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On May 25, 2013, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a new law making Nevada the third state in the last 12 months to enact legislation restricting use by employers of credit reports and other credit history information for hiring and other employment-related purposes. Nevada's new law, which goes into effect October 1, 2013, follows closely on the heels of similar legislation enacted by Colorado in April 2013, and adds Nevada to the handful of other states that have similar laws: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.
Nevada Senate Bill 127 amends Chapter 613 ("Employment Practices") of the Nevada Revised Statutes to restrict the ability of employers to use an employee or prospective employee's "consumer credit report" or any "consumer credit information" for employment purposes.
To learn more about the law, please see Littler's ASAP, Nevada is the Latest State to Restrict the Use of Credit Reports for Employment Purposes, by Rod Fliegel, Bruce Young, and Jennifer Mora.