SB 152 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts provisions relating to electric vehicle charging stations in a common-interest community. (BDR 10-941)

SB 152 allows homeowners' associations (HOAs) in Nevada to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in common areas under specific conditions. It requires HOAs to avoid recreational spaces (like parks), obtain majority owner approval via board meetings, comply with existing rules, and ensure no increased costs for residents. The bill explicitly states that installing these stations does not count as a "commercial use" or "capital improvement" of common areas, removing a common barrier to such installations. This directly affects HOAs and their residents by clarifying their ability to support EV infrastructure without triggering restrictive bylaws or fees.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill was reprinted with amendments adopted on April 17, 2025, which significantly restructured the requirements for installing electric vehicle charging stations in common-interest communities. The original version allowed associations to install charging stations in common areas without seeking owner approval under limited conditions, while the amended version now requires a majority vote by unit owners at a regular executive board meeting to approve such installations. The amendments also added a new requirement that placement must not increase costs to any unit owner and added compliance with NRS 116.345 as a condition for entering contracts.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on electric vehicle charging stations in common-interest communities, but the applicability conditions were tightened by adding owner voting requirements and cost protection provisions.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed from allowing association-initiated installation without owner approval to requiring a majority vote by unit owners at a regular executive board meeting before installation can proceed.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that placement of charging stations must not increase any cost to any unit owner.

Added a requirement that the association must comply with NRS 116.345 provisions before entering contracts for installation or maintenance.

Expanded the conditions for installing charging stations in common areas from two requirements to four specific requirements including zoning compliance and cost neutrality.

DEFINITION

Reorganized the definition section and moved the definition of 'electric vehicle charging station' to a new subsection 2, while renumbering other provisions.

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Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 532.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.

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Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors