Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

AB 501 — Authorizes certain pupils to receive academic credit for completing certain outdoor recreational activities. (BDR 34-1142)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 152.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on May 30, 2025.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

58 added · 69 removed

58 line(s) added, 69 removed.

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Assembly Bill No.
501 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
501–Assemblymembers Yeager and Jauregui CHAPTER..........
501–ASSEMBLYMEMBERS Y EAGER AND JAUREGUI M ARCH 24, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Authorizes certain pupils to receive academic credit for completing certain outdoor recreational activities.
(BDR 34-1142) 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.
Existing law prescribes certain courses of study required for a pupil to be promoted to high school or to graduate from high school.
promoted to high school or to graduate from high school.
(NRS 390.600, 392.033) towards the number of credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil completes certain approved projects.
(NRS 390.600, 392.033) Existing law requires that a pupil be allowed to apply not more than one credit towards the number of credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil completes certain approved projects.
(NRS 389.165) This bill authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to authorize a pupil enrolled in junior high or middle school or high school to receive credit toward the number of credits required for the pupil to be promoted to high school or to graduate from high school, as applicable, for completing certain approved outdoor recreational activities outside of school hours.
(NRS 389.165) This bill authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to authorize toward the number of credits required for the pupil to be promoted to high school or to graduate from high school, as applicable, for completing certain approved outdoor recreational activities outside of school hours.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may authorize a pupil enrolled in junior high or middle school or high school who completes an outdoor recreational activity that is approved pursuant to subsection 2 to - *AB501* – 2 – receive credit toward the total number of credits required for promotion to high school or graduation from high school, as applicable.
The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school may authorize a pupil enrolled in junior high or middle school or high school who completes an outdoor recreational activity that is approved pursuant to subsection 2 to receive credit toward the total number of credits required for promotion to high school or graduation from high school, as applicable.
(2) Building trails;
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – (2) Building trails;
(5) Outdoor recreational skills, including, without limitation, hiking and archery;
(5) Outdoor recreational skills, including, without limitat(6) Bird watching.chery;
and (6) Bird watching.
and 3.
3.
H - *AB501*
~~~~~ 25 - 83rd Session (2025)
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 152.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

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

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

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

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

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

  10. Read second time.

  11. From committee: Do pass.

  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.

  13. In Senate.

  14. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Amendment No. 295 withdrawn. Read second time.

  16. From printer. To committee.

  17. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 65 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (65)

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Who sponsors AB 501?
AB 501 is sponsored by Jauregui, Sandra (Democratic) and Yeager, Steve (Democratic).
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