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SB 457 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-1038)

SB 457 expands public safety protections by increasing penalties for assaulting or battering certain public employees. It broadens the definition of "officer" to include child welfare staff and hospitality workers, making such assaults or batteries carry enhanced penalties. The bill also updates stalking laws to cover electronic harassment and dating relationships, and changes minor pornography laws to treat each child depicted as a separate offense. Additionally, it creates a new felony for property damage exceeding $750 during theft at retail locations.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill increases penalties for assaults on public employees, expands criminalization of stalking/minor pornography, and creates new felonies, aligning with 'oppose' indicators.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands workplace safety protections by including hospitality workers under enhanced assault penalties for public employees, directly strengthening worker safety protections in Labor & Employment.85% confidence
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Governor
Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → Reprint 2 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill primarily updates formatting and organizational structure of the legislative document, adding a Legislative Counsel's Digest section that explains key provisions in plain language. The digest clarifies new exceptions for law enforcement regarding communication interception for child sexual offense investigations and outlines compliance hearing procedures for firearm surrender orders.
TECHNICAL

Added Legislative Counsel's Digest section to provide plain-language explanations of major provisions

Reorganized bill header and page numbering from FIRST REPRINT to SECOND REPRINT format

REQUIREMENT

Digest clarifies that compliance hearings for firearm surrender orders can now be cancelled under certain circumstances

ENFORCEMENT

Digest notes new exception allowing law enforcement to intercept communications solely for investigating sexual offenses against children

Floor votes · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

35–5
Passed
Total votes 40
Jun 2, 2025
D Democratic26
21 Yea 5 Nay
80% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Jun 2, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (35-5)
assembly
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 986.) Reprinting dispensed with. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1002.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.