AB 159 — Establishes the Hope Card Program for applicants who have been granted an extended order for protection against domestic violence. (BDR 3-180)

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Section 3 of this bill requires an applicant for an extended order for protection requesting a Hope Card.ce to indicate in the application whether the applicant is - *AB159**AB159_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

and (4) Any other information that the Office of the Attorney General deems appropriate.appropriate, which may include, without limitation:

(I) The name and description of each additional person or animal protected by the extended order;

(II) The name and date of birth of the adverse party;

(III) A physical description of the adverse party, including, without limitation, height, weight, hair color and eye color;

(IV) A photograph of the adverse party, if available;

and - *AB159_R1* – 3 – (V) The telephone number for the United States National Domestic Violence Hotline.

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If the adverse party has not been served pursuant to NRS 33.060 or 33.065 and fails to appear at the hearing, the court may, upon a showing that law enforcement, after due diligence, has been unable to serve the adverse party or that the - *AB159* – 4 – adverse party has sought to avoid service by concealment, set a date for a second hearing which must be held within 90 days after the date on which the first hearing was scheduled.

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The clerk of the court shall inform the protected party upon the successful transfer of information concerning the registration to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History as requiredreq12. pursuant to NRS 33.095.

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(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of developing the Hope Card Program established pursuant to section 1 of this act and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks that are nec(b)necessary Onto Januarycarry 1,out 2026,the forprovisions allof otherthis purposes.act;

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