Another round of new laws are in effect in the silver state. There are 24 of them that cover a range of topics that were passed in the 2025 Nevada Legislative Session.

One of them is pretty timely for the summer.

Assembly Bill 96 requires both Clark and Washoe counties to include a heat mitigation plan in its master plan. Which is supposed to include public cooling spaces, public drinking water, and shade structures to name a few.

Reno and Las Vegas are the two fastest warming cities in the country, according to Climate Central.

The Washoe County Planning Commission will talk about it in their next meeting, which is next Tuesday.

Firefighters put their lives at risk every time they go out on a call or fire. Smoke inhalation can cause diseases in the heart and lungs.

Senate Bill 170 requires a firefighter who is not employed by the state to submit an annual cancer screening.

Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue says they are working with an agency to get this taken care.

Two new laws center around mental health.

Senate Bill 165 creates a new behavioral health professional that focuses on prevention and early support.

Assembly Bill 514 requires Medicaid to provide coverage for rehabilitative residential health care, which is a community based, medically monitored in a living care environment.

Housing is another hot topic in Nevada.

One law now allows for accessory dwelling units to be built in Clark and Washoe counties.

Washoe County says it spent the last several years to allow for ADUs. The City of Reno says it adopted an ADU ordinance back in October and took Assembly Bill 396 in account when building out the language.

There are also several new laws that focus on schools.

One for fast tracking teacher licenses.

Assembly Bill 49, says that a board of trustees for each school district allows on a provisional basis that doesn't go more than one year, to allow a teacher who is not licensed in the state of Nevada to teach if they are licensed in another state, have submitted an application in Nevada, and have gotten a background check.

If hired, the school district must report it to the Nevada Department of Education.

The Washoe County School District says it has officially implemented this process, so they can start teaching while completing Nevada's licensing requirements.

Some other new laws don't really impact Washoe county but will impact others across the state.

Assembly Bill 533 allows for students to attend schools outside of their zone if the school has enough room.

Washoe County already has its "school of choice" program.

The law says that trustees are not required to provide transportation to those students but says district can accept gifts or grants to be able to provide that service.

Senate Bill 444 requires school districts to set limits on when students can use their phones.

Washoe County and Carson City have recently in the past few years implement restrictions for students.

The law includes exceptions to limiting phones during an emergency or crisis or if a teacher is using it for teaching purposes.

The legislation does not give specifics to how to limit the phones and leaves it up to the school board to set those requirements.

If you would like to view all 24 new laws click here.