SB 279 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to law enforcement. (BDR 23-1023)

SB 279 requires law enforcement agencies to provide peace officers with detailed written notice at least 48 hours before interviewing them as witnesses in misconduct investigations. The notice must specify all alleged facts, dates/times of misconduct, and the exact rule or policy violated. It also clarifies that representatives chosen by peace officers during investigations need not belong to the same bargaining unit as the officer. This bill directly affects peace officers and law enforcement agencies conducting investigations under Nevada law.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Signed May 31, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · May 31, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Nevada law to require law enforcement agencies to provide more specific written notice to peace officers before investigating them or interviewing them as witnesses. The changes mandate that notices must include specific details like the exact date, time, and location of alleged misconduct, even if those details are unknown, and clarify compensation rules for officers interviewed outside regular working hours.

Scope change

The scope of required notice has expanded to include greater specificity regarding the allegations and logistical details of the investigation or interview.

REQUIREMENT

The written notice required for peace officer investigations must now explicitly state the date, time, and location of the alleged misconduct with specificity, or clearly state that this information is unknown.

The bill clarifies that peace officers interviewed as witnesses must be allowed a reasonable opportunity to have a representative present during the interview.

New provisions require that interrogations or hearings occur during the officer's regular working hours if reasonably practicable, or that the officer be compensated for off-duty appearances.

TIMELINE

The requirement to provide written notice remains at least 48 hours before an interrogation or hearing, but the content of that notice is now more detailed.

TECHNICAL

The original 'Reprint' header and summary were replaced with the final 'As Enrolled' text and Legislative Counsel's Digest.

Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

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

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Committee

May 31, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 191.

executive

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

To enrollment.

lower

May 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

lower

Apr 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, 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. 507.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

upper

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors