REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE
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S.B. 225
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SENATE BILL NO. 225–COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS
(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING COMMITTEE
ON LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS AND ELECTIONS)
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to elections.
(BDR 24-361)
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 elections; requiring a candidate at a presidential
preference primary election to pay a filing fee; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
In a presidential election year, existing law requires, with certain exceptions, 1
that a presidential preference primary election be held to determine the preferences 2
of the registered voters of a major political party regarding the party’s nominee for 3
President of the United States. (NRS 298.600-298.720) A person who is a qualified 4
candidate to be a major political party’s nominee for President of the United States 5
and wants to appear on the ballot for a presidential preference primary election 6
must file with the Secretary of State a declaration of candidacy. (NRS 298.660) 7
Existing law also requires certain persons to pay a filing fee for filing a declaration 8
of candidacy for certain federal, state and local offices. (NRS 293.193) 9
Sections 1 and 2 of this bill require a person who files a declaration of 10
candidacy for the presidential preference primary election to pay a filing fee of 11
$1,000. 12
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- *SB225*
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 293.193 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
293.193 1. Fees as listed in this section for filing declarations 2
of candidacy must be paid to the filing officer by cash, cashier’s 3
check or certified check. 4
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Presidential preference primary candidate .................. $1,000 6
United States Senator .................................................... [$] 500 7
Representative in Congress ................................................ 300 8
Governor ............................................................................. 300 9
Justice of the Supreme Court .............................................. 300 10
Any state office, other than Governor or justice 11
of the Supreme Court .................................................... 200 12
District judge ...................................................................... 150 13
Justice of the peace ............................................................. 100 14
Any county office ............................................................... 100 15
State Senator ....................................................................... 100 16
Assemblyman or Assemblywoman .................................... 100 17
Any district office other than district judge .......................... 30 18
Constable or other town or township office ......................... 30 19
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For the purposes of this subsection, trustee of a county school 21
district, hospital or hospital district is not a county office. 22
2. No filing fee may be required from a candidate for an office 23
the holder of which receives no compensation. 24
3. The county clerk shall pay to the county treasurer all filing 25
fees received from candidates. The county treasurer shall deposit the 26
money to the credit of the general fund of the county. 27
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.194, a filing fee 28
paid pursuant to this section is not refundable. 29
Sec. 2. NRS 298.660 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30
298.660 If a person who is a qualified candidate to be a major 31
political party’s nominee for President of the United States wants to 32
appear on the ballot for a presidential preference primary election 33
that is held for the party, the person must, not earlier than October 1 34
and not later than 5 p.m. on October 15 of the year immediately 35
preceding the presidential preference primary election, file with the 36
Secretary of State a declaration of candidacy in the form prescribed 37
by the Secretary of State [.] and pay the filing fee required by 38
NRS 293.193. 39
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 40
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