LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Several new laws are set to take effect in Nevada at the start of the new year.
Assembly Bill 4, also known as the “Safe Streets Act”, was signed into law by Governor Lombardo after last month’s Special Session. The bill is notable for increasing penalties against drunk drivers, and has been praised by advocacy groups after Nevada saw another violent year on its roads.
Under current Nevada law, a DUI resulting in death carries a minimum sentence of 2 years and a maximum of 20. AB4 will increase the maximum penalty for a first offense to 25 years. A second offense will also carry a expanded sentence of 5 to 25 years.
The bill also increases penalties for those who assault government workers and those facing charges related to child sexual abuse material, expands the definitions of stalking and kidnapping, and implements new measures for juvenile justice reforms.
Another notable bill that will take effect is Assembly Bill 198, also known as “Lizzy’s Law,” which imposes new requirements for renting and setting up bounce houses. It sets strict licensing, insurance, inspection and safety rules and prohibits use if winds top 15 mph.
Mitch and Wendy Hammond testified during the legislative session after the death of their daughter Lizzie. In July 2019, she was at a Reno birthday party in a bounce house when a sudden gust of wind lifted it.
“The bounce house goes up and hits the power lines and I guess that’s a lucky thing that it hit the power lines because it could have kept going but it goes along them and you see a big arc of electricity and it is hanging there,” Wendy Hammond recounted.
Three other children in the bounce house survived. Lizzy’s family says if it had been weighted down properly, their daughter would still be alive.
Other notable laws set to take on Thursday include:
- Assembly Bill 73 (AB73) – Requires political advertisements to disclose if audio and visual elements have been manipulated.
- Assembly Bill 116 (AB116) – Prohibits food delivery services from taking online orders from restaurants that have not provided the required licenses.
- Assembly Bill 305 (AB305) – Caps the fee healthcare providers can charge for filling out documents related to leaves of absence, or FMLA certifications.
- Assembly Bill (AB376) – Allows insurers to exclude wildfire care coverage from standard homeowners’ policies.
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