Nevada · Senate Bill 5 · 83rd (2025) Session

Revises provisions relating to the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. (BDR S-409)

SB 5 Sponsored by Senate Committee on Government Affairs Died in committee

  1. Introduced Oct 8, 2024
  2. In committee Oct 8, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Assembly  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. (NRS 224.160) The Office of Small Business Advocacy is required to perform various duties relating to small businesses, including: (1) providing certain information to small businesses, the public and certain entities; (2) coordinating with certain state agencies and local governments to facilitate interactions…

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Existing law creates the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. (NRS 224.160) The Office of Small Business Advocacy is required to perform various duties relating to small businesses, including: (1) providing certain information to small businesses, the public and certain entities; (2) coordinating with certain state agencies and local governments to facilitate interactions between such entities and small businesses; (3) attempting to resolve complaints from small businesses; and (4) assisting small businesses to understand their rights and responsibilities. (NRS 224.160, 224.170, 224.180) The existing law which creates the Office of Small Business Advocacy is set to expire by limitation on June 30, 2025. (Section 20 of chapter 240, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 1154, as amended by chapter 447, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 2734) This bill removes the prospective expiration of the Office of Small Business Advocacy, thereby retaining the Office of Small Business Advocacy within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Every action

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

  1. SenatePrefiled.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Government Affairs. · Senate Government Affairs
  3. SenateTo printer.
  4. SenateFrom printer.
  5. SenateRead first time.
  6. SenateTo committee.
  7. SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
  8. Senate(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

Roll calls

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Sponsors

The 0 members who introduced it.

  • SC Senate Committee on Government Affairs Sponsoring committee

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.