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NV SB238

Bill

Status

Failed

4/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Carrie Ann Buck

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Origin

Senate

83rd Legislature (2025)

AI Summary

  • Hazing on college or university property in Nevada becomes a category E felony, regardless of whether bodily harm occurs

  • Hazing at high schools remains a misdemeanor (no substantial bodily harm) or gross misdemeanor (substantial bodily harm)

  • Consent of the hazing victim cannot be used as a defense in prosecution

  • "Hazing" is defined as intentionally or recklessly endangering another person's physical health for initiation into student organizations, academic associations, or athletic teams

  • School-sponsored athletic, curricular, extracurricular, or quasi-military activities are excluded from the hazing definition

Legislative Description

Revises provisions relating to the crime of hazing. (BDR 15-1043)

Last Action

(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

4/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/26/2025

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