1. As used in this section: (a) Battery means any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. (b) Child means a person less than 18 years of age. (c) Child protective services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.042 . (d) Child welfare services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.044 . (e) Fire-fighting agency has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020 . (f) Hospitality employee means a person employed by a resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center, including, without limitation, a person who is employed in a position of front desk staff, housekeeping, concierge, valet, bell service, gaming floor, food and beverage, retail, security, facility or hotel administration, count room, management or any other position that is responsible for ensuring a positive guest experience, and whose employment duties require the employee to: (1) Wear identification, clothing, a uniform or other insignia that identifies the employee as working for a resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center; and (2) Be physically present on the property of the resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center or otherwise traveling within a corridor, as described in NRS 244.35707 . (g) Indian tribe has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. 3602(3). (h) Judicial personnel has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. 3602(4). (i) Officer means: (1) A person who possesses some or all of the powers of a peace officer; (2) A person employed in a full-time salaried occupation of fire fighting for the benefit or safety of the public; (3) A member of a volunteer fire department; (4) A jailer, guard, matron or other correctional officer of a city or county jail or detention facility; (5) A prosecuting attorney or public defender of an agency or political subdivision of the United States or of this State; (6) A justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge, magistrate, court commissioner, master or referee, including, without limitation, a person acting pro tempore in a capacity listed in this subparagraph; (7) Any judicial personnel of an Indian tribe; (8) A clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive officer in this State; (9) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee to make home visits; (10) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: (I) Interacts with the public; and (II) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable dangers; (11) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a law enforcement agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to law enforcement; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the law enforcement agency; (12) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a fire-fighting agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to fire fighting or fire prevention; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the fire-fighting agency; or (13) A civilian employee or volunteer of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to code enforcement; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for this State or a political subdivision of this State. (j) Provider of health care has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.471 . (k) Resort hotel has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.01865 . (l) School employee means a licensed or unlicensed person employed by a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 391.100 or 391.281 . (m) Sporting event has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630 . (n) Sports official has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630 . (o) Strangulation means intentionally applying sufficient pressure to another person to make it difficult or impossible for the person to breathe, including, without limitation, applying pressure to the neck, throat or windpipe that may prevent or hinder breathing or reduce the intake of air, or applying any pressure to the neck on either side of the windpipe, but not the windpipe itself, to stop the flow of blood to the brain via the carotid arteries. (p) Taxicab has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 706.8816 . (q) Taxicab driver means a person who operates a taxicab. (r) Transit operator means a person who operates a bus or other vehicle as part of a public mass transportation system. (s) Utility worker means an employee of a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 whose official duties require the employee to: (1) Interact with the public; (2) Perform tasks related to the operation of the public utility; and (3) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee as working for the public utility. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 200.485 , a person convicted of a battery, other than a battery committed by an adult upon a child which constitutes child abuse, shall be punished: (a) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and no substantial bodily harm to the victim results, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section or NRS 197.090 , for a misdemeanor. (b) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and either substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130 . (c) If: (1) The battery is committed upon: (I) An officer, hospitality employee, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who was performing his or her duty; (II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or (III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; (2) The officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official suffers substantial bodily harm or the battery is committed by strangulation; and (3) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. (d) If the battery: (1) Is committed upon: (I) An officer, hospitality employee, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who is performing his or her duty; (II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or (III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; and (2) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official, for a gross misdemeanor, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section. (e) If the battery is committed with the use of a deadly weapon, and: (1) No substantial bodily harm to the victim results, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. (2) Substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. (f) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, without the use of a deadly weapon, whether or not substantial bodily harm results and whether or not the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years. (g) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, with the use of a deadly weapon, and: (1) No substantial bodily harm to the victim results, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years. (2) Substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years. NRS 200.481 Battery: Definitions; penalties. [Effective July 1, 2026.] 1. As used in this section: (a) Battery means any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. (b) Child means a person less than 18 years of age. (c) Child protective services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.042 . (d) Child welfare services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.044 . (e) Fire-fighting agency has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020 . (f) Hospitality employee means a person employed by a resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center, including, without limitation, a person who is employed in a position of front desk staff, housekeeping, concierge, valet, bell service, gaming floor, food and beverage, retail, security, facility or hotel administration, count room, management or any other position that is responsible for ensuring a positive guest experience, and whose employment duties require the employee to: (1) Wear identification, clothing, a uniform or other insignia that identifies the employee as working for a resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center; and (2) Be physically present on the property of the resort hotel, resort condominium, arena, stadium or convention center or otherwise traveling within a corridor, as described in NRS 244.35707 . (g) Indian tribe has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. 3602(3). (h) Judicial personnel has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. 3602(4). (i) Officer means: (1) A person who possesses some or all of the powers of a peace officer; (2) A person employed in a full-time salaried occupation of fire fighting for the benefit or safety of the public; (3) A member of a volunteer fire department; (4) A jailer, guard, matron or other correctional officer of a city or county jail or detention facility; (5) A prosecuting attorney or public defender of an agency or political subdivision of the United States or of this State; (6) A justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge, magistrate, court commissioner, master, judicial officer appointed by a court or referee, including, without limitation, a person acting pro tempore in a capacity listed in this subparagraph; (7) Any judicial personnel of an Indian tribe; (8) A clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive officer in this State; (9) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee to make home visits; (10) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: (I) Interacts with the public; and (II) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable dangers; (11) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a law enforcement agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to law enforcement; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the law enforcement agency; (12) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a fire-fighting agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to fire fighting or fire prevention; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the fire-fighting agency; or (13) A civilian employee or volunteer of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to: (I) Interact with the public; (II) Perform tasks related to code enforcement; and (III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for this State or a political subdivision of this State. (j) Provider of health care has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.471 . (k) Resort hotel has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.01865 . (l) School employee means a licensed or unlicensed person employed by a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 391.100 or 391.281 . (m) Sporting event has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630 . (n) Sports official has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630 . (o) Strangulation means intentionally applying sufficient pressure to another person to make it difficult or impossible for the person to breathe, including, without limitation, applying pressure to the neck, throat or windpipe that may prevent or hinder breathing or reduce the intake of air, or applying any pressure to the neck on either side of the windpipe, but not the windpipe itself, to stop the flow of blood to the brain via the carotid arteries. (p) Taxicab has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 706.8816 . (q) Taxicab driver means a person who operates a taxicab. (r) Transit operator means a person who operates a bus or other vehicle as part of a public mass transportation system. (s) Utility worker means an employee of a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 whose official duties require the employee to: (1) Interact with the public; (2) Perform tasks related to the operation of the public utility; and (3) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee as working for the public utility. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 200.485 , a person convicted of a battery, other than a battery committed by an adult upon a child which constitutes child abuse, shall be punished: (a) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and no substantial bodily harm to the victim results, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section or NRS 197.090 , for a misdemeanor. (b) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and either substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130 . (c) If: (1) The battery is committed upon: (I) An officer, hospitality employee, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who was performing his or her duty; (II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or (III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; (2) The officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official suffers substantial bodily harm or the battery is committed by strangulation; and (3) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. (d) If the battery: (1) Is committed upon: (I) An officer, hospitality employee, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who is performing his or her duty; (II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or (III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; and (2) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, hospitality employee, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official, for a gross misdemeanor, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section. (e) If the battery is committed with the use of a deadly weapon, and: (1) No substantial bodily harm to the victim results, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. (2) Substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000. (f) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, without the use of a deadly weapon, whether or not substantial bodily harm results and whether or not the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years. (g) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, with the use of a deadly weapon, and: (1) No substantial bodily harm to the victim results, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years. (2) Substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years.
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