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AB 17

Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program. (FE)

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Clint Anderson and 22 co-sponsors

AB 17 shifts service for writs of garnishment against the State of Nevada to the Division of Human Resource Management, not the State Controller, aligning with payroll processes.

Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Bill Summary · AB 17

AB 17 — Summary (2025 session)

Status: Enacted (2025 session).
Primary subject: Writs of garnishment — service where the garnishee is the State of Nevada.
Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary (on behalf of the State Controller).
Statutory change: Amends NRS 31.249.

Purpose / intent

AB 17 updates the person or office that must be served when a writ of garnishment names the State of Nevada as the garnishee. The bill transfers the required service from the State Controller to the Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM) of the Department of Administration, aligning service with the state office that manages state employment and payroll matters.

Key provisions

  • Amends NRS 31.249(2) so that when the named garnishee is the State of Nevada, the writ of garnishment must be served on the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration (instead of the State Controller).
  • Leaves intact existing procedures and requirements in NRS 31.249 regarding:
    • Court order requirement for issuance of a writ of garnishment.
    • Plaintiff’s affidavit requirements (showing employer status, indebtedness, or possession/control of defendant’s property and nonexempt status).
    • Priority rules when multiple writs are issued (child support collections retain first priority).
  • Effective date: the enrolled bill provides that the act becomes effective upon passage and approval (i.e., when signed by the Governor).

Who is affected

  • Plaintiffs, their attorneys, and courts: must serve writs on DHRM when the State of Nevada is the garnishee.
  • Division of Human Resource Management: will receive and process service of writs involving the State (likely handling employee wage or payroll-related garnishments).
  • State Controller’s office: relieved of receiving such writs (administrative responsibility shifts).
  • Defendants who are state employees and creditors seeking to garnish amounts owed by the State: operational procedures for service and collection will use DHRM as the contact point.

Practical impact and rationale

  • Administrative/operational: The change centralizes garnishment service with the agency that controls state employment/payroll records, which can streamline processing of garnishments against state obligations and employee wages.
  • Fiscal: Committee reports indicated an effect on the State; no effect on local government. The impact is primarily administrative (processing workload shifted to DHRM).
  • Legal/procedural: No substantive change to the availability of writs of garnishment or to creditor/debtor rights — only to the required recipient of service when the State is garnishee.

Legislative/timing notes

  • Enacted during the 83rd Session (2025). The enrolled bill states it becomes effective upon passage and approval and was chaptered into the session laws (see session records for exact chapter and date).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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