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Passed Nevada Firearm Legislation AB42

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Legislation Overview

Title: Makes various changes relating to criminal law and criminal procedure. (BDR 14-371)

Description: AN ACT relating to crimes; requiring certain batteries which constitute domestic violence to be charged with certain felonies and gross misdemeanors; expanding the courts that are required to conduct a jury trial under certain circumstances; revising various provisions relating to jury trials; authorizing the use of sound recording equipment under certain circumstances; making various changes regarding the jurisdiction of municipal courts; revising provisions governing the selection of jurors; establishing a right to a jury trial under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence or the same or similar conduct in another jurisdiction from owning or having in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm; revising the circumstances under which a prosecuting attorney is authorized to dismiss a charge of battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Session: 81st Legislature (2021)

Last Action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 253.

Last Action Date: June 2, 2021

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Judiciary

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 2% (1 of 42)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jun 2, 2021 Approved by the Governor. Chapter 253.
Assembly May 27, 2021 Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Assembly May 25, 2021 Senate Amendment Nos. 655 and 714 concurred in. To enrollment.
Senate May 21, 2021 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint.
Assembly May 21, 2021 In Assembly.
Senate May 21, 2021 To Assembly.
Senate May 20, 2021 Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 714.)
Senate May 20, 2021 To printer.
Senate May 20, 2021 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 1, Excused: 1.)
Senate May 20, 2021 Reprinting dispensed with.
Senate May 20, 2021 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint.
Senate May 19, 2021 Placed on Second Reading File.
Senate May 19, 2021 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Senate May 19, 2021 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 655.) To printer.
Senate Apr 20, 2021 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
Senate Apr 20, 2021 In Senate.
Assembly Apr 19, 2021 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
Assembly Apr 19, 2021 Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 32, Nays: 10.) To Senate.
Assembly Apr 16, 2021 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Assembly Apr 16, 2021 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 137.) To printer.
Assembly Apr 16, 2021 Placed on Second Reading File.
Assembly Apr 12, 2021 Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Assembly Feb 4, 2021 To committee.
Assembly Feb 1, 2021 Read first time.
Assembly Dec 22, 2020 From printer.
Assembly Nov 18, 2020 Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled May 25, 2021 state link bill text
Amended not available state link bill text
Amended not available state link bill text
Amended not available state link bill text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Senate Amendment 714 Senate Amendment 714 May 20, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
Senate Amendment 655 Senate Amendment 655 May 19, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
Assemebly Amendment 137 Assemebly Amendment 137 Apr 16, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/19/2021 32 10 0 0 Yes
  • Anderson, Natha (D) Yea
  • Benitez-Thompson, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Bilbray-Axelrod, Shannon (D) Yea
  • Black, Ann (R) Yea
  • Brown-May, Tracy (D) Yea
  • Carlton, Maggie (D) Yea
  • Cohen, Lesley (D) Yea
  • Considine, Venicia (D) Yea
  • Dickman, Jill (R) Nay
  • Duran, Bea (D) Yea
  • Ellison, John (R) Nay
  • Flores, Edgar (D) Yea
  • Frierson, Jason (D) Yea
  • Gonzalez, Cecelia (D) Yea
  • Gorelow, Michelle (D) Yea
  • Hafen, Gregory (R) Nay
  • Hansen, Alexis (R) Nay
  • Hardy, Melissa (R) Yea
  • Jauregui, Sandra (D) Yea
  • Kasama, Heidi (R) Yea
  • Krasner, Lisa (R) Yea
  • Leavitt, Glen (R) Nay
  • Martinez, Susan (D) Yea
  • Marzola, Elaine (D) Yea
  • Matthews, Andy (R) Nay
  • McArthur, Richard (R) Nay
  • Miller, Brittney (D) Yea
  • Miller, Cameron (D) Yea
  • Monroe-Moreno, Daniele (D) Yea
  • Nguyen, Rochelle (D) Yea
  • O'Neill, Philip (R) Nay
  • Orentlicher, David (D) Yea
  • Peters, Sarah (D) Yea
  • Roberts, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Summers-Armstrong, Shondra (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Clara (D) Yea
  • Titus, Robin (R) Nay
  • Tolles, Jill (R) Yea
  • Torres, Selena (D) Yea
  • Watts, Howard (D) Yea
  • Wheeler, Jim (R) Nay
  • Yeager, Steve (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/20/2021 19 1 0 1 Yes
  • Brooks, Chris (D) Yea
  • Buck, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Cannizzaro, Nicole (D) Yea
  • Denis, Moises (D) Yea
  • Donate, Fabian (D) Yea
  • Dondero Loop, Marilyn (D) Yea
  • Gansert, Heidi (R) Yea
  • Goicoechea, Pete (R) Yea
  • Hammond, Scott (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Ira (R) Nay
  • Hardy, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Harris, Dallas (D) Yea
  • Kieckhefer, Ben (R) Yea
  • Lange, Roberta (D) Yea
  • Neal, Dina (D) Yea
  • Ohrenschall, James (D) Yea
  • Pickard, Keith (R) Absent
  • Ratti, Julia (D) Yea
  • Scheible, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Settelmeyer, James (R) Yea
  • Spearman, Patricia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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