S.B. 123
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SENATE BILL NO. 123–SENATOR ELLISON
PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Prohibits local governments from enacting rent
control. (BDR 20-723)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to rent control; prohibiting a board of county
commissioners or governing body of an incorporated city
from enacting an ordinance or measure imposing rent
control; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners or a governing body 1
of an incorporated city, with certain exceptions, to exercise all powers necessary or 2
proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of county or 3
city government, as applicable, whether or not the powers are expressly granted to 4
the board or governing body. (NRS 244.146, 268.0035) This bill prohibits a board 5
of county commissioners and a governing body of an incorporated city from 6
enacting any ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 7
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
A board of county commissioners shall not enact any 3
ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 4
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Sec. 2. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
The governing body of an incorporated city shall not enact any 3
ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 4
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