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AB 477 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the counting of incarcerated persons for purposes of the apportionment of the population for certain election districts. (BDR 16-1134)

AB 477 changes how incarcerated individuals are counted for redistricting in Nevada. It requires the Department of Corrections to collect and share each inmate's pre-incarceration address, age, and race/ethnicity with the State Demographer by January 2026. The bill mandates that population counts for legislative, congressional, and Board of Regents districts must now reflect inmates' last known residential addresses before imprisonment - not where they are incarcerated. For inmates without a known address or from other states, they will not be counted at prison locations but as "state unit" residents. This policy directly affects redistricting outcomes in communities where inmates previously resided before incarceration.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRevises redistricting to count incarcerated persons at pre-incarceration addresses, preventing prison gerrymandering and protecting voting rights, a key criminal justice reform.90% confidence
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 19, 2025 Signed May 30, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 30, 2025
MODERATE
This bill amends Nevada law to require the Department of Corrections to maintain an electronic record of incarcerated individuals' last known residential addresses, age, and race/ethnicity. The changes update how population counts are adjusted for redistricting purposes, ensuring inmates are counted in their pre-incarceration communities rather than prison locations, with specific rules for inmates whose addresses are unknown or outside the state.
Scope change
The bill expands data collection requirements for the Department of Corrections and modifies how the State Demographer counts incarcerated persons for legislative and congressional district apportionment.
REQUIREMENT

Changed NRS 209.131 to require the Department of Corrections to collect and maintain an electronic record including last known residential address, whether the offender is 18 or older, and race or ethnicity.

Added requirement that the State Demographer revise population counts to count inmates in their pre-incarceration residence within 30 days of receiving redistricting data.

TIMELINE

Added a deadline requiring the Department to collect and maintain records for offenders released after July 1, 2030, before January 1, 2026.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified how inmates are counted for redistricting: inmates with unknown addresses or addresses outside Nevada will not be counted in their prison location but will be counted as residents of a state unit not tied to a specific geographic area.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
7
Committee
3
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 151.
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 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.