# Nevada SB89: AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting the purchase, possession or ownership of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a crime motivated by certain characteristics of the victim; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Nevada SB89, AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting the purchase, possession or ownership of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a crime motivated by certain characteristics of the victim; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Julie Pazina (Democratic); status vetoed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB89-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada SB89 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting the purchase, possession or ownership of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a crime motivated by certain characteristics of the victim; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. - Status: vetoed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.) - Sponsor: Julie Pazina (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 15-174 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (39 yes, 23 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Some past offenders can keep firearms: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada provides a limited exception for hate-crime convictions, including violent hate crimes, before that date. A qualifying person can keep owning or possessing a firearm they legally owned before July 1, 2025. This exception does not allow firearm purchases or remove othe… - Hate-crime convictions bring new firearm bans: cost, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Nevada bans firearm access after convictions for committing or attempting a violent hate crime. That ban has no stated time limit. Other hate-crime convictions trigger the ban for the immediately preceding 10 years. The ban covers buying, owning, possessing, or controlling f… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Julie Pazina (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-23 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (As Introduced) | pass | 27 | 15 | | | 2025-05-19 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (As Introduced) | pass | 12 | 8 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (Senate) - 2025-06-02: Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message. (legislature) - 2025-05-27: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-23: In Senate. To enrollment. (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-05-22: Read second time. (House) - 2025-05-22: Placed on Second Reading File. (House) - 2025-05-22: From committee: Do pass. (House) - 2025-05-20: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. (House) - 2025-05-20: In Assembly. (House) - 2025-05-19: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Withdrawn from committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: From committee: Do pass. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read first time. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-01-16: From printer. (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. (Senate) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB89_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB89.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) - SB81: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to create and conduct certain surveys of public school employees; revising provisions gover… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB89_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/SB/SB89.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) - [SB81: AN ACT relating to education; requiring the Department of Education to create a…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB81-83rd2025) - [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-SB89-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).