NevadaNevada council studies long-term funding for food purchase program
Nevada’s food security council must study lasting funding for the state food purchase program and report its findings by December 1, 2026.
What it does
The Council on Food Security must study the program’s long-term financial stability, including lasting ways to fund it, and report its findings to state officials and the Legislature.
The Council may request drafting of one related bill for the next Legislature. The bill must be filed by the session’s first day or it is withdrawn.
The state provides $800,000 for the Agriculture Department to carry out the food purchase program. Deadlines limit when remaining money can be committed or spent, and require its return.
Argument forThe funding could help the Agriculture Department keep nutritious food available through food banks and other providers while the Council studies lasting support.
Argument againstThe funding ends on set deadlines, so food providers may face difficulty sustaining purchases if the study does not identify lasting revenue sources.
More detail
The Council on Food Security must study the program’s long-term financial stability and report its findings. The study concerns the Home Feeds Nevada Agriculture Food Purchase Program established under state law. The study must include identifying sustainable sources of revenue for the program. The Council must conduct the study during the 2025–2026 interim and submit its report by December 1, 2026.
The Council may request drafting of up to one related bill. The bill must concern matters within the scope of the Home Feeds Nevada Agriculture Food Purchase Program. The bill must relate to the program. If requested, it must be prefiled by the first day of the 84th Legislature’s regular session or it is deemed withdrawn. The Council must submit its request by December 1, 2026. The bill must be prefiled by the first day of the 84th Legislature’s regular session.
The state provides $800,000 to the Nutritious Food Purchase Account for the Agriculture Department to carry out the program. The money is for the Director of the State Department of Agriculture to carry out the Home Feeds Nevada Agriculture Food Purchase Program. Any remaining money cannot be committed after June 30, 2027, or spent after September 17, 2027. Remaining money must be returned to the State General Fund by September 17, 2027. The act took effect July 1, 2025. Remaining funds cannot be committed after June 30, 2027, and cannot be spent after September 17, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 498.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4To enrollment.Major
- Jun 3In Senate.
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 7.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- May 27From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 14Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 96.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 10From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Apr 3Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 26From printer. To committee.
- Feb 25Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.Introduced
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