NevadaSB783rd Regular Session (2025)Senate

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; authorizing a court to waive the requirement that the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety make a presentence investigation and report under certain circumstances; providing that a failure by the Chief Parole and Probation Officer to submit a presentence investigation and report before a sentencing hearing is not grounds for an order of contempt under certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to the disclosure of a presentence investigation and report to a defendant; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Senate Committee on Judiciary

Signed by Governor

BDR 14-247

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Defendants can waive reports before sentencing

Nevada courts can waive the investigation and report normally required before sentencing. The defendant and prosecutor must agree, and the court must approve. The court can then grant probation without receiving the report. This applies to investigation requests received by the Division of Parole and Probation on or after July 1, 2025.

Probation chief gets limited contempt protection

The law limits contempt orders against Nevada's Chief Parole and Probation Officer for a late presentence report. This protection applies when the Division lacks required written psychosexual evaluation results at least 3 days before sentencing. In that case, failing to submit the report before the hearing is not grounds for contempt. This applies to investigation requests received by the Division on or after July 1, 2025.

Defendants get shorter report review time

Nevada's Division of Parole and Probation must share report facts at least 7 calendar days before sentencing, down from 14. The prosecutor, defense lawyer, defendant, and court must receive them. The defendant can waive this minimum review period. For gang findings it reasonably believes are disputed, the Division must also share all supporting documents, including field interview cards. These rules apply to investigation requests received by the Division on or after July 1, 2025.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 63 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/22/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 435.

    6/9/2025legislature
  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    6/5/2025legislature
  3. To enrollment.

    6/4/2025Senate
  4. Assembly Amendment No. 572 concurred in.

    6/2/2025Senate
  5. In Senate.

    5/19/2025Senate
  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    5/19/2025House
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/16/2025House
  8. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.

    5/16/2025House
  9. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 572.) To printer.

    5/15/2025House
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    5/14/2025House
  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/24/2025House
  12. In Assembly.

    4/24/2025House
  13. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.

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

    4/22/2025Senate
  15. Reprinting dispensed with.

    4/21/2025Senate
  16. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 332.)

    4/21/2025Senate
  17. Placed on Second Reading File.

    4/21/2025Senate
  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/21/2025Senate
  19. Read first time. To committee.

    2/3/2025Senate
  20. From printer.

    11/4/2024Senate
  21. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    10/29/2024Senate

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