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SB 487 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Makes an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for costs associated with the business licensing system modernization project. (BDR S-1179)

SB 487 provides $8,983,876 in state funding from the General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State specifically for modernizing the business licensing system. The bill covers costs like software, infrastructure, and contract staffing needed to update this system, which directly affects businesses that use the state's licensing services. All funds must be spent by June 30, 2027, with any unspent money reverting to the General Fund by September 17, 2027. The bill became law on July 1, 2025, after passing unanimously in the legislature.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $8.98M from General Fund for business licensing modernization, directly funding state budget expenditure under fiscal management.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 15, 2025 Signed Jun 9, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 9, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized as 'As Enrolled' by removing draft headers and page numbers, while adding a formal chapter designation. The core policy content regarding the $8.98 million appropriation for business licensing modernization and the July 1, 2025 effective date remained substantively unchanged, though the text of the spending restrictions was slightly reorganized for clarity.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope, funding amount, and applicability remain the same.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft metadata including 'Reprint' headers, committee referral dates, and internal page numbering.

Added the formal 'CHAPTER' designation to the act title, indicating the bill has been signed into law.

Reorganized the text of Section 1, subsection 2 to improve readability by grouping the expiration of commitments and the reversion of funds into a single continuous sentence.

Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 27, 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
9
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Jun 9, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 411.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.
upper
May 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 765.) To printer.
upper
May 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.