AB 465 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-927)

AB 465 makes Nevada school districts and higher education institutions civilly liable if harassment occurs through their employees or if they receive notice of harassment incidents, regardless of where the incident happens. It requires schools to establish clear anti-harassment policies, provide supportive measures within 3 days of notice, investigate promptly, and protect complainants from retaliation. The bill revises definitions (including expanding "complainant" to cover employees) and updates procedures for handling power-based violence reports and climate surveys. These changes directly affect students, staff, and school administrators across Nevada’s public education system.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Assembly Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action May 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift from creating civil liability for school districts and higher education institutions regarding harassment to establishing immunity from civil liability if these entities have proper anti-harassment policies in place. This fundamentally changes the legal exposure for schools, protecting them from lawsuits when they follow established procedures rather than holding them directly liable for harassment incidents.

Scope change

The bill now applies immunity protections to charter schools in addition to traditional school districts, and extends similar protections to institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education.

LIABILITY

Removed provisions that made school districts civilly liable for harassment incidents by agents, employees, or third parties, regardless of whether the district received notice of the incident.

IMMUNITY

Added immunity from civil liability for school districts and charter schools if they establish, publish, and enforce comprehensive harassment prevention policies with specific protocols for complaints, supportive measures within 3 days, and corrective actions.

SCOPE

Extended immunity protections to include charter schools alongside traditional school districts.

Added similar immunity provisions for institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education.

DEFINITION

Revised the Legislative Counsel's Digest to reflect the new immunity framework rather than liability framework.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Apr 22, 2025

D Democratic26

26 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican14

14 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) 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. 391.) Dispensed with reprinting.

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors