Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 396 — Makes various changes relating to the use of deadly force. (BDR 15-1042)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 276.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2021. Enacted.

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 36 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Assembly Bill No. 396 changes the rules regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement. It specifies that only peace officers can use deadly force during an arrest, and it requires that any threat of serious bodily harm must be imminent for such force to be justified. This is significant because it aims to limit the circumstances under which deadly force can be used, promoting greater accountability and potentially increasing public safety by reducing unnecessary violence.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 19, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
396 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
396–Committee on Judiciary CHAPTER..........
396–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY M ARCH 24, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to the use of deadly force.
(BDR 15-1042) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Existing law authorizes an officer, if necessary to prevent the escape of a person and after giving a warning, if feasible, to use deadly force to effectuate the committed a felony involving the infliction or threat of serious bodily harm or the use of deadly force;
Existing law authorizes an officer, if necessary to prevent the escape of a person and after giving a warning, if feasible, to use deadly force to effectuate the arrest of the person if there is probable cause to believe that the person:
or (2) poses a threat of serious bodily harm to the officer or others.
(1) has committed a felony involving the infliction or threat of serious bodily harm or the others.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
- *AB396_R1* – 2 – Sec.
Sec.
H - *AB396_R1*
~~~~~ 21 - 81st Session (2021)
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 276.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. Senate Amendment No. 664 concurred in. To enrollment.

  4. In Assembly.

  5. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 9.) To Assembly.

  6. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 664.) To printer.

  8. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 16.) To Senate.

  10. Read second time.

  11. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.

  12. From committee: Do pass.

  13. From printer. To committee.

  14. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

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AB 396 is sponsored by Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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