Nevada 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 407 — Revises provisions relating to the Department of Indigent Defense Services. (BDR 14-492)

Last action — Chapter 519.

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Joe Lombardo (Republican) on June 11, 2025.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

105 added · 146 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Senate Bill No. 407 change how key officials in the Department of Indigent Defense Services are appointed and removed. Now, the Executive Director will be appointed by a board rather than the Governor, and can only be removed for good cause, providing more job security. Additionally, the Executive Director will now appoint the State Public Defender instead of the Governor doing so. Lastly, both roles must be members of the State Bar of Nevada, ensuring they are qualified legal professionals. These changes aim to enhance the independence and stability of the indigent defense system.

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Senate Bill No.
407 SENATE BILL NO .
407–Committee on Judiciary CHAPTER..........
407–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (O N BEHALF OF THE JOINT NTERIM S TANDING C OMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ) M ARCH 20, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the Department of Indigent Defense Services.
(BDR 14-492) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
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Effect on the State:
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matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
LegiExisting law creates the Department of Indigent Defense Services and requires the Governor to appoint the Executive Director of the Department, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor.
Existing law creates the Department of Indigent Defense Services and requires the Governor to appoint the Executive Director of the Department, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor.
Section 25.5 also specifies that theExisting law creates the Office of the State Public Defender within the Department and requires the Governor to appoint the State Public Defender.
Section 25.5 also specifies that the Executive Director serves a term of 4 years and may be reappointed.
Department and requires the Governor to appoint the State Public Defender.
Section 25.7 also provides that the person serving - *SB407_R1* – 2 – as the Executive Director on the effective date of this bill is deemed to have been appointed to a term of 4 years beginning on that date.
Section 25.7 also provides that the person serving as the Executive Director on the effective date of this bill is deemed to have been appointed to a term of 4 years beginning on that date.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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THE PSENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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(a) Must be [an attorney licensed] a member of the State Bar of Nevada in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the State of Nevada [.] pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court.
- 83rd Session (2025) – 2 – Nevada in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the State of Nevada [.] pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court.
No officer or agency of the State, other than the Executive Director or deputy director selected by the Executive Director pursuant to NRS 180.420 who is responsible for carrying - *SB407_R1* – 3 – out the duties provided in NRS 180.430 may assign the State Public Defender duties in addition to those prescribed by this chapter.
No officer or agency of the State, other than the Executive Director or deputy director selected by the Executive Director pursuant to NRS 180.420 who is responsible for carrying out the duties provided in NRS 180.430 may assign the State Public Defender duties in addition to those prescribed by this chapter.
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NRS 180.400 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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The Department of Indigent Defense Services is hereby created.
(c) Must be [an attorney licensed] a member of the State Bar of Nevada in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the State of Nevada [;] pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court;
Nevada in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the State of Nevada [;] pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court;
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or (b) Committed an act that constitutes malfeasance or nonfeasance in office.
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For the purposes of this paragraph, an otherwise lawful action taken within the scope of the statutory - *SB407_R1* – 4 – authority of the Executive Director does not constitute malfeasance or nonfeasance.
For the purposes of this paragraph, an otherwise lawful action taken within the scope of the statutory authority of the Executive Director does not constitute malfeasance or nonfeasance.
The Legislature declares that the purpose of this subsection is to uphold the public policy that an indigent defense system must representation, as recognized by the American Bar Association Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, as published on November 9, 2023.
The Legislature declares that the purpose of this subsection is to uphold the public policy that an indigent defense system must be independent in order to provide constitutionally adequate representation, as recognized by the American Bar Association Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, as published on November 9, 2023.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Chapter 519.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. To enrollment.

  5. In Senate.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  7. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

  8. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 802.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To printer.

  10. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To committee.

  11. From committee: Do pass.

  12. From printer. To committee.

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

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Assembly (1st Reprint)

Passed 41 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 26001
Republican 14000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 41001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (42)
Member Party Vote
O’Neill, PK — Yea
Anderson, Natha C. Democratic Yea
Backus, Shea M. Democratic Yea
Brown-May, Tracy Democratic Yea
Carter, Max E., II Democratic Yea
Considine, Venicia Democratic Yea
D'Silva, Reuben Democratic Yea
Dalia, Joe Democratic Yea
Flanagan, Tanya P. Democratic Yea
González, Cecelia Democratic Not Voting
Goulding, Heather Democratic Yea
Hunt, Linda F. Democratic Yea
Jackson, Jovan A. Democratic Yea
Jauregui, Sandra Democratic Yea
Karris, Venise Democratic Yea
La Rue Hatch, Selena Democratic Yea
Marzola, Elaine H. Democratic Yea
Miller, Brittney M. Democratic Yea
Monroe-Moreno, Daniele Democratic Yea
Moore, Cinthia Zermeño Democratic Yea
Mosca, Erica Democratic Yea
Nadeem, Hanadi Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Duy Democratic Yea
Orentlicher, David Democratic Yea
Roth, Erica P. Democratic Yea
Torres-Fossett, Selena Democratic Yea
Watts, Howard Democratic Yea
Yeager, Steve Democratic Yea
Cole, Lisa K. Republican Yea
DeLong, Rich Republican Yea
Dickman, Jill Republican Yea
Edgeworth, Rebecca Republican Yea
Gallant, Danielle Republican Yea
Gray, Ken Republican Yea
Gurr, Bert K. Republican Yea
Hafen, Gregory T., II Republican Yea
Hansen, Alexis M. Republican Yea
Hardy, Melissa R.. Republican Yea
Hibbetts, Brian Republican Yea
Kasama, Heidi Republican Yea
Koenig, Gregory S. Republican Yea
Yurek, Toby Republican Yea

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Senate (1st Reprint)

Passed 12 Yea · 8 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0800
Democratic 12001
Total 12801
% of votes cast 57%38%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Cannizzaro, Nicole J. Democratic Yea
Cruz-Crawford, Michelee "Shelly" Democratic Not Voting
Daly, Skip Democratic Yea
Dondero Loop, Marilyn Democratic Yea
Doñate, Fabian Democratic Yea
Flores, Edgar Democratic Yea
Lange, Roberta Democratic Yea
Neal, Dina Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Rochelle T. Democratic Yea
Ohrenschall, James Democratic Yea
Pazina, Julie Democratic Yea
Scheible, Melanie Democratic Yea
Taylor, Angela D. Democratic Yea
Buck, Carrie Ann Republican Nay
Ellison, John Republican Nay
Hansen, Ira Republican Nay
Krasner, Lisa Republican Nay
Rogich, Lori Republican Nay
Steinbeck, John C. Republican Nay
Stone, Jeff Republican Nay
Titus, Robin L. Republican Nay

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