AB 449 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing public utilities. (BDR 58-888)

AB 449 revises Nevada's regulations for small public utilities providing water or sewage services. It expands the simplified rate and fee change process to cover utilities serving up to 4,000 people with annual revenue under $4 million (up from 3,000 people and $2 million). The bill also increases the threshold for using a simplified "letter of advice" filing - allowing rate or fee changes without full Commission approval if annual revenue increases stay under $100,000 (up from $15,000). This directly affects small water and sewage utilities, reducing administrative burdens for minor adjustments.

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 17, 2025 Signed May 30, 2025

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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 30, 2025

MODERATE

This bill expands eligibility for simplified rate-change procedures for small public water and sewage utilities by raising the population threshold from 3,000 to 4,000 people and increasing the gross sales limit from $2 million to $4 million. It also broadens the ability for these utilities to submit 'letters of advice' to adjust fees based on inflation, raising the revenue increase limit from $15,000 to $100,000 for non-small-scale providers.

Scope change

The bill significantly broadens the scope of utilities eligible for streamlined regulatory processes, allowing more small-scale providers to adjust rates and fees without filing full applications.

ELIGIBILITY

Increased the maximum number of persons served by eligible small utilities from 3,000 to 4,000.

Raised the gross sales threshold for eligible small utilities from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000.

REQUIREMENT

Increased the allowable annual gross operating revenue increase for submitting a letter of advice from $15,000 to $100,000.

Explicitly authorized the filing of letters of advice to change fees, in addition to rates, based on an approved inflation index.

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

How they voted

20–0

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

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Committee

May 30, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 150.

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 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Not voting: 1.) To printer.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 209.) Dispensed with reprinting.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors