Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB585: Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137)
Status: Signed into law, June 12, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to legislative affairs; revising provisions relating to requests for the drafting of legislative measures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes the number and timing of requests for the drafting of legislative measures for Legislators and for other requesters…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT relating to legislative affairs; revising provisions relating to requests for the drafting of legislative measures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes the number and timing of requests for the drafting of legislative measures for Legislators and for other requesters. (NRS 218D.150-218D.220) Existing law authorizes incumbent members of the Assembly to request, before a regular session, the drafting of up to 9 legislative measures and incumbent Senators to request the drafting of up to 18 legislative measures, with portions of these requests due to the Legislative Counsel by August 1 preceding session and December 10 preceding session. (NRS 218D.150) Section 1 of this bill: (1) reduces the total number of authorized pre-session requests from 9 to 6 for members of the Assembly and from 18 to 12 for Senators; (2) divides this number of pre-session requests equally between the two deadline periods; (3) establishes a deadline for submission of information sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or a withdrawal of each request for each deadline period; and (4) reduces the number of requests available in subsequent pre-session deadline periods if a Legislator does not submit information sufficient in detail to allow for the complete drafting of or withdraw a request from the previous deadline period. In addition to …
Latest actions
- : Vetoed by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : In Assembly. To enrollment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To Assembly.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 23, Nays: 16, Excused: 3.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- : From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- : From printer. To committee.
- : Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.
Votes
- Senate (As Introduced) (June 2, 2025): 17 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Assembly (As Introduced) (May 31, 2025): 23 yea, 16 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB585?
- AB585 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to bill draft requests. (BDR 17-1137).
- What does AB585 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to legislative affairs; revising provisions relating to requests for the drafting of legislative measures; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law establishes the number and timing of requests for the drafting of legislative measures for Legislators and for other requesters…
- What is the status of AB585?
- Signed into law as of June 12, 2025. Latest action: Vetoed by the Governor. (June 12, 2025).
- Where is the official record for AB585?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12937/Overview
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