SB 291 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish procedures by which a victim of identity theft may obtain a new driver's license number. (BDR 43-39)

SB 291 requires Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to create clear procedures allowing victims of identity theft to request a new, unique driver's license number. It directly affects individuals who have been victims of identity theft as defined by Nevada law (violations of NRS 205.463-205.465). The bill mandates that the DMV cannot charge any fee for this service, ensuring victims can change their license number at no cost. This policy change simplifies the process for affected residents to secure a new license number without financial burden.

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 6, 2025 Signed May 28, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 28, 2025

MODERATE

This bill was finalized as 'As Enrolled' for the 83rd Session, removing the 'Reprint' status and deleting several previously included sections (1-11, 15-17). The core policy remains unchanged: it requires the DMV to create procedures for victims of identity theft to get a new license number without charging a fee, and it updates the fee schedule for license reinstatement.

Scope change

The bill's scope is effectively unchanged as the substantive sections remain identical; only the document metadata and the deletion of redundant sections were modified.

TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Reprint' header and summary, replacing them with the official 'As Enrolled' title, sponsor names, and legislative digest.

Deleted Sections 1 through 11 and Sections 15 through 17, which were previously marked as deleted by amendment but remained in the text.

Updated page numbering and session headers to reflect the final enrolled version of the bill.

TIMELINE

Added a specific effective date of January 1, 2027, to the final version of the act.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

Apr 15, 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

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Committee

May 28, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 85.

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 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 188.) To printer.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors