SB 263 Nevada Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to pornography involving minors. (BDR 15-520)

SB 263 expands Nevada's laws against child pornography to explicitly include computer-generated images and videos depicting minors in sexual situations. It makes creating, distributing, or possessing such computer-generated content a felony, with stricter penalties for repeat offenses (minimum 10-year prison term for second offenses). The bill also clarifies that possessing the same material cannot be charged under both this law and the existing possession statute, and requires anyone convicted under these provisions to register as a sex offender. The law, approved by the Governor on June 6, 2025, applies directly to individuals who produce, share, or keep such digital content.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Jun 6, 2025

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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · Jun 6, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Nevada's laws on child pornography to explicitly include images created with artificial intelligence and computer technology. It strengthens penalties for repeat offenders and clarifies legal definitions to cover modern digital threats.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of prohibited materials to include 'computer-generated child pornography,' covering both manipulated real images and entirely synthetic images that appear to show minors.

DEFINITION

Newly defined 'Computer-generated child pornography' to include visual depictions of actual children modified to look sexual, adults altered to look like children, and AI-generated images indistinguishable from real minors.

Added a new definition for 'Promote' to clarify that possessing material for the purpose of distribution counts as promoting it.

Added a detailed definition for 'Sexual conduct' to ensure specific acts are clearly covered under the law.

ENFORCEMENT

Increased penalties for repeat offenses involving child pornography from a Category B felony to a Category A felony, which carries a minimum prison sentence of 10 years.

Clarified that a person cannot be convicted of both possessing child pornography and promoting it if they involve the same material.

Floor votes · Assembly May 31, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jun 6, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor. Chapter 383.

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Jun 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

To enrollment.

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May 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 4, Excused: 3.) To Senate.

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May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

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May 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 753.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.

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Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass.

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Mar 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

From printer. To committee.

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10 primary · 0 co-sponsors