All Roll Calls
Yes: 53 • No: 8
NevadaSB40783rd Regular Session (2025)Senate
AN ACT relating to indigent services; revising provisions governing the Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services and the State Public Defender; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor
BDR 14-492
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Bar membership required for defense leaders
The Executive Director and the State Public Defender must be Nevada Bar members in good standing. They can also qualify if authorized to practice in Nevada under Supreme Court rules.
Public defense leadership now Board-led
The Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services serves a 4-year term and may be reappointed. The Board may remove the Director only for good cause. The Governor may remove the Director only for criminal conduct, malfeasance, or nonfeasance. The Executive Director appoints the State Public Defender to a 4-year term, with possible reappointment. The Public Defender serves at the pleasure of the Executive Director.
Transition dates for current leaders
The law takes effect on July 1, 2025. A State Public Defender serving on July 1, 2025 under prior law keeps the rest of that term. An Executive Director serving on June 30, 2025 is treated as appointed to a 4-year term. That term begins on July 1, 2026.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Senate Committee on Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 41 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/27/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 12 • No: 8
Actions Timeline
Chapter 519.
6/13/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/11/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
6/4/2025legislatureTo enrollment.
6/2/2025SenateIn Senate.
6/1/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
5/31/2025HouseRead second time.
5/30/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/30/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass.
5/30/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
5/28/2025HouseIn Assembly.
5/28/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
5/28/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To printer.
5/27/2025SenateReprinting dispensed with.
5/27/2025SenateRead third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 802.)
5/27/2025SenatePlaced on General File.
5/27/2025SenateFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
5/27/2025SenateTaken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.
4/14/2025SenateRead second time.
4/14/2025SenateNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/14/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
4/10/2025SenateFrom printer. To committee.
3/21/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
3/20/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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