Overview
STATE BUDGET
The state operates on a biennial budget cycle that starts July 1. Agencies submit requests to the Governor by September 1, and the Governor submits a budget to the Legislature in January. The Legislature passes a budget in June. The constitution requires the enacted budget to be balanced.
STATE LEGISLATURE
The Nevada State Assembly has 42 members, and the Nevada State Senate has 21 members serving four-year terms. Nevada state Senators are limited to three four-year terms, and the Assembly is limited to six two-year terms. The Legislature is the third-smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States. Nevada has no regular session in even-numbered years.
KEY RESOURCES
2025 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Nevada passed AB343, which requires hospitals to publish online lists of standard charges for all items and services update annually. The act requires hospitals to provide patients with itemized statements and receipts, and may void debt if hospitals do not comply. It also prohibits hospitals from collecting or referring medical debt to collection agencies. The State Department of Human Services is responsible for enforcing the act.
Nevada Laws
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.530. Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through certain purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding: County Hospitals– Miscellaneous Provisions – Nevada
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A county hospital that is authorized to purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services in accordance with this section through the purchasing contracts of the company that manages the hospital or through a purchasing group may […]
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 450.730. Purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and services through purchasing contracts or purchasing group without complying with certain requirements for competitive bidding: County Hospital Districts – Nevada
Introduced: Status: Enacted
A district hospital that is authorized to purchase supplies, materials, equipment and services in accordance with this section through the purchasing contracts of the company that manages the hospital or through a purchasing group may […]
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 49.325. Trade secrets: Privileges — Miscellaneous Privileges – Nevada
Introduced: Status: Enacted
1. A person has a privilege, which may be claimed by the person or the person’s agent or employee, to refuse to disclose and to prevent other persons from disclosing a trade secret owned by him […]
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.195. Noncompetition covenants: Limitations; enforceability; revision by court: Employment Practices — Miscellaneous Provisions – Nevada
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Provides that a noncompetition covenant is void and unenforceable, with exceptions.
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.200. Prevention of employment of person who has been discharged or who terminates employment unlawful; criminal and administrative penalties; exception: Employment Practices — Miscellaneous Provisions – Nevada
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Provides penalty for violation of prohibition against noncompetition covenant.
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