SB 155 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing peace officers. (BDR 23-326)

SB 155 amends Nevada law to allow the employment of non-U.S. citizens who are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law as peace officers (such as police officers and sheriff's deputies), effective January 1, 2026. It directly affects peace officers, law enforcement agencies, and non-citizen residents with valid work authorization who meet all other hiring requirements. The bill prohibits the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission from requiring U.S. citizenship in its regulations for peace officer appointments, voiding any conflicting existing rules. This change modifies the current requirement that only U.S. citizens or wards may be employed as peace officers, expanding eligibility while maintaining other qualification standards.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 2, 2025 Vetoed Jun 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 3 edits
MINOR
SB 155 was finalized as Enrolled, removing the 'First Reprint' header and updating the page numbering to reflect the official 83rd Session (2025). The core legislative text regarding the hiring of non-citizen peace officers remains substantively identical to the previous version, maintaining the requirement that these officers must be legally authorized to work in the US and have prior experience in another state.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to authorize Nevada to hire non-citizen peace officers under specific federal authorization and prior employment conditions, effective January 1, 2026.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 17, 2025' header and the 'FIRST REPRINT' label to finalize the bill text.

Updated page headers from '*SB155_R1*' to '83rd Session (2025)' to reflect the bill's final enrolled status.

Reformatted the Legislative Counsel's Digest and Act title sections to match the standard format used for enrolled bills, removing line numbers and reprint markers.

Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 2, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.
executive
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 7, Absent: 1.) To printer.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 498.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
Feb 2, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Edgar Flores
DDemocratic
NV
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