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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 90–Committee on Judiciary
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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 committin g 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
certain rights of children who are detained in a detention facility in this State.
Existing law requires a detention facility in which a child is detained to: (1) inform
the child of the rights set forth in the Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights; (2) p rovide the
child and, to the extent practicable, the parent or guardian of the child, with a copy
of those rights; and (3) post a written copy of those rights in a conspicuous place
inside the detention facility. (NRS 62B.510, 62B.515) For the purposes of the
Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights, existing law defines “detention facility” to include a:
(1) local facility for the detention of children; and (2) state facility for the detention
of children. (NRS 62B.505) Section 1 of this bill expands the definition of
“detention facility” to include a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation
of children.
Existing law requires the juvenile court to make certain findings before
committing a child to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children.
(NRS 62E.505) Section 2 of this bill additionally requires the juvenile court to
make such findings before committing a child to the custody of a regional facility
for the treatment and rehabilitation of children.
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 62B.505 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
62B.505 As used in NRS 62B.500 to 62B.530 , inclusive,
“detention facility” includes a:
1. Local facility for the detention of children; [and]
2. State facility for the detention of children [.] ; and
3. Regional facility for the treatment and rehab ilitation of
children.
Sec. 2. NRS 62E.505 is hereby amended to read as follows:
62E.505 Before the juvenile court commits a delinquent child
to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children [,] or to
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the custody of a regional facility for the treatment and
rehabilitation of children, the court must find that:
1. Appropriate alternatives that could satisfactorily meet the
needs of the child do not exist in the community or were previously
used to attempt to meet such needs and proved unsuccessful; and
2. The child poses a public safety risk based on the child’s risk
of reoffending, as determined by a risk assessment conducted
pursuant to NRS 62E.506, any history of delinquency and the
seriousness of the offense committed by the child.
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