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Senate passes juvenile-justice bill allowing expanded community service in lieu of fines
Summary
Senate Bill 383 passed the Nevada Senate 20-0. The bill expands entities that can provide job-skills programs for juvenile community service, gives juvenile courts discretion to suspend or delay a driver's license for adjudicated youth, and allows courts to order additional community service in lieu of first-time fines.
The Nevada Senate passed Senate Bill 383 on April 7, 2025, by a vote of 20-0. Senator Orrenshall summarized the bill on the floor before the roll call vote.
Senator Orrenshall said the bill adds programs that build job skills and increase employability to the list of entities under whose supervisory authority a child, parent or guardian may perform community service. She said the bill "provides the juvenile court with the discretion to suspend or delay the issuance of a driver's license of a child who is adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision," removes a requirement that the court order a fine the first time a child is adjudicated in need of supervision and "authorizes the juvenile court to order the child to perform an additional 10 hours of community service for combined total not to exceed 20 hours in lieu of all or part of the fine ordered by the court."
Floor remarks described the measure as expanding alternatives to monetary fines for juveniles, adding supervised job-skills programs as acceptable sites for community service, and authorizing limited license-suspension discretion for adjudicated youth. After discussion, the secretary opened and closed the roll; the yeas were 20, the nays 0. The bill was declared passed and ordered to the Assembly.
The bill now moves to the Assembly; floor remarks did not specify implementing regulations, exact definitions for listed entities, or budgetary effects.
