AB 416 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions concerning access to certain library materials. (BDR 34-925)

AB 416 prohibits school boards, charter school governing bodies, and school employees from restricting student access to library materials by removing, hiding, labeling, or defacing them. It allows materials to be removed only through a court order if deemed obscene under a standard similar to existing law. The bill also creates new felony charges for using force to block student access or leaking personal information of school staff or students as retaliation for accessing library materials, with specific conditions for the information-sharing provision. This directly affects school officials, students, and staff by protecting access to library resources and penalizing interference.
Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Vetoed Jun 11, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 As Enrolled · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to remove draft headers and page markers while preserving the exact same legal language. No substantive policy changes, new definitions, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered; the content regarding library access protections and penalties remains identical to the previous version.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft metadata including 'Reprint' headers, committee referral notes, summary lines, and page numbers that were present in the earlier version.

Added the official 'Chapter' header and session information (83rd Session 2025) to mark the final enrolled version.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing to convert the document from a multi-column reprint layout to a standard single-column text format.

Floor votes · Assembly May 21, 2025

How they voted

2812
Passed
Total votes 40
May 21, 2025
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican14
2 Yea 12 Nay
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 11, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly. In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 29, Nays: 13.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 404.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To committee.
lower
4 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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