Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 237 — Authorizes any county to create the office of registrar of voters. (BDR 20-363)

Last action — (No further action taken.)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

Vetoed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 02, 2025.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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26 added · 36 removed

26 line(s) added, 36 removed.

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237 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
237–Committee on Government Affairs CHAPTER..........
237–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT A FFAIRS (O N BEHALF OF THE JOINT NTERIM S TANDING COMMITTEE ON L EGISLATIVE O PERATIONS AND E LECTIONS ) FEBRUARY 17, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections SUMMARY—Authorizes any county to create the office of registrar of voters.
(BDR 20-363) 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.
population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to create the office of registrar of voters and make appointments to the office.
Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties) to create the office of registrar of voters and make appointments to the office.
Upon appointment, a registrar of voters assumes, with certain exceptions, all powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the county clerk with respect to elections.
Upon appointment, a registrar of voters assumes, with certain exceptions, all powers and (NRS 244.164) in and imposed upon the county clerk with respect to elections.
(NRS 244.164) Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that a county have a population Removal of the population requirement authorizes any county to create the office of registrar of voters.
Section 1 of this bill removes the requirement that a county have a population of 100,000 or more to be authorized to create the office of registrar of voters.
Removal of the population requirement authorizes any county to create the office of registrar of voters.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
[In each county having a population of 100,000 or more, the] The board of county commissioners of each county may create the office of registrar of voters, prescribe the qualifications, - *AB237* – 2 – duties and compensation of that office and make appointments to that office.
[In each county having a population of 100,000 or more, the] The board of county commissioners of each county may create the office of registrar of voters, prescribe the qualifications, duties and compensation of that office and make appointments to that office.
The registrar of voters, upon appointment as provided in subsection 1, shall assume all of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the county clerk of the county with respect to make out and deliver certificates of election.
The registrar of voters, upon appointment as provided in subsection 1, shall assume all of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the county clerk of the county with respect to elections, except the duties imposed by virtue of NRS 293.393 to make out and deliver certificates of election.
of NRS 293.393 to Sec.
Sec.
H - *AB237*
~~~~~ 25 - 83rd Session (2025)
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Action History

  1. (No further action taken.)

  2. Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Assembly with Governor's veto message.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.

  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  7. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

  8. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.

  10. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  11. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  12. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  13. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  14. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  15. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  16. Read second time.

  17. From committee: Do pass.

  18. From printer. To committee.

  19. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Government Affairs · Primary

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Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Government Affairs

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

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Who sponsors AB 237?
AB 237 is sponsored by Assembly Committee on Government Affairs.
What is the current status of AB 237?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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