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SB 30 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to prisoners. (BDR 16-252)

SB 30 simplifies the process for prisoners seeking clemency or civil rights restoration. It removes the requirement to send application notices to district judges (previously mandated under NRS 213.020) and eliminates the need for court approval to use an expedited process for restoring civil rights (under NRS 213.035). The bill also requires the State Board of Parole Commissioners to provide parole decision records to anyone who requests them, excluding personal identifiers after notifying the prisoner and victims (per NRS 213.10887). These changes directly affect prisoners applying for pardons, fine remissions, or civil rights restoration, as well as the State Board and requesters of parole records.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill simplifies civil rights restoration for prisoners by removing bureaucratic barriers, directly advancing criminal justice reform through reintegration and rights protection.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 14, 2024 Signed May 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · May 26, 2025
MODERATE
This bill removes the requirement to notify district judges about clemency applications, clarifies that judges can still testify if subpoenaed, and eliminates the need for a court to object before civil rights can be restored quickly. It also mandates that the Parole Board must provide parole decision records to anyone who requests them.
Scope change
The bill narrows the mandatory notification requirements for clemency applications by removing the district judge from the list of required recipients, while simultaneously expanding public access to parole records.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the mandatory requirement to submit clemency application notices and copies to the district judge of the county where the conviction occurred.

Added a provision explicitly allowing district judges to provide factual testimony to the Board if subpoenaed, even though they are no longer required to receive the application.

Added a new requirement for the Parole Board to disseminate records of parole decisions to any person who requests them, upon notification of the prisoner and victims.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the expedited civil rights restoration process by removing the condition that required no objection from the court, replacing it with a requirement for no objection from the district attorney.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2025 · Assembly May 19, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Apr 16, 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
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 26, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 214.) To printer.
upper
Nov 14, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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