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Latest Updates
June 13: The governor has vetoed SB221!
June 5: In addition to e-mailing the governor, also call the governor's office at 775-684-5670. There is presently a phone poll on the issue of SB221 if you call.
End of Session: SB76, SB18, SB213, and SB136 were all passed and signed by the governor. SB221 passed both houses but has not yet been signed by the governor. All other weapon related bills are dead. The only thing stopping SB221 is a veto from Governor Sandoval. Contact Governor Sandoval by email.
June 3, 2:00 PM: SB221 passed the Assembly 23-19. It moves to enrollment.
June 3, 1:00 PM: SB221 has passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
June 2: Rumor is that SB221 is going to be discussed tonight.
May 31-June 1: On May 31, the news reports that Mark Kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords, spoke to the legislature in favor of SB221. However, to date, the legislature website does not show any official hearing on May 31. Because it is the end of the book keepers could be behind and it is possible the legislators may be working unusual hours. So it is unclear what the present status of SB221 and SB520 is. Brian Sandoval appears poised to veto SB221.
May 30: Yesterday, SB76 and SB18 were signed into law and on May 27, SB213 was signed into law. June 3 will be the last day of the session.
May 29: SB520, an "emergency" bill introduced yesterday, moves to its first committee.
May 28: A hearing was held for SB221 today. During the hearing, there was a lot of powerful testimony in opposition to the bill. The Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association changed their stance from supporting the bill to opposing the bill. No action was taken by the committee. Governor Brian Sandoval was quoted in the press as saying that he would veto a private background check bill. An alternative bill, SB520, has been proposed to address many of the parts of the bill that do not relate to private transfer background checks. It appears a floor vote for AB195 is also imminent.
May 27: Today, SB76 and SB18 move to enrollment having reached concurrence in the Senate for the Assembly amendments. Remember the important hearing for SB 221 tomorrow at 8:00 AM.
May 24: There is an important hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee for SB221 on Tuesday May 28 at 8:00 AM. This will be in room 3138 of the Legislative Building in Carson City and videoconferenced to room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer building in Las Vegas. Also today, the Senate concurred on the Assembly amendments to the SB213 trap bill, so that bill moves to enrollment.
May 23: SB76 passed the Assembly 34-5, and now moves back to the Senate for concurrence. AB195 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB221 moves to its first committee in the assembly. SB18 also passed the Assembly and goes back to the Senate for concurrence, and SB213 reached concurrence in the Senate Natural Resources committee.
May 22: SB221 has passed the Senate, 11 to 10. It now moves on to the Assembly.
May 21: SB221 has been amended and has passed out of the Senate Finance Committee. SB213 passed a vote on the assembly floor. A hearing was held for AB195 in the Senate Judiciary committee but no action was taken.
May 20: The amended text of SB76 was revealed. SB76 has been amended to limit concealed carry to weapons defined as handguns under federal law. Under federal law, an antique handgun is not considered a handgun, so concealed carry will be limited to modern handguns if SB76 or SB226 passes.
May 17: SB18 was amended and passed out of the Assembly Government Affairs Committee, and AB195 was referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. SB213, the traps bill, also passed and was amended in the Assembly Natural Resources committee.
May 16: SB76 was amended and has passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee today, and AB195 passed the Assembly and will now move to the Senate.
May 15: There was a hearing for SB76 today in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. No action was taken. I suggested that it be amended to use the word "firearm" rather than "handgun" so that the bill does not ban the discreet carry of rifles and shotguns. Senator Settelmeyer proposed a different amendment that would use the federal definition of handgun to describe what a person can legally carry concealed with a permit. Since federal law does not consider antique firearms to fall under the definition of firearm, and it defines a handgun as a firearm, the result could be that one may not be able to carry antique firearms with a concealed firearm permit if his amendment is adopted.
May 14: There is a hearing on SB76 tomorrow at 8:00 AM. This will be in Room 3138 of the Legislative Building in Carson City and videoconferenced to Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer building in Las Vegas. Also there is a work session hearing on may 16 at 1:00 PM for SB213, the traps bill.
May 10-13: No updates on these bills.
May 8-9: AB195, the bill allowing for early permit renewal, has passed the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
May 7: A hearing was held for the traps bill SB213. No action was taken.
May 6: The SB221 hearing was held today, but no action was taken. A gun shop owner testified saying that if it were to pass, he would be compelled under federal law to conduct two background checks each time. Once on the buyer, and once on the seller.
May 5: No updates today, but remember that there is the SB221 hearing tomorrow.
May 3: There is a hearing for SB221 private transfer background check bill on May 6 at 8:00 AM in the Senate Committee on Finance. This hearing will be in Room 2134 of the Legislative Building in Carson City, and Videoconferenced to Room 4412E of the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. Also, on May 7 there will be a hearing for the traps bill SB213 at 1:00 PM.
April 30: There is a hearing for SB18 on May 1 at 9:00 AM. Room 3143 of the Legislative Building in Carson City, 4406 Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas.
April 26-29: No changes on weapons related bills.
April 25: SB213, the traps bill, moved to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.
April 24: A hearing was held for AB195 in the Assembly Ways and Means committee. No action was taken.
April 23: If enough people write an e-mail, it may still be possible to revive the campus carry bill. Follow the link for more information. Also, SB221 and SB277 have moved to the Senate Finance Committee, SB213 has passed the Senate unanimously, and there is an Assembly Ways and Means Committee hearing for AB195 tomorrow at 9:00 AM in Room 3137 of the Legislative Building.
April 22: SB221 and SB277 have been amended. SB221 now has a list of exceptions for temporary transfers and certain exempt permanent transfers that can occur without a background check. This bill specifies that the government will no longer charge a fee for private person transfer background checks, but the bill now requires a licensed dealer to be involved. SB221 also no longer allows a psychiatrist to order a gun ban without due process. SB277 is modified so that if a court rejects a petition because the petition was without merit, the restriction is lifted, and it is also modified so that petition is possible before the end of the first 3 years.
April 19: There are no weapon bill changes today that I am aware of.
