NevadaSB37183rd Regular Session (2025)Senate

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to warnings against trespassing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: FabianDeputy Majority Whip Doñate (Democratic), John C. Steinbeck (Republican)

Signed by Governor

BDR 15-908

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Clear ways to mark land no trespassing

The law lists clear ways to give a legal no‑trespass warning. Fluorescent orange paint (at least 50 square inches, or the top 12 inches of a post) counts if marks are within line of sight, no more than 1,000 feet apart, and at each corner and on each side of gates and cattle guards. Fencing the area also counts; a fence can be a wall, hedge, or mesh, but barbed wire alone does not count. “No trespassing” signs count when placed at each corner, within line of sight, and no more than 500 feet apart along the boundary. Land cleared and planted with a crop counts as notice. An owner or occupant may also tell a guest to leave, orally or in writing; this does not apply to tenants. If land is properly posted or fenced, a person there without lawful business is presumed to be trespassing. A federal entryman is treated as an owner for these rules.

Tougher trespass rules and 3-year warnings

The law makes criminal trespass a misdemeanor. A person commits it by entering land or a building to vex, annoy, or commit an unlawful act, or by going or staying after a prior warning. An owner’s or occupant’s warning now stays effective for 36 months. This gives owners and renters stronger tools to make people leave and to seek charges.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • FabianDeputy Majority Whip Doñate

    Democratic • Senate

  • John C. Steinbeck

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 56 • No: 7

House vote 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 35 • No: 7

Senate vote 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 204.

    5/31/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/31/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. To enrollment.

    5/23/2025Senate
  5. In Senate.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 7.) To Senate.

    5/23/2025House
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/22/2025House
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/21/2025House
  9. Read second time.

    5/20/2025House
  10. From committee: Do pass.

    5/19/2025House
  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/24/2025House
  12. In Assembly.

    4/24/2025House
  13. To Assembly.

    4/24/2025Senate
  14. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/24/2025Senate
  15. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer.

    4/22/2025Senate
  16. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    4/21/2025Senate
  17. Reprinting dispensed with.

    4/18/2025Senate
  18. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 256.)

    4/18/2025Senate
  19. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/18/2025Senate
  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/18/2025Senate
  21. From printer. To committee.

    3/18/2025Senate
  22. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    3/17/2025Senate

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