SB 373 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes requirements relating to multi-jurisdictional business licenses. (BDR 20-1073)

SB 373 requires Clark County (the only Nevada county with over 700,000 residents) and all incorporated cities within it to create a unified multi-jurisdictional business license system. It mandates that county commissioners and city governing bodies adopt ordinances establishing license categories, revenue-sharing, and a system for issuing licenses that replaces separate county and city permits for specified businesses. The law requires jurisdictions to coordinate agreements ensuring existing fees, renewal periods, and regulatory requirements for businesses are similar before creating the unified license. The system must integrate with Nevada’s state business portal, streamlining applications for businesses operating across multiple local jurisdictions in Clark County. The bill passed unanimously and became law on June 5, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 5, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized into law (As Enrolled) by removing draft headers, summary notes, and page numbers while retaining the core legislative text. The substantive policy content regarding multi-jurisdictional business licenses remains unchanged, requiring counties with 700,000+ residents to create unified licensing systems and revenue-sharing agreements with cities.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the bill applies to counties with populations of 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County) and their incorporated cities.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft metadata including 'Reprint 1' headers, committee referral summaries, fiscal notes, and Legislative Counsel's Digest explanations.

Deleted page numbering and session markers (e.g., '-2-', '-3-') used during the legislative drafting process.

Added the formal statutory preamble 'THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA... DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS' required for final enrolled bills.

Reformatted the text from a diff-style layout with line numbers and brackets to a clean, continuous legal format suitable for the official code.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly May 28, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

May 21, 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

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 5, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

executive

May 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

In Senate. To enrollment.

upper

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

lower

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

lower

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

upper

May 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. 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. 514.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors