(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 16, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT A.B. 20
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 20–COMMITTEE
ON GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
(ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES)
PREFILED NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the Department of
Motor Vehicles. (BDR 43-305)
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 the Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing
the imprinting of individualized symbols or codes for
different medical conditions on driver’s licenses or
identification cards; revising the manner in which the
Department communicates certain information concerning
liability insurance; and providing other matters properly
relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations 1
establishing a program for the imprinting of a symbol indicating a medical 2
condition on a driver’s license or identification card. If such a program is adopted, 3
existing law: (1) requires the Department to adopt a single symbol to indicate that a 4
person has a medical condition; and (2) prohibits the Department from adopting 5
individualized symbols for different medical conditions. (NRS 483.3485, 483.863) 6
Sections 1 and 2 of this bill authorize the Department to adopt individualized 7
symbols or codes for different medical conditions in addition to adopting the 8
required single symbol to indicate that a person has a medical condition. 9
Existing law requires the Department to mail to the registered owner of a motor 10
vehicle a request for information regarding the liability insurance covering the 11
motor vehicle, if the Department is unable to verify that the motor vehicle is 12
covered by a policy of liability insurance. If the Department does not receive the 13
requested information, existing law requires the Department to suspend the 14
registration of the motor vehicle after sending a notice of suspension of registration 15
by certified mail. (NRS 485.317) Section 3 of this bill requires the Department to 16
send a request for information regarding liability insurance coverage by electronic 17
notification, if the registered owner has elected to receive information from the 18
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Department by electronic notification. Section 3 also requires the Department to 19
send a notice of suspension of registration by electronic notification, if the 20
registered owner has elected to receive information from the Department by 21
electronic notification, in addition to sending the notice by certified mail or a mail 22
service that requires the signature of the recipient and confirmation of delivery. 23
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 483.3485 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
483.3485 1. The Department may adopt regulations 3
establishing a program for the imprinting of a symbol indicating a 4
medical condition on a driver’s license issued by the Department. 5
2. If the Department establishes a program pursuant to 6
subsection 1: 7
(a) [Except as otherwise provided in this title, the] The 8
Department shall adopt a single symbol for imprinting on a driver’s 9
license to indicate a medical condition and [shall not] may also 10
adopt individualized symbols or codes for different medical 11
conditions. 12
(b) The regulations adopted by the Department must provide 13
that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical 14
condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license if the person is: 15
(1) On anticoagulants; or 16
(2) A person with: 17
(I) Diabetes; 18
(II) Epilepsy; 19
(III) Blindness and low vision; 20
(IV) Deafness; 21
(V) Coronary atherosclerosis; 22
(VI) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 23
(VII) A food allergy; 24
(VIII) Malignant hyperthermia; 25
(IX) Sickle cell disease; 26
(X) Systemic lupus erythematosus; 27
(XI) Heart disease; 28
(XII) Hemophilia; 29
(XIII) Schizophrenia; 30
(XIV) Depression; or 31
(XV) A mental illness. 32
(c) The Department shall maintain a record of the medical 33
condition for which the symbol indicating a medical condition was 34
imprinted on the driver’s license of an eligible person. The record 35
must be maintained in the same location and manner as all other 36
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records relating to the driver’s license of the person, including, 1
without limitation, the records relating to the driver’s license of the 2
person that are made available to law enforcement agencies. If 3
the Department maintains such information in the form of a code, 4
the code used must conform with the International Classification of 5
Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, or the most current 6
revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and 7
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 8
(d) The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the 9
Department information about the program established pursuant to 10
subsection 1, including, without limitation, the manner in which a 11
person may obtain a driver’s license which has been imprinted with 12
a symbol indicating a medical condition. 13
(e) The regulations adopted by the Department may provide that 14
a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical 15
condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license to indicate such 16
other medical conditions not listed in paragraph (b) as the 17
Department deems appropriate. The Department shall provide a 18
means for members of the public to suggest additional medical 19
conditions for inclusion in the regulations adopted by the 20
Department. 21
3. The Department may apply for and accept any gift, grant, 22
appropriation or other donation to assist in carrying out a program 23
established pursuant to the provisions of this section. 24
Sec. 2. NRS 483.863 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25
483.863 1. The Department may adopt regulations 26
establishing a program for the imprinting of a symbol indicating a 27
medical condition on an identification card issued by the 28
Department. 29
2. If the Department establishes a program pursuant to 30
subsection 1: 31
(a) [Except as otherwise provided in this title, the] The 32
Department shall adopt a single symbol for imprinting on an 33
identification card to indicate a medical condition and [shall not] 34
may also adopt individualized symbols or codes for different 35
medical conditions. 36
(b) The regulations adopted by the Department must provide 37
that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical 38
condition imprinted on his or her identification card if the person is: 39
(1) On anticoagulants; or 40
(2) A person with: 41
(I) Diabetes; 42
