(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT A.B. 136
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 136–ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONSIDINE
PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to animals.
(BDR 50-168)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact.
Effect on the State: No.
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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 animals; requiring certain persons that allow
interactions between live animals and members of the
public to post a sign with the contact information for the
local animal control authority; providing an
administrative penalty; and providing other matters
properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law: (1) prohibits a person from engaging in cruelty to animals; and 1
(2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an 2
animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an 3
officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is authorized to 4
make arrests or an animal control officer. (NRS 574.053, 574.100) This bill 5
requires the owner or operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the 6
business of selling access to live animals to interact with members of the public to 7
post a sign of a certain size at the location in the commercial establishment where 8
payment is made: (1) notifying the public that if a person believes that an animal is 9
in danger or has been subjected to an act of animal cruelty, the person may contact 10
the local animal control authority; and (2) providing the telephone number for such 11
authority. This bill also: (1) imposes an administrative penalty against an owner or 12
operator of such a commercial establishment who fails to conspicuously post the 13
sign; and (2) exempts an accredited institutional member of the Association of Zoos 14
and Aquariums from the requirement to post such a sign. 15
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. NRS 574.053 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
574.053 1. Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to 2
believe that an animal has been subjected to an act of cruelty in 3
violation of NRS 574.100 may report the act of cruelty to any: 4
(a) Peace officer; 5
(b) Officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals 6
who is authorized to make arrests pursuant to NRS 574.040; or 7
(c) Animal control officer. 8
2. Any person, law enforcement agency, society for the 9
prevention of cruelty to animals or animal control agency that 10
willfully releases data or information concerning the identity of a 11
person who made a report pursuant to subsection 1, except for the 12
purposes of a criminal investigation or prosecution, is guilty of a 13
misdemeanor. 14
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the owner or 15
operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of 16
selling access to live animals to interact with the public shall 17
conspicuously post, at the location in the commercial 18
establishment where payment is made, a sign that is at least 8 1/2 19
by 11 inches in size and which contains the following notice in 20
bold type: 21
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IF YOU KNOW OR HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE 23
THAT AN ANIMAL IS IN DANGER OR HAS BEEN 24
SUBJECTED TO AN ACT OF CRUELTY IN VIOLATION 25
OF NRS 574.100, YOU MAY CONTACT [ telephone 26
number for the local animal control authority]. 27
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4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, an owner or 29
operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of 30
selling access to live animals to interact with the public who fails 31
to conspicuously post a sign in the manner required by subsection 32
3 shall pay an administrative penalty of $100 for each day that the 33
required sign is not posted. 34
5. The requirements of subsection 3 do not apply to a facility 35
which is an accredited institutional member of the Association of 36
Zoos and Aquariums or its successor. 37
6. As used in this section, “animal control authority” means 38
any entity designated by the county or city to enforce local 39
ordinances or laws of this State relating to the control, shelter or 40
welfare of animals. The term includes, without limitation, an 41
animal control agency, a law enforcement agency or a society for 42
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the prevention of cruelty to animals in which an officer is 1
authorized to make arrests pursuant to NRS 574.040. 2
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