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- 83rd Session (2025)
Senate Bill No. 30–Committee on Judiciary
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AN ACT relating to prisoners; revising provisions relating to certain
proceedings before the State Board of Pardons
Commissioners; requiring the State Board of Parole
Commissioners to disseminate records of decisions regarding
parole under certain circum stances; and providing other
matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law requires: (1) an application to have a fine or forfeiture remitted , a
punishment commuted, a pardon granted or civil rights restored to be filed with the
State Board of Pardons Commissioners; and (2) a notice of the date, time and
location of a meeting to consider such an application, and a copy of the application,
to be submitted to certain persons, including the district judge of the county
wherein the person was convicted. (NRS 213.020) Section 1 of this bill: (1)
removes the requirement for the notice and application to be s ubmitted to the
district judge; and (2) provides that the provisions of existing law relating to
proceedings before the Board shall not be construed to prohibit a district judge from
providing certain testimony.
Existing law authorizes the State Board of Pardons Commissioners to adopt a
policy to provide an expedited process to restore the civil rights of a person if
certain conditions are met, including if there is no objection from the court in which
the judgment was rendered. (NRS 213.035) Section 1. 3 of this bill removes the
condition regarding an objection from the court.
Existing law requires the State Board of Parole Commissioners to compile and
maintain certain information relating to decisions regarding parole. (NRS
213.10887) Section 1.7 of this bill requires the Board to disseminate records of
decisions regarding parole to any person who requests such a record of a named
prisoner.
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 213.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.020 1. Any person intending to apply to have a fine or
forfeiture remitted, a punishment commuted, a pardon granted or his
or her civil rights restored, or any person acting on his or her behalf,
must submit an application to the Board, in accordance with the
procedures established by the Secretary pursuant to NRS 213.017,
specifying therein:
(a) The court in which the judgment was rendered;
(b) The amount of the fine or forfeiture, or the kind or character
of punishment;
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(c) The name of the person in whose favor the application is to
be made;
(d) The particular grounds upon which the application will be
based; and
(e) Any other information deemed relevant by the Secretary.
2. A person must not be required to pay a fee to have a fine or
forfeiture remitted, a punishment commuted, a pardon granted or his
or her civil rights restored pursuant to this section.
3. Except as otherwise provided in a policy adopted pursuant to
NRS 213.035, the Secretary shall submit notice of the date, time and
location of the meeting to consider the application and one copy of
the application to the district attorney [and to the district judge] of
the county wherein the person was convicted. In cases of fines and
forfeitures, notice of the date, time and location of the meeting to
consider the application must also be served on the chair of the
board of county commissioners of th e county wherein the person
was convicted.
4. Except as otherwise provided in a policy adopted pursuant to
NRS 213.035, notice of the date, time and location of a meeting to
consider an application pursuant to this section must be served upon
the appropriate persons as required in this section at least 30 days
before the presentation of the application, unless a member of the
Board, for good cause, prescribes a shorter time.
5. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a
district judge from providing factual and non-character testimony
regarding the release or detention of a prisoner in response to a
subpoena or other formal request from the Board.
Sec. 1.3. NRS 213.035 is hereby amended to read as follows:
213.035 The Board may adopt a policy to provide an expedited
process to take action, without holding a meeting, to restore the civil
rights, in whole or in part, of a person who submits an application to
the Board to have his or her civil rights restored if certain conditions
are met, including, without limitation, that:
1. [There is no objection from the court in which the judgment
was rendered;
2.] There is no objection from the district attorney of the
county wherein the person was convicted; and
[3.] 2. The Board has not received a written request for notice
concerning a meeting to consider an application for clemency from
a victim of a crime committed by the person.
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Sec. 1.7. NRS 213.10887 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
213.10887 1. The Board shall compile and maintain detailed
information concerning all decisions regarding parole. The
information must include, but is not limited to:
(a) The Board’s reasons for each decision to grant, deny, revoke
or continue parole.
(b) The number of decisions made by the Board granting parole,
denying parole, revoking parole and continuing parole.
2. The Board shall:
(a) Organize and tabulate the information compiled pursuant to
this section at regular intervals , which must not exceed 3 months;
[and]
(b) Publish such information on its Internet website [.] ; and
(c) Upon request, disseminate records of decisions regarding
parole to any person who requests such a record of a named
prisoner, excluding any personal identifying information, after the
prisoner and any victims have been notified of the decision.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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