NevadaAB24683rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to offenders; requiring the Department of Corrections, to the extent money is available, to establish vocational farm programs; authorizing the Department to engage the services of certain registered dietitians; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations relating to such dietitians; requiring the Department to issue a request for information and conduct a study on food services during the 2025-2026 interim; limiting the term of renewals of food service contracts during that period; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Venicia Considine (Democratic)

Failed

BDR 16-686

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Nutrition review and menu pilot in prisons

Nevada’s corrections department may contract with or accept volunteer help from a registered dietitian independent of the department and its food vendors. It may set the dietitian’s duties through rules adopted under Nevada’s Administrative Procedure Act. During the 2025–2026 interim, it must complete a food-service study within one year, using staff and prisoner feedback and numerical data. The study must compare current and improved food costs and nutrition, and examine food safety, kitchen practices, menu departures, waste, health, and commissary use. It must include a 90-day “Pick Your Own Menu” pilot and measure waste before, during, and after it. The department must post the study on its website.

Prison food price review and renewal limits

During the 2025–2026 interim, Nevada’s corrections department must request food-contract information from at least two providers, including one nonprofit. Providers must give prices for meeting annual needs at both current and improved food quality. While the required food study is underway, contract renewals cannot last more than two years. This also covers renewals or extensions of contracts signed before October 1, 2025, but leaves their original terms unchanged.

Voluntary farm training in Nevada prisons

Nevada’s corrections department must start farm programs where the Director finds them practical and money is available. Participation is voluntary. Programs must follow fair labor standards, use sustainable farming suited to Nevada, and support learning and therapy. As much as practical, harvested food must go into prison meals, with surplus donated to local charities.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Venicia Considine

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. (No further action taken.)

    6/3/2025House
  2. To committee.

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

    4/23/2025House
  4. To printer.

    4/21/2025House
  5. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.

    4/21/2025House
  6. Taken from General File.

    4/21/2025House
  7. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 524.)

    4/21/2025House
  8. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025House
  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025House
  10. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    3/4/2025House
  11. From printer. To committee.

    2/18/2025House
  12. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    2/17/2025House

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