April 17-18: SB226 was reprinted, then moved to Senate Committee on Finance.
April 16: SB226 amended text is now available. It no longer retroactively applies preemption law and no longer removes Clark County handgun registration. Also, SB18 has progressed to the first Assembly committee.
April 15: AB195 is now in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. SB18 passed the Senate unanimously and now moves to the Assembly.
April 13: Most of the weapons related bills did not make it out of the first committee. 7 out of 12 votes were needed for a bill to pass the Judiciary Committee. Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Frierson refused to allow a vote on AB143, the campus carry bill, supposedly because he felt it didn't have enough support to pass. However, 6 out of the 12 members of the committee were bill sponsors, and according the Associated Press, 7 members of the committee said they would have voted for it.
April 12: Today is the cutoff day. Bills that do not pass out of first committee today will generally be dead. The work session hearing for AB234 was cancelled.
April 11: There is a work session hearing for AB234 at 8:00 AM tomorrow. Click here to watch.
April 10: The amended text for AB195 is now available. It is amended to allow the sheriff 180 days to process any application submitted 180 or more days before the permit expires. SB277 and SB221 have a work session hearing, April 11 at 3:30PM. No public testimony or comment will be taken. Most likely these bills will be voted on.
Click here to watch the hearing on the legislature website.
April 9: SB277 had a hearing today in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. No action was taken that I know of.
April 8: SB221 is no longer scheduled for a work session hearing tomorrow. But there still is a hearing for SB277 tomorrow at 3:30PM.
April 5: SB226 and AB195 were both amended and passed out of committee. The amended text is not yet released. Also, SB221 is scheduled for a work session hearing on April 9. No Public Comment or Testimony will be taken.
April 4: There are work session hearings for SB226 and AB195 tomorrow. I do not think public comment will be taken, most likely the bills will just be voted on.
April 3: There was a hearing today for AB195, AB234, and AB143. No action was taken and no votes were held for any of these bills today. Bills that do not pass out of the first committee by April 12 will not be able to progress further.
April 1-2: There are no new bills or bill changes that I know of today. Remember the important hearing this Wednesday though!
March 29: Extremely important hearing on Wednesday April 3 at 8:00 AM. Click here to see the agenda. First, the campus carry bill AB143 will be discussed. Then, AB195, the provision to allow early renewal of concealed firearm permits, and finally AB234, which is a bill to ban the possession of certain types of ammunition, as well as gun taxes, ammo taxes, and private transfer restrictions. This hearing will be held in Room 3138 of the Legislative Building in Carson City, and videoconferenced to room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. Assembly Committee on the Judiciary.
March 28: Upcoming Hearing for SB277: Tuesday April 9, 2013 - 3:30PM in Room 2149 of the Legislative Building in Carson City. Videoconferenced to Room 4412 of the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. This bill relates to gun bans for people admitted to mental institutions but the effect of this bill is not clear to me.
March 26-27: - No updates today on any of these bills, nor any new bills that I am aware of.
March 14-15, 2013: On March 14 I went and testified against SB221 here in Nevada, and today I went down to Carson City to oppose gun control in a Senate Judiciary hearing they held over the issue of "gun violence." Today's hearing was annoyingly at the same time as the hearing for AB196, so I could not be there for that bill. In today's hearing, several people gave long anti-gun presentations, but nobody was invited to speak the pro-gun side of the argument. It was open briefly for public comment, but only a few people got to speak, including me, and I was cut off before I could say all of the points I had to make. They had to close the hearing to convene on the Senate Floor, and said there would be another hearing to hear the pro-gun arguments out. They discussed banning "assault weapons" and high capacity magazines, limiting private sales, and a myriad of other gun control schemes.
2013 Nevada Weapon Bills
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SB221 - Private Transfer Restrictions / Psychiatrist Ordered Gun Bans
( BDR 14-943 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors:
Jones, Ford, Kihuen, Segerblom, Spearman
VETOED
Last Action:
June 13 - Vetoed by Governor Sandoval.
June 3 - Passed in the legislature.
| - Per NRS 202.254 a person privately selling a firearm may request a background check on a purchaser from the Central Repository for Nevada Records.
- Current law specifies that the failure of any person to request a background check does not give rise to any civil cause of action.
- The Central Repository may charge a fee, and has 5 days to conduct a background check.
- Current law, under NRS 202.360, persons adjudicated as mentally ill by a court or committed to a mental health facility are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. Felons are also prohibited from possessing firearms.
- In order to convict a person of illegally transferring a firearm to a prohibited person, one must have actual knowledge that the recipient is ineligible to possess a firearm.
- Courts are presently required to notify the Central Repository when a defendant is found mentally ill, but it takes 45 days.
- Currently, based upon federal and Nevada law, a person convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence can legally possess a firearm defined under federal law as an "antique firearm," but not a modern firearm.
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This bill makes it unlawful to transfer a firearm until either the Central Repository notifies the transferor that the potential transferee passed the check, or three business days have elapsed after making the request and no notification has been received. - This bill, with limited exceptions, require the "private" transfer of a firearm to be conducted on the premises of a licensed dealer , with the transaction details recorded and a background check conducted , as well as all other procedures followed that would normally be followed if the dealer were selling a firearm out of his inventory. Essentially, it bans most private transfers by generally involving a licensed dealer in every transaction.
The background check for a private transfer will be free. A dealer may charge up to $30 for a background check fee. No background check will be required if the person the firearm is transferred to possess a permit to carry a concealed firearm, but the transfer must still occur at the place of a licensed dealer and the licensed dealer must record the transaction as if selling the firearm from his own inventory.One may either request a background check with the Central Repository or have a Federal Firearms License holder request the check. A private person must request a licensed dealer make a request for a background check with the central repository National Instant Criminal Background Check System, as well as perform all other functions the dealer would normally perform if selling a firearm, except that the dealer does not need to conduct a Central Repository background check..
There are no exceptions for inter-familial transfers and similar types of transfers, nor exceptions for temporary transfers. There are now a set of exceptions for temporary transfers: 72 hour temporary transfers where the transferor is legally liable for any crime committed during such transfer.- At shooting ranges belonging to duly incorporated organizations for conservation purposes or to foster proficiency with firearms
- During shooting competitions approved by a state agency or a non-profit organization
- During hunting, fishing, and trapping, but only where those activities are legal.
