Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 43-647)
AB 417 amends Nevada law to strengthen vehicle safety enforcement related to unauthorized speed contests and trick driving displays. It requires peace officers to inspect vehicles during investigations if they suspect unsafe equipment or conditions, and authorizes citations to owners if violations are found. The bill also mandates that the Department of Motor Vehicles cancel a vehicle's registration if the owner fails to correct safety issues within 30 days of receiving a citation from these inspections. This directly affects vehicle owners cited for equipment/safety violations and impacts law enforcement and DMV procedures. (AB 417, NRS 482.460, Sections 1-4)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Signed May 30, 2025
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What changed between versions
Reprint 1
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As Enrolled
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4 edits
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May 30, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates the legal text for AB 417 to reflect its final 'As Enrolled' status, incorporating amendments adopted in April 2025. The substantive content regarding vehicle inspections and registration rescissions remains consistent with the previous version, but the document now includes the official chapter designation and updated legislative history.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to regulate vehicle inspections, impoundments, and registration cancellations related to unsafe vehicles and unauthorized speed contests.
TECHNICAL
Updated the document header to change the title from 'Reprint 1' to 'As Enrolled' and added the official chapter number, reflecting the bill's final passage.
Replaced the summary text with a Legislative Counsel's Digest that provides a more detailed explanation of the bill's effects on existing laws regarding speed contests and vehicle safety inspections.
Removed the explanatory notes regarding bolded italics and bracketed omitted material, as the bill is now in its final, clean legislative text.
Added the session identifier '83rd Session (2025)' to the header to formally identify the legislative period.
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2025
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 148.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.)
To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 137.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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