(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 15, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT S.B. 274
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SENATE BILL NO. 274–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
(ON BEHALF OF THE SUNSET SUBCOMMITTEE
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION)
MARCH 4, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing state boards and
commissions. (BDR 18-973)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Yes.
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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 governmental administration; revising the
manner in which the Chair and Vice Chair of the Sunset
Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission are
selected; revising reporting requirements by certain
licensing boards and other regulatory bodies concerning
the criminal histories of certain applicants; repealing the
requirement that the Sunset Subcommittee review certain
licensing boards and other regulatory bodies regarding
restrictions on the criminal histories of certain applicants;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law creates the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative 1
Commission and requires the Sunset Subcommittee to conduct a review of certain 2
boards and commissions in this State. Under existing law, the Chair and Vice Chair 3
of the Sunset Subcommittee are elected by the voting members of the Sunset 4
Subcommittee. (NRS 232B.210, 232B.220) Section 2 of this bill instead requires 5
that the Chair and Vice Chair of the Sunset Subcommittee be appointed by the 6
Chair of the Legislative Commission. 7
Existing law requires certain professional or occupational licensing boards and 8
other regulatory bodies to submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau 9
quarterly reports concerning petitions for the review of criminal histories of 10
potential applicants, which would disqualify such applicants from obtaining a 11
license from the professional or occupational licensing board or regulatory body, as 12
applicable. (NRS 622.085, 622.100) Section 3 of this bill removes this requirement. 13
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Existing law requires the Sunset Subcommittee to conduct a review of certain 14
professional or occupational licensing boards and other regulatory bodies in this 15
State to determine whether the restrictions on the criminal history of an applicant 16
for an occupational or professional license are appropriate. (NRS 232B.237) 17
Section 4 of this bill repeals this requirement. 18
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. (Deleted by amendment.) 1
Sec. 2. NRS 232B.210 is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
232B.210 1. The Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative 3
Commission, consisting of nine members, is hereby created. The 4
membership of the Sunset Subcommittee consists of: 5
(a) Three voting members of the Legislature appointed by the 6
Majority Leader of the Senate, at least one of whom must be a 7
member of the minority political party; 8
(b) Three voting members of the Legislature appointed by the 9
Speaker of the Assembly, at least one of whom must be a member 10
of the minority political party; and 11
(c) Three nonvoting members of the general public appointed by 12
the Chair of the Legislative Commission from among the names of 13
nominees submitted by the Governor pursuant to subsection 2. 14
2. The Governor shall, at least 30 days before the beginning of 15
the term of any member appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of 16
subsection 1, or within 30 days after such a position on the Sunset 17
Subcommittee becomes vacant, submit to the Legislative 18
Commission the names of at least three persons qualified for 19
membership on the Sunset Subcommittee. The Chair of the 20
Legislative Commission shall appoint a new member or fill the 21
vacancy from the list, or request a new list. The Chair of 22
the Legislative Commission may appoint any qualified person who 23
is a resident of this State to a position described in paragraph (c) of 24
subsection 1. 25
3. Each member of the Sunset Subcommittee serves at the 26
pleasure of the appointing authority. 27
4. The [voting members of the Sunset Subcommittee] Chair of 28
the Legislative Commission shall [elect a] appoint the Chair of the 29
Sunset Subcommittee from one House of the Legislature and [a] 30
Vice Chair from the other House. Each Chair and Vice Chair of the 31
Sunset Subcommittee holds office for a term of 2 years 32
commencing on July 1 of each odd-numbered year. If a vacancy 33
occurs in the office of Chair or Vice Chair, the vacancy must be 34
filled in the same manner as the original selection for the remainder 35
of the unexpired term. 36
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5. The membership of any member of the Sunset 1
Subcommittee who is a Legislator and who is not a candidate for 2
reelection or who is defeated for reelection terminates on the day 3
next after the general election. 4
6. A vacancy on the Sunset Subcommittee must be filled in the 5
same manner as the original appointment. 6
7. The Sunset Subcommittee shall meet at the times and places 7
specified by a call of the Chair. Four voting members of the Sunset 8
Subcommittee constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise any 9
power or authority conferred on the Sunset Subcommittee. 10
8. For each day or portion of a day during which a member of 11
the Sunset Subcommittee who is a Legislator attends a meeting of 12
the Sunset Subcommittee or is otherwise engaged in the business 13
