SB 301 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to public employees. (BDR 23-1024)

SB 301 expands collective bargaining rights to include specific state peace officers. It revises Nevada law to define "employee" for bargaining purposes to cover category I, II, and III peace officers working in the unclassified service of the State. This directly affects those peace officers, who were previously excluded from collective bargaining under existing law (NRS 288.400-288.630). The bill’s key mechanism is amending the definition of "employee" in state law, allowing these officers to negotiate wages, hours, and working conditions with the Executive Department. The change applies solely to state-level employees and has a fiscal impact on the state, per the bill's note.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Vetoed Jun 2, 2025
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As Introduced As Enrolled · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill expands collective bargaining rights in Nevada by adding category I, II, and III peace officers in the unclassified service to the group of state employees eligible to bargain with the Executive Department. Previously, only classified service employees could engage in collective bargaining, but this change extends those rights to certain peace officers who were previously excluded from the bargaining process.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from only classified service employees to include unclassified service peace officers (categories I, II, and III) in collective bargaining negotiations.
ELIGIBILITY

Category I, II, and III peace officers in the unclassified service are now eligible for collective bargaining with the Executive Department.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'employee' in NRS 288.425 was amended to explicitly include unclassified peace officers alongside classified service employees and Nevada System of Higher Education employees.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including updated session year references and reorganization of bill header information.

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
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 2, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.
executive
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors