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NevadaAB50383rd Regular Session (2025)House
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; prohibiting certain acts related to critical infrastructure or used utility wire; establishing requirements relating to transactions involving used utility wire; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Signed by Governor
BDR 15-394
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Harsher penalties for damaging infrastructure
The law creates a crime for willfully tampering with, removing, damaging, or destroying critical infrastructure. Penalties depend on repair or replacement cost: under $1,200 is a misdemeanor; $1,200 to under $5,000 is a gross misdemeanor; $5,000 or more is a category D felony. If the act interrupts service, it is a category C felony. Value includes the cost to repair or replace the damaged infrastructure.
Business shutdowns for repeat scrap violations
Breaking the scrap metal purchase and reporting rules is a misdemeanor unless a stronger penalty applies. Courts can also order a scrap processor to stop doing business: at least 30 days for a first or second offense, and 1 year for a third or later offense.
Felonies for selling stolen converters
A natural‑person scrap processor who knowingly sells a stolen catalytic converter commits a felony. One converter is a category E felony; 2 to 9 is a category D felony; 10 or more is a category C felony. Sentencing follows state felony rules.
Tighter paperwork for scrap yards and dealers
Scrap processors must pay for used utility wire only by check or ACH. They must capture a clear photo or video of the seller and the wire, copy a valid photo ID with address, and get a signed statement showing lawful ownership or source. Processors must keep detailed purchase and sale records for at least 3 years and show both the records and the wire to local law enforcement on demand. Junk dealers must get written ID and a signed statement for used wire and keep them 3 years; extra details are required for burned wire. The law also separates used utility wire and catalytic converters from general “scrap metal” and expands who counts as a “scrap metal processor.”
Stricter limits on used utility wire
You cannot possess or buy used utility wire unless you are an authorized business or have documents proving lawful ownership. Authorized sellers or holders include licensed scrap processors with a fixed location, licensed contractors, disposal-site permit holders, and businesses that reasonably generate such wire. Penalties scale by weight: under 100 lb is a misdemeanor; 100 to 399 lb is a gross misdemeanor; 400 lb or more is a category D felony. Scrap processors may take used wire only from licensed processors, documented owners, or businesses that reasonably generate it. Used utility wire includes seven‑strand metallic wire, wire with permanent ownership marks, or wire burned to remove insulation.
Daily police reports from scrap yards
Where local police use an e‑reporting system, scrap processors must send a report before noon each business day for the prior day’s purchases. Reports must include seller and item details for scrap, extra ownership statements for used utility wire, and vehicle and VIN details for catalytic converters. Processors must post a public notice that explains what data is sent. Purchases from business sellers are generally excluded from e‑reporting. Police may set up secure systems or hire a vendor, and only approved users can see the data. The Division of Industrial Relations sets confidentiality rules for consumer and business information.
Limits lawsuits for injuries during crimes
You cannot sue the state, a local government, or their employees for injuries that happen while you are committing the listed crimes, including the new critical‑infrastructure offense. This limit does not apply if an officer or employee intentionally caused or helped cause the injury, or if the claim alleges a loss of constitutional rights.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/30/2025
Final Passage - Senate (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 5/27/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 332.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/2/2025legislatureIn Assembly. To enrollment.
5/31/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
5/30/2025SenateRead second time.
5/29/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/29/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/29/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
5/27/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/27/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
5/27/2025HouseFrom printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
5/27/2025HouseRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 809.) To printer.
5/26/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass, as amended.
5/26/2025HouseTo committee.
4/24/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/24/2025HouseTo 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. 407.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/3/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/25/2025House
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