Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Nevada Senate Bill SB360 Compare Versions

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7	7	SENATE BILL NO. 360–SENATOR ROGICH
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9	9	MARCH 17, 2025
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12	12	Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
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14	14	SUMMARY—Imposes requirements relating to the safety of hotels.
15	15	(BDR 40-1034)
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17	17	FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
18	18	Effect on the State: Yes.
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22	22	EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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25	25	AN ACT relating to hotels; requiring the State Board of Health to
26	26	adopt regulations requiring, with certain exceptions,
27	27	certain hotel operators in a county whose population is
28	28	100,000 or more to ensure that each occupied guest room
29	29	at the hotel receives daily room cleaning; requiring the
30	30	Board to adopt regulations requiring certain hotel
31	31	operators in a county whose population is 100,000 or
32	32	more to ensure that the interior of each occupied guest
33	33	room at the hotel is visually inspected by a room attendant
34	34	not less than every second consecutive day during a
35	35	guest’s occupancy to ensure the safety of the guest and
36	36	the public; authorizing a health authority to, upon
37	37	receiving a complaint, inspect a hotel to ensure and
38	38	enforce compliance with such regulations; establishing
39	39	that a person aggrieved by a violation of such regulations
40	40	may institute a civil action; and providing other matters
41	41	properly relating thereto.
42	42	Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
43	43	Existing law authorizes the State Board of Health to adopt, amend and enforce 1
44	44	regulations consistent with law to regulate sanitation and sanitary practices in the 2
45	45	interests of public health. (NRS 439.200) Section 12 of this bill requires the Board 3
46	46	to adopt regulations to require, with certain exceptions, a hotel operator to ensure 4
47	47	that each occupied guest room at the hotel receives daily room cleaning if the hotel 5
48	48	is a: (1) resort hotel; or (2) hotel that contains more than 200 guest rooms or suites 6
49	49	of guest rooms. Section 13 of this bill requires the Board to adopt regulations to 7
50	50	require a hotel operator to ensure that the interior of each occupied guest room at 8
51	51	the hotel is visually inspected by a room attendant not less than every second 9
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56	56	consecutive day during a guest’s occupancy to ensure the safety of the guest and 10
57	57	the public if the hotel is a: (1) resort hotel; or (2) hotel that contains more than 200 11
58	58	guest rooms or suites of guest rooms. 12
59	59	Existing law requires a health authority to enforce regulations relating to hotels. 13
60	60	(NRS 447.190) Section 14 of this bill authorizes a health authority to, upon 14
61	61	receiving a complaint, inspect a hotel to ensure and enforce compliance with the 15
62	62	regulations required by sections 12 and 13. Section 15 of this bill requires the 16
63	63	Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt regulations to 17
64	64	prohibit a hotel operator from retaliating against a hotel employee for: (1) 18
65	65	participating in proceedings related to sections 11-16 of this bill; (2) disclosing or 19
66	66	threatening to disclose an activity, policy or practice that the hotel employee 20
67	67	reasonably believes to violate sections 11-16 or to otherwise pose a substantial and 21
68	68	specific danger to public health or safety; (3) refusing to participate in any such 22
69	69	activity, policy or practice; or (4) seeking enforcement of sections 11-16. 23
70	70	Section 16 establishes that a person aggrieved by a violation of the regulations 24
71	71	adopted pursuant to section 12, 13 or 14 may institute a civil action in a court of 25
72	72	competent jurisdiction. 26
73	73	Section 11 applies the provisions of sections 11-16 to a county whose 27
74	74	population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties). 28
75	75	Sections 2-10 of this bill define certain necessary terms. 29
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78	78	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
79	79	SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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81	81	Section 1. Chapter 447 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
82	82	thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 16, inclusive, of this 2
83	83	act. 3
84	84	Sec. 2. “Board” means the State Board of Health. 4
85	85	Sec. 3. “Department” means the Department of Health and 5
86	86	Human Services. 6
87	87	Sec. 4. “Guest room” means a private room made available 7
88	88	by a hotel for occupancy by a guest. The term includes, without 8
89	89	limitation, a guest room comprised of several interconnected 9
