Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB305: Revises provisions relating to interscholastic activities. (BDR 34-1007)
Status: Signed into law, June 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to interscholastic activities; requiring the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to adopt regulations that set forth the process for the Association to designate a sanctioned sport; providing certain requirements for such regulations; requiring the Association to publish such regulations on the Internet website maintained by the Association; providing for the designation of lacrosse as a sanctioned sport; establishing the Subcommittee on Interscholastic Activities of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education…
From the enrolled text, May 29, 2025:
AN ACT relating to interscholastic activities; requiring the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to adopt regulations that set forth the process for the Association to designate a sanctioned sport; providing certain requirements for such regulations; requiring the Association to publish such regulations on the Internet website maintained by the Association; providing for the designation of lacrosse as a sanctioned sport; establishing the Subcommittee on Interscholastic Activities of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; requiring the Subcommittee to conduct an interim study of the Association; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law authorizes the formation of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to control, supervise and regulate all interscholastic athletic events and other interscholastic events in public schools in this State. (NRS 385B.050) Under existing law, the Association is required to adopt rules and regulations as is necessary to govern such interscholastic activities and events. (NRS 385B.060) Section 2 of this bill requires the Association to adopt regulations that: (1) set forth the process for the Association to designate a sanctioned sport; (2) set forth standards for determining, without limitation, the rules governing such sanctioned sports; and (3) prioritize the designation of club sports as a sanctioned sport. Section 2 additionally requires such regulations to be published on the Internet website maintained by the Association. Section 5 …