Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada SB350: Revises provisions relating to the death penalty. (BDR 14-1110)
Status: Signed into law, June 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to criminal procedure; extending the time for which a judgment of death must be executed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, when a judgment of death is pronounced, a judge is required to issue a warrant that appoints the week in which the judgment is to be executed. Existing law requires the appointed week to be not less than 60 days and not more than 90 days from the time the judgment was pronounced…
From the enrolled text, May 28, 2025:
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; extending the time for which a judgment of death must be executed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, when a judgment of death is pronounced, a judge is required to issue a warrant that appoints the week in which the judgment is to be executed. Existing law requires the appointed week to be not less than 60 days and not more than 90 days from the time the judgment was pronounced. (NRS 176.345) Section 1 of this bill instead requires the appointed week: (1) to be not less than 120 days nor more than 180 days from the time of judgment; or (2) if there is any warrant in any case appointing a week within which the judgment is to be executed in force at the time a new warrant is issued, to be not less than 120 days nor more than 180 days from the latest date appointed for execution of the judgment. Under existing law, if for any reason a judgment of death has not been executed and it remains in force, the court which rendered the judgment of death must draw a new warrant. Existing law requires the new warrant to appoint a week in which the judgment is to be executed that is …
Sponsors
- James Ohrenschall (D, 21) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Vetoed by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : Assembly Amendment No. 653 concurred in. To enrollment.
- : From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 14.) To Senate. In Senate.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 653.) To printer.
- : In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
- : Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 213.) Reprinting dispensed with.
- : From printer. To committee.
Votes
- Assembly (2nd Reprint) (May 22, 2025): 28 yea, 14 nay, passed
- Senate (1st Reprint) (April 21, 2025): 13 yea, 8 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB350?
- SB350 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to the death penalty. (BDR 14-1110).
- What does SB350 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to criminal procedure; extending the time for which a judgment of death must be executed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Under existing law, when a judgment of death is pronounced, a judge is required to issue a warrant that appoints the week in which the judgment is to be executed. Existing law requires the appointed week to be not less than 60 days and not more than 90 days from the time the judgment was pronounced…
- What is the status of SB350?
- Signed into law as of June 5, 2025. Latest action: Vetoed by the Governor. (June 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB350?
- James Ohrenschall (D, 21).
- Where is the official record for SB350?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12617/Overview
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