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AB 90

Revises provisions relating to juvenile justice. (BDR 5-497)

2025 Regular Session

Extends the Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights to regional treatment facilities; courts must find no viable community options and a public-safety risk before committing youths.

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 51.
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Bill Summary · AB 90

AB 90 — Summary (Chapter 51, 2025)

Status: Approved by the Governor (May 28, 2025).
Introduced: January 6, 2025.
Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary (on behalf of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Judiciary).
Primary subject: Juvenile justice — detention facility definitions and commitment findings.
Statutory changes: Amends NRS 62B.505 and NRS 62E.505.

Purpose

AB 90 extends the protections of Nevada’s Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights to children placed in regional facilities for the treatment and rehabilitation of children, and requires juvenile courts to make the same procedural findings before committing a delinquent child to such regional facilities as are already required for commitment to State detention facilities.

Key provisions

  • Expands the statutory definition of “detention facility” (NRS 62B.505) to explicitly include:
    • “Regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children.”
    • (Retains local and state detention facilities in the definition.)
  • Requires the juvenile court, before committing a delinquent child to the custody of a regional facility, to make the same findings required for commitment to a State detention facility (NRS 62E.505):
    1. That appropriate alternatives in the community do not exist or have been tried and proved unsuccessful; and
    2. That the child poses a public safety risk, based on a risk assessment under NRS 62E.506, any delinquency history, and the seriousness of the offense.
  • By expanding the detention facility definition, children placed in qualifying regional treatment/rehabilitation facilities become subject to the existing Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights requirements, including duties on facilities to:
    • Inform detained children of their rights;
    • Provide children (and, to the extent practicable, their parent/guardian) with a copy of those rights; and
    • Post a written copy of those rights conspicuously within the facility.

Who is affected

  • Children detained in regional facilities for treatment and rehabilitation will receive the same notification and rights protections as children in local/state detention facilities.
  • Juvenile courts must apply the additional findings before placing children in regional facilities.
  • Operators/administrators of regional facilities will need to comply with rights-posting and notification practices already required of detention facilities.
  • No fiscal effect on state or local government was reported in committee materials.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced Jan 6, 2025.
  • Passed both houses and enrolled May 23, 2025.
  • Approved by the Governor and chaptered as Chapter 51 on May 28, 2025.
  • Amends NRS 62B.505 and NRS 62E.505. (No amendments were reported in committee materials.)

Expected impact

  • Strengthens legal protections and procedural transparency for youth confined in regional treatment/rehabilitation facilities.
  • May influence placement decisions by requiring courts to document lack of viable community alternatives and an assessed public-safety risk before commitment to regional facilities.
  • Imposes administrative obligations on regional facilities consistent with existing detention facility requirements (notification, copies, conspicuous posting).

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

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