AB 450 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises requirements to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor by endorsement. (BDR 54-335)

AB 450 changes Nevada's licensing process for marriage and family therapists and clinical professional counselors moving from other states. It requires the licensing board to automatically issue endorsement licenses to qualified applicants (who hold valid licenses elsewhere), replacing the previous "may" with a mandatory "shall." The bill removes the requirement for applicants to prove they've never been investigated by another state's licensing board - only that they haven't been disciplined. This directly affects out-of-state therapists seeking to practice in Nevada without retaking exams.

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

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 5, 2025

MINOR

This bill converts the Board's authority to issue endorsement licenses from a discretionary power to a mandatory requirement, meaning the Board must issue the license if the applicant meets the criteria. It also removes the requirement for applicants to prove they have never been investigated by their previous licensing board, thereby allowing individuals who were investigated but not disciplined to obtain a Nevada license.

Scope change

The bill applies to all applicants seeking an endorsement license as a marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor from out-of-state jurisdictions.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed the Board's authority from 'may' issue a license to 'shall' issue a license, making the process mandatory rather than discretionary for qualified applicants.

Removed the requirement that applicants submit proof they have never been investigated by their previous regulatory authority, allowing those with past investigations (but no discipline) to qualify.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers and formatting to reflect the bill's status as an enacted chapter rather than a reprint.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

May 21, 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

Key actions

Committee

Jun 5, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

executive

May 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Amendment No. 584 concurred in. To enrollment.

lower

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

upper

May 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors