Existing law makes it a crime, punishable as a category E felony, to use or threaten to use any force, intimidation, coercion, violence, restraint or undue influence in connection with any election, petition or preregistration or registration of voters. (NRS 293.710) Section 1 of this bill makes it a crime, punishable as a category E felony, for any person to use or threaten or attempt to use any force, intimidation, coercion, violence, restraint or undue influence with the intent to: (1) interfere with the performance of the duties of any elections official relating to an election; or (2) retaliate against any elections official for performing duties relating to an election. Section 1 further makes it a crime, punishable as a category E felony, for any person to disseminate any personal identifying information or sensitive information of an elections official without the consent of the elections official, knowing that the elections official could be identified by such information, if: (1) the person disseminates such personal identifying information or sensitive information with the intent to aid, assist, encourage, facilitate, further or promote any criminal offense which would be reasonably likely to cause death, bodily injury or stalking or with the intent to cause harm to the elections official and with knowledge of or reckless disregard for the reasonable likelihood that the dissemination of the information may cause death, bodily injury or stalking; and (2) the dissemination of the personal identifying information or sensitive information would cause a reasonable person to fear the death, bodily injury or stalking of himself or herself or a close relation or causes the death, bodily injury or stalking of the elections official whose information was disseminated or a close relation of the elections official. Finally, section 1 establishes that certain activities are not restricted by section 1. Existing law makes it unlawful for a member of the Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor, the Lieutenant Governor-Elect, the Governor or the Governor-Elect from soliciting or accepting monetary contributions for any political purpose during a certain period before and after a legislative session. (NRS 294A.300) Section 5.3 of this bill makes it unlawful for the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the State Controller or the Attorney General from soliciting or accepting monetary contributions for any political purpose during a certain period before and after a legislative session. Section 5.6 of this bill makes conforming changes to prohibit a lobbyist from making or committing or offering to make a monetary contribution during such periods. Section 6 of this bill makes sections 5.3 and 5.6 effective on October 1, 2023.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 293.908, 247.540, 250.140, 481.091
Reprint 2: 294A.300, 218H.930
As Enrolled: 294A.300, 218H.930
BDR: 293.908, 247.540, 250.140, 481.091