AB 167 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to the use of corrective room restriction. (BDR 5-769)

AB 167 changes rules for juvenile detention facilities by reducing the time limit for "corrective room restriction" (a form of time-out) from 24 to 15 hours before certain protections activate. It limits consecutive restrictions to 24 hours (down from 72 hours), requires safety checks every 10 minutes, and mandates a review within 15 hours for any child in restriction. The bill also allows children subjected to restriction more than seven times in a month to petition facility administrators for a fairness review, with a prohibition on retaliation for filing such requests. These changes directly affect children detained in state, local, or regional juvenile facilities, aiming to limit prolonged isolation and increase accountability.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Signed Jun 3, 2025

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Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 3, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Nevada's rules on juvenile corrective room restriction to include stricter safety checks, mandatory mental health reviews, and clearer definitions. It expands the scope of facilities covered and tightens requirements to ensure children are treated humanely and monitored closely during disciplinary confinement.

Scope change

The scope was expanded to explicitly include children committed to regional facilities for treatment and rehabilitation, whereas previous versions focused primarily on detention facilities.

REQUIREMENT

Safety and well-being checks must now occur at least every 10 minutes, a significant increase in frequency compared to previous standards.

New mandatory requirement for a 24-hour review by staff that specifically evaluates the need for mental health screening, evaluation, or treatment.

DEFINITION

Added a specific definition for 'corrective room restriction' that clarifies it includes administrative seclusion, behavioral room confinement, corrective room rest, and room confinement.

ENFORCEMENT

Established a new requirement for facilities to submit monthly reports to the Juvenile Justice Programs Office detailing the number of children subjected to restriction and the duration of each incident.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that restriction is only permissible when less-restrictive options are exhausted and for specific purposes like modifying behavior, accountability, or safety.

Floor votes · Senate May 23, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

May 23, 2025

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican8

8 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 3, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 233.

executive

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate Amendment No. 670 concurred in. To enrollment.

lower

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

upper

May 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 670.) Reprinting dispensed with.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 398.) Dispensed with reprinting.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors