NevadaAB3583rd Regular Session (2025)House

AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the preferred manner of referring to items or materials that depict or describe a minor engaging in certain sexual conduct; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsored By: Assembly Committee on Judiciary

Signed by Governor

BDR 15-448

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

No unsupervised contact before foster checks

People who must complete a foster‑care background check cannot have unsupervised contact with a placed child until the check is done. They may have contact sooner only if a preliminary FBI name‑based check has already been done. This applies to applicants, license holders, employees, contractors, volunteers, vendors, and governing members who may have direct contact with placed children. The law also updates background‑check offense lists to use the term “child sexual abuse material.”

Use respectful terms for child abuse materials

The law replaces “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” in many Nevada laws. Legislative Counsel must use respectful, person‑first words when drafting statutes. State agencies must use the same terms in the Nevada Administrative Code and write so it is clear the minor is the victim. This clarifies legal language; it does not change who pays money or who gets benefits.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Assembly Committee on Judiciary

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 62 • No: 0

Senate vote 5/23/2025

Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)

Yes: 20 • No: 0

House vote 4/15/2025

Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)

Yes: 42 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 141.

    5/30/2025legislature
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    5/30/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

    5/27/2025legislature
  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

    5/26/2025House
  5. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.

    5/23/2025Senate
  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/22/2025Senate
  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/21/2025Senate
  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/20/2025Senate
  9. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

    5/19/2025Senate
  10. Read third time.

    5/19/2025Senate
  11. Read second time.

    5/16/2025Senate
  12. From committee: Do pass.

    5/15/2025Senate
  13. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

    4/16/2025Senate
  14. In Senate.

    4/15/2025Senate
  15. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

    4/15/2025House
  16. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.

    4/15/2025House
  17. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 63.) To printer.

    4/14/2025House
  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

    4/10/2025House
  19. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

    2/12/2025House
  20. Read first time. To committee.

    2/4/2025House
  21. From printer.

    11/19/2024House
  22. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

    11/15/2024House

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