Nevada 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 9 D cosponsors

AB 160 — Revises provisions governing credit awarded to reduce a sentence of imprisonment. (BDR 14-173)

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2021) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
requiring a court to provide credit for time spent in confinement before conviction to reduce a sentence of imprisonment;
establishing limitations on credit for time spent in residential confinement before conviction for defendants who have been found guilty of a misdemeanor;
Existing law authorizes a court that imposes a sentence of imprisonment in a county jail or state prison to allow credit for time spent in confinement before existing law, the Nevada Supreme Court has held that residential confinement (also known as “house arrest”) served as a condition of bail does not constitute time spent in confinement for which a court may award credit to reduce a sentence of imprisonment.
Existing law authorizes a court that imposes a sentence of imprisonment in a conviction to reduce the sentence.
(NRS 176.055) In interpreting this provision of existing law, the Nevada Supreme Court has held that residential confinement (also known as “house arrest”) served as a condition of bail does not constitute time spent in confinement for which a court may award credit to reduce a sentence of imprisonment.
413, 416 (2005)) This bill authorizes a court to allow credit for time spent in residential confinement, in a person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions imposed by the court, before conviction to reduce a sentence of imprisonment.
413, 416 (2005)) This bill:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
(1) requires a court to allow credit for time spent in confinement before conviction to spent in residential confinement, in a person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions imposed by the court, before conviction to reduce a sentence of imprisonment;
and (3) limits the amount of credit for time spent in residential confinement that a court may allow a defendant who has been found guilty of a misdemeanor to the lesser of 25 percent of the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction or 60 days.
- *AB160_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Except as otherwise provided in subsection [2,] 3, whenever a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail or state prison is imposed, the court may order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence, including any minimum term or - *AB160* – 2 – minimum aggregate term, as applicable, thereof prescribed by law [, for] :
Except as otherwise provided in subsection [2,] 4, whenever a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail or state prison is imposed, the court [may] :
(a) For the amount of time which the defendant has actually spent in confinement before conviction [,] ;
(a) Shall order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence, including any minimum term or minimum aggregate term, as applicable, thereof prescribed by law, for the amount of time which the defendant has actually spent in confinement before conviction [,] ;
or (b) For the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction, unless the defendant’s confinement or residential confinement was pursuant to a judgment of conviction for another offense.
and (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, may order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence, including any minimum term or minimum aggregate term, as applicable, thereof prescribed by law, for the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction, unless the defendant’s confinement or residential confinement was pursuant to a judgment of conviction for another offense.
Credit allowed pursuant to [this] subsection 1 does not alter the date from which the term of imprisonment is computed.
Whenever a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail is imposed upon a defendant who has been found guilty of a misdemeanor, the court may order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence for the lesser of 25 percent of the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction or 60 days, unless the defendant’s residential confinement was pursuant to a judgment of conviction for another offense.
[2.] 3.
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Credit allowed pursuant to [this] subsection 1 or 2 does not alter the date from which the term of imprisonment is computed.
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- *AB160_R1* – 3 – Sec.
The amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act apply to:
The amendatory provisions of section 1 of this act app1.
1.
tAn offense committed on or after October 1, 2021;
An offense committed on or after October 1, 2021;
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The bill modifies the provisions governing credit against sentences of imprisonment by mandating credit for residential confinement and setting limits for misdemeanors.

  • NRS 176.055

    may → shall

    The court is required to grant credit for time spent in confinement before conviction.

  • NRS 176.055

    [2,] → 4,

    The reference to subsection 2 is updated to 4 to accommodate new provisions.

  • NRS 176.055

    , → ; and

    Separates the provisions allowing credit for time spent in residential confinement.

  • NRS 176.055

    may → shall

    The court is now mandated to allow credit for residential confinement.

  • NRS 176.055

    may order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence for the lesser of 25 percent of the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction or 60 days, unless the defendant’s residential confinement was pursuant to a judgment of conviction for another offense. → may order that credit be allowed against the duration of the sentence for the lesser of 25 percent of the amount of time which the defendant spent in residential confinement before conviction or 60 days, unless the defendant’s residential confinement was pursuant to a judgment of conviction for another offense.

    The court has limited authority to grant credit for residential confinement to defendants found guilty of a misdemeanor.

  • NRS 176.055

    [this] → 1 or 2

    Clarifies that credit for confinement does not change the computation of imprisonment dates.

  • NRS 176.055

    2. → 4.

    Updates the numbering of the subsections due to the insertion of new provisions.

  • NRS 176.055

    whi → which was committed while the defendant was

    Corrects and clarifies the wording regarding eligibility for credit after subsequent offenses.

  • NRS 176.055

    2. → 4.

    Change in subsection reference maintaining consistency in the statute.

  • NRS 176.055

    terms and conditions imposed by the court. → terms and conditions imposed by the court.

    Defines residential confinement for clarity in the context of the statute.

Amendments

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Action History

  1. (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.)

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

  3. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 9.) To Senate.

  4. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 193.) To printer.

  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.

  6. From printer. To committee.

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

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 160?
AB 160 is sponsored by Flores, Edgar (Democratic), Anderson, Natha C. (Democratic), Brown-May, Tracy (Democratic), González, Cecelia (Democratic), Marzola, Elaine H. (Democratic), Torres-Fossett, Selena (Democratic), Nguyen, Rochelle T. (Democratic), Watts, Howard (Democratic), Miller, Brittney M. (Democratic), and Peters, Sarah.
What is the current status of AB 160?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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