NevadaNevada sets aside money for prison equipment and training
The Department of Corrections receives state money for equipment, vehicles, and officer training, with a separate server replacement fund starting in July 2026.
What it does
The law sets aside state money for prison medical and dental equipment, vehicles, and information technology networks and systems.
Other funds cover refrigerator trucks, buses and vans, office furniture, computer equipment, and correctional officer equipment and training.
A separate appropriation pays for replacement hardware, software, and equipment for the department's information technology servers.
Argument forReplacing medical gear, vehicles, and computer systems could help prison staff keep essential services and daily operations running.
Argument againstThe department could lose access to money it has not spent by the deadlines, because any leftover funds must return to the state.
More detail
The law sets aside state money for the department to replace medical and dental equipment, vehicles, and information technology network and system equipment. The money goes to the department's Prison Medical Care and Office of the Director budget accounts. These sections take effect July 1, 2025. The department must stop committing leftover money after each fiscal year ends; it must return any remaining funds by September 18, 2026, or September 17, 2027, as applicable.
The law sets aside state money for the department to replace vehicles, furniture, and computer equipment and to buy equipment and training for correctional officers. The money goes to the Office of the Director and Correctional Programs budget accounts. These sections take effect July 1, 2025. Remaining money from sections 5 through 10 cannot be committed after June 30, 2027, and must be returned by September 17, 2027.
The law sets aside state money for the department to replace hardware, software, and equipment for information technology servers. The money goes to the Department of Corrections' Office of the Director budget account. This section takes effect July 1, 2026. Remaining money cannot be committed after June 30, 2027, and must be returned by September 17, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Jun 9Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 401.Became Law
- Jun 5Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 931 concurred in. To enrollment.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 31From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 30From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 931.) To printer.Minor
- May 27From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 26From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 812.) To printer.Minor
- May 15From printer. To committee.
- May 14Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer.Introduced
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