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AB 494 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-1136)

AB 494 ensures Nevada's education system maintains key federal protections if certain laws are repealed. If the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), or related civil rights laws are repealed, Nevada automatically continues applying those laws as they existed on July 1, 2025. This affects all Nevada schools receiving federal funding and students with disabilities, guaranteeing their rights to special education services and privacy protections remain intact. The bill also allows individuals to file civil lawsuits in Nevada courts instead of federal courts if IDEA is repealed, preserving legal recourse.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationGuarantees continued protections for students with disabilities under special education services and federal compliance, directly protecting educational rights as described in the bill's summary.95% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyPreserves FERPA data privacy protections for student records, directly supporting data privacy safeguards in education technology context.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 3 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized as 'As Enrolled' by removing reprint headers and adding the official 'Enacted' language required for state law. The core policy content regarding federal reporting and regulation adoption remains unchanged, though the Legislative Counsel's Digest was expanded to include additional details about Title IX and HIPAA compliance.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text was converted from a draft reprint to the final enrolled version.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft-specific headers, reprint dates, and committee reference lines that are not part of the final law.

Added the standard 'Enacted' preamble and section numbering required for the final version of the bill.

Reformatted the Legislative Counsel's Digest to remove line numbers and integrate the full text of the digest into the main body.

Floor votes · Assembly May 31, 2025

How they voted

24–12
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 31, 2025
D Democratic26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
R Republican14
12 Nay 2
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 936.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 5, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 936 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 13, Excused: 4.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 864.) To printer.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
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. 169.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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