AB 97 — Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 14-499)
Last action — Chapter 21.
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✓Introduced
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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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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on May 26, 2025.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
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A.B.Assembly Bill No.
9797–Committee Aon SSEMBLYJudiciary BILLCHAPTER.......... NO .
97–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (O N BEHALF OF THE JOINT NTERIM S TANDING C OMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ) PREFILED JANUARY 13, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to public safety.
(BDR 14-499) 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.
Existingdealing law:with crime to maintain certain records and submit certain information to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History;
(1)and requires(2) eachestablishes agencycertain ofrequirements criminalfor justicethe andsubmission anyof othersuch agencyinformation dealingto withensure crimecompliance towith maintainthe certainpolicies, recordsprocedures and submitdefinitions certainprescribed informationby to the CentralUniform RepositoryCrime forReporting NevadaProgram Records of Criminalthe History;Federal Bureau of Investigation.
and(NRS (2)179A.075) establishessubmission withthrough the policies,use proceduresof and definitions prescribed by the UniformNational CrimenceIncident-Based Reporting ProgramSystem. of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(NRS 179A.075) Section 31 of this bill insteadcreates requiresa eachdefinition suchof agencythe toterm make“National suchIncident-Based aReporting submissionSystem,” throughand thesection use2 of thethis Nationalbill Incident-Basedmakes Reportingthat System.definition applicable to chapter 179A of NRS.
SectionEXPLANATION 1 of this bill creates a definition of the term “National Incident-Based chapter 179A of NRS.nd section 2 of this bill makes that definition applicable to - *AB97* – 2Matter –in THEbolded PEOPLEitalics OFis THEnew; STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
(1)- In83rd theSession manner(2025) approved– by2 the– Director of the Department;
andande manner approved by the Director of the (2) [In accordance with the policies, procedures and definitions of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.] Through the use of the National Incident-Based Reporting System.
Each agency of criminal justice shall submit the information relating to records of criminal history that it creates, issues or collects, and any information in its possession relating to the DNA profile of a person from whom a biological specimen is obtained pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913, to the Division.
TheinedThe information must be submitted to the Division:
If an agency has submitted a record regarding the arrest of a person who is later determined by the agency not to be the person who committed the particular crime, the agency shall, immediately upon making that determination, so notify the Division.
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(a)relating Collect,to:ct, maintain and arrange all information submitted to it relating(1) to:Records of criminal history;
(1) Records of criminal history;
(c) Upon request, provide, in paper or electronic form, the information that is contained in the Central Repository to the Committee- on83rd DomesticSession Violence(2025) appointed– pursuant3 to– NRS 228.470 when, pursuant to NRS 228.495, the Committee isisS reviewing the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018.
(1) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof for a license which it has the power to grantgran(2) With whom any agency of the State of Nevada or deny;any political subdivision thereof intends to enter into a relationship of employment or a contract for personal services;
(2)(3) WithWho whomhas applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof intends to enterattend intoan aacademy relationshipfor oftraining employmentpeace orofficers aapproved contractby forthe personalPeace services;Officers’ Standards and Training Commission;
(3) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof to attend an academy for training - *AB97* – 4 – peace officers approved by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission;
To request and receive information from the Federal Bureau ofCentral InvestigationRepository concerningmust areceive:rson person pursuant to subsection 6, the Central(a) RepositoryThe mustperson’s receive:complete set of fingerprints for the purposes of:
(a) The person’s complete set of fingerprints for the purposes of:
or (c)- Any83rd otherSession biometric(2025) – 4 – for the purposes of:metric identifier of the person as it may require for(1) theArrest; purposes of:
(1) Arrest;
(1) Has applied to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for thethe(2) issuanceHas applied to a county school district, charter school or renewalprivate ofschool for employment or to serve as a license;volunteer;
(2)or Has(3) appliedIs toemployed by or volunteers for a county school district, charter school or private school, and immediately notify the superintendent of each county school fordistrict, employmentthe governing body of each charter school and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or tothe serveadministrator of each private school, as appropriate, if the investigation of the Central Repository indicates that the person has been convicted of a volunteer;violation of NRS 200.508, 201.230, 453.3385, 453.3387 or 453.339, or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude.
or(e) (3)Upon Isdiscovery, employed by or volunteers for a county school district, charter school or private school, and immediately notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the administrator of each - *AB97* – 5 – private school, as appropriate, ifby theproviding investigation of the Centralsuperintendent, Repositorygoverning indicatesbody that the person has been convicted of a violation of NRS 200.508, 201.230, 453.3385, 453.3387 or 453.339,administrator orwith convicted of a felonylist or(1) anyInvestigated offensepursuant involvingto moralparagraph turpitude.(d);
(e) Upon discovery, immediately notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school or the administrator of each private school, as appropriate, by providing the superintendent, governing body or administrator with a list of all persons:
(1) Investigated pursuant to paragraph (d);
The superintendent of each county school district, the governing- body83rd ofSession a(2025) charter– school5 or– the administrator of each private school, as applicable, shall determine whether furtherfurtherh investigation or action by the district, charter school or private school, as applicable, is appropriate.
(i) Identify and review the collection and processing of statistical data relating to criminal justice by any agency identified in subsection 2 and make recommendations for any necessary changesby inany thesuch manneragency.er of collecting and processing statistical data by(j) anyAdopt suchregulations agency.governing biometric identifiers and the information and data derived from biometric identifiers, including, without limitation:
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(j) Adopt regulations governing biometric identifiers and the information and data derived from biometric identifiers, including, without limitation:
and (2) The methods by which a person may request the removal of his or her biometric identifiers from the Central Repository and - *AB97* – 6 – any other agency where his or her biometric identifiers have been stored.
(b) Charge a reasonable fee for any publication or special report itCentral distributesRepository relatingmay tonot datacollect collectedsuch pursuanta tofee thisfrom section.an agency ofion.
The Central Repository may not collect such a fee from an agency of criminal justice or any other agency dealing with crime which is required to submit information pursuant to subsection 2.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – (c) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, use electronic means to receive and disseminate information contained in the Central Repository that it is authorized to disseminate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
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Action History
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Chapter 21.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
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In Assembly. To enrollment.
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Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Read second time.
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From committee: Do pass.
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In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
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Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
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Read second time.
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From committee: Do pass.
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Read first time. To committee.
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From printer.
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Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Sponsors
- Assembly Committee on Judiciary · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →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 97 is sponsored by Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
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