SB 179 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to discrimination. (BDR 18-35)

Nevada's SB 179 requires the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to consider whether discrimination claims in housing, employment, or public accommodations were motivated by antisemitism during investigations. The bill directly affects the Commission's investigative process and individuals filing discrimination complaints. It adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's 2016 definition of antisemitism, including its contemporary examples, as the standard for evaluating such claims. This policy change specifically adds antisemitism as a factor to be assessed in investigations, without altering existing protections against discrimination.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 2 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized as an official law (As Enrolled) after being a draft reprint. The core policy content remains unchanged, requiring the Nevada Equal Rights Commission to consider antisemitism when investigating discrimination in housing, employment, or public accommodations.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document status shifted from a draft reprint to an enacted law.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, committee referral notes, and reprint dates indicating the bill was no longer in a preliminary stage.

Adjusted formatting and spacing to conform to the official enrolled format required for signing into law.

Floor votes · Assembly May 23, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 10, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

executive

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

To enrollment.

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Assembly Amendment No. 647 concurred in.

upper

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Waiver granted effective: May 23, 2025. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 4, Excused: 10.) To Senate.

upper

May 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 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. 503.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs.

upper

5 primary · 6 co-sponsors