SB 256 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to gaming. (BDR 41-146)

SB 256 requires individuals or entities engaging in illegal gaming activities to pay back all profits, gains, or other benefits to the State Treasurer for deposit into the State General Fund. It increases penalties for certain violations, such as accepting wagers from people physically in Nevada, raising the offense from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. The bill directly affects operators of unlicensed gambling activities, including those who manipulate games or accept wagers without proper authorization. Key provisions mandate disgorgement of illicit profits as a standard penalty for qualifying violations, alongside enhanced criminal penalties.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 2 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MINOR
This bill amends Nevada gaming laws to require the disgorgement (return) of illegal profits to the state treasury and increases penalties for remote gambling offenses from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor. The changes ensure that illegal gambling gains are recovered for the state and that the penalties for accepting online wagers from people in Nevada are more severe.
Scope change
The bill expands the financial consequences for illegal gaming by mandating the return of profits and increases the criminal severity of specific gambling violations.
FISCAL

Added a requirement for courts to order the disgorgement of any profits, gains, or benefits from illegal gaming activities to be paid to the State Treasurer for the State General Fund.

ENFORCEMENT

Increased the penalty for accepting or receiving wagers from persons physically present in Nevada from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor.

Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 657 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 657.) To printer.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
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