90	90	rooms. 10
91	91	Sec. 5. “Hotel employee” means any natural person in the 11
92	92	service of a hotel operator who provides such service under any 12
93	93	appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or 13
94	94	implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed. 14
95	95	Sec. 6. “Hotel operator” means any owner or keeper of a 15
96	96	hotel. The term includes, without limitation, any person or 16
97	97	contractor who, in a managerial, supervisory or confidential 17
98	98	capacity, employs one or more hotel employees. 18
99	99	Sec. 7. “Occupied guest room” means a guest room for 19
100	100	which a guest is currently checked in, regardless of whether the 20
101	101	guest is physically present in the room. 21
102	102	Sec. 8. “Resort hotel” means: 22
103	103	1. A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865; 23
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108	108	2. An establishment described in section 19 of chapter 452, 1
109	109	Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 1713; or 2
110	110	3. A resort hotel described in section 20 of chapter 452, 3
111	111	Statutes of Nevada 1997, at page 1713. 4
112	112	Sec. 9. “Room attendant” means a hotel employee whose 5
113	113	principal duties are to clean and maintain guest rooms in a hotel. 6
114	114	Sec. 10. “Room cleaning” means the performance of 7
115	115	services or tasks that are necessary to maintain the cleanliness of 8
116	116	a guest room before, during or after a guest occupies the guest 9
117	117	room. The term does not include: 10
118	118	1. Organizing or maintaining inventory in a guest room; 11
119	119	2. Delivering inventory to a guest room; 12
120	120	3. Turndown service or other tasks associated with preparing 13
121	121	a bed that was already made; or 14
122	122	4. Conducting preventative or necessary maintenance to a 15
123	123	guest room, including, without limitation, repairs, replacement 16
124	124	and general maintenance of appliances, electronics, furniture, 17
125	125	doors, windows, carpets, walls, plumbing and other fixtures. 18
126	126	Sec. 11. The provisions of sections 11 to 16, inclusive, of this 19
127	127	act apply to a county whose population is 100,000 or more. 20
128	128	Sec. 12. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations requiring, 21
129	129	except as provided in subsection 2, a hotel operator to ensure that 22
130	130	each occupied guest room at the hotel receives daily room 23
131	131	cleaning if the hotel is: 24
132	132	(a) A resort hotel; or 25
133	133	(b) A hotel that contains more than 200 guest rooms or 26
134	134	designated suites of guest rooms. 27
135	135	2. The Board shall not require a hotel operator to ensure that 28
136	136	an occupied guest room receives daily room cleaning in 29
137	137	accordance with subsection 1 if: 30
138	138	(a) The hotel operator is unable to provide room cleaning due 31
139	139	to: 32
140	140	(1) The occurrence of an emergency; or 33
141	141	(2) A superseding government restriction prohibiting the 34
142	142	performance of the room cleaning; or 35
143	143	(b) The guest occupying the room: 36
144	144	(1) Conspicuously displays a “do not disturb” or “privacy” 37
145	145	marker on the door of the entrance to the guest room; or 38
146	146	(2) Opts out of daily room cleaning orally or in writing for 39
147	147	all or part of the duration of the guest’s stay in the guest room. 40
148	148	3. If a guest opts out of daily room cleaning in accordance 41
149	149	with paragraph (b) of subsection 2, the Board shall require the 42
150	150	hotel operator to maintain written documentation of the guest’s 43
151	151	choice to opt out for a period of not less than 3 years. 44
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156	156	4. The Board shall adopt regulations prohibiting a hotel from 1
157	157	advising or incentivizing guests to decline daily room cleaning. 2
158	158	5. For the purposes of this section, “emergency” means an 3
159	159	occurrence or threatened occurrence for which action is necessary 4
160	160	to save lives, protect property or to protect the health and safety of 5
161	161	persons, or to avert the threat of damage to property or injury to 6
162	162	persons. 7
163	163	Sec. 13. 1. The Board shall adopt regulations requiring a 8
164	164	hotel operator to ensure that the interior of each occupied guest 9
165	165	room at the hotel is visually inspected by a room attendant not less 10
166	166	than every second consecutive day during a guest’s occupancy to 11
167	167	ensure the safety of the guest and the public if the hotel is a: 12
168	168	(a) Resort hotel; or 13
169	169	(b) Hotel that contains more than 200 guest rooms or 14
170	170	designated suites of guest rooms. 15
171	171	2. A room attendant performing a visual inspection of an 16
172	172	occupied guest room in accordance with subsection 1 may: 17
173	173	(a) Request the physical presence of either security personnel 18
174	174	or a manager for the hotel for the duration of an inspection of an 19
175	175	occupied guest room; and 20
176	176	(b) Decline to perform an inspection of an occupied guest 21