To facilitate repair or maintenance of the firearm- Temporary transfers occurring in the presence of the owner
- Temporary transfers occurring in the residence of the transferee if the transferee reasonably believes the possession of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm
- For safe keeping by a person's physician or a mental health professional if needed to protect health or safety.
Also, certain permanent transfers are exempt:If the firearm is transferred to a person with a concealed firearm permit.- If the firearm is a gift or loan between family members related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree
- If the firearm is an antique firearm or a curio or relic under federal law
- Operation of law (deaths, wills, estates, etc.)
- Members of the armed forces can transfer their firearm to an immediate family member if they will be deployed outside the United States within 30 days after the transfer
- Making a transfer in violation of the law is punishable by revocation of firearm rights for 2 years after conviction, and is a gross misdemeanor.
- This bill will make intentional false oral or written statements to a licensed dealer in connection with the transfer of a firearm a felony.
This bill would prohibit firearms possession and ownership for six months for anyone who a psychiatrist or licensed psychologist identifies as person with mental illness who is likely to harm himself or others.This bill does not require that the person who is declared mentally ill is a patient of the psychologist or psychiatrist.This bill bans firearms for persons deemed mentally ill without due process. No court involvement is necessary for the ban to be in effect. This bill would allow for one to make an appeal to the district court, and require one to prove by preponderance of evidence that he is fit to possess a firearm. The psychiatrist or psychologist ordering the gun ban is immune from civil liability. A person who possesses a firearm despite the report from the psychiatrist or psychologist is guilty of a felony.
- If a patient communicates to a mental health professional an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death, the professional must make an effort to notify the subject of the threat and law enforcement.
- This bill would also make it so that in order to convict someone of illegally transferring a firearm, one must only have reasonable cause to believe that the recipient is ineligible to possess a firearm.
- This bill also requires that when a court finds someone mentally ill, that the court only has a time frame of 5 days to notify the Central Repository. The bill also has other measures related to the sharing of criminal record information between criminal justice agencies.
- Prohibits firearm possession for any person who has plead or been found guilty but mentally ill, or acquitted by reason of insanity.
- The bill eliminates patient psychiatrist confidentiality for any communications relevant to any determination of eligibility to possess a firearm made pursuant to NRS 202.360
- A private person may no longer directly request a background check with the Central Repository.
- The bill makes it unlawful for a person convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence to possess an antique firearm by expanding NRS 202.360 to require that a person must be qualified under federal law to possess a firearm (as defined by Federal Law) in order to possess a firearm (as defined by Nevada law) in Nevada. The Nevada definition of Firearm includes antique firearms whereas the federal definition does not.
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SB76 - Concealed Weapon Types / Qualification
( BDR 15-37 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsor: Settelmeyer
Last Action:
May 29 - Signed by the governor. Effective October 1, 2013.
Signed into Law
| - Current concealed firearm permit laws require qualification with revolvers and semi-automatic firearms for a person who wants to be able to carry both types of firearms.
- Under current law, after qualifying with one semi-automatic firearm and one revolver firearm, one may carry concealed any single or double derringer, any revolver, and any semi-automatic firearm. There is no limitation under current law that only handguns can be carried concealed. Even semi-automatic rifles and shotguns and revolving carbines would be lawful to conceal for a person with a concealed firearm permit who had qualified on both action types.
- Under present law, a permit holder who has qualified with revolvers can carry concealed any revolver, including antique percussion revolvers. Under NRS 202.253 the definition of firearm encompasses antique firearms such as percussion revolvers, and NRS 202.3653 defines revolvers in a way that would also encompass percussion revolvers. Federal law excludes a percussion revolver from the definition of firearm and therefore from the federal definition of handgun, but Nevada uses its own definitions.
- Under current law, there is no provision allowing for the concealment of firearms with action types other than single and double derringers, revolvers, and semi-automatic firearms. For instance, one can not legally carry a lever-action pistol in a concealed fashion, even with a concealed firearm permit.
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- Simplifies CCW Qualification. This law would only require qualification with one handgun to carry any handgun concealed.
- Allows handguns of all action types to be carried concealed instead of just revolver and semi-automatic actions. For instance, this bill would allow carry of lever-action pistols, bolt action pistols, long barreled single shot pistols, pump action pistols, and any other types of actions.
- Forbids the concealed carry of firearms other than handguns. This bill changes the word "firearm" in the law to "handgun." The implication is that the law would no longer allow for a person who qualified with semi-automatic firearms to carry a semi-automatic rifle concealed.
- This bill was amended to limit concealed carry to weapons that meet the federal definition of handgun. As a result, this will technically make it unlawful to carry a concealed percussion revolver or other handgun that would be defined as an antique firearm under federal law.
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SB18 - Parading with Arms ( BDR 36-316 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Last Action:
May 27, 2013 - Signed by the governor. Effective October 1, 2013.
Signed into Law
| - Current law, (NRS 412.604), makes it unlawful to drill or parade with arms in any city or town as a military company or organization without license from the governor.
- This bill also modifies other military provisions not specifically related to arms.
| - This change makes it only unlawful to drill or parade in a volunteer military company or organization
- This bill makes many other changes to rules regarding the national guard, military companies, marksmanship medals, etc.
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SB213 - Traps ( BDR 45-450)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Last Action:
May 27 - Approved by Governor. Signed into law.
Signed into Law
| - Current law requires that traps and snares and similar devices used to take wild animals are registered.
- Current law requires that any person taking a fur-bearing mammal or sells raw furs for profit has a trapping license
- Current law requires trapper taking wild mammals to visit their traps every 96 hours if the trap does not cause immediate death to the mammal, and to remove caught mammals.
- Current law makes it unlawful to disturb a trap placed by a licensed trapper on public land.
- Current law exempts employees of the State Department of Agriculture and the USDA when acting in official duties.
| - This bill defines "trap" to mean "a device that is designed, built, or made to close upon or hold fast any portion of an animal."
