Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 233.150 (2026)

Commission: Authority to order Administrator to conduct investigations and hearings; mediation; subpoenas; regulations

✓ current as of July 2026

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NRS 233.150 Commission: Authority to order Administrator to conduct investigations and hearings; mediation; subpoenas; regulations. The Commission may:

1. Order its Administrator to:

(a) With regard to public accommodation, investigate tensions, practices of discrimination and acts of prejudice against any person or group because of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry or gender identity or expression or because the person is breastfeeding a child and may conduct hearings with regard thereto.

(b) With regard to housing, investigate tensions, practices of discrimination and acts of prejudice against any person or group because of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, and may conduct hearings with regard thereto.

(1) Tensions, practices of discrimination and acts of prejudice against any person or group because of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, and may conduct hearings with regard thereto; and

(2) Any unlawful employment practice by an employer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 613.4353 to 613.4383, inclusive, and may conduct hearings with regard thereto.

Ê As used in this paragraph, “race” includes traits associated with race, including, without limitation, hair texture and protective hairstyles, as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection 3 of NRS 233.010.

2. Mediate between or reconcile the persons or groups involved in those tensions, practices and acts.

3. Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses or for the production of documents or tangible evidence relevant to any investigations or hearings conducted by the Commission.

4. Delegate its power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas to any of its members or any hearing officer in its employ.

5. Adopt reasonable regulations necessary for the Commission to carry out the functions assigned to it by law.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1605; A 1979, 615; 1991, 1019; 1995, 1989; 2003, 1327; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 93; 2011, 500, 871, 877; 2017, 1788; 2021, 1705; 2025, 683)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2022 · leading case: Brophy v. Day & Zimmerman Hawthorne Corp., 799 F. Supp. 2d 1185 (D. Nev. 2011).

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Brophy v. Day & Zimmerman Hawthorne Corp., 799 F. Supp. 2d 1185 (D. Nev. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Nev.Rev.Stat. § 233.150 et seq. In the first incident, Lightfoot was suspended without pay for two weeks for, inter alia, failing to provide supervision and direction to his employees resulting in an incident where employees constructed paddles on which racial slurs were…”

Clark Cnty. v. State, Equal Rights Comm'n, 813 P.2d 1006 (Nev. 1991). · cites it 2× “The new law set up a process for the receipt of a complaint, an informal meeting, an investigation and mediation if the matter was not resolved, and ultimately a “public hearing.”

Henderson v. Aria Resort & Casino Holdings, LLC (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 2× “23 57 Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 233.150 , 651.110. 58 Ashcroft v.”

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