Press Release: Nevada Assembly Passes Legislation to Decriminalize Minor Traffic Violations
Bill Would End Widespread Practice of Arresting & Jailing People Who Can’t Afford Minor Traffic Ticket
Yesterday, the Nevada Assembly approved legislation that would decriminalize minor traffic violations making them civil infractions and ending the widespread practice of issuing warrants when an individual can’t afford to pay the fines and fees imposed. Nevada is one of only 13 U.S. states that prosecutes minor traffic violations as criminal offenses, rather than as civil infractions.
AB 116 was introduced by Assemblywoman Rochelle Nguyen with seven primary sponsors including the Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro and 23 co-sponsors, including Republican Lisa Krasner, Nevada’s Assistant Minority Whip. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it will be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday.
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Nevada progressives upset bills stall in Dem-led statehouse
SAM METZ, AP / Report for America
May 14, 2021
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Downcast Democratic Party-aligned groups and activists rebuked leaders from their own party Friday after proposals they championed to repeal the death penalty and expand tenant protections failed to make it past a key legislative deadline.
Bills that made it through one chamber either the state Senate or Assembly must advance out of committee in the opposite chamber in order to remain under consideration in the legislative session.
Proposals to limit police use of force, crack down on housing discrimination and ban law enforcement agencies from using ticket and arrest quotas passed Friday, while efforts to limit when the death penalty can be sought and when landlords can take tenants security deposits and charge late fees stalled amid heated opposition and a lack of negotiated compromise.