This bill requires registration of poisoning devices that are used to take wild animals.- This bill amends the law so that one only needs a trapping license to take a fur bearing mammal if the mammal is taken by a trap, snare,
poisoning device, or similar device, or if raw furs are being sold for profit. - This bill would require trappers to visit their traps every
24 hours 96 hours or more often if required by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners, and for any animal being trapped even if it is not a mammal. This bill would also require checking the traps even when the traps are designed to kill the animal, and requires removal of all animals, (not just mammals), from the traps each day. - This bill makes it unlawful to disturb "snares",
"poisoning devices", and "similar devices" placed by a licensed trapper on public lands in addition to "traps." This bill provides an exception that the traps, poisoning devices etc. may be disturbed if the device creates an immediate and obvious risk of injury or death to any person, pet or service animal. This bill requires that every person who uses a traps, poisoning devices, similar devices etc. for taking fur bearing mammals, sets a clearly visible flag to warn a person in close proximity to the device.- This bill would make it so that the USDA and the State Department of Agriculture are no longer exempt from the law.
- Prohibits a person from possessing or using a trap registered to another person without written permission from the registered owner of the trap, and requires the person possessing it to carry this permission and his trapping license when using the trap to take fur-bearing mammals.
- Requires traps to be marked with a number assigned by the department of wildlife.
- Requires a trap owner to report stolen traps.
- Requires a trap owner to remove his number from the trap if he transfers it to another person.
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SB136 - Public Officer Justifiable Homicide In Defense of Person. (BDR 15-867)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Last Action:
May 24 - Signed by Governor, Chapter 78. Effective October 1, 2013.
Signed into Law
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- Existing self-defense law in Nevada generally considers it justifiable homicide if a killing is done to prevent imminent bodily harm or death to a person in the immediate presence of the slayer, and also allows public officers and those coming to their aid to use lethal force when necessary in suppressing a riot or apprehending a suspect.
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- This bill specifies that the killing of a person by a public officer or a person acting in aid of a public officer is justifiable homicide if done in "protecting against an imminent threat to the life of a
person."
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SB520 - Mental Health / Gang Member Firearm Ban / Misdemeanor of Domestic Violence Antique Firearms Ban
( BDR 14-1234 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors:
Roberson, Cegavske, Hutchison, Brower, Kieckhefer, Goicoechea, Gustavson, Hammond, Hardy, Settelmeyer, Hickey, Woodbury, Duncan, Hardy, Kirner, Ellison, Fiore, Grady, Hambrick, Hansen, Oscarson, Stewart, Wheeler
DEAD - Did not pass by end of Legislative Session (June 3)
Last Action:
May 29 - To Senate Committee on Judiciary.
| - Per NRS 202.254 a person privately selling a firearm may request a background check on a purchaser from the Central Repository for Nevada Records.
- Current law specifies that the failure of any person to request a background check does not give rise to any civil cause of action.
- The Central Repository may charge a fee, and has 5 days to conduct a background check.
- Current law, under NRS 202.360, persons adjudicated as mentally ill by a court or committed to a mental health facility are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. Felons are also prohibited from possessing firearms.
- In order to convict a person of illegally transferring a firearm to a prohibited person, one must have actual knowledge that the recipient is ineligible to possess a firearm.
- Courts are presently required to notify the Central Repository when a defendant is found mentally ill, but it takes 45 days.
- Currently, based upon federal and Nevada law, a person convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence can legally possess a firearm defined under federal law as an "antique firearm," but not a modern firearm.
- Under present law, a criminal gang is defined under NRS 193.168 as a group of persons, organized formally or not, with a common name or symbol, a particular conduct, status, and customs indicative of it, and has as one of its common activities engaging in activity punishable as a felony. Nothing under the law prohibits a member of such a club to purchase a firearm if they have not been convicted of a crime that would prohibit them from owning a gun.
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- This bill will prevent liability for anyone who does a background check for a firearm transfer (except when conducted maliciously), as well as maintaining that there is no liability for not conducting a background check if the omission is done in good faith.
- This bill will prohibit the Central Repository from charging a fee for a background check
- This bill would also make it so that in order to convict someone of illegally transferring a firearm, one must only have reasonable cause to believe that the recipient is ineligible to possess a firearm.
- This bill will also make it so that it is unlawful to transfer a firearm to a person if the transferor has reasonable cause to believe the transferee is a known member of a criminal gang as defined in NRS 193.168. However, a person who is a member of a club who is not otherwise disqualified under the law, (such as by criminal conviction), can still own a firearm as this bill does not add members of criminal gangs to the list of prohibited persons under NRS 202.360.
- The bill makes it unlawful for a person convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence to possess an antique firearm by expanding NRS 202.360 to require that a person must be qualified under federal law to possess a firearm (as defined by Federal Law) in order to possess a firearm (as defined by Nevada law) in Nevada. The Nevada definition of Firearm includes antique firearms whereas the federal definition does not.
- If a patient communicates to a mental health professional an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death, the professional must make an effort to notify the subject of the threat and law enforcement.
- This bill also requires that when a court finds someone mentally ill, that the court only has a time frame of 5 days to notify the Central Repository. The bill also has other measures related to the sharing of criminal record information between criminal justice agencies.
- Prohibits firearm possession for any person who has plead or been found guilty but mentally ill, or acquitted by reason of insanity.
- The bill eliminates patient psychiatrist confidentiality for any communications relevant to any determination of eligibility to possess a firearm made pursuant to NRS 202.360
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SB277 - Mental Institute Admission + Petition = Gun Prohibition
( BDR 15-923 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors:
Kieckhefer
DEAD - Did not pass by end of Legislative Session (June 3)
Last Action:
April 23 - To Senate Committee on Finance.
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- Current law, under NRS 202.360, persons adjudicated as mentally ill by a court or committed to a mental health facility are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. Felons are also prohibited from possessing firearms.
- Under NRS 202.362, it is unlawful, with actual knowledge that a person has been adjudicated mentally ill or committed to any mental health facility, to transfer a firearm to that person.
