Starting October 1, 2025, Nevada employees who are volunteer members of the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol are entitled to a leave of absence from employment without loss of position, seniority, accrued leave or benefits on all days during which the employee is:
- Engaged in training for emergency missions with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 10 workdays during each federal fiscal year; or
- Responding to an emergency mission as a Civil Air Patrol volunteer, not to exceed 30 workdays during each federal fiscal year.
“Emergency mission” includes, without limitation, search and rescue and disaster response activities.
An employee requesting leave must provide to their employer:
- Certification that the employee has been authorized by the United States Air Force, the Governor or a political subdivision of this State to respond to or train for an emergency mission; and
- Verification from the Civil Air Patrol of the emergency need of the volunteer service of the employee.
An employer may treat a leave of absence for these reasons as unpaid leave. Employees are not required to exhaust any other leave to which the employee is entitled before such a leave of absence.
Read the enacted bill here.