Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 4 D · 4 R cosponsors

SB 240 — Revises provisions relating to state business licenses. (BDR 7-126)

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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 21, 2025) SECOND REPRINT S.B.
EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2025) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
The fee for the issuance of a state business license is $500 bill reduces the fee for the issuance of a state business license for certain businesses which employ not more than 50 full-time or part-time employees to $100 effective July 1, 2027.
The fee for the issuance of a state business license is $500 bill reduces the fee for the issuance of a state business license for certain businesses which employ not more than 50 full-time or part-time employees to $100.
- *SB240_R2* – 2 – (a) Be made upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of State;
(a) Be made upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of State;
(b) Set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, or if the applicant is an entity organized pursuant to this title and on file with the Secretary of State, the exact name on file with the Secretary of State, the business identification number as assigned by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 225.082, and the location in this State of the place or places of business;
- *SB240_R1* – 2 – (b) Set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, or if the applicant is an entity organized pursuant to this title and on file with the Secretary of State, the exact name on file with the Secretary of State, the business identification number as assigned by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 225.082, and the location in this State of the place or places of business;
- *SB240_R2* – 3 – (1) Is organized pursuant to this title, other than a business organized pursuant to:
- *SB240_R1* – 3 – (1) Is organized pursuant to this title, other than a business organized pursuant to:
This act becomes effective on July 1, 2027.
This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
H - *SB240_R2*
H - *SB240_R1*
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Compared against the Nevada Revised Statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

The bill reduces the state business license fee to $100 for certain businesses employing not more than 50 employees.

  • NRS 76.100

    Be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $200, except that if the applicant is a corporation organized pursuant to chapter 78, 78A or 78B of NRS, or a foreign corporation required to file an initial or annual list with the Secretary of State pursuant to chapter 80 of NRS, the application must be accompanied by a fee of $500; → Unless a reduced fee is otherwise provided in subsection 8, be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $200 or, if the applicant is a corporation organized pursuant to chapter 78, 78A or 78B of NRS, or a foreign corporation required to file an initial or annual list with the Secretary of State pursuant to chapter 80 of NRS, a fee of $500;

    Clarifies that typically the fee is $200 or $500, which sets the stage for the new reduced fee in subsection 8.

  • NRS 76.100

    If an applicant for a state business license is a sole proprietorship, limited-liability company, limited partnership or general partnership which employs not more than 50 full-time or part-time employees, the application must be accompanied by a fee of $100.

    Establishes a reduced fee of $100 for smaller businesses with 50 or fewer employees.

Amendments

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Action History

  1. (No further action taken.)

  2. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.

  3. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.

  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 718.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.

  5. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

  6. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 78.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.

  7. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  8. From printer. To committee.

  9. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

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5 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 59 not signed on

Sponsors (5)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (59)

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Votes

Senate (2nd Reprint)

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8000
Democratic 13000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Cannizzaro, Nicole J. Democratic Yea
Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" Democratic Yea
Daly, Skip Democratic Yea
Dondero Loop, Marilyn Democratic Yea
Doñate, Fabian Democratic Yea
Flores, Edgar Democratic Yea
Lange, Roberta Democratic Yea
Neal, Dina Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Rochelle T. Democratic Yea
Ohrenschall, James Democratic Yea
Pazina, Julie Democratic Yea
Scheible, Melanie Democratic Yea
Taylor, Angela D. Democratic Yea
Buck, Carrie Ann Republican Yea
Ellison, John Republican Yea
Hansen, Ira Republican Yea
Krasner, Lisa Republican Yea
Rogich, Lori Republican Yea
Steinbeck, John C. Republican Yea
Stone, Jeff Republican Yea
Titus, Robin L. Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 240?
SB 240 is sponsored by Krasner, Lisa (Republican), Hansen, Ira (Republican), Ellison, John (Republican), Flores, Edgar (Democratic), Dondero Loop, Marilyn (Democratic), Steinbeck, John C. (Republican), Lange, Roberta (Democratic), and Pazina, Julie (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 240?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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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