- 433A.200 allows for a petition for a court proceeding for involuntary admission of a person to a mental institution be filed from a spouse, parent, adult children or legal guardian of that person.
- The existence of this petition does not trigger a gun ban on its own. Only after being committed or adjudicated as mentally ill is a person restricted from purchasing a firearm.
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- A petition requesting a court preceding for involuntary admission to a court order under NRS 433A.200, pursuant to NRS 433A.145 or NRS 433A.150 now results in gun restrictions for the person the petition is requested against. NRS 433A.145 involves changing the status from a voluntary patient to one held involuntarily, and NRS 433A.150 involves involuntary detainment in a mental facility for observation under emergency admission. I think what this is saying is that if a person is already physically in the mental facility voluntarily or for observation when the petition is created to involuntarily hold the person in a mental facility, that the petition will trigger the gun restrictions.
- The gun restriction that would result makes it so that it is unlawful, with actual knowledge that a person has had such a petition filed against him, to transfer a firearm or ammunition to that person. From my reading of this bill, it appears that while it would be unlawful to transfer a firearm or ammunition to such a person, it would not illegal for that person to own a firearm or ammunition since this bill does not modify NRS 202.360.
After 3 years, a person who has been subject to such a petition can petition a court for the removal of the record from NICS and to remove the gun restriction. A person may petition the court for relief from this restriction. During the first 3 years, the person has the burden of proving that he is entitled to relief, after the first 3 years, the state has the burden of proving that the person is not entitled relief.
This bill appears to restrict guns without due process, because no court involvement is required for the restrictions to take effect. Even if the court rejects the petition the gun restrictions are still in place. The bill still creates a gun prohibition when the petition is filed, but if the judge rejects the petition on the basis that the facts do not support involuntary admission, relief from the restrictions will be immediate at that time, but not if the petition is deferred, dismissed, or denied for any other reason. If rejected for other reasons, the person subject to the prohibition may petition the court for relief. |
SB226 - "CCW" Driver's Licenses / Preemption Enhancement / Concealed Firearm Types / Qualification Process
( BDR 15-38 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors:
Settelmeyer, Gustavson, Goicoechea, Hardy, Ellison, Fiore, Grady, Hansen, Livermore
DEAD - Did not pass by end of Legislative Session (June 3)
Last Action:
April 18 - To Senate Committee on Finance
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- Current law, under NRS 202.3667 requires that concealed firearm permit holders carry the permit, together with proper identification, whenever the permit holder is carrying a concealed firearm.
- NRS 202.3667 also requires that the permit and proper identification are presented upon request of a peace officer, if the permit holder is carrying a concealed firearm.
- The penalty for violating NRS 202.3667 is a civil penalty of $25.
- Current law specifies that the state legislature reserves for itself to regulate most aspects of firearms, but allows Clark County to have a grandfathered handgun registration scheme.
- Current concealed firearm permit laws require qualification with revolvers and semi-automatic firearms for a person who wants to be able to carry both types of firearms.
- Under current law, after qualifying with one semi-automatic firearm and one revolver firearm, one may carry concealed any single or double derringer, any revolver, and any semi-automatic firearm. There is no limitation under current law that only handguns can be carried concealed. Even semi-automatic rifles and shotguns and revolving carbines would be lawful to conceal for a person with a concealed firearm permit who had qualified on both action types.
- Under present law, a permit holder who has qualified with revolvers can carry concealed any revolver, including antique percussion revolvers. Under NRS 202.253 the definition of firearm encompasses antique firearms such as percussion revolvers, and NRS 202.3653 defines revolvers in a way that would also encompass percussion revolvers. Federal law excludes a percussion revolver from the definition of firearm and therefore from the federal definition of handgun, but Nevada uses its own definitions.
- Under current law, there is no provision allowing for the concealment of firearms with action types other than single and double derringers, revolvers, and semi-automatic firearms. For instance, one can not legally carry a lever-action pistol in a concealed fashion, even with a concealed firearm permit.
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- Requires that persons with a concealed firearm permit have a "CCW" designation added to their driver's license or state ID card. Also, this bill would allow one to recieve an additional driver's license or state ID card without the "CCW" designation for an additional fee of $9. (Only $4 for Seniors 65+)
- Requires that whenever a person is carrying a concealed firearm, that person carries the identification with the "CCW" designation and presents it upon request for identification from a peace officer.
- This bill does not repeal NRS 202.3667. Therefore it does not eliminate the requirement for a permit holder to also carry and present the concealed firearm permit to law enforcement when carrying a concealed firearm.
- No penalty is specified for violating the provisions of the new section regarding "CCW" designated identification cards, so violation would most likely be considered to be a misdemeanor.
This bill amends state preemption laws so that local rules established prior to the adoption of the preemption laws would no longer be grandfathered. Local governments will still be able to regulate the unsafe discharge of firearms. Bill has been amended to no longer enhance preemption law.- Simplifies CCW Qualification. This law would only require qualification with one handgun to carry any handgun concealed.
- Allows handguns of all action types to be carried concealed instead of just revolver and semi-automatic actions. For instance, this bill would allow carry of lever-action pistols, bolt action pistols, long barreled single shot pistols, pump action pistols, and any other types of actions.
- Forbids the concealed carry of firearms other than handguns. This bill changes the word "firearm" in the law to "handgun." The implication is that the law would no longer allow for a person who qualified with semi-automatic firearms to carry a semi-automatic rifle concealed.
- This bill was amended to limit concealed carry to weapons that meet the federal definition of handgun. As a result, this will technically make it unlawful to carry a concealed percussion revolver or other handgun that would be defined as an antique firearm under federal law.
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AB195 - Early CFP Renewal
(BDR 15-446)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Ellison, Wheeler, Oscarson, Fiore, Carrillo, Grady, Hambrick, Hansen, Hickey, Livermore, Martin, Munford, Ohrenschall, Stewart, Woodbury, Gustavson, Goicoechea
DEAD - Did not pass by end of Legislative Session (June 3)
Last Action:
May 28 - Taken from General File, placed on Secretary's Desk (Pending Senate Floor vote?).
| - Concealed firearm permits issued after June 30, 2011 allow the holder to purchase a firearm without obtaining a background check and paying the $25 background check fee.
