# Nevada SB7: 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. Nevada SB7, 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., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-06-09 (Approved by the Governor. Chapter 435.) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB7-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB7 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-10-29 - Last action: 2025-06-09, Approved by the Governor. Chapter 435. - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 14-247 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (63 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Defendants can waive reports before sentencing: benefit, low. 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 a… - Probation chief gets limited contempt protection: benefit, low. 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… - Defendants get shorter report review time: mixed, low. 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 disput… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-19 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (2nd Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 21 | 0 | | ## Actions (21) - 2025-06-09: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 435. (legislature) - 2025-06-05: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-06-04: To enrollment. (Senate) - 2025-06-02: Assembly Amendment No. 572 concurred in. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: In Senate. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-05-16: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (House) - 2025-05-16: From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. (House) - 2025-05-15: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 572.) To printer. (House) - 2025-05-14: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-04-24: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. (House) - 2025-04-24: In Assembly. (House) - 2025-04-24: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To printer. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Reprinting dispensed with. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 332.) (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Placed on Second Reading File. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate) - 2024-11-04: From printer. (Senate) - 2024-10-29: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_R1.pdf) - Reprint 2: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_R2.pdf) ## Related bills - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - SB15: AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to the timing of when an annual meeting of a debt management commission must occur… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_R1.pdf) - [Reprint 2 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB7_R2.pdf) ## Related - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [SB15: AN ACT relating to governmental administration; revising provisions relating to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB15-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB7-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).