177	177	room until security personnel or a manager for the hotel is 22
178	178	present. 23
179	179	3. The Board shall adopt regulations prohibiting a room 24
180	180	attendant who performs a visual inspection of an occupied guest 25
181	181	room in accordance with subsection 1 from physically inspecting 26
182	182	or moving any property which belongs to the guest in the occupied 27
183	183	guest room. 28
184	184	Sec. 14. 1. The health authority may, upon receiving a 29
185	185	complaint, inspect a hotel to ensure compliance with the 30
186	186	provisions of the regulations adopted pursuant to sections 12 and 31
187	187	13 of this act. 32
188	188	2. Upon discovering a violation of the regulations adopted 33
189	189	pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of this act, and after notice and the 34
190	190	opportunity for a hearing, the health authority: 35
191	191	(a) Shall order the hotel operator to correct the violation. 36
192	192	(b) May impose an administrative fine of not more than $500 37
193	193	for each initial violation or $1,000 for each second or subsequent 38
194	194	violation. 39
195	195	(c) If the violation occurs at a hotel that is not a resort hotel, 40
196	196	may notify any local governmental entity responsible for licensing 41
197	197	or regulating the hotel. Upon receiving such notification, the local 42
198	198	governmental entity shall review the violation and may take 43
199	199	further action, including, without limitation, suspending or 44
200	200	revoking the license of the hotel, to enforce the regulations 45
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205	205	adopted pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of this act. Such action 1
206	206	must be taken in accordance with any procedures established by 2
207	207	the local governmental entity for actions to enforce statutes or 3
208	208	regulations or impose disciplinary action generally. 4
209	209	(d) If the violation occurs at a resort hotel subject to the 5
210	210	jurisdiction of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, shall notify the 6
211	211	Nevada Gaming Control Board. Upon receiving such notification, 7
212	212	the Nevada Gaming Control Board may take further action to 8
213	213	enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to sections 12 and 13 of 9
214	214	this act. Such action must be taken in accordance with any 10
215	215	procedures established by the Nevada Gaming Control Board for 11
216	216	actions to enforce statutes or regulations or impose disciplinary 12
217	217	action generally. 13
218	218	Sec. 15. The Director of the Department shall adopt 14
219	219	regulations prohibiting a hotel operator from discharging, 15
220	220	reducing the compensation of, increasing the workload of, 16
221	221	imposing fees or charges on, changing the duties of or otherwise 17
222	222	taking adverse action against a hotel employee in retaliation for: 18
223	223	1. Participating in proceedings related to sections 11 to 16, 19
224	224	inclusive, of this act; 20
225	225	2. Disclosing or threatening to disclose to a supervisor or a 21
226	226	governmental entity an activity, policy or practice of a hotel 22
227	227	operator that the hotel employee reasonably believes to violate 23
228	228	sections 11 to 16, inclusive, of this act or otherwise poses a 24
229	229	substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; 25
230	230	3. Refusing to participate in any activity, policy or practice 26
231	231	described in subsection 2; or 27
232	232	4. Seeking enforcement of sections 11 to 16, inclusive, of this 28
233	233	act. 29
234	234	Sec. 16. 1. A person aggrieved by a violation of the 30
235	235	regulations adopted pursuant to section 12, 13 or 14 of this act 31
236	236	may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction. 32
237	237	2. A person instituting a civil action in accordance with this 33
238	238	section must: 34
239	239	(a) Notify the Department of the civil action; and 35
240	240	(b) Send the Department a copy of the complaint. 36
241	241	 Failure to notify the Department of the civil action or send the 37
242	242	Department a copy of the complaint does not adversely affect such 38
243	243	a cause of action. 39
244	244	Sec. 17. NRS 447.003 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40
245	245	447.003 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 41
246	246	requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 447.007 and 447.010 , 42
247	247	and sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act have the meanings 43
248	248	ascribed to them in those sections. 44
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253	253	Sec. 18. 1. This section and sections 1 to 10, inclusive, and 1
254	254	17 of this act become effective upon passage and approval. 2
255	255	2. Sections 11 to 16, inclusive, of this act become effective: 3
256	256	(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 4
257	257	regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 5
258	258	tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 6
259	259	(b) On October 1, 2025, for all other purposes. 7
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