AB 123 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to elections communications. (BDR 24-733)

AB 123 makes it a crime to threaten or intimidate a candidate for public office or their family members regarding bodily injury or property damage. It specifically targets threats that cause reasonable fear of being carried out, with first offenses classified as misdemeanors and repeat offenses as gross misdemeanors. The bill creates a process where candidates can report threats to the Secretary of State, who must investigate and refer serious cases to the Attorney General if reasonable suspicion exists. This law directly affects election candidates and their families by adding criminal penalties for targeted threats, while explicitly protecting constitutionally protected free speech.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Reprint 2 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 10, 2025

MINOR

The bill was converted from a pre-filed assembly bill into its final enrolled version, adding official chapter and session headers while removing internal explanatory notes and draft markers. The substantive legal text regarding election communication threats remains identical to the previous version.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the formatting and metadata were updated to reflect its final passage.

TECHNICAL

Added official 'Chapter' and '83rd Session (2025)' headers to the final enrolled text.

Removed internal draft markers, reprint dates, and the 'Explanation' section regarding bolded italics and bracketed omissions.

Reformatted the text to remove line numbers and align spacing to match standard legislative formatting.

Floor votes · Assembly May 29, 2025

How they voted

26–14

Passed

Total votes 40

May 29, 2025

D Democratic26

26 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican14

14 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 10, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

executive

Jun 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. To enrollment.

lower

May 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly. Action of passage reconsidered. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 7.) To Assembly.

lower

May 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

lower

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 868.) To printer.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.

lower

6 primary · 4 co-sponsors