AB 55 — Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle crashes. (BDR 43-250)

(ReprintedAssembly withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 17, 2025) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

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55–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (O N BEHALF OF THE O FFICE OFT RAFFIC SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 20, 2024 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle crashes.

(BDR 43-250) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existing law requires a coroner, or other public official performing like duties, in all cases in which a death has occurred as a result of a crash involving a motor vehicle, to:

(1) cause to be drawn from each decedent a blood sample to begbe a motor analyzed for the presence and concentration of alcohol within 8 hours of the crash;

(1) requires the blood sample to also be analyzed for the presence and concentration of certainother substancespublic whichofficial; are commonly misused, as determined by the coroner or drawn within 8 hours of the crash;

and(2) (3) removes the requirement that the be findings of such a blood sample be reporteddrawn to the Department within 308 dayshours after the death, and instead requires the coroner or other public official to report the findings to the Department upon receipt of the findings.crash;

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(NRSExisting 484E.110)law Section 2 of this bill requires aevery police officer towho submitinvestigates thea reportvehicle through the electronic crash reportingand systemprepares maintaineda byreport theas of a personresult involvedto inforward the crashwritten ifor theelectronic deathreport occurredto as a result of the crash.ath Existing law requires the Department ofto Publicrecord Safetythe todata preparecollected formsfrom forsuch crash reports madein bya policecentral officersrepository to thetrack Departmentdata andelectronically toconcerning supplyvehicle suchcrashes formson toa lawstatewide enforcementbasis. agencies and other appropriate persons upon request.

(NRS 484E.120)484E.110) ToSection reflect the changes made in section 2 requiring that a crash report to 3 of this bill requires thea Departmentpolice officer to prescribesubmit the formreport forthrough crashthe reportselectronic andcrash makereporting thesystem formmaintained availableby tothe lawDepartment enforcementwithin agencies10 anddays otherafter: appropriate persons.

(1) the date of the crash;

or (2) the date of death of a person involved in the crash if the death occurred as a result of the crash.

Existing law requires the Department of Public Safety to prepare forms for crash reports made by police officers to the Department and to supply such forms to 484E.120) To reflect the changes made in section 2 requiring that a crash report to the Department be submitted through the electronic crash reporting system, section of this bill requires the Department to prescribe the form for crash reports and make the form available to law enforcement agencies and other appropriate persons.

- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

The findings of the examinations are a matter of public record and must be reported to the Department by the coroner or other public official [within 30 days after the death.] upon receipt of the findings.

or - *AB55_R1* – 3 – (b) The date of death of a person involved in the crash if the death occurred as a result of the crash.

The data collected by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to [this] subsection 1 must be recorded in a central repository created and maintained by the Department of Public Safety , in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, to track data electronically concerning vehicle crashes on a statewide basis.

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Every sheriff, chief of police or office of the Nevada Highway Patrol receiving any report required under NRS 484E.030 to 484E.090, inclusive, shall immediately [prepare] file a copy thereof [and file the copy] with the Department of Public Safety.

The Department of Public Safety shall [, upon request, supply] make available to a police department, sheriff or other appropriate agency or person the [forms] form for crash reports prepared by a police officer pursuant to NRS 484E.110.

The Department of Motor Vehicles may rely upon the accuracy of information supplied to a police officer by a driver - *AB55_R1* – 4 – or owner on the form unless it has reason to believe that the information is erroneous.

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