10 total bills, 2 anti-gun bills,
3 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Nevada Firearm Legislation
10 total bills, 2 anti-gun bills,
3 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Makes various changes relating to criminal law and criminal procedure. (BDR 14-371)
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes; requiring certain batteries which constitute domestic violence to be charged with certain felonies and gross misdemeanors; expanding the courts that are required to conduct a jury trial under certain circumstances; revising various provisions relating to jury trials; authorizing the use of sound recording equipment under certain circumstances; making various changes regarding the jurisdiction of municipal courts; revising provisions governing the selection of jurors; establishing a right to a jury trial under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence or the same or similar conduct in another jurisdiction from owning or having in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm; revising the circumstances under which a prosecuting attorney is authorized to dismiss a charge of battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 253.
Last Action Date: June 2, 2021
Title: Revises provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms. (BDR 15-16)
Description: AN ACT relating to firearms; exempting from a background check the sale or transfer of a firearm by an unlicensed person to another unlicensed person if the buyer or transferee possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Revises provisions governing firearms. (BDR 15-73)
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes; authorizing a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed firearm to possess a handgun in a motor vehicle that is on the property of the Nevada System of Higher Education or a private or public school or child care facility in certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Revises provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms. (BDR 15-699)
Description: AN ACT relating to firearms; revising certain exceptions to the requirement to conduct a background check when an unlicensed person is selling or transferring a firearm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Revises provisions relating to concealed firearms. (BDR 15-149)
Description: AN ACT relating to concealed firearms; revising the requirements pertaining to demonstrating competence with handguns for an active peace officer who applies for a permit to carry a concealed firearm; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Prohibits certain acts relating to firearms. (BDR 15-21)
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting a person from engaging in certain acts relating to unfinished frames or receivers under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from engaging in certain acts relating to firearms which are not imprinted with a serial number under certain circumstances; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: Chapter 496.
Last Action Date: June 14, 2021
Title: Revises provisions governing orders for protection against high-risk behavior. (BDR 3-394)
Description: AN ACT relating to public safety; replacing the term ex parte order with emergency order; making various changes relating to applications for and the issuance of orders for protection against high-risk behavior; revising the persons to whom an adverse party must surrender firearms; requiring a court to order the return of any surrendered firearm of an adverse party upon the expiration of an extended order for protection against high-risk behavior; revising provisions relating to the dissolution of orders for protection against high-risk behavior; eliminating the requirement for a court clerk or designee to provide assistance to certain persons relating to such orders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: Chapter 142.
Last Action Date: May 28, 2021
Title: Revises provisions relating to concealed firearms. (BDR 15-633)
Description: AN ACT relating to concealed firearms; providing a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed firearm the choice to obtain a driver's license or identification card containing a designation that the person holds such a permit; authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish regulations relating to such drivers' licenses and identification cards; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Creates the Nevada System of Community Colleges. (BDR 34-905)
Description: AN ACT relating to education; creating the Nevada System of Community Colleges; creating the State Board for Community Colleges to administer the community colleges within the System and supervise and control the System separate from the Nevada System of Higher Education; providing for the appointment by the Governor of the membership of the Board; establishing the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board; authorizing the Board to employ an Executive Director and delegate to the Executive Director any of the powers and duties of the Board; providing for the creation of and the appointment by the Governor of the membership of a board of trustees for each community college within the Nevada System of Community Colleges; establishing the powers, duties and responsibilities of the boards of trustees of the community colleges; providing for the selection of a president for each community college; establishing the Articulation and Transfer Board; transferring to the Board and to the boards of trustees of the community colleges, as applicable, the powers and duties of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada relating to the supervision and control of community colleges; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Last Action Date: April 10, 2021
Title: Prohibits the carrying or possession of a firearm on a covered premises in certain circumstances. (BDR 15-1154)
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting a person from carrying or possessing a firearm on a covered premises under certain circumstances; providing a penalty; requiring the reporting of certain information relating to carrying or possessing a firearm on a covered premises; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Last Action: (No further action taken.)
Last Action Date: June 1, 2021
