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AB 14

Relating to: the suspension of a rule of the Elections Commission.

2025-2026 Regular Session

Requires specified Nevada county officers to be registered to vote in Nevada as a qualification for office, with incumbents grandfathered until July 1, 2025.

Referred to Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 53, Noes 44
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Bill Summary · AB 14

AB 14 (BDR 20-453) — Summary (Revises qualifications for certain county officers)

Status: Enacted in 2025 (bill introduced by Committee on Government Affairs on behalf of the Nevada Association of Counties).
Primary effect: Adds a requirement that specified county officers be registered to vote in Nevada as a condition of eligibility for office.

Main purpose / intent

To clarify and tighten eligibility qualifications for a range of county offices by expressly requiring that persons holding (or running for) those offices be registered to vote in Nevada. The change is intended to ensure officeholders are active, in-state electors.

Key provisions

  • Amends multiple Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) to add "registered to vote in this State" as an explicit qualification for office. Affected statutes include (but are not limited to) provisions governing:
    • County commissioners (NRS 244.020)
    • County clerks (NRS 246.010)
    • County recorders (NRS 247.010)
    • Sheriffs (NRS 248.005) — registration requirement added while existing age, residency and peace-officer certification rules remain
    • County treasurers (NRS 249.010)
    • County assessors (NRS 250.010)
    • District attorneys (NRS 252.010)
    • Public administrators and constables (NRS 253.010, 258.005/258.010)
    • Supervisors of the Board of Supervisors of Carson City (Carson City Charter §2.010 — qualification language updated)
  • Where statutes already provide other special eligibility or ex officio exceptions, those provisions remain; the registration requirement is added alongside existing qualification language.
  • Grandfathering clause: the registration requirement does not apply to any person who holds one of the listed offices on July 1, 2025.

Who is affected

  • Current and prospective holders of the listed county offices across Nevada (including Carson City supervisors).
  • County election and clerk offices that process candidate filings and verify qualifications.
  • No broader changes to duties, compensation, or terms of office.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Prefiled Oct 31, 2024; moved through Committee on Government Affairs.
  • Passed by the Legislature in 2025 and enacted into law (became effective in 2025). The law includes a specific nonapplication (grandfathering) date of July 1, 2025 for incumbents.
  • Fiscal impact: bill sponsors and fiscal notes indicated no effect on state or local government finances.

Practical effect / considerations

  • Future candidates for the specified county offices must be registered Nevada voters at the time specified by law (as reflected in the amended statutes).
  • Incumbents holding office on July 1, 2025 are exempt from the new registration requirement under the grandfathering clause; thereafter, successors would need to meet the registration requirement.
  • The change clarifies statutory eligibility and may reduce disputes over residency/registration status in candidate qualification reviews.

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

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