NevadaNevada requires disability training for officers and audits licensing board
Nevada requires peace officers to complete disability-related training for certification and annually, and directs an audit of the board that licenses behavior analysts and registers technicians.
What it does
Peace officers must complete training on identifying and interacting with people with developmental disabilities to earn certification. The training may cover autism, including de-escalation and safety in correctional facilities.
Each year, peace officers must complete at least 12 hours of continuing education across required subjects, including interactions with people with developmental disabilities. That training may cover autism.
The Legislative Auditor must review how the state behavior analysis board processes license and registration applications, including its speed and efficiency.
Argument forTraining on autism could help officers reduce stress and protect safety when interviewing, locating, or responding to people with autism.
Argument againstAdding another required subject to annual training could leave officers less time for other learning within their 12-hour minimum.
More detail
The Commission must require training on identifying and interacting with people with developmental disabilities for peace officer certification. The training applies to each peace officer seeking certification. The law defines autism spectrum disorder by criteria in the current or relevant past edition of the psychiatric diagnostic manual. The training may include topics such as de-escalation, locating a missing person with as little stress as possible, and safety in correctional facilities. This requirement took effect for all purposes on October 1, 2025.
The Commission must include interactions with people with developmental disabilities among required continuing education subjects for peace officers. All peace officers must complete at least 12 hours of continuing education each year across required subjects, including mental health, de-escalation, and firearms. Training on recognizing and responding to people with autism may be included. This requirement took effect for all purposes on October 1, 2025.
The Legislative Auditor must audit the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis’s application process and report the results to the Audit Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission. The audit covers applications for behavior analyst and assistant behavior analyst licenses and registered behavior technician registrations, including how effectively, efficiently, and promptly the Board processes them. The audit covers the 2025–2027 two-year period. The report was due by January 31, 2027. This section took effect upon approval.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 6Approved by the Governor Joe Lombardo. Chapter 389.Became Law
- Jun 4Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 2Assembly Amendment No. 894 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- Jun 1In Senate.
- May 31Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (3rd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 30From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- May 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 894.) To printer.Minor
- May 27From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.Minor
- May 26From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 724.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 515.) Notice of eligibility for exemption. Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.Minor
- Mar 18From printer. To committee.
- Mar 17Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.Introduced
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