NEVADA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IV
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Art. IV §1 | LEGISLATIVE POWER VESTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
Art. IV §2 | BIENNIAL SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE: COMMENCEMENT; LIMITATION ON DURATION; VOID ACTIONS; SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED EXECUTIVE BUDGET
2. The Legislature shall adjourn sine die each regular session not later than midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of that session, inclusive of the day on which that session commences. Any legislative action taken after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 120th consecutive calendar day of that session is void, unless the legislative action is conducted during a special session.
3. The Governor shall submit the proposed executive budget to the Legislature not later than 14 calendar days before the commencement of each regular session.
4. For the purposes of this section, “midnight Pacific time” must be determined based on the actual measure of time that, on the final calendar day of the session, is being used and observed by the general population as the uniform time for the portion of Nevada which lies within the Pacific time zone, or any legal successor to the Pacific time zone, and which includes the seat of government of this State as designated by Section 1 of Article 15 of this Constitution. The Legislature and its members, officers and employees shall not employ any device, pretense or fiction that adjusts, evades or ignores this measure of time for the purpose of extending the duration of the session.
Art. IV §2A | SPECIAL SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE: PROCEDURE FOR CONVENING; PRECEDENCE; LIMITATIONS ON BUSINESS AND DURATION; VOID ACTIONS
2. At a special session convened pursuant to this section, the Legislature shall not introduce, consider or pass any bills except those related to the business specified in the petition and those necessary to provide for the expenses of the session.
3. A special session convened pursuant to this section takes precedence over a special session convened by the Governor pursuant to Section 9 of Article 5 of this Constitution, unless otherwise provided in the petition convening the special session pursuant to this section.
4. The Legislature may provide by law for the procedure for convening a special session pursuant to this section.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Legislature shall adjourn sine die a special session convened pursuant to this section not later than midnight Pacific time at the end of the 20th consecutive calendar day of that session, inclusive of the day on which that session commences. Any legislative action taken after midnight Pacific time at the end of the 20th consecutive calendar day of that session is void. This subsection does not apply to a special session that is convened to conduct proceedings for:
(b) Expulsion from office of a member of the Legislature pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of this Constitution.
Art. IV §3 | MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY: ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE; ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE
2. No person may be elected or appointed as a member of the Assembly who has served in that Office, or at the expiration of his current term if he is so serving will have served, 12 years or more, from any district of this State.
Art. IV §4 | SENATORS: ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE; ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE
2. No person may be elected or appointed as a Senator who has served in that Office, or at the expiration of his current term if he is so serving will have served, 12 years or more, from any district of this State.
Art. IV §5 | NUMBER OF SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY; APPORTIONMENT
It shall be the mandatory duty of the Legislature at its first session after the taking of the decennial census of the United States in the year 1950, and after each subsequent decennial census, to fix by law the number of Senators and Assemblymen, and apportion them among the several counties of the State, or among legislative districts which may be established by law, according to the number of inhabitants in them, respectively.
Art. IV §6 | POWER OF HOUSES TO JUDGE QUALIFICATIONS, ELECTIONS AND RETURNS OF MEMBERS; SELECTION OF OFFICERS; RULES OF PROCEEDINGS; PUNISHMENT OF MEMBERS
Art. IV §7 | PUNISHMENT OF NONMEMBER
Art. IV §8 | SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY INELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN OFFICES
Art. IV §9 | FEDERAL OFFICERS INELIGIBLE FOR STATE OFFICE; EXCEPTIONS
Art. IV §10 | EMBEArt. IV §10LER OF PUBLIC MONEY INELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE; DISQUALIFICATION FOR BRIBERY
Art. IV §11 | PRIVILEGE OF MEMBERS: FREEDOM FROM ARREST ON CIVIL PROCESS
Art. IV §12 | VACANCY
Art. IV §13 | QUORUM; COMPELLING ATTENDANCE
Art. IV §14 | JOURNAL
Art. IV §15 | OPEN SESSIONS AND MEETINGS; ADJOURNMENT FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS OR TO ANOTHER PLACE
Art. IV §16 | BILLS MAY ORIGINATE IN EITHER HOUSE; AMENDMENT
Art. IV §17 | ACT TO EMBRACE ONE SUBJECT ONLY; TITLE; AMENDMENT
Art. IV §18 | READING OF BILL; VOTING ON FINAL PASSAGE; NUMBER OF MEMBERS NECESSARY TO PASS BILL OR JOINT RESOLUTION; SIGNATURES; REFERRAL OF CERTAIN MEASURES TO VOTERS; CONSENT CALENDAR
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an affirmative vote of not fewer than two-thirds of the members elected to each House is necessary to pass a bill or joint resolution which creates, generates, or increases any public revenue in any form, including but not limited to taxes, fees, assessments and rates, or changes in the computation bases for taxes, fees, assessments and rates.