- Concealed firearm permits issued on or before June 30, 2011 do not allow the holder to bypass the background check when purchasing a firearm.
- The phrasing of the law before July 1, 2011, allowed a Sheriff to issue a permit without conducting a background check in a fashion that would allow a permit holder to bypass the background check.
| - This bill allows anyone who has a valid permit issued on or before June 30, 2011 to renew their permit early. By renewing early, one could then bypass the background check on new gun purchases.
- (Amended to allow the Sheriff to take up to 180 days to process an application submitted 180 days or more before the expiration of the permit.)
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SB396 - Assault Weapons Ban, Ban on Armor Piercing Bullets, Private Transfer Restrictions, Antique Firearm Ban for Misdemeanor DV
(BDR 15-931)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Segerblom, Parks, Pierce, Aizley, Hogan, Livermore, Munford, Swank
DEAD - Did not pass first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action: March 20, 2013 - To Senate Committee on Judiciary
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- Current law does not define "assault weapons."
- Olympic Target Pistols, and others with magazines that are outside of the grip are not prohibited.
- Pump Action and Semi-automatic firearms are not restricted, regardless of the stocks and grips used.
- There are no restrictions on magazine capacity.
- One may legally possess "Metal-Penetrating Bullets" but the manufacture and sale of "Metal-Penetrating bullets" is prohibited by law.
- Currently, based upon federal and Nevada law, a person convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence can legally possess a firearm defined under federal law as an "antique firearm," but not a modern firearm.
- Per NRS 202.254 a person privately selling a firearm may request a background check on a purchaser from the Central Repository for Nevada Records.
- Current law specifies that the failure of any person to request a background check does not give rise to any civil cause of action.
- The Central Repository may charge a fee, and has 5 days to conduct a background check.
- Federal law requires a tax stamp as well as ATF approval and registration to put a stock or forward grip on a handgun.
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- Bans possession of "Metal-Penetrating Bullets" except for police, active duty military and on federal land possessed at the direction of an authorized federal official.
- Bans the possession and transfer of all magazines holding more than ten rounds, except for police and active duty military.
- .22 Caliber tube ammunition feeding devices are exempt
- Lever-action firearms with tubular magazines are exempt.
- Bans transfer of "assault weapons," to include:
- Pistols with magazines that attach outside of the grip, such as Olympic Target Pistols
- Detachable Magazine Pistols with any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the non trigger hand. ( I wonder if this includes the trigger guard. )
- Detachable magazine pistols with certain types of stocks attached
- Detachable Magazine pistols with Muzzle Breaks or Compensators
- Detachable Magazine pistols with anything other than a slide that partially or completely encircles the barrel to prevent the hand from being burned in case the barrel is touched.
- Pump-action and semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines that have one or more of the following aesthetic or ergonomic properties:
- Pistol grip
- Thumbhole stock
- Telescoping stock
- Folding stock
- Barrel Shroud or other device that allows a person to fire a rifle without burning his non-trigger hand.
Also, a pump-action or semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine is banned if it has a muzzle break or compensator.
- Shotguns with revolving cylinders
- Semi-Automatic Shotguns that accept detachable magazines
- Semi-Automatic Shotguns that hold more than 5 rounds
- Semi-automatic Shotguns with any of the following aesthetic or ergonomic features:
- Folding stocks
- Telescoping stocks
- Thumbhole stocks
- Pistol grips
- Anything that can function as a "protruding grip" that can be held in the nontrigger hand.
- Bans "conversion kits" from which an assault weapon can be assembled. (Basically, this bans constructive possession... you cannot even own the parts that could make your rifle look scary enough to be banned.)
- Makes it a gross misdemeanor to transfer a firearm to another person unless if the transferee has a concealed firearms permit or a background check is first performed under NRS 202.254.
- One is prohibited from transferring the firearm until either the Central Repository indicates that the person receiving the firearm is legal to possess it, or three days have elapsed.
- There are no exceptions for inter-familial transfers or temporary transfers.
- Bans possession of antique firearms by persons convicted of a misdemeanor of domestic violence.
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AB234 - Ban On Armor Piercing & Tracer Rounds / Gun & Ammo Taxes / Private Transfer Restrictions
( BDR 15-915 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Horne, Frierson, Flores, Eisen, Bustamante Adams, Carlton, Healey, Pierce, Segerblom, Spearman, Atkinson, Kihuen
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
April 12 - Scheduled for Work session hearing. Never Heard.
| - Under NRS 202.273 it is presently illegal to manufacture or sell "metal-penetrating bullets".
- Per NRS 476.070 it is generally unlawful to discharge any bullet, projectile, or ammunition which is tracer or incendiary in nature on any grass, brush, forest, or crop covered land, except when used at the direction of an authorized official of the United States, or when used by police or military.
- Per NRS 202.254 a person privately selling a firearm may request a background check on a purchaser from the Central Repository for Nevada Records.
- Current law specifies that the failure of any person to request a background check does not give rise to any civil cause of action.
- The Central Repository may charge a fee, and has 5 days to conduct a background check.
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- Bans possession of metal-penetrating bullets, as well as any bullet, projectile, or ammunition that is tracer or incendiary in nature.
- No grandfather clause exists. Anyone possessing the rounds will be a criminal when the bill takes effect.
- Police Officers are exempt.
- Repeals NRS 476.070, removing restrictions on the discharge of tracers and incendiary ammunition.
- Creates an excise tax of $25 per firearm and 2¢ per each round of ammunition sold. The tax would not apply for purchases of guns and ammo by the government. Half of the proceeds will go to the Fund for Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness, and half to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime.
- This bill would require a background check before the private transfer of a firearm, unless the person receiving the firearm has a concealed firearm permit.
- One may either request a background check with the Central Repository or have a Federal Firearms License holder request the check.
- This bill makes it unlawful to transfer a firearm until either the Central Repository notifies the transferor that the potential transferee passed the check, or three business days have elapsed after making the request and no notification has been received.
