Nevada 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 9 — Provides that there is no limitation of time within which a criminal prosecution for a sexual assault arising out of the same facts and circumstances as a murder must be commenced. (BDR 14-422)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 86.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 14, 2018. Enacted.

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Odds of enactment

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Summary

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing that there is no limitation of time within which a criminal prosecution for a sexual assault arising out of the same facts and circumstances as a murder must be commenced; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bill Text

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 17, 2019) FIRST REPRINT S.B.
Senate Bill No.
9 SENATE BILL NO .
9–Committee on Judiciary CHAPTER..........
9–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (ON B EHALF OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 14, 2018 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Provides that there is no limitation of time within which a criminal prosecution for a sexual assault arising out of the same facts and circumstances as a murder must be commenced.
(BDR 14-422) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
LegExisting law provides that there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for murder must be commenced.
Existing law provides that there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for murder must be commenced.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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[If,] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 171.080, if, at any time during the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095, a victim of a sexual assault, a person authorized to act on behalf of a victim of a sexual assault, or a victim of sex trafficking or a person authorized to act on behalf of a victim of sex trafficking, files with a law enforcement officer a written report concerning the sexual assault or sex trafficking, the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095 is removed and there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for the sexual assault or sex trafficking must be commenced.
[If,] Except as otherwise provided in NRS NRS 171.085 and 171.095, a victim of a sexual assault, a personibed in authorized to act on behalf of a victim of a sexual assault, or a victim of sex trafficking or a person authorized to act on behalf of a victim of sex trafficking, files with a law enforcement officer a written report concerning the sexual assault or sex trafficking, the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095 is removed and there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for the sexual assault or sex trafficking must be commenced.
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If a victim of a sexual assault or sex trafficking is under a disability during any part of the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095 and a written report concerning the sexual assault or sex trafficking is not otherwise filed pursuant to subsection 1, the period during which the victim is under the limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095.of the period of 4.
If a victim of a sexual assault or sex trafficking is under a disability during any part of the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095 and a written report concerning the sexual assault or sex trafficking is not otherwise filed pursuant to subsection 1, the period during which the victim is under the disability must be excluded from any calculation of the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095.
For the purposes of this section, a victim of a sexual assault intellectually disabled, mentally incompetent or in a medicallye, comatose or vegetative state.
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For the purposes of this section, a victim of a sexual assault or sex trafficking is under a disability if the victim is insane, intellectually disabled, mentally incompetent or in a medically comatose or vegetative state.
As used in this section, “law enforcement officer” means:
(a) A prosecuting attorney;n, “law enforcement officer” means:
(a) A prosecuting attorney;
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 86.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. In Senate. To enrollment.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.

  5. Read second time.

  6. From committee: Do pass.

  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

  8. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 78.) To printer.

  10. Read first time. To committee.

  11. From printer.

  12. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 9 do?
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing that there is no limitation of time within which a criminal prosecution for a sexual assault arising out of the same facts and circumstances as a murder must be commenced; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Who sponsors SB 9?
SB 9 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Judiciary.
What is the current status of SB 9?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 14, 2018. Enacted.
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