3. A majority of all of the members elected to each House may refer any measure which creates, generates, or increases any revenue in any form to the people of the State at the next general election, and shall become effective and enforced only if it has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the measure at such election.
4. Each House may provide by rule for the creation of a consent calendar and establish the procedure for the passage of uncontested bills.
Art. IV §19 | MANNER OF DRAWING MONEY FROM TREASURY
Art. IV §20 | CERTAIN LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS PROHIBITED
For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors;
Regulating the practice of courts of justice;
Providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases;
Granting divorces;
Changing the names of persons;
Vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys, and public squares;
Summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for their compensation;
Regulating county and township business;
Regulating the election of county and township officers;
For the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, and township purposes;
Providing for opening and conducting elections of state, county, or township officers, and designating the places of voting;
Providing for the sale of real estate belonging to minors or other persons laboring under legal disabilities;
Giving effect to invalid deeds, wills, or other instruments;
Refunding money paid into the state treasury, or into the treasury of any county;
Releasing the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation, association, or person to the state, or to any county, town, or city of this state; but nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county officers, to authorize and empower the boards of county commissioners of the various counties of the state to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of township officers in their respective counties, to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, tollroads, ditch, flume, and tunnel companies incorporated under the laws of this state or doing business therein.
Art. IV §21 | GENERAL LAWS TO HAVE UNIFORM APPLICATION
Art. IV §22 | SUIT AGAINST STATE
Art. IV §23 | ENACTING CLAUSE; LAW TO BE ENACTED BY BILL
“The people of the State of Nevada represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows,”and no law shall be enacted except by bill.
Art. IV §24 | LOTTERIES [EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 2026, IF THE PROVISIONS OF ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION NO 5 (2023) ARE AGREED TO AND PASSED BY THE 2025 LEGISLATURE AND APPROVED AND RATIFIED BY THE VOTERS AT THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION]
2. The State and the political subdivisions thereof shall not operate a lottery. The Legislature may authorize persons engaged in charitable activities or activities not for profit to operate a lottery in the form of a raffle or drawing on their own behalf. All proceeds of the lottery, less expenses directly related to the operation of the lottery, must be used only to benefit charitable or nonprofit activities in this State. A charitable or nonprofit organization shall not employ or otherwise engage any person to organize or operate its lottery for compensation. The Legislature may provide by law for the regulation of such lotteries.
Notes
Art. IV §24 | LOTTERIES [EFFECTIVE THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 2026, AND AFTER THAT DATE UNLESS THE PROVISIONS OF ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION NO 5 (2023) ARE AGREED TO AND PASSED BY THE 2025 LEGISLATURE AND APPROVED AND RATIFIED BY THE VOTERS AT THE 2026 GENERAL ELECTION]
2. The Legislature may provide by law for the operation and regulation of lotteries, including, without limitation, authorizing lottery tickets to be sold, except that:
(b) The political subdivisions of this State shall not operate a lottery or sell lottery tickets.
(c) The operation of lotteries by persons engaged in charitable activities or activities not for profit must comply with the provisions of subsection 3.
