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AB 66 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to district courts. (BDR 1-473)

AB 66 adjusts the number of district judges in Nevada's court system based on population growth. It establishes a formula where each 40,000 population increase in districts with 350,000+ residents triggers a new judge position, with specific requirements for family court judges in certain districts. The bill directly increases judges in six districts: the First (2→3), Second (2→5, including 1 family court judge), Sixth (1→2), Eighth (10→28, including 8 family court judges), Tenth (1→2), and Eleventh (1→2). Districts can delay increases if the chief judge and county commissioners certify caseloads don't justify it, but new judges will take office January 4, 2027.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 20, 2024 Last action Jun 3, 2025
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As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to remove a population-based automatic increase mechanism for district judges and instead specify exact numbers of additional judges for specific districts. The changes simplify the process by eliminating the requirement for population thresholds and caseload reviews, while also removing an unfunded mandate warning for certain sections.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from a general population-based formula for increasing judges across multiple districts to specific, fixed increases for only the First, Tenth, and Eleventh Judicial Districts.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the automatic population-based schedule for increasing district judges in districts with 350,000+ population, which previously required caseload reviews and legislative approval.

Deleted sections that required caseload reviews by Chief Judges and county commissioners before increasing judge numbers based on population growth.

Added specific provisions for the Tenth Judicial District to increase from one to two judges, replacing the previous general formula.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date for judge increases from January 1, 2026 to January 4, 2027, aligning with the election and office start date.

FISCAL

Updated the unfunded mandate warning to apply only to sections 2 and 8 instead of sections 1-9, reflecting the removal of the population-based mechanism.

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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
2
Apr 23, 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. 286.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
lower
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