Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB184: Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-186)
Status: Chaptered, June 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to interscholastic activities; prohibiting the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association from retaliating against a school or person for certain activities; prohibiting athletic recruitment; revising provisions governing certain hearings and appeals conducted by the Association; revising provisions governing the eligibility of pupils who transfer schools to participate and practice in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event; revising requirements relating to the adoption of regulations by the Association; providing penalties…
From the enrolled text, May 29, 2025:
AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; prohibiting the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association from retaliating against a school or person for certain activities; prohibiting athletic recruitment; revising provisions governing certain hearings and appeals conducted by the Association; revising provisions governing the eligibility of pupils who transfer schools to participate and practice in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event; revising requirements relating to the adoption of regulations by the Association; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association controls, supervises and regulates all interscholastic athletic events and other interscholastic events in public schools and governs, among other matters, the eligibility and participation of certain pupils in interscholastic activities and events. (NRS 385B.050, 385B.060, 385B.130) Existing law requires the Association to adopt rules and regulations in the same manner provided for state agencies by the Nevada Administrative Procedure Act. (Chapter 233B of NRS, NRS 385B.060) Existing regulations establish certain procedures for classifying and aligning the schools within the Association into leagues or regions, which, in part, require the Board of Control of the Association to determine the classification and alignment of each school by majority vote after conducting a public hearing. (NAC 385B.250) Section 4.5 of this bill: (1) clarifies that the adoption, repeal or amendment of any …