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AB 57 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System. (BDR 36-263)

AB 57 transfers responsibility for coordinating wildfire-related mutual aid from Nevada's Division of Emergency Management to the Division of Forestry. It makes the State Forester Firewarden a co-chair of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Committee and requires wildfire response requests to be routed through the Division of Forestry (while other emergencies use Emergency Management). Public agencies and tribes must now submit wildfire participation resolutions to the Division of Forestry, not just Emergency Management. The Division of Forestry also gains authority to facilitate reimbursement for wildfire-related mutual aid services, matching existing provisions for non-wildfire emergencies.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 20, 2024 Signed May 29, 2025
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As Introduced → As Enrolled · 6 edits · May 29, 2025
MODERATE
This bill transfers authority over wildfire-related mutual aid from the Division of Emergency Management to the Division of Forestry, making the State Forester Firewarden the Co-Chair of the mutual aid committee and requiring joint appointments of committee members. It also expands who can request wildfire aid and updates reimbursement procedures to include the Division of Forestry.
Scope change
The bill narrows the Division of Emergency Management's role to non-wildfire emergencies while giving the Division of Forestry primary responsibility for wildfire suppression mutual aid coordination.
SCOPE

Authority to administer the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System for wildfire suppression was transferred from the Division of Emergency Management to the State Forester Firewarden of the Division of Forestry.

REQUIREMENT

The State Forester Firewarden now serves as Co-Chair of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Committee and must jointly appoint committee members with the Chief of the Division of Emergency Management.

Participants must now provide copies of withdrawal or participation resolutions to both the Division of Emergency Management and the Division of Forestry.

Requests for mutual aid related to wildfire suppression can now be made directly through the Division of Forestry, while other emergencies remain under the Division of Emergency Management.

FISCAL

The Division of Forestry is now authorized to facilitate reimbursement for mutual aid and receives immunity from liability for reimbursement-related claims, similar to existing protections for the Division of Emergency Management.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'Division of Forestry' and 'Division of Emergency Management' to clarify their roles under the mutual aid system.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 15, 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
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 29, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 102.
executive
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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