New Nevada laws taking effect January 1, 2027

4 laws take effect January 1, 2027.

Of the 532 bills enacted since 2025, 528 have an effective date and 4 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:39 a.m. EDT.

Healthcare (2)

  • AB428 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

    Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services.

    How we got this date

    The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and 16).

    Sections 1 to 15, inclusive, and 16: (b) On January 1, 2027, for all other purposes.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB185 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

    Revises provisions relating to Medicaid reimbursement for care of disabled or chronically ill children.

    How we got this date

    The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1 and 2).

    Sections 1 and 2: (b) On January 1, 2027, for all other purposes.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Crime (1)

  • SB291 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish procedures by which a victim of identity theft may obtain a new driver's license number.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective January 1, 2027..

    How effective dates are worked out

Taxes (1)

  • SB41 · 2025 Regular SessionStated

    Revises provisions relating to the taxation of cannabis establishments.

    How we got this date

    The date of the act's main provisions (Sections 1 to 13).

    Sections 1 to 13: (b) On January 1, 2027, for all other purposes.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Enacted, but not yet dated (4)

These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2027 too; the record doesn't say.

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  • AB333ContingentRevises provisions relating to governmental administration.The agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands and Washoe County required by section 11 takes effect
  • AB518ContingentRevises provisions relating to the interstate placement of children.35th state ratifies and enters into the revised Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
  • SB389ContingentRevises provisions relating to the administration of pharmacy benefits under Medicaid and certain other health plans.Effective date of the initial contract between the Department of Health and Human Services and the state pharmacy benefit manager (must be on or before January 1, 2030)
  • SB416ContingentRevises provisions relating to the statewide sobriety and drug monitoring program.Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of this act