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A.B. 9
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*AB9*
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 9–COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
(ON BEHALF OF THE STATE CONTROLLER)
PREFILED OCTOBER 28, 2026
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to collective bargaining.
(BDR 23-395)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State Highway Fund: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining; removing the exemption
from compliance with any provision of existing law
requiring a meeting to be open or public for certain
proceedings concerning collective bargaining between
public employers and public employees; and providing
other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law exempts from any provision of existing law which requires a
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meeting to be open or public certain proceedings conducted relating to collective
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bargaining between public employers and public employees. Proceedings subject to
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the exemption include, among others: (1) any negotiation or informal discussion
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between a local government employer and an employee organization or employees
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as individuals or between the Executive Department of State Government and a
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labor organization or employees as individuals; (2) any meeting of a mediator with
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either party or both parties to a negotiation; and (3) any meeting or investigation
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conducted by a fact finder or an arbitrator. (NRS 288.220, 288.590) Sections 1 and
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2 of this bill remove the exemption for those specified proceedings.
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*AB9*
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 288.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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288.220 The following proceedings, required by or pursuant to
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this chapter, are not subject to any provision of NRS which requires
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a meeting to be open or public:
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1. [Any negotiation or informal discussion between a local
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government employer and an employee organization or employees
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as individuals, whether conducted by the governing body or through
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a representative or representatives.
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2. Any meeting of a mediator with either party or both parties
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to a negotiation.
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3. Any meeting or investigation conducted by a fact finder.
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4.] Any meeting of the governing body of a local government
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employer with its management representative or representatives.
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[5.] 2. Deliberations of the Board toward a decision on a
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complaint, appeal or petition for declaratory relief.
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Sec. 2. NRS 288.590 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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288.590 [The following proceedings, required by or conducted
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pursuant to this chapter, are not subject to any provision of NRS
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which requires a meeting to be open or public:
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1. Any negotiation or informal discussion between the
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Executive Department and a labor organization or employees as
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individuals.
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2. Any meeting of a mediator with either party or both parties
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to a negotiation.
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3. Any meeting or investigation conducted by an arbitrator.
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4.] Deliberations of the Board toward a decision on a
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complaint, appeal or petition for declaratory relief [.] are not subject
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to any provision of NRS which requires a meeting to be open or
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public.
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