republic-os/legislation/us/states/nv/80/ab-236.md

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type: "Bill" title: "Makes various changes related to criminal law and criminal procedure. (BDR 14-564)" description: "AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to the duties of the Nevada Sentencing Commission; establishing provisions relating to the calculation and use of the amount of certain costs avoided by this State; establishing the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council; revising the contents required in the report of any presentence investigation; requiring certain judges to receive training concerning reports of presentence investigations; making various changes concerning probation and parole; authorizing a court to defer or suspend judgment on a case in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to specialty court programs; revising provisions relating to programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; reducing the penalty for certain crimes from a category B to a category C felony; revising provisions relating to burglary; increasing the felony theft threshold and revising penalties for various theft offenses; making it unlawful to install or affix a scanning device within or upon a machine used for financial transactions under certain circumstances; making it unlawful to access a scanning device under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to habitual criminals; requiring the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission to develop and implement a behavioral health field response grant program; revising provisions concerning crimes involving controlled substances; repealing provisions relating to programs of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts and the civil commitment of such persons; making appropriations to the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto." jurisdiction: "us/states/nv" legislature: "Nevada Legislature" session: "80" identifier: "AB 236" citation: "Nevada AB 236 (80)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["BURGLARY", "PAROLE COMMISSIONERS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ATMS", "FRAUD", "SERVICE STATIONS", "CLARK COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "GIFTS AND GRANTS", "PEACE OFFICERS", "AGE", "ARMED FORCES", "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (See also COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)", "HOME INVASION", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "GOVERNOR", "HOUSEBREAKING", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE", "SPORTING EVENTS", "LEGISLATURE", "GAMING", "VETERANS", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "FIREARMS", "STATE BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND SIMILAR BODIES", "AGED PERSONS", "PEACE OFFICERS’ STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION", "CHECKS OR DRAFTS", "HABITUAL CRIMINALS", "PAROLE", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "SENTENCING COMMISSION", "NEVADA", "NAMES", "AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES", "PROBATION", "THEFT", "CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "FINES", "VENDING MACHINES", "CREDIT CARDS AND DEBIT CARDS", "FIRES", "JUSTICE COURTS", "BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY", "DEPARTMENT OF", "INVASION OF THE HOME", "ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "SENTENCING", "SEALING RECORDS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS", "DEATH", "STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER", "SUPREME COURT", "RESIDENTIAL CONFINEMENT", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "SPECIALTY COURTS (See also DISTRICT COURTS; JUSTICE COURTS; MUNICIPAL COURTS)", "BRIBERY", "MUNICIPAL COURTS", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "VICTIMS OF CRIME", "DISTRICT COURTS", "WASHOE COUNTY (See also COUNTIES)", "DRIVER’S LICENSES", "CONVICTIONS", "STALKING", "JUSTICE REINVESTMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL", "NEVADA LOCAL", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH", "PRISONS", "STATE", "MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AND RELATED LICENSEES"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 10 action_count: 14 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ff366cf-a144-4154-b15a-d7f076a93d88" source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6419/Overview" source_hash: "316a2920e4056ed1e4f7dd7be7dd867e06daa56711edfdc0f58345d6959b3d40" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]

Nevada AB 236 (80) — Makes various changes related to criminal law and criminal procedure. (BDR 14-564)

AN ACT relating to crimes; revising provisions relating to the duties of the Nevada Sentencing Commission; establishing provisions relating to the calculation and use of the amount of certain costs avoided by this State; establishing the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council; revising the contents required in the report of any presentence investigation; requiring certain judges to receive training concerning reports of presentence investigations; making various changes concerning probation and parole; authorizing a court to defer or suspend judgment on a case in certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to specialty court programs; revising provisions relating to programs for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence; reducing the penalty for certain crimes from a category B to a category C felony; revising provisions relating to burglary; increasing the felony theft threshold and revising penalties for various theft offenses; making it unlawful to install or affix a scanning device within or upon a machine used for financial transactions under certain circumstances; making it unlawful to access a scanning device under certain circumstances; revising provisions relating to habitual criminals; requiring the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission to develop and implement a behavioral health field response grant program; revising provisions concerning crimes involving controlled substances; repealing provisions relating to programs of treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts and the civil commitment of such persons; making appropriations to the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment 1107 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 1126 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment 723 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment 962 (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprint 1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Reprint 2 (committee substitute) — source
8. Reprint 3 (committee substitute) — source
9. Reprint 4 (committee substitute) — source
10. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00 Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. reading-1, referral-committee
• 2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00 From printer. To committee.
• 2019-04-01T07:00:00+00:00 Notice of eligibility for exemption.
• 2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00 Waiver granted effective: April 9, 2019.
• 2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. committee-passage
• 2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00 Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 723.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. reading-2
• 2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
• 2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 962.) To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 12, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
• 2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1107.) To printer. committee-passage
• 2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00 From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1126.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment Nos. 1107 and 1126 concurred in. To enrollment.
• 2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00 Enrolled and delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-14T07:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-06-17T07:00:00+00:00 Chapter 633.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ff366cf-a144-4154-b15a-d7f076a93d88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).