NevadaNevada bill would set school sports rules and add lacrosse
The vetoed bill would have set public rules for approving school sports, added boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, and called for a legislative review.
What it does
The association would publish rules for approving sports, including student eligibility, competition, seasons, and safety. It would have one year to decide each request and must give priority to school clubs already in place.
The association would set rules for boys’ and girls’ lacrosse as a sanctioned sport, covering eligibility, competition, seasons, and safety. If it misses the deadline, another school officials’ group would set the rules, with $25,000 transferred to help cover the work.
A legislative subcommittee would review the state athletics association and study its finances, leadership, and work. It would send findings and proposed laws to the next legislative session.
Argument forStudents and school clubs could gain a path to official competition, with public rules for eligibility, seasons, and safety.
Argument againstSchools may feel pressure to support sports that receive official approval, even though the bill says they would not have to form teams or host events.
More detail
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association would set and publish rules for approving sanctioned sports. Any person or group could ask the association to approve a sport. Schools would not have to form teams, host events, or otherwise support a sport approved under these rules. The rules must give priority to club sports already established at schools. If the association misses the October 1, 2025 deadline, or fails to decide a request and adopt needed rules within one year, authority would transfer to the Nevada Association of School Superintendents until the association changes the rules. The association would have to adopt the general rules by October 1, 2025, and decide each request within one year of receiving it.
The association would make boys’ and girls’ lacrosse sanctioned sports and set rules for student participation. The designation and participation rules would cover boys’ and girls’ lacrosse. If the association misses the May 1, 2026 deadline, the Nevada Association of School Superintendents would adopt the remaining rules, which would apply until the association changes them. The association would have to transfer $25,000 to help cover that rulemaking work. The association would report its progress to lawmakers after each calendar quarter ending before January 1, 2027. Lacrosse would be sanctioned beginning with the 2026–2027 school year. The association would have to adopt the rules by May 1, 2026.
A legislative subcommittee would review the state athletics association and study its work. The subcommittee would include lawmakers, a school board trustee, a school superintendent, and a parent or guardian of a student in interscholastic activities. The subcommittee could review the association’s policies, investigate, hold hearings, and advise education agencies and school districts. It would send its findings and legislative recommendations to the 84th Session. The study would take place during the 2025–2026 interim, with findings and recommendations sent to the 84th Session.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 9Vetoed by the Governor Joe Lombardo. (Return to 84th Session.)Latest
- May 31Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- May 29Assembly Amendment Nos. 619 and 745 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 23Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 745.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Fourth reprint. To Senate. In Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (3rd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 22From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk.
- May 20Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 619.) To printer.Minor
- May 19From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Apr 24From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.Minor
- Apr 22Taken from General File. To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk. Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 549.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 271.)Minor
- Mar 11From printer. To committee.
- Mar 10Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.Introduced
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