# Nevada AB35: 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. Nevada AB35, 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., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Assembly Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-05-30 (Chapter 141.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB35-83rd2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nevada AB35 - State: Nevada - Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025) - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-11-15 - Last action: 2025-05-30, Chapter 141. - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: BDR 15-448 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (62 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More help for child sexual abuse victims: benefit, medium. Children used in creating child sexual abuse material are legally treated as victims. Their medical and mental‑health needs count as personal injury for compensation. They can apply for victim compensation any time before age 21. Restitution and victim‑compensation rules now clearly cover these cri… - Use child sexual abuse material in Nevada law: benefit, low. Nevada law now prefers the term “child sexual abuse material” and describes minors as victims. Statutes and regulations replace older phrases like “child pornography” where possible. These drafting rules apply across laws and agency rules. The act takes effect upon passage and approval. - Stricter records and registry rules for child sex crimes: cost, high. Crimes involving child sexual abuse material are now clearly counted as sexual or violent offenses in Nevada law. People convicted of these crimes cannot get their records sealed. When the crime is against a child, they are Tier II offenders, with added registration and monitoring duties. The updat… - Tougher probation and parole for online sex crimes: cost, medium. For listed sexual offenses, including child sexual abuse material, a court cannot grant probation or suspend a sentence unless an evaluation or qualified report says the person is not high risk. If probation is granted for certain internet‑related crimes, the court must ban owning or using computer… - Tougher checks for staff around kids: mixed, medium. The law strengthens background checks for people who work with children. Facilities must get criminal history reports, take fingerprints, and send them to the state and FBI. No employee may be alone with a child until the check is done. Employees are rechecked at least every 5 years. Agencies can s… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Assembly Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-23 | Senate | Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint) | pass | 20 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint) | pass | 42 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-05-30: Chapter 141. (legislature) - 2025-05-30: Approved by the Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-27: Enrolled and delivered to Governor. (legislature) - 2025-05-26: In Assembly. To enrollment. (House) - 2025-05-23: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-21: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. (Senate) - 2025-05-19: Read third time. (Senate) - 2025-05-16: Read second time. (Senate) - 2025-05-15: From committee: Do pass. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: In Senate. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. (House) - 2025-04-15: From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. (House) - 2025-04-14: Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 63.) To printer. (House) - 2025-04-10: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (House) - 2025-02-12: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House) - 2025-02-04: Read first time. To committee. (House) - 2024-11-19: From printer. (House) - 2024-11-15: Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. (House) ## Bill text - As Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35_EN.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35.pdf) - Reprint 1: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35_R1.pdf) ## Related bills - SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to assisted reproduction under certain… (vetoed) - AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered voter show photo identification to vote in person; requiring the Department of M… (vetoed) - AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waivers of fees provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; revisi… (vetoed) - AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing and reimbursement for certain drugs; creating a cause of action for violating su… (vetoed) - AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board of the Public Employees' Benefits Program to report certain information relating… (vetoed) - SB502: AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing certain expenditures for certain projects of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the S… (signed) ## Sources - [As Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35_EN.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35.pdf) - [Reprint 1 (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB35_R1.pdf) ## Related - [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025) - [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025) - [AB397: AN ACT relating to higher education; revising provisions governing certain waiv…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB397-83rd2025) - [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025) - [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025) - [SB502: AN ACT relating to projects of capital improvement; authorizing certain expendi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB502-83rd2025) - [Nevada bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada/bills) - [Nevada state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nevada) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB35-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).