At approximately 11:30 p.m. on May 31, the Nevada legislature passed SB 292, the bill that makes it more difficult for new and previously unqualified parties to get on the ballot. The bill moves the petition deadline to late April, and imposes a severe distribution requirement.

The bill doesn’t take effect until January 1, 2022, so any party that is not now on the ballot might wish to complete the petition this year. The bill’s effective date for government officials to take certain administrative actions is immediate, but that doesn’t relate to completing the petition.