NevadaAB3483rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to offenders; revising the definition of the term “violent or sexual offense” for the purpose of certain provisions of existing law; requiring certain defendants to be certified as not representing a high risk to reoffend before the court may grant probation to or suspend the sentence of the defendant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Judiciary

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BDR 15-443

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Tighter probation rules for certain defendants

Effective upon passage and approval, Nevada law expands which crimes count as violent or sexual offenses for sentencing-related rules. It adds crimes involving pornography and minors, plus attempts, conspiracies, and solicitations to commit any listed offense. This expands the reach of existing limits on deferred judgments, probation, sentence suspension, and early discharge. Courts also cannot grant probation or suspend sentences for a separate, specified list of crimes without a risk certification. The report must certify that the defendant is not at high risk to reoffend, using a currently accepted assessment standard. Covered crimes include attempted sexual assault of someone 16 or older, statutory sexual seduction, and battery intended to commit sexual assault. They also include child abuse or neglect, pornography involving minors, fertility fraud, incest, open or gross lewdness, and indecent or obscene exposure. The list also covers soliciting a child for prostitution, sexual penetration of a dead body, and specified sexual conduct involving school pupils, college students, or people supervised by child-service organizations. Felony luring of a child or person with mental illness is covered, along with specified violent or weapon-related coercion, sexually motivated coercion or attempted coercion, and specified attempts to commit covered crimes. Only crimes on this certification list require the report. A required psychosexual evaluation must include the certification; otherwise, a trained Nevada-licensed psychologist or qualifying psychiatrist must provide a written report. The psychiatrist must also be certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Certification is not guaranteed, and refusal to certify or consider certification creates no civil claim against the state or its subdivisions. The law sets no evaluation fees or funding source.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

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Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. (No further action taken.)

    6/3/2025House
  2. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

    4/15/2025House
  3. To printer.

    4/14/2025House
  4. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.

    4/14/2025House
  5. Taken from General File.

    4/14/2025House
  6. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 62.)

    4/14/2025House
  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

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

    2/12/2025House
  9. Read first time. To committee.

    2/4/2025House
  10. From printer.

    11/19/2024House
  11. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    11/15/2024House

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