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AB 550 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing incompetent criminal defendants. (BDR 14-1120)

AB 550 revises procedures for committing defendants found incompetent to stand trial for certain felonies. It requires prosecutors to include a risk assessment request in their motion (not request it separately) and mandates courts to order the assessment within 5 days. If the assessment shows the person doesn’t need forensic-level security, the court must dismiss the commitment request. The bill also adds liability protection for the state if a person is discharged from conditional release. This directly affects defendants previously ordered to receive competency treatment whose felony charges were dismissed due to incompetence.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticePrevents unnecessary detention of incompetent defendants by mandating dismissal if forensic security isn't needed, aligning with rights protection in criminal justice reform.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 5, 2025 Signed Jun 9, 2025
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Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 9, 2025
MINOR
This bill amends Nevada's laws regarding incompetent criminal defendants by restricting when prosecutors can seek commitment to a forensic facility. Previously, prosecutors could file such motions after any dismissal due to incompetence; now, they can only do so if the defendant was previously ordered to receive competency treatment. The bill also clarifies the timeline for courts to order risk assessments and sets a specific deadline for the Division to complete these assessments.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of who can be committed to a forensic facility after dismissal, limiting it to cases where the defendant had a prior order for competency treatment.
ELIGIBILITY

Prosecutors can no longer file a motion to commit an incompetent defendant to a forensic facility after any dismissal; they must first prove the defendant was previously ordered to receive competency treatment.

TIMELINE

The court must issue an order for a comprehensive risk assessment within 5 judicial days of receiving the prosecutor's motion, and the Division must complete the assessment within 40 calendar days.

REQUIREMENT

The bill adds specific requirements for the motion, mandating that it include a request for a risk assessment and be served upon the Division.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2025 · Assembly May 26, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 2, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Jun 9, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 433.
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 921 concurred in. To enrollment.
lower
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File.
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To committee.
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 921.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 1, Excused: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 750.) To printer.
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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