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SenateSpecial BillSession (36th) A SB8 R1 26 Amendment No.
8–Select26 CommitteeAssembly onAmendment Jobsto andSenate EconomyBill CHAPTER..........No.
8 First Reprint (BDR 53-35) Proposed by:
Assembly Select Committee on Public Safety and Security Amends:
Summary:
No Title:
No Preamble:
No Joint Sponsorship:
No Digest:
Yes ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Dat| SENATE ACTION Initial and Date Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not Receded Not | Receded Not EXPLANATION:
Matter in (1) blue bold italics is new language in the original bill;
(2) variations of green bold underlining is language proposed to be added in this amendment;
(3) red strikethrough is deleted language in the original bill;
(4) purple double strikethrough is language proposed to be deleted in this amendment;
(5) orange double underlining is deleted language in the original bill proposed to be retained in this amendment.
JDK/BAW - Date:
11/18/2025 S.B.
No.
8—Revises provisions relating to employment.
(BDR 53-35) Page 1 of 5 *A_SB8_R1_26* Assembly Amendment No.
26 to Senate Bill No.
8 First Reprint Page 3 SENATE BILLN O.
8–ELECT C OMMITTEE ON JOBS ANDE CONOMY N OVEMBER 15, 2025 _______________ Referred to Select Committee on Jobs and Economy SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to employment.
(BDR 53-35) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
LegislativeLegExisting Counsel’slaw Digest:establishes requirements relating to compensation, wages and hours of employees.
Existing(Chapter law608 establishesof requirementsNRS) relatingExisting tostate compensation,law wagesrequires, andwith certain exceptions that are similar to certain exceptions found in federal law and certain regulations relating to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, an employer to pay compensation to an employee for each hour the employee works.
§§ 552.102, 785.22) The federal Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 provides that certain activities are not compensable under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, including those which are preliminary to or postliminary to the principal activity or activities which the Supremeemployee Courtis heldengaged thatto theperform. Nevada Legislature has not incorporated thoseda additional exceptions from the federal Portal-to-Portal Act into state law.
(29 U.S.C.
§§ 252, 254) In 2025, the Nevada Supreme Court held that the Nevada Legislature has not incorporated those additional exceptions from the federal Portal- to-Portal Act into state law.
50, 2025 WL 3032215 (2025)) Section 1 of this bill adds to state law certain additional exclusions and exceptions relating to compensable activities and working time from the federal Portal-to-PortalPortal-to- Portal Act and federal Fair Labor Standards Act including:
(3) programs;preparatory and concluding 254;
and (5) travel time.
(29 U.S.C.
§§ 252, 254;
§§ 785.14-785.17, 785.26-785.41) Section 5 of this bill provides that thethe. amendatory provisions of section 1 expire by limitation on October 31, 2029.
§§ 252, amendatory provisions of section 1 expire by limitation on October 31, 2029.
(NRS 608.018) Section 2 of this bill makes certain calculations relating to overtime subject to federal regulations which relate to principles for computing overtime based on the regular rate of pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
§§ 778.107-778.503)ular778.107- rate778.50) ofTHE payPEOPLE underOF theTHE FairSTATE LaborOF StandardsNEVADA, EXPLANATIONREPRESENTED –IN MatterSENATE inAND boldedASSEMBLY, italicsDO isENACT new;AS FOLLOWS:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
608.016 Except as otherwise provided in NRS 608.0195 and 608.215, and excluding from hours of work such time excluded by sections 2 and 4 of the Portal-to-PortalAssembly ActAmendment ofNo. 1947, as amended, U.S.C.
§§26 252to andSenate 254,Bill andNo. the following specific federal regulations adopted under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, U.S.C.
8 First Reprint Page 4 Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947, as amended, 29 U.S.C.
§§ 252 and 254, and the following specific federal regulations adopted under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C.
§§ 785.14 to 785.17, inclusive, 785.26, 785.27 to 785.32, inclusive, and 785.33 to 785.41, - 36th Special Session (2025) – 2 – inclusive, an employer shall pay to the employee wages for each hour the employee works.
An employer shall not require an employee to work without wages during a trial or break-in period [.] or when an employee is donning or doffing a uniform or personal protective equipment where employees are not permitted to bring or wear uniforms or personal protective equipment from home.inghome. Sec.
Sec.
(a) Employees who are not covered by the minimum wage provisions of Section 16 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution;
-(h) 36thEmployees Specialof Session (2025) – 3 – (i) Drivers or drivers’ helpers making local deliveries and paid on a trip-ratecarrier basisby orair; other delivery payment plan;
(i) Drivers or drivers’ helpers making local deliveries and paid on a trip-rate basis or other delivery payment plan;
(o)Assembly AAmendment domesticNo. worker who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic worker and his or her employer agree in writing to exempt the domestic worker from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2;
and26 (p)to ASenate domesticBill serviceNo. employee who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic service employee and his or employee from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2.ervice 4.
8 First Reprint Page 5 (o) A domestic worker who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic worker and his or her employer agree in writing to exempt the domestic worker from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2;
and (p) A domestic service employee who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic service employee and his or her employer agree in writing to exempt the domestic service employee from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2.
4.
The amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act apply to any action or proceeding that is pending as of the effective date of this act or filed on or after the effective date of this act,act [,] and not later than October 31, 2029, including, without limitation, such an action or proceeding where an act, omission or underlying event giving rise to the action or proceeding occurred before the effective date of this act [.] or on or after the effective date of this act and not later than October 31, 2029.
-Sec. 36th Special Session (2025) – 4 – 218D.435, a committee may vote on this act before the expiration of the period prescribed for the return of a fiscal note in NRS 218D.475.
4.
Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 218D.430 and 218D.435, a committee may vote on this act before the expiration of the period prescribed for the return of a fiscal note in NRS 218D.475.
SectionThe amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act expiresexpire by limitation on October 31, 2029.
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