Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-35)
SB 8 updates Nevada's wage and hour laws by incorporating specific federal exceptions from the Portal-to-Portal Act and Fair Labor Standards Act. This means activities like waiting time, training sessions, travel, and preliminary/concluding tasks are no longer counted as compensable work time for most employees. The bill also aligns Nevada's overtime calculation rules with federal standards for determining pay. These changes apply to most Nevada workers and will expire on October 31, 2029.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Nov 2025
Assembly Passage
Nov 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Nov 15, 2025
Signed Nov 20, 2025
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MINOR
This bill updates Nevada's employment laws to align overtime and compensation rules with federal standards, specifically incorporating exceptions from the federal Portal-to-Portal Act. It clarifies when employees must be paid for activities like travel, training, and changing uniforms, and it subjects overtime calculations to specific federal regulations. These changes aim to resolve legal uncertainty following a 2025 state court ruling and ensure consistency between state and federal labor laws.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of compensable and non-compensable work time by explicitly adopting federal exclusions that were previously not incorporated into state law.
REQUIREMENT
Added specific federal regulations from the Portal-to-Portal Act and Fair Labor Standards Act that define which activities (such as waiting time, travel, and donning/doffing uniforms) are not compensable.
Added specific federal regulations to the overtime calculation process to ensure consistency with federal principles for computing overtime pay.
TIMELINE
Established a sunset date of October 31, 2029, after which these new federal-based provisions will expire.
Floor votes · Assembly Nov 18, 2025
How they voted
32–3
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
Nov 18, 2025
D
Democratic26
84% Yea
R
Republican14
71% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Nov 18, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (32-3-5)
assembly
Nov 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 27.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 4, Excused: 5.)
To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Assembly Amendment No. 27 concurred in.
To enrollment.
lower
Nov 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 21.)
Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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