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AB 585 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137)

AB 585 revises Nevada's rules for requesting legislative drafting services. It reduces the number of pre-session drafting requests allowed for Assembly members (from 9 to 6) and Senators (from 18 to 12), splitting these limits equally between two submission deadlines. The bill also cuts request limits for legislative leaders (e.g., Speaker from 15 to 10) and executive officials (e.g., Governor's agenda requests from 5 to 5 but with adjusted deadlines based on elections). These changes require more detailed submissions to maintain request availability and establish new prefiling deadlines for the Governor's agenda. The bill directly affects legislators, legislative leadership, and state executive officials who request draft bills.
Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced May 14, 2025 Vetoed Jun 12, 2025
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As Introduced → As Enrolled · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill reduces the number of legislative drafting requests available to state legislators and leaders, tightens deadlines for submitting detailed draft requests, and adjusts the number of requests available to state executive officials. The changes aim to streamline the legislative drafting process and ensure more efficient use of legislative resources.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on legislative drafting requests, but the number of requests available to various officials has been reduced.
REQUIREMENT

Reduced the number of pre-session legislative drafting requests for Assembly members from 9 to 6 and for Senators from 18 to 12.

Reduced drafting requests for Assembly and Senate leaders from 15 to 10 and 10 to 5 respectively.

Reduced drafting requests for Lieutenant Governor from 3 to 2, Secretary of State from 8 to 6, State Treasurer from 5 to 4, State Controller from 5 to 4, and Attorney General from 20 to 16.

Added a requirement that legislators who fail to submit detailed information or withdraw requests by the December 10 deadline will have reduced requests available in subsequent periods.

TIMELINE

Established new deadlines requiring detailed information for drafting requests by August 1 and December 10 preceding each session, with penalties for non-compliance.

Adjusted the Governor's deadline for submitting legislative agenda requests from the 19th day of session to August 1 or after the first Monday in January depending on gubernatorial elections.

Floor votes · Assembly May 31, 2025

How they voted

22–15
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 31, 2025
D Democratic26
22 Yea 1 Nay 3
84% Yea
R Republican14
14 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 12, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To Assembly.
lower
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 23, Nays: 16, Excused: 3.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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