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SB 16 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to contractors. (BDR 54-254)

SB 16 strengthens Nevada's contractor licensing enforcement by expanding penalties for unlicensed bidding and interference with investigations. It allows the State Contractors’ Board to deny a license for up to one year to anyone who submits a bid for work valued at $1,000 or more without a license. The bill also adds "interfering with Board investigations" as grounds for disciplinary action against licensed contractors and creates graduated criminal penalties (misdemeanor to felony) for such interference, with fines up to $20,000 for repeat offenses. These changes, effective as Chapter 38 after the bill's passage on May 26, 2025, directly affect unlicensed bidders and individuals obstructing licensing enforcement.
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 31, 2024 Signed May 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · May 26, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the Nevada State Contractors' Board's authority to enforce licensing rules and punish bad behavior. It adds a specific penalty for unlicensed individuals who submit bids on jobs worth $1,000 or more, allowing the Board to ban them from getting a license for up to one year. Additionally, it expands the list of reasons for disciplining licensed contractors to include interfering with investigations or legal proceedings involving the Board.
Scope change
The bill expands the Board's enforcement scope to include a specific ban on unlicensed bidders for jobs over $1,000 and broadens disciplinary grounds to cover interference with legal processes.
ENFORCEMENT

The Board can now refuse to issue a license for up to one year to any unlicensed person who submits a bid on a job valued at $1,000 or more.

Interfering with or attempting to interfere with an investigation, disciplinary proceeding, or legal action involving the Board is now a specific ground for disciplining a licensed contractor.

It is now explicitly unlawful for any person to interfere with the Board's investigations or legal actions, subjecting violators to criminal penalties.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2025 · Assembly May 19, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 17, 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
16
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: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 298.) To printer.
upper
Oct 31, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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