NevadaNevada law counts several public safety roles as police officers for certain rules
Nevada law counts several school, probation, court, and peace officer jobs as police officers for rules on injury coverage, pay, and family benefits.
What it does
Nevada law counts school police, juvenile probation, certain court and city officers, and some peace officers as “police officers” for several rules.
The Department of Public Safety receives $3,235 for annual physicals in fiscal year 2025–26 and $8,129 in 2026–27; unspent money must meet the stated deadlines.
Argument forThese rules could give more public safety workers job injury coverage, temporary disability pay, and certain benefits for surviving family members.
Argument againstIncluding more public safety jobs in these rules could increase insurance or benefit costs for state and local employers.
More detail
Nevada law includes these jobs in its definition of “police officer” for the listed rules. This covers school police officers, juvenile probation officers, certain court and city or town officers, and category I, II, and III peace officers not otherwise listed. This definition took effect July 1, 2026.
The Department of Public Safety receives state money for annual physicals for the named officers. The money covers annual physicals for the Chief Parole and Probation Officer and Capitol Police Division officers. Any unspent money is subject to the stated deadlines for commitment, use, and return to the State General Fund. This appropriation took effect July 1, 2025. Deadlines for using and returning unspent money apply to each fiscal year.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 9Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 396.Became Law
- Jun 6Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 4In Assembly. To enrollment.Major
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File.Minor
- May 31From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.Minor
- May 29From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 28From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 841.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 17From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 16Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 7.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Apr 15From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Feb 16Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- Feb 4Read first time. To committee.Minor
- Jan 16From printer.
- Jan 13Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.Introduced
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