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SB 115 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Makes various changes relating to bilingual education. (BDR 34-790)

SB 115 requires teachers in bilingual education programs to hold a specific Department of Education endorsement, replacing previous flexibility for teachers without endorsements. It authorizes school districts and charter schools to provide a $2,500 annual stipend to teachers who either hold the endorsement or are enrolled in a program to obtain it. School districts must now report annually on how many employees received this stipend. The bill directly affects bilingual education teachers, school districts with over 100,000 students (like Clark County), and charter schools. These changes became law after passing the legislature and receiving the Governor's approval on June 5, 2025.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationProvides $2,500 stipends to incentivize bilingual education teacher endorsements, directly supporting teacher qualifications and program quality in K-12 education.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MINOR
This bill was updated from a draft version to its final enrolled form, removing the 'Second Reprint' header and replacing the summary with a detailed Legislative Counsel's Digest. The core policy changes regarding bilingual education stipends, reporting requirements, and teacher endorsements remain consistent between the two versions.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the differences are purely formatting and structural updates to finalize the text for enactment.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Second Reprint' header and the brief summary statement, replacing them with the official Legislative Counsel's Digest.

Reformatted the text to remove line numbers and bracketed deletion markers used in the draft version, resulting in clean, continuous paragraphs.

Added the session year ('83rd Session (2025)') and page numbering to the header section.

Floor votes · Assembly May 23, 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 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 612 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 38, Nays: 4.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 612.) To printer.
lower
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 3, Absent: 1.) To printer.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 275.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
FD
Fabian Doñate
DDemocratic
NV
10