SB 323 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to offenders. (BDR 16-709)

SB 323 makes permanent a pilot program requiring the Nevada Department of Corrections to provide 15-minute daily free telephone calls between offenders at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center and their family members. The bill specifically targets female inmates at this facility, aiming to support family relationships during incarceration. It also prohibits charging offenders more than the actual cost for audio/video calls and mandates that telecom contracts include federal rules requiring refunds for unused call credits. This policy change directly affects inmates at Florence McClure and the state’s correctional communications system.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025

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As Introduced → Reprint 1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill now makes permanent a free telephone call program for incarcerated individuals and their families that previously existed only as a temporary pilot. The bill also adds a new appropriation section to fund the program and clarifies that contracts with communication service providers must comply with federal regulations as they existed on January 1, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from establishing a temporary pilot program to making the free call program permanent and adding funding provisions.

FISCAL

Added a new Section 2.5 that appropriates funds to the Department of Corrections to carry out the provisions of the bill.

TIMELINE

Changed the Legislative Counsel's Digest to reflect that the previous pilot program expired on January 1, 2025, and this bill now codifies it permanently.

REQUIREMENT

Added language clarifying that contracts with communication service providers must comply with federal regulations relating to refunds as they existed on January 1, 2025.

SCOPE

Modified the bill's purpose statement to include making an appropriation in addition to the existing provisions about call charges.

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Committee

May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To committee.

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May 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 788.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

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Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

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Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

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1 primary · 3 co-sponsors