Nevada · Senate Bill 321 · 83rd (2025) Session

Revises provisions relating to public utilities. (BDR 58-1078)

  1. Introduced Mar 11, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 11, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Apr 10, 2025
  4. Passed the Assembly May 22, 2025
  5. To the governor May 27, 2025
  6. Became law May 31, 2025

What it does

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

Existing law provides that a person who violates regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada in conformity with the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. §§ 60101 et seq., is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $200,000 for each violation for each day that the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for any related series of violations. (NRS 704.595) Existing federal…

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Existing law provides that a person who violates regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada in conformity with the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. §§ 60101 et seq., is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $200,000 for each violation for each day that the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,000,000 for any related series of violations. (NRS 704.595) Existing federal law and regulations establish corresponding civil penalties relating to pipeline safety violations, the amounts of which are required to be adjusted each year to account for inflation and currently may not exceed $272,926 for each violation for each day the violation persists, up to a maximum of $2,729,245 for any related series of violations. (49 U.S.C. § 60122(a); 49 C.F.R. § 190.223(a)) This bill revises the amount of the civil penalty to align with the amount that may be charged for the corresponding civil penalties under federal law. Existing law also provides that the amount of the civil penalty may be deducted from any sum owed to the person by the State. (NRS 704.595) This bill removes these provisions.

Every action

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

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  1. SenateRead first time.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. · Senate Growth and Infrastructure
  3. SenateTo printer.
  4. SenateFrom printer.
  5. SenateTo committee.
  6. CommitteeFrom committee: Do pass. · Senate Growth and Infrastructure
  7. SenateRead second time.
  8. SenateRead third time.
  9. SenatePassed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.)
  10. SenateTo Assembly.
  11. AssemblyIn Assembly.
  12. AssemblyRead first time.
  13. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. · Assembly Growth and Infrastructure
  14. AssemblyTo committee.
  15. CommitteeFrom committee: Do pass. · Assembly Growth and Infrastructure
  16. AssemblyRead second time.
  17. AssemblyTaken from General File.
  18. AssemblyPlaced on General File for next legislative day.
  19. AssemblyTaken from General File.
  20. AssemblyPlaced on General File for next legislative day.
  21. AssemblyTaken from General File.
  22. AssemblyPlaced on General File for next legislative day.
  23. AssemblyTaken from General File.
  24. AssemblyPlaced on General File for next legislative day.
  1. AssemblyRead third time.
  2. AssemblyPassed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
  3. AssemblyTo Senate.
  4. SenateIn Senate.
  5. SenateTo enrollment.
  6. SenateEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
  7. GovernorApproved by the Governor.
  8. Secretary of StateChapter 197.

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

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.