of the Sunset Subcommittee, except during a regular or special 14
session of the Legislature, the Legislator is entitled to receive the: 15
(a) Compensation provided for a majority of the members of the 16
Legislature during the first 60 days of the preceding regular session; 17
(b) Per diem allowance provided for state officers generally; and 18
(c) Travel expenses provided pursuant to NRS 218A.655. 19
The compensation, per diem allowances and travel expenses of 20
the members of the Sunset Subcommittee who are Legislators must 21
be paid from the Legislative Fund. 22
9. While engaged in the business of the Sunset Subcommittee, 23
the members of the Subcommittee who are not Legislators are 24
entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses 25
provided for state officers and employees generally. 26
Sec. 3. NRS 622.100 is hereby amended to read as follows: 27
622.100 1. Each regulatory body shall, on or before the 20th 28
day of January, April, July and October, submit to the Director of 29
the Legislative Counsel Bureau in an electronic format prescribed 30
by the Director: 31
(a) A summary of each disciplinary action taken by the 32
regulatory body during the immediately preceding calendar quarter 33
against any licensee of the regulatory body; and 34
(b) A report that includes: 35
(1) For the immediately preceding calendar quarter: 36
(I) The number of licenses issued by the regulatory body; 37
(II) The total number of applications for licensure 38
received by the regulatory body; 39
(III) The number of applications rejected by the 40
regulatory body as incomplete; 41
(IV) The average number of days between the date of 42
rejection of an application as incomplete and the resubmission by 43
the applicant of a complete application; 44
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(V) A list of each reason given by the regulatory body for 1
the denial of an application and the number of applications denied 2
by the regulatory body for each such reason; and 3
(VI) The number of applications reviewed on an 4
individual basis by the regulatory body or the executive head of the 5
regulatory body; 6
[(VII) The number of petitions submitted to the regulatory 7
body pursuant to NRS 622.085; 8
(VIII) The number of determinations of disqualification 9
made by the regulatory body pursuant to NRS 622.085; and 10
(IX) The reasons for such determinations;] and 11
(2) Any other information that is requested by the Director or 12
which the regulatory body determines would be helpful to the 13
Legislature in evaluating whether the continued existence of the 14
regulatory body is necessary. 15
2. The Director shall: 16
(a) Provide any information received pursuant to subsection 1 to 17
a member of the public upon request; 18
(b) Cause a notice of the availability of such information to be 19
posted on the public website of the Nevada Legislature on the 20
Internet; and 21
(c) Transmit a compilation of the information received pursuant 22
to subsection 1 to the Legislative Commission quarterly, unless 23
otherwise directed by the Commission. 24
3. The Director, on or before the first day of each regular 25
session of the Legislature and at such other times as directed, shall 26
compile the reports received pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 27
1 and distribute copies of the compilation to the Senate Standing 28
Committee on Commerce and Labor and the Assembly Standing 29
Committee on Commerce and Labor, each of which shall review the 30
compilation to determine whether the continued existence of each 31
regulatory body is necessary. 32
Sec. 4. NRS 232B.237 is hereby repealed. 33
TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION
232B.237 Review of professional or occupational licensing
boards and regulatory bodies regarding restrictions on criminal
histories of applicants.
1. The Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission
shall conduct a review of each professional or occupational
licensing board and regulatory body in this State to determine
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whether the restrictions on the criminal history of an applicant for an
occupational or professional license are appropriate.
2. Each professional or occupational licensing board and
regulatory body subject to review pursuant to subsection 1 must
submit information to the Sunset Subcommittee on a form
prescribed by the Sunset Subcommittee. The information must
include, without limitation:
(a) The number of petitions submitted to a professional or
occupational licensing board and regulatory body pursuant to NRS
1.545, 240A.275, 244.33504, 361.2212, 379.00785, 435.3395,
445B.7776, 449.03008, 449.4316, 450B.169, 455C.125, 457.1825,
458.0258, 477.2233, 482.163, 487.006, 489.298, 490.195, 502.375,
503.5831, 504.391, 505.013, 534.1405, 544.147, 555.305, 557.225,
576.037, 581.1033, 582.035, 584.2165, 587.014, 599A.057,
599B.127, 618.357, 622.085, 678B.630 and 706.4626;
(b) The number of determinations of disqualification made by
the professional or occupational licensing board and regulatory body
pursuant to NRS 1.545, 240A.275, 244.33504, 361.2212,
379.00785, 435.3395, 445B.7776, 449.03008, 449.4316, 450B.169,
455C.125, 457.1825, 458.0258, 477.2233, 482.163, 487.006,
489.298, 490.195, 502.375, 503.5831, 504.391, 505.013, 534.1405,
544.147, 555.305, 557.225, 576.037, 581.1033, 582.035, 584.2165,
587.014, 599A.057, 599B.127, 618.357, 622.085, 678B.630 and
706.4626; and
(c) The reasons for such determinations of disqualification.
3. As used in this section, “regulatory body” has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 622.060.
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