Nevada · Assembly Bill 385 · 83rd (2025) Session

Revises provisions relating to governmental administration. (BDR 22-851)

AB 385 Sponsored by Lisa K. Cole Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 10, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 10, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Under existing law, subject to certain limitations, a governing body of any city or county may adopt a building code. (NRS 278.580-278.586) Section 1 of this bill: (1) prohibits, with certain exceptions, the governing body of a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County) and the governing body of any city within such a county from adopting a building code, ordinance or taking any other…

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Under existing law, subject to certain limitations, a governing body of any city or county may adopt a building code. (NRS 278.580-278.586) Section 1 of this bill: (1) prohibits, with certain exceptions, the governing body of a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County) and the governing body of any city within such a county from adopting a building code, ordinance or taking any other action to prohibit or limit the use of a cooling tower system which uses water in certain projects for which the governing body must issue a permit; and (2) authorizes such a governing body to establish a process to exempt such projects from a prohibition or limitation in a building code or ordinance on the use of cooling towers. Sections 3-5 of this bill limit the authority of a county or city subject to the provisions of section 1 to adopt a building code. Section 2 of this bill applies the definitions in existing law relating to planning and zoning to the provisions of section 1.

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. AssemblyRead first time.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Government Affairs. · Assembly Government Affairs
  3. AssemblyTo printer.
  4. AssemblyFrom printer.
  5. AssemblyTo committee.
  6. Assembly(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Nevada's official records (leg.state.nv.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.