NevadaNevada law sets added penalties for crimes against older people
Nevada law provides added prison and civil penalties for certain crimes against people age 60 or older and vulnerable people, for offenses committed on or after the act takes effect.
What it does
People who commit specified theft or deceptive trade crimes against an older or vulnerable person must receive an added prison penalty, served after the sentence for the crime.
People convicted of specified crimes against older or vulnerable people are liable for a civil penalty, which the Attorney General may seek in court.
Argument forCollected penalties could help compensate older and vulnerable crime victims and support state investigations and prosecutions of crimes against them.
Argument againstPeople convicted of these crimes could face extra prison time after their sentence, even as courts consider the crime, its effects, and any mitigating factors.
More detail
A person who commits specified crimes against an older or vulnerable person must receive an additional prison penalty. The listed crimes include specified forms of theft and criminal deceptive trade practices. The crimes must be committed intentionally or knowingly against a person who is at least 60 or is a vulnerable person. For a felony, the added term is at least one year and no more than 20 years; it cannot exceed the sentence for the crime and must run after it. The court considers the crime, the person's history, its effect on the victim, and mitigating factors. The rule applies to offenses committed on or after the act's effective date. The act takes effect upon passage and approval.
A person convicted of specified crimes is liable for a civil penalty, which the Attorney General may seek in court. The listed crimes include specified theft and deceptive trade crimes, as well as abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation, or abandonment of an older or vulnerable person. The penalty is $5,000 to $20,000 for a first offense and $10,000 to $30,000 for a second or later offense. The Attorney General deposits the money in equal shares into an account for victim compensation and an account supporting investigations and prosecutions of crimes against older or vulnerable people. The rule applies to offenses committed on or after the act's effective date. The act takes effect upon passage and approval.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Jun 11Chapter 489.Latest
- Jun 10Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate. Assembly Amendment No. 945 concurred in.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (3rd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 945.) To printer.Minor
- May 26From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 761.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 18From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 334.) Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Feb 3Read first time. To committee.Minor
- 2024
- Nov 26From printer.
- Nov 20Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.Introduced
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