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NV SB141

Bill

Status

Vetoed

6/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melanie Scheible

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Requires sheriffs, chiefs of police, and town marshals operating county, city, or town jails to develop and implement policies for the supervision, custody, care, security, housing, and medical/mental health treatment of transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary, and intersex prisoners

  • Mandates policies include housing assignment factors that consider prisoner preference, search protocols that consider prisoner preference for officer gender, and prohibition of unclothed searches to observe genitalia after initial intake without reasonable grounds

  • Requires medical personnel to follow applicable standards of care when treating these prisoners and provide access to preferred clothing, undergarments, and hygiene items regardless of housing assignment

  • Authorizes but does not require staff training in cultural competency for interacting with transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary, and intersex prisoners

  • Specifies that compliance does not require construction of additional buildings or facilities, nor mandatory additional staff training

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to local facilities for detention. (BDR 16-241)

Last Action

Vetoed by the Governor. Returned to Senate with Governor's veto message.

6/2/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/17/2025
Judiciary1/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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