Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB311: Imposes certain requirements upon certain alarm companies. (BDR 52-730)
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
An act relating to trade practices; imposing certain requirements upon certain alarm companies with respect to an alarm system that becomes defective or inoperative; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Section 1 of this bill imposes certain requirements upon an "alarm company," which section 1 defines to mean a person who engages in the sale, installation, service, maintenance, repair or replacement of an alarm system or the provision of monitoring services…
From the engrossed text, April 17, 2025:
AN ACT relating to trade practices; imposing certain requirements upon certain alarm companies with respect to an alarm system that becomes defective or inoperative; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Section 1 of this bill imposes certain requirements upon an "alarm company," which section 1 defines to mean a person who engages in the sale, installation, service, maintenance, repair or replacement of an alarm system or the provision of monitoring services. Section 1 defines "monitoring services" to mean, in general, receiving signals indicating that an alarm system has been activated and notifying a public safety agency of that information. Section 1 requires an alarm company that, pursuant to a contract with a customer of the alarm company, has installed an alarm system at the home or business of the customer and charges the customer a monthly fee to perform monitoring services, not later than 5 business days after receiving notice from the customer that the alarm system is defective or inoperative, to: (1) repair or replace the defective or inoperative alarm system or any component thereof; or (2) cancel the remainder of the contract and refund any unearned money paid by the customer. If the alarm company cancels the contract, section 1 prohibits the alarm company from charging the customer a penalty, fee, forfeiture …
Sponsors
- John Ellison (R, 19) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.)
- : In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- : Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 311.) To printer.
- : From printer. To committee.
- : Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
Votes
- Senate (1st Reprint) (April 22, 2025): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB311?
- SB311 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Imposes certain requirements upon certain alarm companies. (BDR 52-730).
- What does SB311 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to trade practices; imposing certain requirements upon certain alarm companies with respect to an alarm system that becomes defective or inoperative; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Section 1 of this bill imposes certain requirements upon an "alarm company," which section 1 defines to mean a person who engages in the sale, installation, service, maintenance, repair or replacement of an alarm system or the provision of monitoring services…
- What is the status of SB311?
- Introduced. Latest action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.) (May 17, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB311?
- John Ellison (R, 19).
- Where is the official record for SB311?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12538/Overview
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