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SB123 • 2025

Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control. (BDR 20-723)

AN ACT relating to rent control; prohibiting a board of county commissioners or governing body of an incorporated city from enacting an ordinance or measure imposing rent control; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to rent control; prohibiting a board of county commissioners or governing body of an incorporated city from enacting an ordinance or measure imposing rent control; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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Sponsor
View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Senator John Ellison
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Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control. (BDR 20-723)

Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control.
  • (BDR 20-723)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-28 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System

    (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Prohibits local governments from enacting rent control. (BDR 20-723)

Current Bill Text

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S.B. 123

- *SB123*

SENATE BILL NO. 123–SENATOR ELLISON

PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY—Prohibits local governments from enacting rent
control. (BDR 20-723)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to rent control; prohibiting a board of county
commissioners or governing body of an incorporated city
from enacting an ordinance or measure imposing rent
control; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes a board of county commissioners or a governing body 1
of an incorporated city, with certain exceptions, to exercise all powers necessary or 2
proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of county or 3
city government, as applicable, w hether or not the powers are expressly granted to 4
the board or governing body. (NRS 244.146, 268.0035) This bill prohibits a board 5
of county commissioners and a governing body of an incorporated city from 6
enacting any ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 7

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
A board of county commissioners shall not enact any 3
ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 4

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Sec. 2. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
The governing body of an incorporated city shall not enact any 3
ordinance or measure that imposes rent control. 4

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