A.B. 90
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 90–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY)
PREFILED JANUARY 6, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to juvenile justice.
(BDR 5-497)
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 juvenile justice; providing certain rights to
children detained in a regional facility for the treatment
and rehabilitation of children; requiring the juvenile court
to make certain findings before committing a child to the
custody of a regional facility for the treatment and
rehabilitation of children; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law establishes the Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights, which sets forth 1
certain rights of children who are detained in a detention facility in this State. 2
Existing law requires a detention facility in which a child is detained to: (1) inform 3
the child of the rights set forth in the Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights; (2) provide the 4
child and, to the extent practicable, the parent or guardian of the child, with a copy 5
of those rights; and (3) post a written copy of those rights in a conspicuous place 6
inside the detention facility. (NRS 62B.510, 62B.515) For the purposes of the 7
Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights, existing law defines “detention facility” to include a: 8
(1) local facility for the detention of children; and (2) state facility for the detention 9
of children. (NRS 62B.505) Section 1 of this bill expands the definition of 10
“detention facility” to include a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation 11
of children. 12
Existing law requires the juvenile court to make certain findings before 13
committing a child to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children. 14
(NRS 62E.505) Section 2 of this bill additionally requires the juvenile court to 15
make such findings before committing a child to the custody of a regional facility 16
for the treatment and rehabilitation of children. 17
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 62B.505 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
62B.505 As used in NRS 62B.500 to 62B.530, inclusive, 3
“detention facility” includes a: 4
1. Local facility for the detention of children; [and] 5
2. State facility for the detention of children [.] ; and 6
3. Regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of 7
children. 8
Sec. 2. NRS 62E.505 is hereby amended to read as follows: 9
62E.505 Before the juvenile court commits a delinquent child 10
to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children [,] or to 11
the custody of a regional facility for the treatment and 12
rehabilitation of children, the court must find that: 13
1. Appropriate alternatives that could satisfactorily meet the 14
needs of the child do not exist in the community or were previously 15
used to attempt to meet such needs and proved unsuccessful; and 16
2. The child poses a public safety risk based on the child’s risk 17
of reoffending, as determined by a risk assessment conducted 18
pursuant to NRS 62E.506, any history of delinquency and the 19
seriousness of the offense committed by the child. 20
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