave from 12 consecutive months to 90 days.

Increased the amount of paid family leave for state employees from 8 weeks to 12 weeks over a 12-month period.

Added new qualifying reasons for leave, including bonding with newly placed foster children, recovering from pregnancy or pregnancy loss, and addressing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault.

SCOPE

Extended paid family leave entitlements to employees of private employers and local government employers that have 50 or more employees.

FISCAL

Changed the wage replacement rate for state employees on paid family leave to 100% for those earning up to 110% of the state average weekly wage, and 60% for those earning between 110% and 150% of that average.

ENFORCEMENT

Established new enforcement mechanisms, including the authority for the Division of Human Resource Management to investigate unauthorized leave and the power to impose penalties of up to $5,000 per violation.

Floor votes · Assembly May 29, 2025

How they voted

25–15

Passed

Total votes 40

May 29, 2025

D Democratic26

25 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

R Republican14

14 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by the Governor.

executive

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. To enrollment.

lower

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 9, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

lower

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 16.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 857.) To printer.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

6 primary · 7 co-sponsors