What Nevada Legislature does

The Nevada Legislature is the bicameral legislative branch of the State of Nevada, comprising the 42-member Nevada State Assembly and the 21-member Nevada State Senate (63 elected legislators total) operating under constitutional authority since Nevada's admission as the 36th U.S. state in 1864. It enacts state law, approves the state budget, and conducts oversight of executive branch agencies, with the Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB) providing administrative, legal, fiscal, and research support. The institution operates from its primary headquarters at 401 S. Carson Street in Carson City and a satellite office at 7230 Amigo Street in Las Vegas, holding regular sessions biennially (the 84th session convening February 1, 2027) and special sessions as needed.

Its core technology is NELIS (Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System), a web portal providing public access to bills, resolutions, meeting schedules, committee information, and voting records, complemented by the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS), Nevada Administrative Code (NAC), and Nevada Register databases maintained by the Research Division. Supporting systems include a Lobbyist Registration and Reporting System (NRS Chapter 218E), an Interim Committees portal with a Formstack-based committee application system, and an LCB Reservations system for facility bookings. The institution also operates a Lightspeed-powered e-commerce Legislative Gift Shop at shop.nvleg.us, selling Nevada-branded merchandise with physical locations in Carson City and Las Vegas.

The entity is government-funded through Nevada State general fund appropriations for legislative operations, with no commercial pricing for its core services. Revenue concentration is therefore 100% on state appropriations, supplemented only by gift shop merchandise sales (items priced $13.95–$57.95, flat $12.50 shipping). Its customer base is the entire Nevada population, state agencies subject to NRS Chapter 233B administrative procedure compliance, registered lobbyists, and citizens appointed to 100+ legislatively chartered boards, commissions, and interim committees. It does not offer a public API, mobile application, or AI-driven services.

Name

Nevada Legislature

Legal name

Legislative Counsel Bureau

Website

https://leg.state.nv.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Nevada Legislature is the bicameral state legislative branch of Nevada, comprising 63 elected legislators (42 Assembly, 21 Senate) who enact state law, approve budgets, and oversee executive agencies. It serves Nevada residents, state agencies, lobbyists, and 100+ legislatively appointed boards via the NELIS portal and legislative buildings in Carson City and Las Vegas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (921120), Legislative Bodies (92112), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

Keywords

• State legislative services
• Statute and regulation databases
• Lobbyist registration system
• Legislative information portal
• Constituent services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carson City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Legislative Operations Funding: Funded through Nevada State budget appropriations from general fund revenues. The Legislative Counsel Bureau operates with allocated public funds for session operations, interim activities, research services, and administrative functions.
2. Publications and Gift Shop Sales: The Legislative Gift Shop sells Nevada-branded merchandise including apparel, challenge coins, and publications. Revenue supports the gift shop operations. Publications ship free; merchandise has a flat $12.50 shipping rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Nevada Legislature is the bicameral legislative branch of Nevada state government, comprising the 42-member Assembly and 21-member Senate, responsible for enacting state laws, approving the state budget, and providing oversight of executive agencies. It delivers these functions through the NELIS electronic information system, statutory and regulatory databases (Nevada Revised Statutes, Nevada Administrative Code, and Nevada Register), lobbyist registration and reporting, interim committee administration, and a Legislative Gift Shop that sells Nevada-branded merchandise and publications.

Product overview

The Nevada Legislature operates NELIS (Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System) as its primary online portal, providing public access to legislative information, bills, meeting schedules, and committee activities. Supporting services include the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) and Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) databases for statutory and regulatory research, the Nevada Register for regulatory notices, a Lobbyist Registration and Reporting System, an Interim Committees Portal with committee applications, and an LCB Reservations System for booking legislative facilities. The Legislative Gift Shop, powered by Lightspeed e-commerce, sells official merchandise and publications from locations in Carson City and Las Vegas. The organization does not offer a public API for developer access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NELIS (Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System)

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ boards, commissions, and advisory bodies with citizen participation in state governance

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Florida Legislature: Florida's bicameral legislature operates the Online Sunshine portal covering statutes, bills, committee meetings, and lobbying compensation reports — a near-twin of Nevada's NELIS in functional scope and public-access model.
• New York State Legislature: New York's bicameral legislature (Senate and Assembly) maintains parallel public sites, bill tracking, and committee portals at scale. It is a direct structural peer to Nevada in chamber model and transparency tooling, though serving a much larger population.
• Arizona State Legislature: Arizona's bicameral Legislature (House and Senate) operates azleg.gov with bill tracking, session archives, and lobbyist portal — Nevada's nearest geographic and structural peer state legislature for legislative transparency infrastructure.
• Texas Legislature: Bicameral Texas legislature (House and Senate) running its own Texas Legislature Online portal for bills, statutes, calendars, and lobbyist filings, making it a direct peer to the Nevada Legislature for state-level lawmaking and transparency infrastructure.
• Pennsylvania General Assembly: Pennsylvania's bicameral General Assembly (House and Senate) publishes statutes, bills, session records, and committee information through its own portal, providing another direct comparator to Nevada for transparency-by-portal governance.
• Ohio General Assembly: Ohio's bicameral General Assembly (House and Senate) operates the Ohio Revised Code, bill tracking, committee schedules, and lobbyist reporting through its official portal — a directly comparable structural and operational peer to the Nevada Legislature.
• Illinois General Assembly: Illinois General Assembly runs the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS), bill status, member directories, and lobbyist registration through ilga.gov, a public-access model that closely mirrors NELIS for a mid-sized Midwestern state.
• California State Legislature: Bicameral California state legislature providing bill tracking, statutes, committee schedules, and lobbyist data through its own public portal — the closest functional analogue to NELIS, scaled to a much larger state but operating the same constitutional, transparency, and digital-publication model.
• Massachusetts General Court: Massachusetts bicameral legislature operates malegislature.gov to publish General Laws, session laws, bills, and committee hearings — a closely analogous state-level public legislative portal against which NELIS functionality can be benchmarked.
• Michigan Legislature: Michigan's bicameral Legislature publishes the Michigan Compiled Laws, bill status, committee schedules, and lobbyist data through legislature.mi.gov, mirroring Nevada's combination of statute databases and session tracking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nevada-state-legislature

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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