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Read. Follow. Verify.Nevada bill requires homeowners' associations to award project contracts to the lowest bidder and adds emergency exemptions
Last action · April 12, 2025: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)Sponsor: Jill Dickman
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What This Bill Proposed
Assembly Bill 129 requires homeowners' associations in Nevada to award project contracts to the and exempts them from standard three-bid solicitation rules if project delays risk property damage or injury.
Homeowners' association members face stricter contract-awarding standards while gaining project flexibility during urgent repair situations.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
homeowners' associations
Associations must follow mandatory lowest-bidder contract awards and apply new emergency exceptions for project solicitations.
common-interest community residents
Residents are impacted by mandatory contractor selection rules and expedited procedures for urgent property repairs.
Key Facts
- Associations must award contracts for association projects to the lowest responsive bidder.
- Associations are excused from soliciting three bids if delay could exacerbate property damage or pose a risk of injury.
- Bids must be opened and read aloud during a meeting of the executive board.
- An association project includes maintenance, repair, replacement, or restoration of common elements, as well as professional services like accounting, engineering, and legal services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do homeowners' associations always have to pick the lowest bid?
When can an association skip getting three bids?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Assembly committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 12, 2025(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
- Feb 4, 2025IntroducedRead first time. To committee.
- Jan 30, 2025From printer.
- Jan 28, 2025IntroducedPrefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Full breakdown
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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