SB 350 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the death penalty. (BDR 14-1110)

SB 350 amends Nevada law to extend the time period for executing a death sentence. It changes the required timeframe from 60-90 days after judgment to 180-270 days for the initial execution warrant, and from 15-30 days for subsequent warrants to 180-270 days after the new warrant is issued (always counting from the latest appointed execution date). This procedural change directly affects death row inmates and the court process for scheduling executions, without altering who is eligible for the death penalty or the penalty itself. The bill makes no changes to the death penalty's application, only to the timing requirements for execution.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Vetoed Jun 5, 2025
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This bill extends the mandatory waiting period before a death sentence can be carried out, changing the timeline from 60-90 days to 120-180 days for initial warrants and from 15-30 days to 120-180 days for new warrants issued when an execution is delayed. The change is designed to provide more time for appeals and legal review before a prisoner is executed.
TIMELINE

Extended the required waiting period for issuing a death warrant from 60-90 days to 120-180 days after the judgment is pronounced.

Extended the required waiting period for issuing a new death warrant when an execution is delayed from 15-30 days to 120-180 days after the previous warrant date.

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
11
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.)
executive
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 653 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 653.) To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) 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. 213.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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James Ohrenschall
DDemocratic
NV
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