SB17 - Revises provisions relating to orders for protection against harassment in the workplace. (BDR 3-568)

S.B. 17 - *SB17* SENATE BILL NO. 17–COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (ON BEHALF OF THE NEVADA SUPREME COURT) PREFILED OCTOBER 28, 2026 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to orders for protection against harassment in the workplace. (BDR 3-568) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: No. Effect on the State Highway Fund: No. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to public safety; revising provisions relating to the procedure for the issuance of a temporary order for protection against harassment in the workplace; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law: (1) authorizes a court to issue a temporary order for protection 1 against harassment in the workplace; and (2) provides that such a temporary order 2 must not be issued without the giving of security by the employer to pay for certain 3 costs and damages that may be incurred or suffered by the person who allegedly 4 committed the harassment if the person who allegedly committed the harassment is 5 found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained. (NRS 33.270) Section 1 of 6 this bill removes the requirement that the employer must provide such security 7 before a court may issue a temporary order for protection against harassment in the 8 workplace. 9 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 33.270 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 33.270 1. The court may issue a temporary order for 2 protection against harassment in the workplace if it appears to the 3 satisfaction of the court from specific facts shown by a verified 4 application filed pursuant to NRS 33.250 that harassment in the 5 workplace has occurred. 6 – 2 – - *SB17* 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a temporary 1 order for protection against harassment in the workplace must not be 2 issued without notice to the person who allegedly committed the 3 harassment. [A temporary order for protection against harassment in 4 the workplace must not be issued without the giving of security by 5 the employer in an amount determined by the court to be sufficient 6 to pay for such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by 7 the person who allegedly committed the harassment if the person 8 who allegedly committed the harassment is found to have been 9 wrongfully enjoined or restrained.] 10 3. The court may require the employer or the person who 11 allegedly committed the harassment, or both, to appear before the 12 court before determining whether to issue the temporary order for 13 protection against harassment in the workplace. 14 4. A court may issue a temporary order for protection against 15 harassment in the workplace without written or oral notice to the 16 person who allegedly committed the harassment or the person’s 17 attorney only if: 18 (a) A verified application is accompanied by an affidavit that 19 contains specific facts which clearly show that immediate and 20 irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to the employer, an 21 employee of the employer while the employee performs the duties 22 of the employee’s employment or a person who is present at the 23 workplace of the employer before the person who allegedly 24 committed the harassment or the person’s attorney can be heard in 25 opposition; and 26 (b) The employer and the employer’s attorney, if any, set forth 27 in the affidavit: 28 (1) The efforts, if any, that have been made to give notice to 29 the person who allegedly committed the harassment; and 30 (2) The facts supporting waiver of notice requirements. 31 5. A temporary order for protection against harassment in the 32 workplace that is granted, with or without notice, must expire not 33 later than 15 days after the date on which the order is issued, unless 34 extended pursuant to subsections 6 and 7. 35 6. If a temporary order for protection against harassment in the 36 workplace is granted, with or without notice, the employer or the 37 employer’s authorized agent may apply for an extended order for 38 protection against harassment in the workplace by filing a verified 39 application for an extended order for protection against harassment 40 in the workplace. If such an application is filed, the temporary order 41 remains in effect until the hearing on the application for an extended 42 order is held. The application must: 43 – 3 – - *SB17* (a) In addition to the information required by subsection 2 of 1 NRS 33.250, set forth the facts that provide the basis for granting an 2 extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace; 3 (b) Be filed before the expiration of the temporary order for 4 protection against harassment in the workplace; 5 (c) Be heard as soon as reasonably possible and not later than 10 6 days after the date on which the application is filed with the court 7 unless the court determines that there are compelling reasons to hold 8 the hearing at a later date; and 9 (d) Be dismissed if the court finds that the temporary order for 10 protection against harassment in the workplace which is the basis of 11 the application has been dissolved or has expired. 12 7. At the hearing on an application filed pursuant to subsection 13 6, the employer must present evidence sufficient to support the 14 granting of the application for an extended order for protection 15 against harassment in the workplace. At the hearing, the court may: 16 (a) Dissolve or modify the temporary order for protection 17 against harassment in the workplace; or 18 (b) Grant an extended order for protection against harassment in 19 the workplace. 20 8. If granted, an extended order for protection against 21 harassment in the workplace expires within such time, not to exceed 22 1 year, as the court fixes. 23 9. Upon 2 days’ notice to an employer who obtained a 24 temporary order for protection against harassment in the workplace 25 without notice or on such shorter notice to the employer as the court 26 may prescribe, the person who allegedly committed the harassment 27 may appear and move the dissolution or modification of the 28 temporary order for protection against harassment in the workplace. 29 Upon the filing of such a motion, the court shall proceed to hear and 30 determine the motion as expeditiously as the ends of justice require. 31 At the hearing, the court may dissolve, modify or extend the order. 32 10. The court may award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees 33 to the prevailing party in a matter brought pursuant to this section. 34 11. If a court issues an extended order for protection against 35 harassment in the workplace, an interlocutory appeal lies to the 36 district court, which may affirm, modify or vacate the order in 37 question. The appeal may be taken without bond, but its taking does 38 not stay the effect or enforcement of the order. 39 H