Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-362)

2025 Regular Session

AB 262 lets certain election workers choose unpaid volunteer service while keeping existing pay, broadening recruitment without changing compensation rules.

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 241.

Main purpose

AB 262 authorizes certain appointed election workers and trainees to serve as unpaid volunteers (i.e., to decline statutory compensation). The bill is intended to expand recruitment options for poll workers (including retirees and student trainees) by allowing an unpaid volunteer option while preserving existing pay structures.

Key provisions

Amends existing statutes governing election workers to allow an eligible:

trainee election board officer (NRS 293.2175),
voting board officer, counting board officer, and election board officer (NRS 293.460),
city trainee provisions (NRS 293C.222), to choose to perform their duties as a volunteer who receives no compensation.

Extends the same volunteer option to officers appointed for certain special elections under:

the Las Vegas City Charter (Sec. 5.130),
the Airport Authority Act for Battle Mountain (Sec. 21),
the Airport Authority Act for Carson City (Sec. 15).

Directs that existing compensation schedules remain in place; the change simply permits an opt‑out of pay for those who choose unpaid service.

Senate Amendment No. 743 removed earlier language that would have repealed statutory prohibitions on employing, or appointing as field registrars, persons convicted of felonies involving theft or fraud. As enacted, those prohibitions remain in law.

Who is affected

Election workers (trainees, voting/counting board officers, election board officers) and local officials who appoint them (county and city clerks).

Local governments and election offices (potential operational and fiscal effects).

Previously controversial proposed changes to voter registration employment/field registrar eligibility were withdrawn; persons convicted of theft/fraud felonies remain subject to existing restrictions.

Fiscal and policy considerations

Fiscal note: the measure “may have fiscal impact” on local government and affects the State (per committee notes). Allowing volunteers could reduce payroll costs in some jurisdictions but may also affect recruitment dynamics and administrative oversight.

Public testimony showed mixed views: supporters argued the change increases inclusivity and recruitment flexibility (including retirees and students); opponents warned that removing pay could reduce recruitment incentives and send a message that the work is undervalued.

Legislative timeline / procedural notes

Passed both houses with amendments and concurrence (Senate Amendment No. 743 adopted).

Enrolled (5/29/2025) and approved by the Governor (6/03/2025). The bill was chaptered as Chapter 241.

An urgency clause was adopted during final proceedings, causing the act to take effect immediately upon approval.

If you want, I can extract the exact amended statutory language (NRS sections and charter/act citations) or prepare a side‑by‑side comparison showing struck/added text.

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