Notes
Art. IV §25 | UNIFORM COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT
Art. IV §26 | BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ELECTION AND DUTIES
Art. IV §27 | DISQUALIFICATION OF JURORS; ELECTIONS
Art. IV §28 | COMPENSATION OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; INCREASE OR DECREASE OF COMPENSATION
Art. IV §29 | DURATION OF REGULAR AND SPECIAL SESSIONS [REPEALED IN 1958]
Notes
The original section read:
“The first regular session of the Legislature under this Constitution may extend to Ninety days, but no subsequent regular session shall exceed sixty days, nor any special session convened by the Governor exceed twenty days.”]
Art. IV §30 | HOMESTEADS: EXEMPTION FROM FORCED SALE; JOINT CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ALIENATION; RECORDING OF DECLARATION
Art. IV §31 | PROPERTY OF MARRIED PERSONS
Art. IV §32 | COUNTY OFFICERS: POWER OF LEGISLATURE; ELECTION, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION; DUTIES OF COUNTY CLERKS
Art. IV §33 | COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE; PAYMENT FOR POSTAGE, STATIONERY AND OTHER EXPENSES; ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES FOR OFFICERS
Art. IV §34 | ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS [REPEALED IN 2004]
Notes
The original section read:
“In all elections for United States Senators, such elections shall be held in joint convention of both Houses of the Legislature. It shall be the duty of the Legislature which convenes next preceding the expiration of the term of such Senator, to elect his successor. If a vacancy in such Senatorial representation from any cause occur, it shall be the duty of the Legislature then in Session or at the succeeding Session thereof, to supply such vacancy[.]]
If the Legislature shall at any time as herein provided, fail to unite in a joint convention within twenty days after the commencement of the Session of the Legislature for the election [of] such Senator it shall be the duty of the Governor, by proclamation to convene the two Houses of the Legislature in joint convention, within not less than five days nor exceeding ten days from the publication of his proclamation, and the joint convention when so assembled shall proceed to elect the Senator as herein provided.”
Art. IV §35 | BILLS TO BE PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR; APPROVAL; DISAPPROVAL AND RECONSIDERATION BY LEGISLATURE; FAILURE OF GOVERNOR TO RETURN BILL
Art. IV §36 | ABOLISHMENT OF COUNTY; APPROVAL OF VOTERS IN COUNTY
Art. IV §37 | CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT IN CASE OF ENEMY ATTACK; SUCCESSION TO PUBLIC OFFICES; LEGISLATIVE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS; RELOCATION OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Art. IV §37A | CONSOLIDATION OF CITY AND COUNTY CONTAINING SEAT OF GOVERNMENT INTO ONE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT; SEPARATE TAXING DISTRICTS
Art. IV §38 | USE OF PLANT OF GENUS CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
(b) Restriction of the medical use of the plant by a minor to require diagnosis and written authorization by a physician, parental consent, and parental control of the acquisition and use of the plant.
(c) Protection of the plant and property related to its use from forfeiture except upon conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere for possession or use not authorized by or pursuant to this section.
(d) A registry of patients, and their attendants, who are authorized to use the plant for a medical purpose, to which law enforcement officers may resort to verify a claim of authorization and which is otherwise confidential.
(e) Authorization of appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it.
(b) Require reimbursement by an insurer for medical use of the plant or accommodation of medical use in a place of employment.
Art. IV §39 | RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES: STATEMENT OF POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION; SEVERABILITY
2. Each provider of electric utility service that is engaged in the business of selling electricity to retail customers for consumption in this State shall generate or acquire electricity from renewable energy resources, including solar, geothermal, wind, biomass, and waterpower, in an amount that is:
(b) For calendar years 2024 through 2026, inclusive, not less than 34 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by the provider to its retail customers in this State during that calendar year.
(c) For calendar years 2027 through 2029, inclusive, not less than 42 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by the provider to its retail customers in this State during that calendar year.
(d) For calendar year 2030 and each calendar year thereafter, not less than 50 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by the provider to its retail customers in this State during that calendar year.
4. Should any part of this Act be declared invalid, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions or application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable. This subsection shall be construed broadly to preserve and effectuate the declared purpose of this Act.
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