Revises provisions relating to the compensation of elected county officers. (BDR 20-92)
SB 116 revises Nevada’s salary rules for elected county officers, including county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorneys, and clerks. It sets their 2025-2026 base salary using either the 2018-2019 rate adjusted for inflation or 3% more than the highest-paid employee supervised by the officer (as of January 1, 2025), whichever is higher. For future years, salaries increase by 3% annually or via a 2% cost-of-living adjustment approved by the county commission. The bill also removes population-based exceptions for district attorneys’ private practice rules, extending the exception to counties with under 3,000 residents (currently Esmeralda and Eureka).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 27, 2025
Signed May 28, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill updates how Nevada counties calculate and pay salaries to elected officials like sheriffs, district attorneys, and commissioners. It replaces a complex classification system with a new formula based on the highest-paid employee under each official's supervision, ensuring salaries keep pace with local workforce costs. The law also mandates a 3% annual salary increase for county commissioners for the next five years and removes the previous restriction preventing district attorneys in small counties from working in private law practices.
Scope change
The bill expands the exception allowing district attorneys in small counties to engage in private legal practice, extending it to any county with a population under 3,000 rather than just those in a specific salary classification.
FISCAL
Replaced a fixed salary table with a dynamic calculation formula that ties elected officer salaries to the highest salary of an employee under their supervision, with a minimum 3% increase.
TIMELINE
Established a mandatory 3% annual salary increase for county commissioners for the five fiscal years following 2025-2026.
ELIGIBILITY
Changed the eligibility criteria for district attorneys to practice private law from a specific salary classification to any county with a population of less than 3,000.
REQUIREMENT
Authorized county commissioners to grant an additional 2% cost-of-living increase to elected officers on an annual basis.
TECHNICAL
Removed the specific salary classification table and related sections that are no longer needed under the new calculation method.
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
16
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 80.
executive
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 32, Nays: 9, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
In Senate.
To enrollment.
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To printer.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 488.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Skip Daly
DDemocratic
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