NevadaAB15383rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to the education of incarcerated persons; requiring staff at each institution or facility of the Department of Corrections to provide information and assistance relating to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid; requiring the submission of certain reports concerning the provision of such information and assistance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Brittney M. Miller (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

BDR 16-234

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

FAFSA help and reentry support for inmates

Starting July 1, 2025, staff must help you complete the FAFSA. Help can be ongoing, in person or virtual. Each year they hold one FAFSA event in the first week of October and one in the last week of February. Staff help you get needed documents. Eligible visitors, including family, may attend events and bring documents for you. Staff give guidance on jobs and when to apply for aid, and train you to manage money during custody and after release. They work with colleges, libraries, and community groups to support access to education and training. Existing Department programs on July 1, 2025 that already provide the same help count if continued without big interruptions.

Nevada inmates get FAFSA information

Starting July 1, 2025, programming staff must give information on financial planning and FAFSA to those who ask. They deliver it in the year before your projected release or during parole planning, by September 30 each year. The information explains that aid can pay for online, trade, and vocational schools. It also lists the types of aid available to people lawfully present in the United States.

No punishment for FAFSA participation

Starting July 1, 2025, the Department cannot punish you for applying for financial aid or joining FAFSA activities. Staff also cannot give or take away privileges, incentives, or other benefits based on that choice.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Brittney M. Miller

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 60 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 19 • No: 2

House vote • 4/21/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 41 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 110.

    5/29/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/29/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/26/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/22/2025Senate
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/21/2025Senate
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/20/2025Senate
  9. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/19/2025Senate
  10. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/16/2025Senate
  11. Read second time.

    5/15/2025Senate
  12. From committee: Do pass.

    5/12/2025Senate
  13. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/23/2025Senate
  14. In Senate.

    4/23/2025Senate
  15. To Senate.

    4/23/2025House
  16. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/23/2025House
  17. To printer.

    4/21/2025House
  18. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.)

    4/21/2025House
  19. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    4/18/2025House
  20. Dispensed with reprinting.

    4/17/2025House
  21. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 166.)

    4/17/2025House
  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/16/2025House
  23. Read first time. To committee.

    2/4/2025House
  24. From printer.

    2/2/2025House
  25. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

    1/30/2025House

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