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SB 85 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 43-490)

SB 85 permanently requires Nevada law enforcement agencies to record and retain specific data for every traffic stop where a citation is issued, including the date, location, officer observations of the person stopped (race, ethnicity, age, sex), reason for the stop, and outcome (e.g., warning, search, arrest). It removes an existing expiration date (February 1, 2026) for these reporting requirements, making them permanent. Agencies must now annually report this data to the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees, rather than only to the Department of Public Safety. This directly affects all law enforcement agencies in Nevada that issue traffic citations.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeMandates permanent collection of traffic stop data including race/ethnicity to enhance police accountability, directly aligning with criminal justice reform indicators.90% confidence
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Vetoed Jun 10, 2025
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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill makes permanent the requirements for law enforcement to record and report data on traffic stops, removing the previous expiration date of February 1, 2026. It also changes who receives the annual statistical analysis reports from the Department of Public Safety, directing them to the Legislature or a specific committee depending on whether the year is even or odd.
Scope change
The bill changes the applicability of traffic stop data collection from a temporary program ending in 2026 to a permanent, ongoing requirement for all law enforcement agencies.
TIMELINE

Removed the expiration date of February 1, 2026, making the data recording and reporting requirements permanent.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the recipient of the annual statistical analysis report; it now goes to the Legislature or the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary in odd-numbered years, rather than the Chairs of both Senate and Assembly Judiciary committees.

Deleted the temporary time window (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025) from the text requiring officers to record stop information, leaving the requirement in effect indefinitely.

Removed the specific end date (February 1, 2026) from the annual reporting deadline for law enforcement agencies, making the annual submission requirement permanent.

Floor votes · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 10, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor. (Return to 84th Session.)
executive
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
To enrollment.
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate.
lower
May 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 11, Nays: 8, Excused: 2.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 122.) Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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