AN ACT relating to domestic violence; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment under certain circumstances; requiring a peace officer who conducts a lethality assessment to take certain actions if the assessment indicates that the person assessed is in a potentially high-risk lethal situation; requiring each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form for documenting the results of a lethality assessment; requiring a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred; authorizing a court to consider the results of a lethality assessment in reviewing the custody status of certain persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Melissa R.. Hardy (Republican)
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Courts can weigh lethal domestic violence risk
Beginning October 1, 2025, Nevada courts can consider lethal-risk assessments when reviewing whether a person stays in custody or is released. Courts may use these results to weigh danger to the alleged victim, other people, or the community. Courts must also evaluate community residence, work history, family and close relationships, reputation, character, mental condition, criminal record, and past court attendance. Other required factors include people who vouch for reliability, the charge, likely conviction and sentence, further crime risk, and other community ties or risks of deliberately missing court. The assessment does not require any particular custody decision.
Police must document domestic violence risks
Beginning October 1, 2025, Nevada police agencies must provide paper or electronic forms for recording lethal-risk assessments. Officers must record when someone cannot or does not give enough information, or refuses the domestic violence support card. Officers must send assessment results to the district attorney where the incident occurred. Agencies must compile domestic violence investigation data monthly and send it to the Department of Public Safety’s Central Repository. Reports cover demographic and incident details, protection orders, weapons, injuries, support cards, and arrests of the primary aggressor or others. The department’s director sets the reporting form and oversees reporting; failure to follow assessment or reporting rules is not a defense in civil or criminal cases. Rulemaking and preparation took effect immediately upon enactment, and additional local-government expenses related to this law are exempt from NRS 354.599.
Risk checks and help for abuse victims
Beginning October 1, 2025, Nevada officers investigating domestic violence must assess suspected victims for potentially lethal risk. This applies when officers have probable cause to believe the suspected abuser is a spouse, former spouse, dating partner, or someone who shares a child with the victim. When the assessment shows potentially high lethal risk, officers must warn the person, provide a local support card, and refer them to a victim’s advocate. Agencies must share high-risk results agency-wide and take immediate safety steps. Victim-facing written information must address police arrest duties, the right to file a criminal complaint, and protections available through a protection order.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Melissa R.. Hardy
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
(No further action taken.)
6/3/2025HouseTo committee.
4/23/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/23/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
4/21/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 224.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
3/2/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
2/6/2025HouseTo printer.
2/4/2025HouseRead first time.
2/4/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Judiciary.
2/3/2025HousePrefiled.
2/3/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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