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IntroducedFeb 03, 2025
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Passed AssemblyApr 22, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 21, 2025
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Signed into Law
Enacts provisions strengthening certain protections for certain activities under the First Amendment. (BDR 19-136)
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 29, 2025: Approved by the Governor. Chapter 113.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on AB 197
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Shea Backusprimary
- Gregory Hafenprimary
Votes
YES: 41
- Anderson, Natha
- Backus, Shea
- Brown-May, Tracy
- Carter, Max
- Cole, Lisa
- Dalia, Joe
- DeLong, Rich
- Dickman, Jill
- D'Silva, Reuben
- Edgeworth, Rebecca
- Flanagan, Tanya
- Gallant, Danielle
- González, Cecelia
- Goulding, Heather
- Gray, Ken
- Gurr, Bert
- Hafen, Gregory
- Hansen, Alexis
- Hardy, Melissa
- Hibbetts, Brian
- Hunt, Linda
- Jackson, Jovan
- Jauregui, Sandra
- Karris, Venise
- Kasama, Heidi
- Koenig, Gregory
- La Rue Hatch, Selena
- Marzola, Elaine
- Miller, Brittney
- Monroe-Moreno, Daniele
- Moore, Cinthia Zermeño
- Mosca, Erica
- Nadeem, Hanadi
- Nguyen, Duy
- O’Neill, PK
- Orentlicher, David
- Roth, Erica
- Torres-Fossett, Selena
- Watts, Howard
- Yeager, Steve
- Yurek, Toby
NO: 1
OTHER: 0
YES: 21
- Buck, Carrie Ann
- Cannizzaro, Nicole
- Cruz-Crawford, Michelee
- Daly, Skip
- Doñate, Fabian
- Dondero Loop, Marilyn
- Ellison, John
- Flores, Edgar
- Hansen, Ira
- Krasner, Lisa
- Lange, Roberta
- Neal, Dina
- Nguyen, Rochelle
- Ohrenschall, James
- Pazina, Julie
- Rogich, Lori
- Scheible, Melanie
- Steinbeck, John
- Stone, Jeff
- Taylor, Angela
- Titus, Robin
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- May 29, 2025 | executive
- Approved by the Governor. Chapter 113.
- May 27, 2025 | executive
- Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- May 22, 2025 | Assembly
- In Assembly. To enrollment.
- May 21, 2025 | Senate
- Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- May 19, 2025 | Senate
- From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
- May 16, 2025 | Senate
- Do pass -- Senate Government Affairs (Work Session) May 16, 2025 See Agenda
- May 07, 2025 | Senate
- Heard, No Action -- Senate Government Affairs May 07, 2025 3:30 PM
- Apr 28, 2025 | Senate
- In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- Apr 25, 2025 | Assembly
- From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate.
- Apr 22, 2025 | Assembly
- Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To printer.
- Apr 21, 2025 | Assembly
- From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 176.) Dispensed with reprinting.
- Apr 07, 2025 | Assembly
- Amend, and do pass as amended -- Assembly Judiciary (Work Session) Apr 07, 2025 9:00 AM
- Apr 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Not considered -- Assembly Judiciary (Work Session) Apr 03, 2025 8:00 AM
- Feb 21, 2025 | Assembly
- Heard -- Assembly Judiciary Feb 21, 2025 8:00 AM
- Feb 05, 2025 | Assembly
- From printer. To committee.
- Feb 04, 2025 | Assembly
- Read first time. To committee. Action of referral rescinded. Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
- Feb 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs.
Documents
- Fiscal Note: Local Government (As Introduced)PDF
- Fiscal Note: Office of the Secretary of State (As Introduced)PDF
- Fiscal Note: Office of the Attorney General (As Introduced)PDF
- Agenda: Senate Government Affairs, 05/16/2025
- Exhibit AB197 -- Senate Government Affairs, 05/16/2025
- Agenda: Senate Government Affairs, 05/07/2025
- Exhibit AB197_Support Letter_Eddie Diaz_Strategic Director_The LIBRE Initiative Nevada -- Senate Government Affairs, 05/07/2025
- Exhibit AB197_Support Letter_Ronnie Najarro_State Director_AFP Nevada -- Senate Government Affairs, 05/07/2025
- Exhibit AB197_Support Letter_Cynthia Perine -- Senate Government Affairs, 05/07/2025
- Agenda: Assembly Judiciary, 04/07/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Work Session Document -- Assembly Judiciary, 04/07/2025
- Agenda: Assembly Judiciary, 04/03/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Work Session Document -- Assembly Judiciary, 04/03/2025
- Agenda: Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Minutes: Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Video: Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Conceptual Amendment submitted by Assemblymember Shea M. Backus -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Support Testimony on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Support Testimony on behalf of Nevada Right to Life -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Support Testimony on behalf of Americans for Prosperity - Nevada -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025
- Exhibit AB 197 Opposition Testimony on behalf of the Nevada Press Association and the Nevada Open Government Coalition -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/21/2025