Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for the establishment of a business court. (BDR C-668)
AJR 8 proposes amending the Nevada Constitution to create a framework for establishing a business court, if the Legislature chooses to do so with available funding. If created, the business court would handle specific commercial disputes like shareholder rights, mergers, acquisitions, and contractual issues between businesses, while requiring the Legislature to set up a special commission to select judges with business law expertise. The bill also specifies that the Governor would appoint judges from commission nominees, defines their duties (matching district court judges), and gives the Supreme Court exclusive appellate authority over business court cases. This resolution passed the Nevada Legislature with strong support (17-4) and is now moving toward voter approval as a constitutional amendment.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Last action May 29, 2025
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Reprint 2
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As Enrolled
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MINOR
The bill was finalized for signing into law, transitioning from a draft version to the official enrolled text. The core policy content regarding the creation of a specialized business court remains identical to the previous version, with no substantive changes to the court's jurisdiction, judge selection process, or operational rules. The only differences are formatting updates, such as adding the official title, sponsors, and session number, and removing internal reference codes used during the legislative drafting process.
TECHNICAL
The document was converted from a 'Second Reprint' draft to the final 'As Enrolled' version, adding official headers, sponsor names, and page numbers while removing internal tracking codes and summary notes.
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
12
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment No. 643 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 643.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.)
To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Resolution File.
Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
In Senate.
Resolution read. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Resolution read.
Passed, as amended.
Title approved.
(Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.)
To Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Introduced
Taken from Chief Clerk's desk.
Placed on Resolution File.
Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 149.) To printer.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Resolution read. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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