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AB 348

Revises provisions relating to the Legislature. (BDR 17-931)

2025 Regular Session

AB 348 trims internal legislative operations by removing the budget stress test duty, abolishing the Legislative Bureau, and expanding the Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 167.
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Bill Summary · AB 348

AB 348 (BDR 17‑931) — Revises provisions relating to the Legislature

Status: Approved by the Governor; Chapter 688, Statutes of 2025 (Enrolled and chaptered). Effective date provided in bill: July 1, 2025.

Purpose / Intent

AB 348 makes targeted changes to several Nevada statutes governing internal legislative operations. The bill (1) adjusts membership, term, alternate appointment, and vacancy rules for the Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee and directs that the Committee review the Legislators’ Retirement System; (2) removes a statutory requirement that the Fiscal Analysis Division perform periodic budget “stress tests”; and (3) abolishes the Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and Program Evaluation within the Fiscal Analysis Division, with conforming statute edits.

Key provisions

  • Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee (NRS 218E.420)

    • Explicitly includes review of the Legislators’ Retirement System among the Committee’s oversight duties (in addition to PERS, Judicial Retirement System, and Public Employees’ Benefits Program).
    • Sets appointment composition (three Senate members; three Assembly members) and specifies selection sources (chairs and majority leadership).
    • Allows the Speaker or Senate Majority Leader to appoint an alternate for a particular meeting when a regular member cannot attend.
    • Clarifies that a member’s term expires at the convening of the next regular session unless replaced; membership ends the day after the general election if the member is not a candidate or is defeated.
    • Vacancies are to be filled the same way as original appointments.
    • Confirms legislative review/approval of the Committee’s budget and work program; retains existing authorities, compensation, and procedural provisions.

  • Fiscal Analysis Division (NRS 218F.600)

    • Eliminates the existing statutory duty (previously added by SB 204, 2021) for the Fiscal Analysis Division to perform, in even‑numbered years and to the extent of available resources, a budget “stress test” comparing projected future revenues and expenditures across major State funds and to report/post results to the Governor and Legislature.

  • Legislative Bureau of Educational Accountability and Program Evaluation (NRS 218E.625)

    • Abolishes the Bureau and makes conforming revisions throughout the Nevada Revised Statutes removing references to it. The Bureau formerly collected and analyzed education data, evaluated K–12 system performance, and issued biennial reports.

Who is affected

  • Legislative entities and staff: Interim Retirement and Benefits Committee members, the Fiscal Analysis Division, and staff previously assigned to the abolished Education Accountability Bureau.
  • Oversight subjects: the Legislators’ Retirement System will explicitly be reviewed by the Interim Committee as part of its duties.
  • No direct programmatic or county/state government effects beyond internal legislative operations.

Fiscal and practical impact

  • Fiscal notes indicate: No effect on Local Government; No effect on the State.
  • The bill removes a mandated analytical task (budget stress testing) and eliminates an internal bureau; operational impacts relate to how legislative staff resources are allocated rather than changes in program services.

Legislative process / timeline

  • Introduced: March 3, 2025 (Committee on Ways & Means).
  • Passed both houses (unanimous or strong majorities in reported actions).
  • Enrolled and presented to the Governor (September 11, 2025); approved by Governor (October 13, 2025); chaptered as Chapter 688.
  • Provisions set effective date in statute: July 1, 2025. (See bill’s Section establishing effective date.)

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

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