- There are no exceptions for inter-familial transfers and similar types of transfers, nor exceptions for temporary transfers.
- Making a transfer without a background check will be a crime, and additionally, the bill specifies that a person transferring in violation in the law is subject to civil liability for damages as proximate result from the transfer. However, making a transfer after complying with the background check will be immune from civil liability.
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AB232 - Constitutional Carry
(BDR 15-685)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Oscarson, Ellison, Wheeler, Fiore, Hickey, Hardy, Goicoechea, Settelmeyer
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
Mar 12, 2013 - To Assembly Committee on Judicary.
| - Current law, NRS 202.350, makes it a Category C Felony to carry a concealed firearm without having a permit to do so, punishable by 1-5 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
- Current law provides no exceptions for concealed carry within one's own habitation.
- Current law makes no exceptions for concealed carry of encased and unloaded firearms.
- Current law recognizes concealed firearm permits from some states, but not others.
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- This bill makes it so that concealed carry of a firearm is no longer a crime, and no permit is necessary to conceal a firearm. Penalties still would exist for carrying other weapons concealed.
- Because a permit will no longer be necessary to carry concealed, out of state visitors from all states will be able to carry concealed within Nevada.
- This bill does not amend or repeal NRS 202.3657, meaning that concealed firearm permits would still be issued, allowing permit holders to carry in states that recognize the Nevada permit, and allowing for compliance with other bills like AB143, should both bills pass.
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SB137 - Constitutional Carry / Preemption Enhancement
( BDR 15-426 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Gustavson, Cegavske, Goicoechea, Settelmeyer, Fiore, Oscarson, Ellison, Hambrick, Hansen, Livermore, Wheeler
DEAD - Did not pass first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
March 25, 2013 - Hearing held in Senate Judiciary Committee. No Action.
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- Current law, NRS 202.350, makes it a Category C Felony to carry a concealed firearm without having a permit to do so, punishable by 1-5 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
- Current law provides no exceptions for concealed carry within one's own habitation.
- Current law makes no exceptions for concealed carry of encased and unloaded firearms.
- Current law recognizes concealed firearm permits from some states, but not others.
- Current law specifies that the state legislature reserves for itself to regulate most aspects of firearms, but allows Clark County to have a grandfathered handgun registration scheme.
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- This bill makes it so that concealed carry of a firearm is no longer a crime, and no permit is necessary to conceal a firearm. Penalties still would exist for carrying other weapons concealed.
- Because a permit will no longer be necessary to carry concealed, out of state visitors from all states will be able to carry concealed within Nevada.
- This bill does not amend or repeal NRS 202.3657, meaning that concealed firearm permits would still be issued, allowing permit holders to carry in states that recognize the Nevada permit, and allowing for compliance with other bills like AB143, should both bills pass.
- This bill amends state preemption laws so that local rules established prior to the adoption of the preemption laws would no longer be grandfathered. Local governments will still be able to regulate the unsafe discharge of firearms.
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AB340 - Uniform Firearm Regulation Changes
(BDR 20-643)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsor: Hambrick
DEAD - Did not pass first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
Mar. 20, 2013 - To Assembly Committee on Government Affairs.
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- Under Nevada law, the legislature reserves to itself the right to regulate the transfer, sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transportation, registration and licensing of firearms and ammunition in Nevada The law specifically allows local governments to regulate the unsafe discharge of firearms and allows Clark County to grandfather a handgun registration scheme.
- NRS 244.364 Counties may not infringe the right of the Legislature.
- NRS 268.418 Cities may not infringe the right of the Legislature.
- NRS 269.222 Towns may not infringe the right of the Legislature.
- NRS 407.0475 State Parks may not create more restrictive firearm possession rules or self-defense rules
- The law takes regulatory power away from government agencies except as provided "by specific statute."
- There are no specific statutes that allow local governments to ban their employees from carrying guns.
- No specific statute would allow a local government to regulate firearms businesses.
- Firearm is defined as "any device designed to be used as a weapon from which a projectile may be expelled through the barrel by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion"
- See all the local rules that exist. There are many rules that are in violation of state law and would be required to be repealed if this bill were to pass.
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- Clarifies that the purpose of the section is to establish state control of these regulations and policies and that any rule that is not established by the legislature is null and void, and requires the repeal of these rules. Some local governments have disputed the meaning of the original law and tried to argue that the original law had no effect over their regulations.
- No longer grandfathers the Clark County handgun registration scheme.
- Requires the destruction of firearms registration records.
- Allows any person adversely affected by the enforcement of such illegal regulations after October 1, 2013 to sue for damages.
- Establishes that this section of the law relating to state control of regulations should be "liberally construed."
- Adds to the phrasing that the regulation of "carrying" and "storage" of firearms is reserved to the legislature, and also that the regulation of "firearms accessories" is now reserved to the legislature.
- Prohibits local authorities from defining such terms.
- Defines "firearm accessory," "ammunition" and adds to the definition of "firearm"
- "Firearm Accessories" are defined mainly as things designed or adapted to attach to a firearm, to insert into a firearm, to alter functioning or capability, enable wearing or carrying a firearm, or the storing in or mounting on a conveyance of a firearm.
- "Ammunition" includes fixed ammunition, reloading components, projectiles, and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition.
- The definition of firearm is expanded to specifically include (without limitation), handguns, rifles, shotguns, machine guns, black powder weapons, muzzle-loading firearms, and other devices able to or able to readily be converted to expel a projectile through the barrel. It also adds any device that expels a projectile by means of expanding gases to the definition, and strikes out "designed to be used as a weapon" from the definition. This would prevent an authority from regulating a "firearm" that was not "designed for use as a weapon"
- Allows law enforcement agencies to regulate the firearms of peace officers in the course of their official duties
- Allows a public (government) employer to prohibit or regulate the carrying and possession of firearms during the course of the employee's official duties.
- Allows counties, cities, and towns to create zoning and business ordinances "generally applicable" to firearms business within the county, city, or town, including, but not limited to shooting ranges. This could be used to impose burdensome regulations or even prohibitions of firearms businesses of all types since it is without limitation.
