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SB 466 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing the authority of the State Department of Agriculture relating to food and water. (BDR 51-1121)

SB 466 transfers regulatory authority for food establishments, cottage food operations, and farm-to-fork events from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (Health and Human Services) to the State Department of Agriculture and local health boards. It increases the annual sales limit for cottage food operations from $35,000 to $100,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) and expands farm-to-fork event rules to allow meat from livestock under specific conditions. Counties must now pay assessments to the Agriculture Department for food safety services instead of the previous Division, with fees adjusted to ensure departmental financial stability. The bill also moves water and food safety regulation authority from the State Board of Health to the Agriculture Department. (Effective as Chapter 512, approved June 10, 2025.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 15, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 7 edits · Jun 10, 2025
MODERATE
This bill transfers authority over food safety and water regulations from the Department of Health to the Department of Agriculture. It also increases the sales limit for small home-based food businesses, expands what farms can sell at events, and adjusts how counties pay for food safety services.
Scope change
The bill shifts regulatory jurisdiction from the Department of Health and Human Services to the State Department of Agriculture for food establishments, cottage food operations, and farm-to-fork events.
SCOPE

Transfers the authority to regulate and permit food establishments, cottage food operations, and farm-to-fork events from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to the State Department of Agriculture.

Transfers the authority for the State Board of Health to adopt and enforce regulations regarding water and food supplies to the State Department of Agriculture.

ELIGIBILITY

Increases the annual gross sales limit for cottage food operations from $35,000 to $100,000 and requires this limit to be adjusted annually based on inflation.

REQUIREMENT

Expands the types of meat and poultry that farms can serve at farm-to-fork events, allowing meat from livestock and poultry from federally inspected facilities.

Clarifies that food establishments using hemp must only use products the FDA has determined to be safe for human consumption.

FISCAL

Requires counties to pay an assessment to the Department of Agriculture for food safety services, with provisions for exemptions and financial solvency reviews.

TECHNICAL

Updates internal references in the law to reflect the transfer of authority to the Department of Agriculture.

Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 30, 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 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 947 concurred in.
upper
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
upper
May 30, 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. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 892.) To printer.
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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