S.B. 316
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SENATE BILL NO. 316–SENATORS SCHEIBLE, SPEARMAN;
D. HARRIS, NGUYEN AND OHRENSCHALL
MARCH 20, 2023
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to criminal law.
(BDR 14-132)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to criminal law; revising the required contents of
certain annual reports concerning criminal cases; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires the district attorney for each county to prepare and submit 1
to the Attorney General an annual report concerning certain cases filed during the 2
previous calendar year which included a charge for murder or voluntary 3
manslaughter. Among other requirements, existing law requires the annual report to 4
include, for each case filed: (1) the age, gender and race of the defendant; and (2) 5
the name of each court in which the case was prosecuted. (NRS 178.750) This bill 6
additionally requires the report to include: (1) the name of the defendant; and (2) 7
the case number. 8
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 178.750 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
178.750 1. The district attorney for each county shall prepare 2
and submit a report, on a form approved by the Attorney General, to 3
the Attorney General not later than February 1 of each year 4
concerning each case filed during the previous calendar year that 5
included a charge for murder or voluntary manslaughter. The district 6
attorney shall exclude from the report any charge for manslaughter 7
that resulted from a death in a crash involving a motor vehicle. 8
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2. The report required pursuant to subsection 1 must include, 1
without limitation: 2
(a) The name, age, gender and race of the defendant; 3
(b) The age, gender and race of any codefendant or other person 4
charged or suspected of having participated in the homicide and in 5
any alleged related offense; 6
(c) The age, gender and race of the victim of the homicide and 7
any alleged related offense; 8
(d) The date of the homicide and of any alleged related offense; 9
(e) The date of filing of the information or indictment; 10
(f) The [name of each] case number and court in which the case 11
was prosecuted; 12
(g) Whether or not the prosecutor filed a notice of intent to seek 13
the death penalty and, if so, when the prosecutor filed the notice; 14
(h) The final disposition of the case and whether or not the case 15
was tried before a jury; 16
(i) The race, ethnicity and gender of each member of the jury, if 17
the case was tried by a jury; and 18
(j) The identity of: 19
(1) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the 20
decision to file the initial charges against the defendant; 21
(2) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the 22
decision to offer or accept a plea, if applicable; 23
(3) Each prosecuting attorney who participated in the 24
decision to seek the death penalty, if applicable; and 25
(4) Each person outside the office of the district attorney who 26
was consulted in determining whether to seek the death penalty or to 27
accept or reject a plea, if any. 28
3. If all the information required pursuant to subsection 1 29
cannot be provided because the case is still in progress, an 30
additional report must be filed with the Attorney General each time 31
a subsequent report is filed until all the information, to the extent 32
available, has been provided. 33
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2023. 34
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