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SB 7 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to presentence investigations and reports. (BDR 14-247)

SB 7 revises Nevada law to expand compensation eligibility for lung diseases among first responders. It removes the requirement that lung diseases must be caused by exposure to specific gases (like smoke or tear gas), instead conclusively presuming such diseases arose from employment for firefighters, arson investigators, and police officers with at least two years of continuous, full-time service before disability. This change applies retroactively to claims filed before the law’s effective date. The bill directly affects these public safety workers by simplifying proof for compensation claims related to occupational lung conditions.
Issues: ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands compensation eligibility for first responders' work-related lung diseases, removing barriers to benefits and strengthening worker injury protections.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Oct 29, 2024 Signed Jun 9, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 9, 2025
MODERATE
This bill streamlines the process for preparing presentence reports by allowing courts to waive the requirement if both the defendant and prosecutor agree. It also clarifies that missing a report due to late psychosexual evaluations does not automatically result in contempt charges and shortens the deadline for disclosing reports to the defense from 14 days to 7 days.
Scope change
The bill expands the ability for courts to skip presentence investigations in non-sexual felony cases when there is a mutual agreement between the defendant and the prosecutor, whereas previously the requirement was more rigid.
REQUIREMENT

Courts are now authorized to waive the mandatory presentence investigation and report if the defendant and prosecuting attorney jointly stipulate to the waiver and the court approves it.

New requirement added for courts to ensure all judges receive training on how to use presentence investigation reports when imposing sentences.

TIMELINE

The deadline for disclosing the factual content of a presentence investigation report to the defendant and their counsel was reduced from 14 calendar days to 7 calendar days before sentencing.

ENFORCEMENT

A failure to submit a presentence report is no longer grounds for a contempt order if the delay was caused by the Division not receiving a psychosexual evaluation report at least 3 days before the sentencing hearing.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · Assembly May 19, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 22, 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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Jun 9, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 435.
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Assembly Amendment No. 572 concurred in.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 332.) Reprinting dispensed with.
upper
Oct 29, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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