- Allows a county, city, or town to enact and enforce rules for the operation and use of firearm ranges owned and operated by the county, city, or town
- Allows a political subdivision to sponsor and conduct firearm-related competitions, educational programs, cultural programs, and allows for the political subdivision to enact and enforce rules for participation in or attend at any such competition or program.
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AB235 - Firearms in Vehicles at schools, child care facilities, and NSHE
( BDR 15-216 )
Sponsor: Hambrick
Bill Text
Bill Progress
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
March 13, 2013 - To Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
| - Presently, per NRS 202.265, firearms and other weapons are unlawful anywhere on the property of a K-12 School, childcare facility, or property of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
- It is even unlawful to possess a weapon while inside a motor vehicle in the parking lots of these places.
- There are no exceptions for people picking up their children at schools and childcare facilities.
- There are no exceptions for people who have a permit to carry a concealed firearm.
| - Allows weapons within motor vehicles other than school buses on the property of the NSHE, K-12 Schools, and Child Care Facilities.
- In order to be legal, this bill requires that the weapon stays out of common observation, and that there is an occupant in the vehicle, or the vehicle is locked, or the weapon is stored in a locked container that is affixed securely to a motor vehicle.
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AB143 - Campus Carry
( BDR 20-615 ) Bill Text
Bill ProgressBill Sponsors: Fiore, Wheeler, Paul Anderson, Hansen, Hickey, Carrillo, Duncan, Ellison, Grady, Hambrick, Hardy, Kirner, Ohrenschall, Oscarson, Stewart, Woodbury, Gustavson, Settelmeyer, Cegavske, Goicoechea, Hammond, Hardy
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
According to the Associated Press, even though 6 members of the committee sponsored the bill and only 7 votes were needed to pass the bill out of committee, Chairman Frierson refused to allow a vote because of the "limited amount of time to move the bills we think can move." 7 members of the committee told the AP that they would have voted to pass the bill.
Last Action:
April 3 - Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing was held. No action was taken.
| - Current law (NRS 202.265, NRS 202.3673) forbids possession of firearms on property of the Nevada System of Higher Education, except by written permission of the president of the branch of the NSHE, which is almost never given.
- Even holders of concealed firearm permits (and possibly even peace officers) are generally prohibited from carrying a firearm on NSHE property.
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Under current law, one may not even have a firearm in the parking lots.
| - This bill amends the law to allow the possession of a firearm within the system of Higher Education for persons with a permit to carry a concealed firearm
- This bill also allows for peace officers to carry a firearm on the property of the NSHE.
- The bill specifies that a person with a permit to carry a concealed firearm may not carry a firearm on the premises of a stadium, arena, field house, or other athletic facility with a seating capacity of 1000 or more that is located on NSHE property.
- This bill also allows the sheriffs and the universities to disperse information about instructors and organizations that offer courses in firearm safety that focus on issues related to an educational environment.
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SB223 - Campus Employee Carry
( BDR 15-1062 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Hardy, Gustavson, Cegavske, Goicoechea, Settelmeyer, Fiore, Paul Anderson, Wheeler, Hardy, Hickey, Ellison, Stewart, Woodbury
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
March 25, 2013 - Hearing held in Senate Judiciary Committee. No Action.
| - Under NRS 202.265, current law generally forbids possession of firearms at K-12 public and private schools.
- Peace Officers are exempt and allowed to possess a firearm at public or private K-12 schools.
- School security guards are also exempt and allowed to possess a firearm at public or private K-12 Schools
- Persons with written permission from the principal of the school are allowed to possess a firearm.
- Without written permission, even a school employee with a concealed firearm permit is forbidden to possess a firearm on school property.
- NRS 202.265 also generally forbids possession of firearms within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).
- A person with written permission from the president of a branch or facility of the Nevada System of Higher Education is exempt and allowed to possess a firearm.
- Without written permission, even with a permit to carry a concealed firearm, an employee could not carry a firearm within the NSHE.
| - This bill would allow an employee of a K-12 School or of the NSHE to possess a firearm at K-12 Schools and on NSHE property, if the employee has been issued a concealed firearm permit and first provides written notification for the property the employee will carry on.
- Written notification will need to be made to the president of the branch or facility of the NSHE, the principal of the school, or the designee of such person.
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AB70 - Expansion of Justifiable Homicide
( BDR 15-10 )
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Hambrick, Oscarson, and Fiore
DEAD - Did not pass out of first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
Feb 4, 2013 - To Assembly Committee on Judiciary
| - Laws regarding justifiable homicide that are altered by the bill include: NRS 200.120-NRS 200.130 and NRS 41.095
- Current law specifies there is generally no duty to retreat from an attack if a person has a right to be where the attack occurs, is not the original aggressor, and is not engaged in criminal activity.
- Present law also specifies that when a person is defending their home it is generally presumed that they had reasonable fear to justify the use of deadly force.
| - This bill creates additional circumstances for justifiable homicide and also provides legal protection against wrongful death suits in the case of justifiable homicide.
- Specifically, the bill makes it so that a motor vehicle is treated in a similar fashion to a home.
- The bill further clarifies that when a person kills another who enters unlawfully and with force that it is presumed to be self-defense.
- The bill also provides immunity from civil liability for injury and death as a result of justified self-defense.
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AB196 - 2A Protection
(BDR 18-945)
Bill Text
Bill Progress
Bill Sponsors: Wheeler, Ellison, Paul Anderson, Fiore, Oscarson, Duncan, Grady, Hansen, Hardy, Hickey, Kirner, Livermore, Stewart, Woodbury, Gustavson, Cegavske, Settelmeyer
DEAD - Did not pass first committee by deadline. (April 13)
Last Action:
Mar 15, 2013 - Hearing held in Committee on Government Affairs, no action taken.
| | - Upon passage, the law will read: "If directed by the Governor or if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the rights of residents of this State under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution have been infringed by an executive order issued by the President of the United States and it is necessary that a suit be commenced in any federal or state court to protect and secure such rights, the Attorney General shall commence the action."
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