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AB 35 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to pornography involving minors. (BDR 15-448)

AB 35 updates Nevada law by replacing the term "child pornography" and related phrases with "child sexual abuse material" throughout the Nevada Revised Statutes and Nevada Administrative Code. This change affects all legal documents, court proceedings, and law enforcement references involving materials depicting minors in sexual contexts. The bill makes these terminology updates to align with current legal standards and language preferences, without altering criminal penalties or creating new restrictions. The change applies to statutes including those defining violent offenses, sexual assault, and juvenile court procedures.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 15, 2024 Signed May 30, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · May 30, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the official terminology for child sexual abuse material from 'child pornography' to 'child sexual abuse material' across Nevada statutes and administrative codes. It also expands the legal definition of a 'violent or sexual offense' to include specific crimes involving child sexual abuse material, which affects how courts handle cases and the protections afforded to victims.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's terminology changes applies to all Nevada Revised Statutes and the Nevada Administrative Code. The scope of the definition changes applies to all criminal and juvenile delinquency actions involving sexual offenses in Nevada.
DEFINITION

Replaced the term 'child pornography' with 'child sexual abuse material' in the definition of 'violent or sexual offense' to align with federal terminology and modern legal standards.

Updated the definition of 'sexual offense' to explicitly include offenses involving child sexual abuse material, ensuring these cases are treated with the same procedural protections as other sexual offenses.

TECHNICAL

Consolidated sections 1 through 5 into a single deletion notice, removing redundant text that had previously been listed individually.

Floor votes · Assembly Apr 15, 2025

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 141.
executive
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly.
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. In Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
lower
Nov 15, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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