Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AJR8: Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for the establishment of a business court. (BDR C-668)
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
To amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by law for the establishment of a business court…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
to amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by law for the establishment of a business court. Legislative Counsel's Digest: This resolution proposes an amendment to the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by law for the establishment of a business court which, if established, will have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear disputes involving shareholder rights, mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary duties, receiverships involving business entities and other commercial or contractual disputes between business entities and any other business disputes of a similar nature in which equitable or declaratory relief is sought. If the Legislature establishes a business court, the constitutional amendment proposed by this resolution requires the Legislature to: (1) establish by law a Special Nominating Commission for the selection of nominees for the office of business court judge; (2) provide by law for the appointment of business court judges by the Governor from among three nominees for each seat chosen by the Commission; (3) prescribe by law the powers, duties and responsibilities of any such judges; and (4) fix by law the terms of any such judges. The constitutional amendment proposed by this resolution also provides that if the Legislature establishes a business court, the Supreme Court will have exclusive appellate jurisdiction …
Sponsors
- Joe Dalia (D, 29) · primary sponsor
- Shea Backus (D, 37) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 24.
- : Senate Amendment No. 643 concurred in. To enrollment.
- : In Assembly.
- : Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 643.) Reprinting dispensed with. Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 4.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
- : Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Resolution File. Taken from Resolution File. Placed on Resolution File for next legislative day.
- : In Senate. Resolution read. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Resolution read. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.) To Senate.
- : Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on Resolution File. Resolution read. Amended. (Amend. No. 149.) To printer.
- : Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
Votes
- Senate (1st Reprint) (May 23, 2025): 17 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (April 16, 2025): 40 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AJR8?
- AJR8 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for the establishment of a business court. (BDR C-668).
- What does AJR8 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Nevada Constitution to authorize the Legislature, to the extent money is available, to provide by law for the establishment of a business court…
- What is the status of AJR8?
- Introduced. Latest action: Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State. File No. 24. (May 29, 2025).
- Who sponsored AJR8?
- Joe Dalia (D, 29), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for AJR8?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12307/Overview
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