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SB 440 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to electricity. (BDR 10-950)

SB 440 regulates companies that finance solar panel installations (like loans or leases) by requiring them to hold an installment lender license. It sets new rules for agreements between these financiers, solar installers, and homeowners, including mandatory contract disclosures about loan terms and consequences if a homeowner dies, becomes disabled, or sells their property. The bill also gives consumers the right to cancel agreements within 3 days (or 5 days for those 60+) and prohibits financiers from paying installers until solar systems get grid connection approval or final inspection. These changes directly affect homeowners buying solar through financing, solar installation companies, and the financial firms offering these loans.
Issues: ✓ EnergySupports EnergyRegulates solar financing with consumer protections, enabling clearer adoption of renewable energy systems without restricting development.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 5, 2025
MINOR
This bill was finalized into its official 'As Enrolled' version, removing draft markings and adding the formal title page and legislative history. The substantive policy content regarding solar installation rules, net metering requirements, and association powers remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; this is a formatting update to finalize the text for printing and signing.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, committee referral dates, and explanatory notes that were present in the previous reprint version.

Added the official 'As Enrolled' title page, chapter designation, and the formal enactment clause.

Reorganized the Legislative Counsel's Digest to appear at the top of the document as per standard final bill formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly May 23, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 22, 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

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 708 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 708.) To printer.
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 343.) To printer.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.