Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 17 — Revises provisions relating to writs of garnishment. (BDR 3-416)

Last action — Chapter 8.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 06, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on May 26, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

44 added · 53 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Assembly Bill No. 17 changes the process for serving writs of garnishment against the State of Nevada. Specifically, instead of sending these documents to the State Controller, they will now be directed to the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration. This adjustment aims to streamline the process and ensure that garnishments are processed more efficiently. It is important because it could potentially reduce delays and improve the effectiveness of garnishment actions involving state entities.

→
Previous
Latest
A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
17 A SSEMBLY BILL NO .
17–Committee on Judiciary CHAPTER..........
17–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (O N BEHALF OF THE STATE CONTROLLER ) P REFILED N OVEMBER 6, 2024 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to writs of garnishment.
(BDR 3-416) FISCAL NOTE:
EffEffect on the State:
Yes.No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
The plaintiff’s application to the court for an order directing the issuance of a writ of garnishment must be by affidavit made by - *AB17* – 2 – or on behalf of the plaintiff to the effect that the affiant is informed and believes that the named garnishee:
The plaintiff’s application to the court for an order directing the issuance of a writ of garnishment must be by affidavit made by or on behalf of the plaintiff to the effect that the affiant is informed and believes that the named garnishee:
or (b) Is indebted to or has property in the garnishee’s possession or under the garnishee’s control belonging to the defendant, and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant, the defendant’s future wages, the garnishee’s indebtedness or the property possessed is not by law exempt from execution.
or (b) Is indebted to or has property in the garnishee’s possession or under the garnishee’s control belonging to the defendant, and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant, the defendant’s future wages, the garnishee’s indebtedness or the named garnishee is the State of Nevada, the writ of garnishment must be served upon the [State Controller.] Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.
If the named garnishee is the State of Nevada, the writ of garnishment must be served upon the [State Controller.] Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.
3.
contained in the application for the order directing the writ of attachment to issue or may be filed and submitted to the court separately thereafter.
The affidavit by or on behalf of the plaintiff may be contained in the application for the order directing the writ of attachment to issue or may be filed and submitted to the court separately thereafter.
4.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – and procedure for a writ of garnishment are identical to those for a writ of attachment.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the grounds and procedure for a writ of garnishment are identical to those for a writ of attachment.
H - *AB17*
~~~~~ 25 - 83rd Session (2025)
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Action History

  1. Chapter 8.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

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

  7. Read second time.

  8. From committee: Do pass.

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

  10. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.

  11. Read second time.

  12. From committee: Do pass.

  13. Read first time. To committee.

  14. From printer.

  15. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 66 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

finance
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 17?
AB 17 is sponsored by Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
What is the current status of AB 17?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 06, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 17?
Track AB 17 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 17

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 17

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →