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SB 39 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to emergency management. (BDR 36-269)

SB 39 creates Nevada’s Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Account within the State General Fund, administered by the Division of Emergency Management. This fund provides loans to local governments and tribal governments for hazard mitigation projects (like flood or wildfire prevention) that qualify under the federal STORM Act. The bill requires prioritizing projects with the greatest hazard impact, ties loans to federal wage and bidding rules, and prohibits using loans to replace existing funding. Repayments and interest replenish the account, creating a self-sustaining funding pool for future projects. The account became operational in 2026 after the bill passed unanimously and was signed by the governor.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Nov 15, 2024 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was updated from a pre-filed draft to its final enrolled version, incorporating specific formatting, page numbers, and the official effective dates. The core policy content regarding the creation of a loan fund for hazard mitigation remains substantively unchanged, though the final version adds detailed criteria for loan approval and clarifies that the fund balance carries forward to the next fiscal year.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains focused on establishing a revolving loan account within the State General Fund to support hazard mitigation projects for local and tribal governments, with no change in the fundamental applicability of the program.
TIMELINE

Added specific effective dates, stating the bill becomes effective upon passage for administrative tasks and on January 1, 2026, for all other purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Added detailed regulatory requirements for the Division of Emergency Management, including mandates to prioritize projects with the greatest impact and to require eligible recipients to demonstrate need, repayment ability, and technical/financial capacity.

FISCAL

Explicitly stated that any money remaining in the loan account at the end of a fiscal year must be carried forward to the next fiscal year rather than reverting to the State General Fund.

TECHNICAL

Converted the text from a pre-filed draft format to the official enrolled format, including the addition of Senate Bill No. 39, Committee on Government Affairs, and page headers/footers.

Removed the 'EXEMPT' header and the 'Reprinted with amendments' notice, which were present in the draft but not in the final enacted version.

Floor votes · Assembly May 28, 2025

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
4
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 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File.
upper
Nov 15, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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