SB 459 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to gaming salons. (BDR 41-1164)

SB 459 revises Nevada's regulations for gaming salons by removing the requirement that they must include table games and allowing operators to offer slot machines or other gambling games (or a mix) based on their license. It replaces the fixed $500 minimum wager for slot machines with a new rule requiring licensees to set minimum wagers, subject to approval by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. This bill directly affects gaming salon operators by increasing flexibility in game offerings and pricing while shifting approval authority from state-mandated rules to the Board's review. The changes take effect immediately under the bill's emergency provisions.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Apr 23, 2025 Signed May 31, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · May 31, 2025

MINOR

This bill updates the rules for Nevada gaming salons, allowing them to offer a mix of table games, slot machines, or other gambling games instead of being strictly required to have table games. It also changes how minimum wager amounts for slot machines are set, shifting the authority from a fixed $500 minimum to a system where the casino owner sets the amount and the Gaming Control Board approves it.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of games allowed in gaming salons and modifies the regulatory process for setting wager limits.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the mandatory requirement for gaming salons to include table games, allowing them to offer table games, slot machines, or other gambling games in any combination.

Changed the minimum wager rule for slot machines from a fixed $500 floor to a system where the licensee establishes the minimum wager and the Board approves it.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill's title and formatting from a 'Reprint' version to the final 'As Enrolled' version ready for signing into law.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly May 26, 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

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Committee

May 31, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 211.

executive

May 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.

lower

May 23, 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. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

upper

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 610.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors