During the 2021 Legislative Session, the Legislature appropriated $1,436,720 to the Department of Corrections for the reintegration of the Offender Sentence Management System into the Nevada Offender Tracking Information System. Any remaining balance of that appropriation was required to be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 15, 2023. (Chapter 463, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2875) During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Legislature extended the reversion date to on or before September 19, 2025. (Section 84 of chapter 209, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1257) Section 2 of this bill extends the reversion date to on or before September 17, 2027. Existing law allows an offender to earn certain credits to reduce his or her sentence of imprisonment. (NRS 209.432-209.453) During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill No. 413, which established a revised method for awarding credits to reduce the sentence of an offender that applied to an offender sentenced to a crime committed: (1) on or after July 1, 2025; or (2) before July 1, 2025, if the offender elected to be subject to the revised method. (Chapter 394, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 2308) Section 7 of this bill delays the implementation of the revised method to July 1, 2026. Under section 3 of this bill, the revised method for awarding credits to reduce the sentence of an offender applies to an offender sentenced to a crime committed: (1) on or after July 1, 2026; or (2) before July 1, 2026, if the offender elects to be subject to the revised method. Section 3 also: (1) permits an offender to earn additional credit for engaging in exceptional meritorious service; (2) requires the Department to provide an offender with certain information before the offender elects to be subject to the revised method; and (3) makes various other changes relating to the revised method. Sections 4-6 make conforming changes to reflect the change of date in section 3.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 209.3817
Reprint 1: 209.4465, 209.4477, 209.449
As Enrolled: 209.4465, 209.4477, 209.449
BDR: 209.3817