SB 165 Dead for the Session

Senator Hardy

SB 165, which had sought to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in Nevada, passed out of the Senate Health Committee, but did not meet the legislative deadline for passage in the full Senate.

The bill is dead for 2019.

Margaret Dore, president of Choice is an Illusion, submitted legal briefing in opposition to the bill.

Senator Joseph Hardy and other legislators opposed the bill.

SB 165 All But Dead

SB 165, which would have legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia in Nevada, failed to make it out of its house of origin, so that it is now all but dead. According to 3 News Las Vegas:

While the bills the couldn't make it out of committee are technically off the table, they won't officially be out of question until the Legislative Session ends in June.

The next major deadline comes on May 17.