All Roll Calls
Yes: 62 • No: 0
NevadaSB30983rd Regular Session (2025)SenateWALLET
AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or certain other prohibited substances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: John C. Steinbeck (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BDR 43-906
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Harsher repeat DUI penalties and rules
The law increases punishment for repeat impaired driving. A second DUI within seven years now carries at least 20 days in jail or residential confinement; the maximum stays 6 months. If you have certain prior DUI convictions, or you reoffend while in court‑ordered treatment, you are guilty of a category B felony with 2 to 15 years in prison and a $2,000 to $5,000 fine. Having a child under 15 in the car counts as an aggravating factor for a tougher sentence. Time you spent in jail, residential confinement, treatment supervision, parole, or probation does not count toward the 7‑year lookback. Priors include listed Nevada DUI and DUI‑related homicide laws and similar laws from other states. Prosecutors must allege priors and prove them at sentencing; when the main charge is a felony, priors must also be shown at the preliminary hearing or to a grand jury.
Lower BAC trigger to 0.16
The law lowers the alcohol concentration level that triggers enhanced DUI rules. The threshold drops from 0.18 to 0.16 gram per 100 milliliters of blood, or per 210 liters of breath. More cases now qualify for stricter penalties, evaluations, and treatment orders.
Stricter rules for serving jail time
Judges may let people serve short sentences in segments. For a second or later DUI within seven years, at least one segment must be 48 straight hours. Any sentence of 30 days or less must be finished within six months, and each confinement block must be at least 24 hours. Jail terms under this section must run one after another with sentences for other listed driving offenses, not at the same time.
One DUI code section repealed
The law repeals NRS 484C.040. That section is removed from Nevada’s DUI statutes. The text provided does not state the practical effect.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
John C. Steinbeck
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/2/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)
Yes: 42 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/29/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 502.
6/11/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/10/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/6/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/4/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/3/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
6/2/2025HouseTaken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
6/1/2025HouseRead second time.
5/31/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/31/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/31/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
5/30/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/30/2025HouseFrom printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
5/30/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/29/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/29/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 903.)
5/29/2025SenateTaken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
5/29/2025SenateTaken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
5/28/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/28/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/28/2025SenateTo committee.
4/22/2025SenateFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/22/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
4/17/2025SenateRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 247.)
4/17/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/17/2025Senate
Bill Text
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