(II) Epilepsy; 43
(III) Blindness and low vision; 44
(IV) Deafness; 45
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(V) Coronary atherosclerosis; 1
(VI) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 2
(VII) A food allergy; 3
(VIII) Malignant hyperthermia; 4
(IX) Sickle cell disease; 5
(X) Systemic lupus erythematosus; 6
(XI) Heart disease; 7
(XII) Hemophilia; 8
(XIII) Schizophrenia; 9
(XIV) Depression; or 10
(XV) A mental illness. 11
(c) The Department shall maintain a record of the medical 12
condition for which the symbol indicating a medical condition was 13
imprinted on the identification card of an eligible person. The record 14
must be maintained in the same location and manner as all other 15
records relating to the identification card of the person, including, 16
without limitation, the records relating to the identification card of 17
the person that are available to law enforcement agencies. If the 18
Department maintains such information in the form of a code, the 19
code used must conform with the International Classification of 20
Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, or the most current 21
revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and 22
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 23
(d) The Department shall, at the time of the issuance or renewal 24
of an identification card, give the holder the opportunity to have 25
imprinted on his or her identification card a symbol indicating a 26
medical condition. 27
(e) The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the 28
Department information about the program established pursuant to 29
subsection 1, including, without limitation, the manner in which a 30
person may obtain an identification card which has been imprinted 31
with a symbol indicating a medical condition. 32
(f) The regulations adopted by the Department may provide that 33
a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical 34
condition imprinted on his or her identification card to indicate such 35
other medical conditions not listed in paragraph (b) as the 36
Department deems appropriate. The Department shall provide a 37
means for members of the public to suggest additional medical 38
conditions for inclusion in the regulations adopted by the 39
Department. 40
3. The Department may apply for and accept any gift, grant, 41
appropriation or other donation to assist in carrying out a program 42
established pursuant to the provisions of this section. 43
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Sec. 3. NRS 485.317 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
485.317 1. The Department shall verify that each motor 2
vehicle which is registered in this State is covered by a policy of 3
liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185. 4
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 5
Department may use any information to verify whether a motor 6
vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by 7
NRS 485.185. The Department may not use the name of the owner 8
of a motor vehicle as the primary means of verifying that a motor 9
vehicle is covered by a policy of liability insurance. 10
3. If the Department is unable to verify that a motor vehicle is 11
covered by a policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 12
485.185, the Department shall send a request for information by 13
[first-class] mail or, if the registered owner of the motor vehicle 14
has elected to receive information from the Department by 15
electronic notification, by electronic notification, to the registered 16
owner of the motor vehicle. The owner shall submit all the 17
information which is requested to the Department within 15 days 18
after the date on which the request for information was [mailed] sent 19
by the Department. If the Department does not receive the requested 20
information within 15 days after it [mailed] sent the request to the 21
owner, the Department shall send to the owner a notice of 22
suspension of registration by certified mail [.] or a mail service that 23
requires the signature of the recipient and confirmation of 24
delivery and, if the owner has elected to receive information from 25
the Department by electronic notification, by electronic 26
notification. The notice must inform the owner that unless the 27
Department is able to verify that the motor vehicle is covered by a 28
policy of liability insurance as required by NRS 485.185 within 10 29
days after the date on which the notice was sent by the Department, 30
the owner’s registration will be suspended pursuant to subsection 4. 31
4. The Department shall suspend the registration and require 32
the return to the Department of the license plates of any vehicle for 33
which the Department cannot verify the coverage of liability 34
insurance required by NRS 485.185. 35
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the 36
Department shall reinstate the registration of the vehicle and reissue 37
the license plates only upon verification of current insurance and 38
compliance with the requirements for reinstatement of registration 39
prescribed in paragraph (a) of subsection 7 of NRS 482.480. 40
6. If the Department suspends the registration of a motor 41
vehicle pursuant to subsection 4 because the registered owner of the 42
motor vehicle failed to have insurance on the date specified in the 43
form for verification, and if the registered owner, in accordance with 44
regulations adopted by the Department, proves to the satisfaction of 45
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the Department that the owner was unable to comply with the 1
provisions of NRS 485.185 on that date because of extenuating 2
circumstances or that the motor vehicle was a dormant vehicle and 3
the owner failed to cancel the registration in accordance with 4
subsection 3 of NRS 485.320, the Department may: 5
(a) Reinstate the registration of the motor vehicle and reissue the 6
license plates upon payment by the registered owner of a fee of $50, 7
which must be deposited in the Account for Verification of 8
Insurance created by subsection 7 of NRS 482.480; or 9
(b) Remove the suspension of the registration without the 10
payment of a fee or administrative fine. 11
The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the 12
provisions of this subsection. 13
Sec. 4. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and 14
approval. 15
2. Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective: 16
(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 17
regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 18
tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 19
(b) On October 1, 2025, for all other purposes. 20
3. Section 3 of this act becomes effective on October 1, 2025. 21
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