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AB 285

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Brent Jacobson and 1 co-sponsor

Creates the Nevada State Service Corps to place recent NSHE grads in Executive Department roles with mentoring and streamlined hiring to boost state recruitment.

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Bill Summary · AB 285

AB 285 — Establishes the Nevada State Service Corps (BDR 23‑98)

Summary (updated to last legislative action: 06/03/2025)

Purpose / Intent

AB 285 would create the Nevada State Service Corps (NSSC) as a program inside the Department of Administration to encourage recent Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) graduates to gain public‑sector experience and to promote state employment. The bill aims both to provide short‑term service opportunities for early‑career graduates and to help reduce state workforce vacancies by strengthening recruitment pipelines into the Executive Department.

Key provisions

  • Establishes the Nevada State Service Corps as a program within the Department of Administration (new section added to Chapter 284, NRS).
  • Directs the Department to develop and oversee the NSSC to provide placement and mentoring for recent NSHE graduates for service in Executive Department positions.
  • Requires the Department to recruit students graduating or graduated within the immediately preceding year to participate. The Department Director sets the annual number of participants.
  • Requires the Legislative Commission to appoint a legislator (uncompensated) to serve as an advisor to NSSC participants and to promote state service.
  • Authorizes the Director to apply for/receive gifts, grants, donations and bequests and to adopt regulations to implement the program.
  • Amends NRS 284.305 to allow classified‑service positions associated with the NSSC to be filled without competitive evaluation under the listed exceptions.
  • Amends NRS 284.325 to treat service with the NSSC as an exception to the 160‑hour temporary‑service cap (i.e., participants may serve beyond that cap under the statute’s framework).
  • Effective date (per first reprint): July 1, 2025.

Who is affected

  • Recent NSHE graduates (eligible participants).
  • The Department of Administration (program development, oversight, and regulation).
  • Executive Department hiring authorities (designation and filling of positions under NSSC authority).
  • Human Resources Commission procedures are affected by the statutory exceptions added for classified position filling and temporary service hours.

Fiscal and policy impacts

  • Fiscal note: Effect on Local Government — No; Effect on the State — Yes (state cost implications not detailed in the text). The bill authorizes accepting external funding (gifts/grants).
  • Potential benefits: pipeline for recruiting recent graduates, mentoring and experiential opportunities, potential reduction in vacancy rates.
  • Potential concerns: administrative costs to the Department, impact on competitive hiring processes, and questions about long‑term career pathways vs. short‑term placements.

Support / Opposition

  • Support: Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) — emphasizes career development and retention of graduates.
  • Opposition: At least one written opponent cited concerns about increasing bureaucracy and fiscal burden.

Amendment history & procedural status

  • Introduced: Jan 22, 2025 (Assemblymember Mosca).
  • Referred to Committee on Government Affairs; multiple committee hearings and amendments (Assembly Amendment No. 129 adopted; first reprint issued April 14, 2025).
  • Key changes in amendments: removed some “temporary” language and narrowed original operational duties; made the Legislative Commission responsible for appointing the advisor legislator.
  • Legislative actions: Referred to Appropriations (suspense file), re‑referred to Ways & Means; April 8 and April 14 committee actions; May 23, 2025 — held under submission. Status as of 06/03/2025: No further action taken.

Notes for readers

  • The bill modifies multiple provisions of NRS Chapter 284 (classified service and temporary service rules). If enacted, implementing regulations and any appropriation decisions will determine the program’s scale and net fiscal impact.

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

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