Makes various changes related to criminal law and criminal procedure. (BDR 14-564)
Summary
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to the duties of the Nevada Sentencing Commission; establishing provisions relating to the calculation and use of the amount of certain costs avoided by this State; establishing the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council; revising the contents required in the report of any presentence investigation; requiring certain judges to receive training concerning reports of presentence investigations; making various changes concerning probation and parole; authorizing a court to defer or suspend judgment on a case in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to specialty court programs; revising provisions relating to programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; reducing the penalty for certain crimes from a category B to a category C felony; revising provisions relating to burglary; increasing the felony theft threshold and revising penalties for various theft offenses; making it unlawful to install or affix a scanning device within or upon a machine used for financial transactions under certain circumstances; making it unlawful to access a scanning device under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to habitual criminals; requiring the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission to develop and implement a behavioral health field response grant program; revising provisions concerning crimes involving controlled substances; repealing provisions relating to programs of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts and the civil commitment of such persons; making appropriations to the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Mar 1, 2019
Signed Jun 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2019 · Assembly May 28, 2019
How they voted
19–2
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 3, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican8
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Jun 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 3, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (19-2)
senate
Jun 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1107.) To printer.
lower
May 28, 2019
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (28-12-1)
assembly
May 28, 2019
Committee
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 12, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
lower
May 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 962.) To printer.
lower
May 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
lower
May 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Mar 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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