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AB 408

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Ryan Clancy and 4 co-sponsors

The bill creates a DOC‑run automated system to notify registered crime victims by phone or electronic means about offender custody or status events.

Referred to committee on Rules
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Bill Summary · AB 408

AB 408 — Summary (BDR 16‑587)

Status: Introduced Feb 4, 2025. (Administrative note in file: “Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.”)
Title: Revises provisions relating to victims of crime.

Purpose / Intent

AB 408 centralizes and modernizes how victims of crime are notified about changes in an offender’s custody or case-status events. Instead of multiple statutory mail‑notice requirements and reliance on an existing automated system administered elsewhere, the bill requires the Department of Corrections (DOC) to establish and maintain an automated victim notification system to deliver telephone or electronic notices to registered victims about specified offender events.

Key provisions

  • Repeals several existing statutory notice provisions (including those that reference the Statewide Victim Information Notification system and certain mailed notification requirements) and replaces them with the new DOC‑operated automated system.
  • Requires the DOC, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety, the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and the State Board of Parole Commissioners, to establish and maintain an automated victim notification system that notifies registered victims by telephone or electronic means of:
    • release of an offender into the community;
    • escape from DOC custody;
    • an offender’s request to serve residential confinement;
    • the Director’s intent to assign, or the approval of assignment of, an offender to residential confinement or Division of Parole and Probation custody;
    • dates of meetings of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners considering clemency and of the State Board of Parole Commissioners considering parole; and
    • parole decisions by the Parole Board.
  • Notices relating to residential confinement must inform victims how to submit documents for consideration.
  • Authorizes the DOC to contract with a public or private entity to manage the automated system, prescribes that entity selection follow specified procedures, and requires certain contract terms.
  • Exchanges previously required mailed notices for delivery through the automated system for victims who are registered with that system.
  • Conforming changes to related statutes to reflect the new centralized notification approach.

Who is affected

  • Victims of crime (who must register with the DOC’s automated system to receive notices).
  • Nevada Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety (Division of Parole and Probation), State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and State Board of Parole Commissioners (consultation, operational coordination).
  • Any third party contractor selected to operate/maintain the system.
  • Potentially local agencies that previously handled mail notifications (procedural responsibilities shift to DOC).

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced Feb 4, 2025; passed the Assembly (72–0) May 27, 2025; referred to Senate committees with amendments and hearings scheduled (some hearings postponed/canceled and amendments filed).
  • File includes an administrative entry stating “no further action allowed” under Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1. The bill has not been enacted into law as of the latest file status; readers should consult the legislative history for final disposition.

Potential impacts & considerations

  • Centralization could improve timeliness, consistency, and ease of electronic notification for registered victims.
  • Victims who do not register may not receive automated notices previously sent by mail; registration outreach and accessibility will be important.
  • The bill authorizes contracting for system management, which may create implementation costs and procurement oversight issues; the file notes state fiscal impact and possible local government fiscal effects.
  • Requires interagency coordination to ensure notices are accurate and that victims understand how to submit materials for consideration in confinement/clemency/parole matters.

(Prepared from the bill text and legislative digest as introduced and subsequent committee documents.)

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

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