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AB 503 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 15-394)

AB 503 regulates the handling of used utility wire to prevent theft from critical electrical infrastructure. It makes it illegal to damage infrastructure to obtain such wire and requires anyone possessing or selling it to prove lawful ownership with documentation. Scrap metal processors must maintain 3-year records of purchases and submit electronic reports to local law enforcement for used utility wire transactions. The bill excludes used utility wire from "scrap metal" definitions but imposes strict tracking and reporting requirements similar to those for catalytic converters. These changes primarily affect scrap metal businesses, law enforcement, and anyone involved in the sale or purchase of used utility wire.
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 24, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was updated from a committee reprint to its final enrolled version, incorporating amendments that define specific penalties for damaging critical infrastructure and establish strict rules for the possession and sale of used utility wire. These changes aim to prevent wire theft for scrap metal by creating new criminal offenses and requiring electronic reporting by scrap processors.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include specific felony penalties based on the value of damaged infrastructure and the interruption of services, and it formally integrated used utility wire into existing regulations governing scrap metal processors.
ENFORCEMENT

New penalties were added for damaging critical infrastructure, ranging from misdemeanors for low-value damage to category C felonies if the damage interrupts essential services.

A new requirement mandates that scrap metal processors submit electronic reports to local law enforcement regarding their purchases of used utility wire.

REQUIREMENT

Scrap metal processors are now required to maintain records of used utility wire purchases for at least three years and make those records and the wire itself available to law enforcement on demand.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'scrap metal' was modified to explicitly include used utility wire, and 'scrap metal processor' was expanded to include those who buy, trade, or receive this specific type of wire.

TECHNICAL

Internal committee markings, such as 'Reprint 2' and 'Committee on Government Affairs,' were removed to finalize the bill for the legislature.

Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · Assembly May 27, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 30, 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
13
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 809.) 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. 407.) 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

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