Revises provisions relating to certain criminal defendants. (BDR 14-1119)
SB 465 revises Nevada law regarding criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial. It reduces the required number of evaluators from three to two when assessing a defendant's competence, adding a third evaluator only if the first two disagree. The bill also removes courts' authority to order involuntary psychiatric medication as part of a commitment, requiring prosecutors to seek a separate court order for such medication instead. These changes directly affect defendants in criminal cases, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (which oversees their treatment), and prosecutors handling medication requests. The bill became law on June 11, 2025 (Chapter 511).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 5, 2025
Signed Jun 10, 2025
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MINOR
This bill updates the legal process for handling criminal defendants who are found incompetent to stand trial. The most significant change is a procedural shift requiring prosecutors to seek a separate court order for involuntary psychiatric medication, rather than having it included automatically in the initial commitment order. The text also removes specific sections that were previously included in the bill.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding involuntary medication administration has been narrowed by removing the authority for courts to include such orders in the initial commitment, requiring a distinct legal step instead.
REQUIREMENT
Removed the provision allowing courts to automatically include involuntary medication orders in the initial commitment order for incompetent defendants.
Added a requirement for the prosecuting attorney to seek a separate, specific court order if involuntary psychiatric medication is deemed necessary.
TECHNICAL
Deleted Sections 1 and 2, which were previously marked as deleted by amendment, streamlining the bill's structure.
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 30, 2025
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
In Senate. To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
upper
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time.
upper
May 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
upper
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 901.) To printer.
upper
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To committee.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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