Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 6 R cosponsors

AB 168 — Revises provisions relating to riots. (BDR 15-518)

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    In Committee
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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 died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill increases penalties for certain crimes committed during riots, including assault and battery against officers, and establishes new offenses related to unlawful assemblies.

  • NRS 200.471

    a gross misdemeanor if the person, other than a prisoner, commits an assault upon an officer; and → a category E felony if the assault is committed upon an officer during a riot.

    Increases the penalty for assault on an officer committed during a riot from a gross misdemeanor to a category E felony.

  • NRS 200.481

    a gross misdemeanor if the person commits a battery upon an officer and the person knew or should have known that the victim was an officer. → a category E felony if the battery is committed during a riot.

    Increases the penalty for battery on an officer committed during a riot from a gross misdemeanor to a category E felony.

  • NRS 202.445

    makes it unlawful to knowingly or intentionally provide certain material support with the intent that such support be used to: (1) assemble for certain unlawful purposes; or (2) commit a rout or riot.

    Creates a new offense for providing material support for unlawful assemblies, routs, or riots.

  • NRS 203.060

    a misdemeanor for two or more persons to assemble together to commit an unlawful act, but who separate without committing or advancing toward the act. → a category E felony for seven or more persons to assemble together for such purposes.

    Increases the penalty for unlawful assembly to a category E felony when seven or more people are involved.

  • NRS 203.070

    makes it a category E felony for seven or more persons to commit a rout or riot.

    Increases the penalty for committing a rout or riot to a category E felony when seven or more persons are involved.

  • NRS 206.010

    makes it a category E felony for any persons to commit such acts during a riot.

    Increases the penalty for damaging property during a riot to a category E felony.

  • NRS 206.125

    a gross misdemeanor to vandalize, place graffiti on, deface or otherwise damage: (1) a place of religious worship; (2) a facility used for... → a category E felony to vandalize, place graffiti on, deface or otherwise damage such property during a riot.

    Increases the penalty for vandalism of certain properties during a riot to a category E felony.

  • NRS 405.230

    increases the penalty to a category E felony, if a person obstructs any road, street or alley during certain unlawful assemblies, a rout or riot.

    Increases the penalty for obstructing roads during unlawful assemblies, routs, or riots to a category E felony.

Action History

  1. (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

  2. From printer. To committee.

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

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7 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 55 not signed on

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 168?
AB 168 is sponsored by Ellison, John (Republican), Dickman, Jill (Republican), Philip P.K. O’Neill, Titus, Robin L. (Republican), James Settelmeyer, Hansen, Alexis M. (Republican), Andy Matthews, Hansen, Ira (Republican), Hardy, Melissa R.. (Republican), Keith Pickard, Pete Goicoechea, and Jim Wheeler.
What is the current status of AB 168?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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