# Nevada AB54: AN ACT relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for failing to take certain precautions when approaching a traffic incident if such a failure proximately causes the death of or substantial bodily harm to a first responder; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada AB54, AN ACT relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for failing to take certain precautions when approaching a traffic incident if such a failure proximately causes the death of or substantial bodily harm to a first responder; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure; status failed, last action 2025-04-12 ((Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada AB54
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for failing to take certain precautions when approaching a traffic incident if such a failure proximately causes the death of or substantial bodily harm to a first responder; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-11-20
- Last action: 2025-04-12, (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 43-244
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure

## Actions (7)

- 2025-04-12: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) (House)
- 2025-02-12: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Action of referral rescinded. (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read first time. To committee. (House)
- 2024-11-26: From printer. (House)
- 2024-11-20: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer. (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB54.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB54.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB54-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).