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AB 400

Authorizes a law enforcement agency to require applicants for certain positions of employment to make certain attestations as a condition precedent to employment. (BDR 23-1061)

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Toby Yurek

Allows Nevada law enforcement to require firearm-position applicants to attest to cannabis use in the 12 months before applying.

(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
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Bill Summary · AB 400

AB 400 — Summary (BDR 23-1061)

Author: As introduced by Assemblymember Yurek (Nevada)
Primary subject: Law enforcement hiring; cannabis attestations

Main purpose

AB 400 would amend NRS 289.030 to allow a law enforcement agency to require certain job applicants to attest about recent cannabis use as a condition of hiring. The narrow change creates an exception to an existing prohibition on requiring retrospective cannabis-use attestations.

Key provisions

  • Amends NRS 289.030 to add a new exception permitting a law enforcement agency to require an applicant who is seeking a position that would authorize or require the applicant to possess or carry a firearm to provide an oral or written attestation concerning any use of cannabis during the 12 months immediately preceding the application date.
  • Preserves the general rule that agencies cannot require attestations about cannabis use that occurred before the applicant submitted an application, except as provided by the new 12‑month exception described above.
  • Explicitly allows agencies to require attestations about cannabis use that occurs after application submission.
  • Explicitly preserves agencies’ authority to adopt policies requiring screening tests (drug tests) either as a condition precedent to employment or as a condition for continued employment.
  • Defines “use of cannabis” to include both adult (recreational) and medical cannabis use.
  • Amends existing statute NRS 289.030 (personnel disclosures and cannabis attestations).

Who would be affected

  • Applicants for law enforcement positions that would require or authorize carrying/possessing a firearm (state, county, and local law enforcement agencies in Nevada).
  • Law enforcement agencies seeking to implement hiring or screening policies related to cannabis use.
  • Current peace officers are unaffected by the new pre-application exception, though agencies retain the ability to require attestations or drug tests for use occurring after application or for continued employment.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Fiscal note in the bill text: No effect on local government; no effect on the State.
  • Legislative history (selected): Introduced March 11, 2025; passed both houses and enrolled September 24, 2025; presented to Governor September 24, 2025; vetoed by the Governor October 1, 2025. The file also records an earlier procedural notation: “Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed” (April 12, 2025).
  • Statutory citation changed: NRS 289.030.

Additional note about provided materials

The packet provided includes a separate, unrelated bill also labeled “AB 400” (California) that would have required the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to study police canine use and report recommendations by July 1, 2028 (repealed July 1, 2031). That California text is distinct from the Nevada AB 400 (cannabis attestations) summarized above.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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