NevadaNevada officers may take nearby firearms during crisis holds
Since July 1, 2025, Nevada officers may take nearby firearms during mental health crisis holds, and agencies must make them available after treatment, with exceptions.
What it does
An officer may immediately take a firearm found on or near someone placed on a mental health crisis hold. The officer must give them a receipt and return instructions; the agency must make the firearm available after treatment, with exceptions.
Argument forTaking a nearby firearm during a crisis hold could reduce access to it while someone is being assessed and treated.
Argument againstA person could have to wait longer for a firearm if an agency officer files a protection order application, even before a court decides whether to issue an order.
More detail
An arrest-authorized officer may immediately take a firearm found on or near a person placed on a mental health crisis hold. The firearm must be on the person or in their immediate vicinity when they are placed on a hold under Nevada law. When taking the firearm, the officer must give the person a receipt describing it and a notice explaining how it may be returned. The agency holding the firearm must make it available for return after the person is released from treatment, unless an agency officer files a verified application for a high-risk protection order or the person is barred by law from having the firearm. The law took effect July 1, 2025. The agency must make the firearm available for return when the person is released from treatment, subject to the stated exceptions.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 6Chapter 257.Latest
- Jun 5Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo.Became Law
- May 29Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- May 28Assembly Amendment No. 579 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 22Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 21Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 20Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 19From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 16Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 579.) To printer.Minor
- May 15From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.Minor
- Apr 24From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.Minor
- Apr 22Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 539.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (As Introduced). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 18Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 17Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 16Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 15Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 14From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.Minor
- Mar 17From printer. To committee.
- Mar 13Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.Introduced
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