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NV SB237

Bill

Status

Failed

6/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rochelle Nguyen

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Board of Regents must waive registration fees, laboratory fees, and other mandatory fees for surviving spouses and children of U.S. Armed Forces members killed in the line of duty while on active duty

  • Surviving spouses and children of fallen service members are deemed Nevada residents for tuition purposes and cannot be charged out-of-state tuition at Nevada System of Higher Education institutions

  • Children may use the fee waiver for 10 years after turning 18 (or 10 years after enrollment if enrolled before 18); surviving spouses may use it for 10 years after the service member's death

  • Expands existing benefits for families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty to include surviving spouses (previously only covered dependent children) for undergraduate education expenses

  • Expands definition of "public safety officer killed in the line of duty" to include officers who die from injuries sustained while commuting to or from work, if that travel time is part of their shift under a collective bargaining agreement

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-542)

Last Action

(No further action taken.)

6/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance4/21/2025
Education2/26/2025

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