Nevada · Assembly Bill 271 · 82nd (2023) Session

Revises provisions relating to credits against sentences of offenders. (BDR 16-178)

AB 271 Sponsored by Bea Duran and Clara Thomas Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 8, 2023
  2. In committee Mar 8, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Existing law provides that under certain circumstances an offender may earn credits to reduce his or her sentence of imprisonment, which must be deducted from the maximum term or the maximum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. For certain offenders, credits must also be deducted from the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. However, credits earned by offenders convicted of certain…

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Existing law provides that under certain circumstances an offender may earn credits to reduce his or her sentence of imprisonment, which must be deducted from the maximum term or the maximum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. For certain offenders, credits must also be deducted from the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. However, credits earned by offenders convicted of certain offenses, such as a category B felony, may not be deducted from the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. (NRS 209.4465) Section 1 of this bill eliminates the restriction against deducting credits from the minimum term or the minimum aggregate term imposed by a sentence for an offender who has been convicted of a category B felony, but provides that an offender who has been convicted of certain offenses remains ineligible to deduct credits from the minimum term or minimum aggregate term imposed by a sentence. Section 1 also revises the applicability of this provision to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2007. Section 2 of this bill makes the changes in section 1 retroactive for offenders who committed offenses before October 1, 2023, the effective date of this bill, unless doing so would violate the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution or Nevada Constitution.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. AssemblyRead first time.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Judiciary. · Assembly Judiciary
  3. AssemblyTo printer.
  4. AssemblyFrom printer.
  5. AssemblyTo committee.
  6. AssemblyNotice of eligibility for exemption.
  7. Assembly(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Nevada's official records (leg.state.nv.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.