Revises provisions relating to judicial administration. (BDR 14-476)
SB 20 modifies how justice courts handle jury trials and record-keeping. It allows audio recordings instead of certified court reporters for jury trials (replacing NRS 175.011), requires audio recordings of certain criminal cases to be kept for at least 5 years (amending NRS 4.420), and permits jury commissioners to exclude public assistance data from juror lists if federal law prohibits sharing it (amending NRS 6.045 and NRS 422A.343). These changes directly affect justice courts, defendants in jury trials, and jury commissioners managing juror selection. The bill focuses on updating procedural requirements for court recordings and data use in jury pools.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Nov 6, 2024
Signed Jun 9, 2025
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Jun 9, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Nevada's justice court procedures by allowing trials to be recorded with sound equipment instead of requiring a live court reporter, extending the retention period for certain criminal recordings to 8 years, and modifying jury selection rules to include specific exceptions for public assistance data when federal law prohibits its use.
Scope change
The bill applies to justice court proceedings, specifically affecting how trials are recorded, how long records must be kept, and how jurors are selected from public lists.
REQUIREMENT
Removed the mandatory requirement for a certified court reporter in justice court jury trials, replacing it with an option to use sound recording equipment.
Added a federal law exception to the requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services to provide public assistance recipient lists for jury selection.
TIMELINE
Extended the required retention period for sound recordings of felony and gross misdemeanor proceedings from 5 years to 8 years.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a federal law exception to the requirement for jury commissioners to include public assistance recipients in their selection lists.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2025 · Assembly May 19, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 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
14
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Jun 9, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 436.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
To enrollment.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 578 concurred in.
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
In Senate.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
upper
Apr 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 333.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Nov 6, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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