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NV SB324

Bill

Status

Failed

5/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melanie Scheible

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits selling, offering for sale, or distributing water in disposable plastic bottles of 4 liters or less in communities abutting the Lake Tahoe Watershed

  • Establishes escalating penalties within a 1-year period: warning for first violation, up to $100 fine for second, up to $200 for third, and up to $500 for fourth or subsequent violations

  • Assigns enforcement responsibility to local boards of health or health departments with jurisdiction in the affected county, city, or health district

  • Contains an unfunded mandate exempting local governments from state reimbursement requirements under NRS 354.599 for additional expenses related to enforcement

  • Becomes effective January 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Establishes prohibitions relating to the sale of water in certain disposable plastic bottles in communities abutting the Lake Tahoe Watershed. (BDR 40-216)

Last Action

(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.)

5/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources4/24/2025
Natural Resources3/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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