Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for operation of a county, city, or town jail to implement training for members of the staff of the jail or detention facility in cultural competency for interacting with prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex.

Highlights:

• Requires that the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for the operation of a jail in Nevada implement policies relating to the care of prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (Sec. 1).

• Requires that such policies enact the following (Sec. 1):

• Respectful terminology as is currently accepted;

• Prohibition of discrimination;

• Prohibition of strip searches to observe the genitalia;

• Proper standard of medical care; 

• A timely and fair grievance process; and 

• Inclusion of prisoners’ preferences concerning housing, clothing, and the gender of a searching officer.

• Authorizes the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for operation of a jail in Nevada to implement training for facility staff relating to the care of prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (Sec. 1).

Vetoed by Governor Joseph Lombardo

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for operation of a county, city, or town jail to implement training for members of the staff of the jail or detention facility in cultural competency for interacting with prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex.

Highlights:

• Requires that the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for the operation of a jail in Nevada implement policies relating to the care of prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (Sec. 1).

• Requires that such policies enact the following (Sec. 1):

• Respectful terminology as is currently accepted;

• Prohibition of discrimination;

• Prohibition of strip searches to observe the genitalia;

• Proper standard of medical care; 

• A timely and fair grievance process; and 

• Inclusion of prisoners’ preferences concerning housing, clothing, and the gender of a searching officer.

• Authorizes the sheriff, chief of police, or town marshal responsible for operation of a jail in Nevada to implement training for facility staff relating to the care of prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex (Sec. 1).

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