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SB 77NEVADASession 83State Billdead

Did Not Advance

Nevada Bill Reorganizes Department of Transportation Bidding Limits, Project Costs, and Equipment Approvals

Original title: AN ACT relating to transportation; revising the required qualifications of a Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation; revising the highway projects for which the Department is required to prepare a written cost-benefit analysis; revising provisions governing the award of contracts by the Department; increasing the maximum cost of a project for which the Department may use informal bidding procedures; revising provisions relating to advertisement and submission of bids for work; increasing the amount that the Department may spend to purchase equipment without approval from the Board of Directors of the Department; revising requirements for the provision of certain notices by the Department; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Last action · April 12, 2025: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

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What This Bill Proposed

Senate Bill 77 updates the operational thresholds and administrative procedures of the Nevada Department of Transportation, raising the project cost minimum for required cost-benefit analyses to $50 million and increasing informal bidding limits to $750,000. The measure also replaces newspaper advertisement requirements with internet website postings and elevates the threshold for equipment purchases requiring Board of Directors approval to $150,000.

Why it matters

Changes how highway construction contracts are solicited, awarded, and advertised across Nevada, altering procedural burdens for contractors and expanding the administrative autonomy of the Department of Transportation.

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.

Directly affected

Nevada Department of Transportation

The Department's administrative procedures, bidding thresholds, cost-benefit analysis requirements, and equipment purchase approval limits are revised.

Directly affected

Highway contractors

Contractors face revised qualification timelines, increased informal bidding thresholds, and new digital advertisement methods for project solicitations.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What changes are made to highway project cost-benefit analyses?

The bill increases the minimum expected cost of a project that requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a written cost-benefit analysis from $25 million to $50 million.

How are bid advertisements changing under the bill?

The bill removes requirements to publish bid advertisements and notices of final contract acceptance in local and statewide newspapers, replacing them with postings on the Department of Transportation's internet website.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.

Procedural history

4 actions

Apr 12, 2025
(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Feb 3, 2025Introduced
Read first time. To committee.
Dec 2, 2024
From printer.
Nov 20, 2024Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.

Version history

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Lobbying Activity

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Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Connected Entities

Attorney General, Board of Directors, State Highway Fund and 4 more

PersonAttorney General“Official responsible for approving the form and legality of contracts.”Map →

OrganizationBoard of Directors“Governing board that administers the Department of Transportation.”Map →

OrganizationState Highway Fund“Fund where lease and sale revenues are deposited.”Map →

OrganizationSenate Committee on Growth and Infrastructure“Committee that introduced Senate Bill 77.”Map →

OrganizationFederal Highway Administration“Federal agency that may receive a pro rata share of money obtained from property”Map →

PersonChief Counsel of the Department“Counsel responsible for approving the form and legality of contracts.”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Transportation“State agency responsible for highway construction, improvement, and maintenance.”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.leg.state.nv.us

Analysis Score

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Significance20
Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
Controversy10
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment5
Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
Buzz15
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