A.B. 122
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 122–ASSEMBLYMEMBER DICKMAN
PREFILED JANUARY 27, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to the confidentiality
of certain information. (BDR 20-645)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: Yes.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to confidential information; authorizing certain
persons to request a court order to make certain personal
information in the possession of a county recorder, county
assessor or elections official be kept in a confidential
manner; and providing other matters properly relating
thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law authorizes certain persons and the spouse, domestic partner or 1
minor child thereof, to request a court order to require that a county recorder, 2
county assessor, county clerk, city clerk or the Secretary of State maintain the 3
personal information of the person contained in their records in a confidential 4
manner. (NRS 247.530, 247.540, 250.140, 293.908) Sections 1-3 of this bill 5
authorize such orders to be requested by any person employed by a law 6
enforcement agency or by the office of a prosecutor who, as part of his or her 7
normal job responsibilities: (1) interacts with the public; and (2) performs tasks 8
related to the administration or support of the law enforcement agency or office of a 9
prosecutor. 10
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 247.540 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
247.540 1. The following persons may request that the 2
personal information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 3
247.520 that is contained in the records of a county recorder be kept 4
confidential: 5
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 6
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(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 1
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 2
(d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 3
officer in this State. 4
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 5
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 6
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 7
division of the county or city. 8
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 9
(g) Any prosecutor. 10
(h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 11
defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 12
this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 13
(1) Interacts with the public; and 14
(2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 15
of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 16
without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 17
maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 18
advocacy or general administrative duties. 19
(i) Any state or county public defender. 20
[(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 21
General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 22
Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 23
Government. 24
[(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 25
worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 26
State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 27
(1) Interacts with the public; and 28
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 29
protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 30
dangers. 31
[(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 32
[(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 33
State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 34
employer: 35
(1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 36
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 37
interacts with the public; and 38
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 39
related to code enforcement. 40
[(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 41
person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 42
[(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 43
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 44
was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 45
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[(o)] (p) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been 1
issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 2
2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 3
confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 4
of domestic violence may request that the personal information 5
described in subsection 4 of NRS 247.520 that is contained in the 6
records of a county recorder be kept confidential. 7
3. As used in this section: 8
(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 9
NRS 432B.042. 10
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 11
NRS 432B.044. 12
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 13
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 14
safety and welfare. 15
(d) “Peace officer” means: 16
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 17
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 18
inclusive; and 19
(2) Any person: 20
(I) Who resides in this State; 21
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 22
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 23
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 24
the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 25
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 26
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 27
(e) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 28
NRS 241A.030. 29
(f) “Social worker” means any person licensed under chapter 30
641B of NRS. 31
Sec. 2. NRS 250.140 is hereby amended to read as follows: 32
250.140 1. The following persons may request that personal 33
information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 250.120 that is 34
contained in the records of a county assessor be kept confidential: 35
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 36
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 37
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 38
(d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 39
officer in this State. 40
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 41
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 42
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 43
division of the county or city. 44
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 45
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(g) Any prosecutor. 1
(h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 2
defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 3
this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 4
(1) Interacts with the public; and 5
(2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 6
of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 7
without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 8
maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 9
advocacy or general administrative duties. 10
(i) Any state or county public defender. 11
[(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 12
General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 13
Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 14
Government. 15
[(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 16
worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 17
State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 18
(1) Interacts with the public; and 19
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 20
protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 21
dangers. 22
[(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 23
[(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 24
State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 25
employer: 26
(1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 27
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 28
interacts with the public; and 29
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 30
related to code enforcement. 31
[(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 32
person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 33
[(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 34
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 35
was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 36
[(o)] (p) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been 37
issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 38
2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 39
confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 40
of domestic violence may request that the personal information 41
described in subsection 4 of NRS 250.120 that is contained in the 42
records of a county assessor be kept confidential. 43
3. As used in this section: 44
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(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 1
NRS 432B.042. 2
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 3
NRS 432B.044. 4
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 5
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 6
safety and welfare. 7
(d) “Peace officer” means: 8
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 9
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 10
inclusive; and 11
(2) Any person: 12
(I) Who resides in this State; 13
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 14
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 15
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 16
the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 17
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 18
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 19
(e) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20
NRS 241A.030. 21
(f) “Social worker” means any person licensed under chapter 22
641B of NRS. 23
Sec. 3. NRS 293.908 is hereby amended to read as follows: 24
293.908 1. The following persons may request that personal 25
information contained in the records of the Secretary of State or a 26
county or city clerk be kept confidential: 27
(a) Any justice or judge in this State. 28
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 29
(c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 30
(d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 31
officer in this State. 32
(e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 33
the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 34
by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 35
division of the county or city. 36
(f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 37
(g) Any prosecutor. 38
(h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 39
defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 40
this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 41
(1) Interacts with the public; and 42
(2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 43
of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 44
without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 45
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maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 1
advocacy or general administrative duties. 2
(i) Any state or county public defender. 3
[(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 4
General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 5
Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 6
Government. 7
[(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 8
worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 9
State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 10
(1) Interacts with the public; and 11
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 12
protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 13
dangers. 14
[(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 15
[(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 16
State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 17
employer: 18
(1) Who possess specialized training in code enforcement; 19
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 20
interacts with the public; and 21
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 22
related to code enforcement. 23
[(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 24
person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 25
[(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 26
of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 27
was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 28
2. As used in this section: 29
(a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 30
NRS 432B.042. 31
(b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 32
NRS 432B.044. 33
(c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 34
ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 35
safety and welfare. 36
(d) “Peace officer” means: 37
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 38
peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 39
inclusive; and 40
(2) Any person: 41
(I) Who resides in this State; 42
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 43
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 44
the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 45
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the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 1
Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 2
of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 3
(e) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 4
NRS 241A.030. 5
(f) “Social worker” means any person licensed under chapter 6
641B of NRS. 7
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval. 8
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