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AB 80 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes provisions relating to soil health. (BDR 49-387)

AB 80 establishes the Soil Health Advisory Board and Healthy Soils Initiative within Nevada's State Conservation Commission. The bill creates a voluntary grant program for agricultural producers to adopt soil health practices, a monitoring platform for tracking soil conditions, and a dedicated Fund for Soil Health. It requires confidentiality protections for agricultural producers' data and mandates the Conservation Districts Program to provide staff support for administering these initiatives. The bill directly affects Nevada farmers and ranchers by providing incentive-based resources to improve soil health and support related research.
Issues: ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentCreates voluntary grants, monitoring platform, and dedicated fund for soil health practices, directly advancing conservation and sustainable agriculture under environmental protection initiatives.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 2, 2024 Last action Jun 3, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was amended to remove the creation of a Soil Health Advisory Board and add a requirement for the Commission to study the Healthy Soils Initiative's results starting in 2036. The Legislative Counsel's Digest was updated to reflect these changes, and some section numbers were reorganized.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the establishment of a new advisory board, while adding a new requirement for the Commission to evaluate the initiative's progress.
REQUIREMENT

The creation of a nine-member Soil Health Advisory Board was deleted from the bill.

TIMELINE

A new requirement was added for the Commission to study the Healthy Soils Initiative results and submit a report to the Legislature starting January 1, 2036.

DEFINITION

Section numbers for definitions were updated to reflect the removal of the advisory board section.

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Total actions
8
Key actions
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Committee
2
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Dec 2, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.
lower
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