2024Vol41No3NBUJournal

AB 501 – Authorizes approval of academic credit for outdoor recreational activities Existing law prescribes certain courses of study required for a pupil to be promoted to high school or to graduate from high school. (NRS 390.600, 392.033) Existing law requires that a pupil be allowed to apply not more than one credit towards the number of credits required for graduation from high school if the pupil completes certain approved projects. (NRS 389.165) This bill authorizes the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school to authorize a pupil enrolled in junior high or middle school or high school to receive credit toward the number of credits required for the pupil to be promoted to high school or to graduate from high school, as applicable, for completing certain approved outdoor recreational activities outside of school hours. Outcome: PASSED Approved by Governor Lombardo May 30, 2025. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ SB 101 – Establishes edible portion requirements on mountain lion and black bear Existing law prohibits any person from causing any edible portion of any game mammal, game fish, game amphibian and certain game birds from going to waste. (NRS 503.050) A person who violates this prohibition is: (1) guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine [or] and imprisonment; and (2) liable for certain civil penalties. (NRS 501.385, 501.3855) Existing regulations interpret the term “edible portion” in existing law to mean certain identified edible parts of a game mammal, game fish, certain game birds and a big game mammal, except for a mountain lion and black bear. (NAC 503.0047) Section 1 of this bill specifies that this prohibition applies to any big game mammal and provides a definition of that term, which includes a mountain lion and black bear. Thus, section 1 clarifies that the prohibition applies to causing any edible portion of a mountain lion or black bear from going to waste.

Outcome: DID NOT PASS Did not make it out of committee after second read.

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SB 215 – Requires Board of Wildlife Commissioners to adopt regulations for salvage permits Existing law requires the Board of Wildlife Commissioners to establish certain policies and adopt certain regulations to carry out and to enforce certain provisions relating to wildlife. (NRS 3 501.181) Section 1 of this bill: (1) requires the Commission to adopt regulations requiring the Department of Wildlife to issue salvage permits that authorize a person to salvage and collect any wildlife killed as a result of a vehicle collision or any other incidental event; and (2) prohibits the Commission from prescribing a fee for the issuance of a salvage permit. Section 1 additionally provides that the Commission may, by regulation, prohibit the Department from issuing salvage permits if any wildlife in this State is confirmed to have tested positive for chronic wasting disease.

Outcome: PASSED Approved by Governor Lombardo May 31, 2025.

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SB 235 – Authorizes a person to take a shed antler or wildlife skull without a tag for non-commercial purposes In addition to regular licenses or permits to hunt, fish or trap, existing law provides for additional licenses, known as tags, to hunt, trap or fish designated species of wildlife. (NRS 3 502.130) Under existing law, whenever tags are required for any species of wildlife, it is unlawful to possess any of that species without the correct tag. (NRS 502.150) Section 3 of this bill authorizes a person, for non-commercial purposes and without the required tag, to take shed antlers or a skull or head, with or without antlers or horns attached, or bones from the carcass of any wildlife species for which a tag is required under certain circumstances.

Outcome: PASSED Approved by Governor Lombardo on June 5, 2025.

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