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SB 46 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing gaming. (BDR 41-298)

SB 46 updates Nevada's gaming regulations to extend oversight authority and adjust penalties. It retains the Gaming Control Board's jurisdiction over licensed entities even after they stop operating, requires Board approval for license surrenders, and increases fines for violations (up to $1 million for repeat offenses). The bill also adds tournament organizers to licensing requirements and raises the threshold for small patron claims from $500 to $1,000. These changes directly affect gaming licensees, tournament operators, and patrons with minor debt claims.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 19, 2024 Signed May 28, 2025
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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 6 edits · May 28, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's gaming laws to clarify the authority of the Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission over individuals who leave their licensed positions, ensuring they remain under regulatory oversight. It also increases fines for record-keeping violations, raises the monetary threshold for small gaming debt claims, and changes how certain hearings are authorized and conducted.
Scope change
The bill expands the regulatory scope to include tournament and contest conductors who work for licensed entities, requiring them to obtain a finding of suitability or a license instead of just registering.
REQUIREMENT

Retains the jurisdiction of the Gaming Control Board and Commission over individuals even after they stop working in a licensed position, requiring them to surrender their status formally before it ends.

Raises the dollar threshold for resolving small gaming debt claims from $500 to $1,000.

Changes the process for designating hearing officers and transmitting legal records to require approval by the Chair and transmission to courts instead of filing.

ELIGIBILITY

Requires persons conducting tournaments or contests on behalf of a gaming licensee to obtain a finding of suitability or a license, replacing the previous registration requirement.

ENFORCEMENT

Increases fines for certain gaming violations to up to $1 million for repeat offenses and removes the separate fine category for cash record-keeping failures.

DEFINITION

Revises the definition of 'hearing examiner' to specify that they are authorized by the Chair of the Board or Commission rather than just the Board or Commission generally.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly May 21, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 15, 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
12
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 78.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 15, 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 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 14.) To printer.
upper
Nov 19, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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