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AB 96 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to master plans. (BDR 22-397)

AB 96 requires counties in Nevada with populations of 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to add a "heat mitigation element" to their master plans. This element must include specific strategies like public cooling spaces, accessible drinking water, and shaded areas over paved surfaces to address urban heat. The bill directly affects these counties' governing bodies, which must now integrate these heat mitigation measures into their long-term planning documents. It amends existing state law (NRS 278.150 and 278.160) to mandate this requirement without creating new state-level costs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025
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Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 3, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates Nevada's land use planning laws to require larger counties to include a specific 'heat mitigation plan' in their master plans. It establishes new rules for which planning elements must be included based on a county's population size, ensuring that areas facing significant heat challenges have a formal strategy for addressing it.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of required planning elements for counties with populations of 100,000 or more, specifically adding a mandatory heat mitigation plan to the conservation element of their master plans.
REQUIREMENT

Requires counties with 100,000 or more residents to include a heat mitigation plan in their master plan, focusing on public cooling spaces, drinking water, and shade.

Mandates that heat mitigation strategies prioritize native or drought-tolerant trees and include specific measures like shade structures and urban tree canopies.

ELIGIBILITY

Updated the population thresholds that determine which planning elements a county must adopt, creating three distinct tiers based on population size.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 225.
executive
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 601 concurred in. To enrollment.
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 7.) To printer.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 601.) Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 29, Nays: 13.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
lower
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