Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB160: Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. (BDR 18-82)
Status: Signed into law, June 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to discriminatory practices; moving the Nevada Equal Rights Commission from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the Office of the Attorney General; revising certain duties of the Commission; establishing certain requirements relating to attorneys and paralegals who provide services to or are employed by the Commission; setting forth certain requirements relating to the final disposition of a complaint alleging an unlawful discriminatory practice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 29, 2025:
AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices; moving the Nevada Equal Rights Commission from the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to the Office of the Attorney General; revising certain duties of the Commission; establishing certain requirements relating to attorneys and paralegals who provide services to or are employed by the Commission; setting forth certain requirements relating to the final disposition of a complaint alleging an unlawful discriminatory practice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law creates the Nevada Equal Rights Commission within the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. (Chapter 233 of NRS) Sections 2-30 of this bill: (1) move the Commission from the Department to the Office of the Attorney General; and (2) reorganize certain provisions relating to the Commission. Section 46 of this bill repeals the provisions of existing law which establish the Commission within the Department. Consistent with the repeal and relocation of the Commission, sections 31-38 of this bill revise certain references to provisions of existing law relating to the Commission. Sections 41 and 42 of this bill: (1) require the Attorney General to appoint the members of the Commission and the Administrator of the Commission as soon as practicable after July 1, 2025; and (2) provide that the existing members and Administrator, if qualified, may continue to serve until the …