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Read. Follow. Verify.Nevada Senate Bill 37 defines and criminalizes road rage with misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor penalties
Last action · April 12, 2025: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
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What This Bill Proposed
Nevada SB 37 makes it unlawful to engage in road rage on public roads or accessible premises by committing an assault against another vehicle's occupant or knowingly operating a vehicle to intimidate, harass, frighten, alarm, or distress them. A first offense is a , and a second or subsequent offense is a , with penalties including fines, community service, county jail time, driver's license suspension, and vehicle impoundment.
Drivers and vehicle occupants face criminal prosecution, fines ranging up to $2,000, mandatory community service up to 200 hours, county jail sentences up to 364 days, and potential vehicle impoundment for engaging in aggressive driving behaviors.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Drivers and Vehicle Occupants
Drivers and passengers face new criminal classifications, potential jail time, fines, community service, and license suspensions for engaging in defined road rage behaviors.
Key Facts
- A person engages in road rage by committing an assault against another vehicle's driver or occupant, or by knowingly operating a vehicle to intimidate, harass, frighten, alarm, or distress them in response to an incident on a public road or accessible premises.
- A first offense of road rage is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, 50 to 99 hours of community service, and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months.
- A second or subsequent offense of road rage is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 to $1,500, 100 to 199 hours of community service, and county jail imprisonment for not more than 364 days.
- Courts may issue an order suspending the driver's license of a road rage offender for 6 months to 2 years and may impound a registered vehicle used in the offense for 30 days.
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- The act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 12, 2025(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
- Feb 3, 2025IntroducedRead first time. To committee.
- Nov 20, 2024From printer.
- Nov 15, 2024IntroducedPrefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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