SB 11 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the payment of extended unemployment benefits. (BDR 53-306)

SB 11 requires Nevada to reduce extended unemployment benefits by the same percentage as federal payments are cut due to automatic federal spending reductions (sequestration). This directly affects Nevada residents receiving extended unemployment benefits during periods when federal funding is reduced. The bill mandates that benefit amounts be reduced weekly based on the federal cut percentage, with a total annual reduction calculated from these weekly adjustments. It also requires the state to notify claimants of reductions and allow appeals only regarding calculation errors - not the reduction itself - per federal guidance.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Oct 30, 2024 Signed May 26, 2025
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As Introduced As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 26, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's unemployment compensation law to require reductions in extended unemployment benefits when federal funding is cut due to sequestration. The changes clarify how benefit periods are calculated and establish notification requirements for affected claimants.
Scope change
The bill applies to all Nevada residents receiving extended unemployment benefits during periods when federal sequestration reduces state funding.
DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'extended benefit period' to clarify when benefit periods begin and end relative to federal unemployment indicators.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that the Employment Security Division must notify claimants when their weekly extended benefits are reduced due to federal sequestration.

Established appeal process limited to calculation errors, not the reduction itself, since sequestration is mandated by federal law.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified unemployment rate thresholds for triggering extended benefit periods to include specific provisions for the post-2020 pandemic period.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly May 19, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 26, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Oct 30, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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