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Read. Follow. Verify.Nevada bill raises excavation depth threshold for non-contractors to 18 inches
Last action · April 12, 2025: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)Sponsor: Ira Hansen
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill raises the depth threshold from 12 inches to 18 inches for non-contractors using non-mechanical equipment before earth-moving is legally classified as an excavation. As a result, shallow digging up to 18 inches deep is exempt from mandatory notification requirements for underground utility lines starting July 1, 2025.
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.
Non-contractors performing manual digging
Individuals digging manually on their property are exempt from utility notification requirements for excavations of 18 inches or less.
Subsurface installation operators
Operators receive fewer pre-excavation notices for shallow manual digging projects that do not exceed the new 18-inch depth threshold.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 12, 2025(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
- Feb 19, 2025CommitteeFrom printer. To committee.
- Feb 18, 2025IntroducedRead first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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