AB 142 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to industrial insurance. (BDR 53-876)

AB 142 expands industrial insurance coverage for stress-related injuries to include civilian support staff working for law enforcement agencies. Currently, only sworn personnel like police officers, firefighters, and EMTs qualified as "first responders" for such claims. The bill adds civilian employees who provide support services to law enforcement to the definition of "first responder" and requires them to prove stress resulted from witnessing violent events (e.g., homicides, mass casualties) with clear medical evidence. This directly affects civilian employees in law enforcement support roles who previously lacked eligibility for this specific coverage under Nevada’s industrial insurance system.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed May 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 3 edits · May 28, 2025
MINOR
This bill expands industrial insurance protections for stress-related injuries by adding civilian crime scene investigators to the list of eligible first responders. It also clarifies definitions for law enforcement and public safety agencies to ensure broader coverage for employees responding to mass casualty incidents.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the law to include civilian employees of law enforcement agencies whose primary duties involve responding to and investigating crime scenes, whereas previously only sworn officers, firefighters, and medical personnel were explicitly covered.
ELIGIBILITY

Added civilian crime scene investigators to the list of first responders eligible for stress-related injury compensation under industrial insurance.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'first responder' to include the new category of civilian employees and clarified the definitions of 'law enforcement agency' and 'public safety agency'.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for agencies employing first responders to provide educational training on mental health awareness, prevention, mitigation, and treatment.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Apr 21, 2025
D Democratic26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 73.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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