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SB 49 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to consumer protection. (BDR 52-439)

SB 49 strengthens Nevada's consumer protection laws by increasing administrative fines for deceptive trade practices from $1,000 to up to $15,000 per violation. It clarifies that the Attorney General can sue on behalf of both the state and Nevada residents harmed by deceptive practices, including seeking restitution or other remedies. The bill also revises fund management rules, allowing the Consumer Protection Legal Account to directly cover staff costs for consumer protection efforts without prior balance restrictions. These changes affect businesses engaging in deceptive practices and empower the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau to more effectively enforce consumer rights. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate (37-5) and was signed into law by the Governor.
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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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 28, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's consumer protection laws by clarifying the Attorney General's authority to sue on behalf of the state or its citizens, increasing administrative fines for deceptive trade practices from $1,000 to $15,000, and expanding how funds in the Consumer Protection Legal Account can be used. It also clarifies when the Consumer's Advocate gains custody of confidential records and removes a restriction that prevented the use of legal funds until operating costs were covered for 120 days.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of who can be represented in lawsuits (adding 'the people of the State') and broadens the permissible uses of consumer protection funds beyond just staff salaries.
ENFORCEMENT

Increased the maximum administrative fine for deceptive trade practices from $1,000 to $15,000 per violation.

FISCAL

Expanded the allowable uses of money in the Consumer Protection Legal Account to include general staff costs and other fraud prevention purposes, removing a previous 120-day operating cost threshold.

DEFINITION

Clarified that the Consumer's Advocate does not have possession of records until they are physically received from an agency, affecting when confidentiality rules apply.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that the Attorney General can bring civil actions on behalf of the State, its agencies, or the general public.

Floor votes · Assembly May 19, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 55.
executive
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 562 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 37, Nays: 5.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To printer.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 180.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.
upper
Nov 19, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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