S.B. 85
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SENATE BILL NO. 85–COMMITTEE ON
GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
(ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT INTERIM STANDING
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY)
PREFILED JANUARY 7, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to public safety.
(BDR 43-490)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.
CONTAINS UNFUNDED MANDATE (§§ 1, 2)
(NOT REQUESTED BY AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
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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 public safety; removing the prospective
expiration of certain requirements relating to the
recording, retention and review of information concerning
traffic stops made by law enforcement officers; revising
certain reporting requirements for law enforcement
agencies; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law: (1) prescribes certain requirements relating to the recording, 1
retention and reporting of information concerning traffic stops made by law 2
enforcement officers; and (2) in general, makes these requirements applicable 3
during a period that ends on February 1, 2026. (NRS 484B.830, 484B.833) 4
Sections 1 and 2 of this bill remove the prospective expiration of these 5
requirements, thereby making permanent the requirements relating to the recording, 6
retention and reporting of information concerning traffic stops made by law 7
enforcement officers. 8
Under existing law, one such requirement provides that each law enforcement 9
agency that engages in traffic stops for which certain citations or warnings are 10
issued must annually report to the Department of Public Safety certain information 11
concerning such stops. (NRS 484B.830, 484B.833) Sections 1 and 2 also require 12
each such law enforcement agency to report the information to the: (1) Director of 13
the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Senate and Assembly 14
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Standing Committees on Judiciary in odd-numbered years; and (2) Joint Interim 15
Standing Committee on the Judiciary in even-numbered years. 16
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 484B.830 is hereby amended to read as 1
follows: 2
484B.830 1. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department 3
shall develop and implement a standardized method to be used by 4
law enforcement officers to record information concerning traffic 5
stops in an electronic traffic citation system. The standardized 6
method must require the electronic traffic citation system to provide 7
for the following information to be recorded for each stop: 8
(a) The date and time of the stop; 9
(b) The location of the stop; 10
(c) The race, ethnicity, age and sex of the person stopped, based 11
on the observations of the law enforcement officer responsible for 12
reporting the stop; 13
(d) The nature of, and the statutory citation for, the alleged 14
violation that caused the stop to be made; and 15
(e) The disposition of the stop, including, without limitation, 16
whether: 17
(1) A warning, citation or summons was issued; 18
(2) A search was conducted and, if so: 19
(I) The type of search conducted; and 20
(II) Whether anything was found as a result of the search; 21
and 22
(3) An arrest was made. 23
2. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department, in 24
consultation with law enforcement agencies, shall develop and 25
implement training and procedures to facilitate the collection of 26
information concerning traffic stops for which citations are 27
issued through an electronic traffic citation system pursuant to 28
subsection 1. 29
3. [During the period beginning on January 1, 2022, and 30
ending on December 31, 2025, each] Each law enforcement officer 31
that makes a traffic stop for which a citation is issued through an 32
electronic traffic citation system shall record for each stop the 33
information set forth in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of 34
subsection 1, and each law enforcement agency shall retain such 35
information. 36
4. [Each] On or before February 1 of each year, each law 37
enforcement agency that engages in traffic stops for which citations 38
are issued through an electronic traffic citation system shall report 39
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[to the Department] the information recorded for the previous 1
calendar year pursuant to subsection 3 [not later than February 1, 2
2023, and at least annually thereafter until February 1, 2026.] to the 3
Department and: 4
(a) In odd-numbered years, to the Director of the Legislative 5
Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Senate and Assembly 6
Standing Committees on Judiciary. 7
(b) In even-numbered years, to the Joint Interim Standing 8
Committee on the Judiciary. 9
5. Information acquired pursuant to this section must be used 10
[by the Department] only for statistical purposes and not for any 11
other purpose. Any identifying information of a law enforcement 12
officer who performed a traffic stop or a person who was stopped 13
that is collected or held by the Department is confidential. 14
Sec. 2. NRS 484B.833 is hereby amended to read as follows: 15
484B.833 1. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department 16
shall develop and implement a standardized method to be used by 17
law enforcement officers to record information concerning traffic 18
stops for which written citations or warnings are issued. The 19
standardized method must require the information set forth in 20
paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484B.830 to 21
be recorded for each stop. 22
2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department, in 23
consultation with law enforcement agencies, shall: 24
(a) Develop and implement training and procedures to facilitate 25
the collection of information set forth in paragraphs (a) to (e), 26
inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484B.830 concerning traffic stops 27
for which written citations or warnings are issued; and 28
(b) Update written forms for traffic citations to accommodate 29
the collection of information set forth in paragraphs (a) to (e), 30
inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484B.830. 31
3. [During the period beginning on January 1, 2024, and 32
ending on December 31, 2025, each] Each law enforcement officer 33
that makes a traffic stop for which a written citation or warning is 34
issued shall record for each stop the information set forth in 35
paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484B.830, 36
and each law enforcement agency shall retain such information. 37
4. [Each] On or before February 1 of each year, each law 38
enforcement agency that engages in traffic stops for which written 39
citations or warnings are issued shall report [to the Department] the 40
information recorded for the previous calendar year pursuant to 41
subsection 3 [not later than February 1, 2025, for the 2024 calendar 42
year and not later than February 1, 2026, for the 2025 calendar 43
year.] to the Department and: 44
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(a) In odd-numbered years, to the Director of the Legislative 1
Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Senate and Assembly 2
Standing Committees on Judiciary. 3
(b) In even-numbered years, to the Joint Interim Standing 4
Committee on the Judiciary. 5
5. Information acquired pursuant to this section must be used 6
[by the Department] only for statistical purposes and not for any 7
other purpose. Any identifying information of a law enforcement 8
officer who performed a traffic stop or a person who was stopped 9
that is collected or held by the Department is confidential. 10
Sec. 3. The provisions of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any 11
additional expenses of a local government that are related to the 12
provisions of this act. 13
Sec. 4. The provisions of NRS 218D.380 do not apply to any 14
provision of this act which adds or revises a requirement to submit a 15
report to the Legislature. 16
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