Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 14-181)

Existing law requires a peace officer investigating an act of domestic violence to provide certain information to a person suspected of being a victim of an act of domestic violence. (NRS 171.1225) Section 2 of this bill requires a peace officer investigating an act of domestic violence to complete a lethality assessment form for a person suspected of being a victim of an act of domestic violence if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person believed to have committed the act of domestic violence is: (1) his or her spouse or former spouse; (2) a person with whom he or she had or is having a dating relationship; or (3) a person with whom he or she has a child in common. Section 1 of this bill requires a peace officer who completes a lethality assessment form to take certain actions based upon the results of the lethality assessment. Section 1 also requires each law enforcement agency to prescribe a written or electronic form on which the results of a lethality assessment conducted pursuant to section 2 must be reported. Existing law requires a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to prepare and submit to certain persons a written report of the investigation. (NRS 171.1227) Section 3 of this bill requires a peace officer who investigates an act of domestic violence to submit the results of a lethality assessment conducted pursuant to section 2 to the district attorney of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred. Existing law requires a court to consider certain factors in reviewing the custody status of a person. (NRS 178.4853) Section 4 of this bill authorizes the court to include the results of a lethality assessment when considering these factors.