AB111 • 2025

Revises provisions relating to certain traffic violations. (BDR 43-161)

AN ACT relating to public safety; changing certain traffic violations from civil infractions to misdemeanors; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to public safety; changing certain traffic violations from civil infractions to misdemeanors; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Assemblymember Brian Hibbetts
Last action
Official status: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 108. (See full list below)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the additional penalties that may apply, only that they are referenced in other statutes (NRS 484 B.130 or 484B.135).

Changing Traffic Violations from Civil Infractions to Misdemeanors

This act changes certain traffic violations involving driving on divided highways from civil infractions to misdemeanors.

What This Bill Does

Changes specific traffic violations related to driving on divided highways from civil infractions to misdemeanors.

Who It Names or Affects

Drivers who break the rules of driving on divided highways will face more serious consequences.

Terms To Know

Civil Infraction: A violation that is not a crime and usually results in fines rather than jail time.
Misdemeanor: A criminal offense that is less serious than a felony but more serious than an infraction, often punishable by up to one year in county jail.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify all the additional penalties that may apply.
It only affects violations of traffic laws related to divided highways and does not change other types of traffic infractions.

Bill History

2025-01-23 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 108. (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Revises provisions relating to certain traffic violations. (BDR 43-161)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 111–Assemblymember Hibbetts

CHAPTER..........

AN ACT relating to public safety; changing certain traffic violations
from civil infractions to misdemeanors; providing penalties;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law provides that a violation of any provision of existing law relating
to any traffic law or ordinance is a civil infraction unless a crimi nal penalty is
prescribed for the violation by a specific statute. (NRS 481.015) Existing law
prohibits certain acts involving driving a vehicle upon a divided highway and
provides that such violations are punishable as civil infractions. (NRS 484B.227)
This bill makes such violations punishable as misdemeanors.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 484B.227 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
484B.227 1. Every vehicle driven upon a divided highway
must be driven only upon the right -hand roadway and must not be
driven over, across or within any dividing space, barrier or section
or make any left turn, semicircular turn or U-turn, except through an
opening in the barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover
or intersection established by a public authority.
2. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
3. A person who violates any provision of this section may be
subject to any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484 B.130 or
484B.135.

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