Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB301: Revises provisions relating to public employees. (BDR 23-1024)
Status: Vetoed, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to public employees; revising the definition of "employee," for purposes of collective bargaining for state employees, to include category I, II and III peace officers in the unclassified service of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law authorizes certain groups of employees in the classified service of the Executive Department of the State Government to engage in collective bargaining with the Executive Department concerning wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for such employees…
From the enrolled text, May 23, 2025:
AN ACT relating to public employees; revising the definition of "employee," for purposes of collective bargaining for state employees, to include category I, II and III peace officers in the unclassified service of the State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law authorizes certain groups of employees in the classified service of the Executive Department of the State Government to engage in collective bargaining with the Executive Department concerning wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for such employees. (NRS 288.400-288.630) This bill authorizes an additional group of employees, category I, II or III peace officers in the unclassified service of the State, to engage in collective bargaining with the Executive Department. EXPLANATION - Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 288.425 is hereby amended to read as follows: 288.425 1. "Employee" means a person who: (a) Is employed in the classified service of the State pursuant to chapter 284 of NRS; [or] (b) Is employed as a category I, II or III peace officer, as defined in NRS 289.460, 289.470 and 289.480, respectively, in the unclassified service of the State pursuant to chapter 284 …