AB122 - Makes various changes relating to the confidentiality of certain information. (BDR 20-645)

A.B. 122 - *AB122* ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 122–ASSEMBLYMEMBER DICKMAN PREFILED JANUARY 27, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to the confidentiality of certain information. (BDR 20-645) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: May have Fiscal Impact. Effect on the State: Yes. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to confidential information; authorizing certain persons to request a court order to make certain personal information in the possession of a county recorder, county assessor or elections official be kept in a confidential manner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law authorizes certain persons and the spouse, domestic partner or 1 minor child thereof, to request a court order to require that a county recorder, 2 county assessor, county clerk, city clerk or the Secretary of State maintain the 3 personal information of the person contained in their records in a confidential 4 manner. (NRS 247.530, 247.540, 250.140, 293.908) Sections 1-3 of this bill 5 authorize such orders to be requested by any person employed by a law 6 enforcement agency or by the office of a prosecutor who, as part of his or her 7 normal job responsibilities: (1) interacts with the public; and (2) performs tasks 8 related to the administration or support of the law enforcement agency or office of a 9 prosecutor. 10 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 247.540 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 247.540 1. The following persons may request that the 2 personal information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 3 247.520 that is contained in the records of a county recorder be kept 4 confidential: 5 (a) Any justice or judge in this State. 6 – 2 – - *AB122* (b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 1 (c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 2 (d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 3 officer in this State. 4 (e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 5 the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 6 by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 7 division of the county or city. 8 (f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 9 (g) Any prosecutor. 10 (h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 11 defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 12 this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 13 (1) Interacts with the public; and 14 (2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 15 of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 16 without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 17 maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 18 advocacy or general administrative duties. 19 (i) Any state or county public defender. 20 [(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 21 General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 22 Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 23 Government. 24 [(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 25 worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 26 State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 27 (1) Interacts with the public; and 28 (2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 29 protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 30 dangers. 31 [(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 32 [(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 33 State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 34 employer: 35 (1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 36 (2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 37 interacts with the public; and 38 (3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 39 related to code enforcement. 40 [(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 41 person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 42 [(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 43 of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 44 was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 45 – 3 – - *AB122* [(o)] (p) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been 1 issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 2 2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 3 confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 4 of domestic violence may request that the personal information 5 described in subsection 4 of NRS 247.520 that is contained in the 6 records of a county recorder be kept confidential. 7 3. As used in this section: 8 (a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 9 NRS 432B.042. 10 (b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 11 NRS 432B.044. 12 (c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 13 ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 14 safety and welfare. 15 (d) “Peace officer” means: 16 (1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 17 peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 18 inclusive; and 19 (2) Any person: 20 (I) Who resides in this State; 21 (II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 22 (III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 23 the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 24 the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 25 Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 26 of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 27 (e) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 28 NRS 241A.030. 29 (f) “Social worker” means any person licensed under chapter 30 641B of NRS. 31 Sec. 2. NRS 250.140 is hereby amended to read as follows: 32 250.140 1. The following persons may request that personal 33 information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 250.120 that is 34 contained in the records of a county assessor be kept confidential: 35 (a) Any justice or judge in this State. 36 (b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 37 (c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 38 (d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 39 officer in this State. 40 (e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 41 the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 42 by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 43 division of the county or city. 44 (f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 45 – 4 – - *AB122* (g) Any prosecutor. 1 (h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 2 defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 3 this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 4 (1) Interacts with the public; and 5 (2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 6 of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 7 without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 8 maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 9 advocacy or general administrative duties. 10 (i) Any state or county public defender. 11 [(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 12 General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 13 Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 14 Government. 15 [(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 16 worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 17 State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 18 (1) Interacts with the public; and 19 (2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 20 protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 21 dangers. 22 [(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 23 [(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 24 State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 25 employer: 26 (1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement; 27 (2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 28 interacts with the public; and 29 (3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 30 related to code enforcement. 31 [(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 32 person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 33 [(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 34 of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 35 was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 36 [(o)] (p) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been 37 issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive. 38 2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a 39 confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims 40 of domestic violence may request that the personal information 41 described in subsection 4 of NRS 250.120 that is contained in the 42 records of a county assessor be kept confidential. 43 3. As used in this section: 44 – 5 – - *AB122* (a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 1 NRS 432B.042. 2 (b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 3 NRS 432B.044. 4 (c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 5 ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 6 safety and welfare. 7 (d) “Peace officer” means: 8 (1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 9 peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 10 inclusive; and 11 (2) Any person: 12 (I) Who resides in this State; 13 (II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 14 (III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 15 the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 16 the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 17 Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 18 of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury. 19 (e) “Prosecutor” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 NRS 241A.030. 21 (f) “Social worker” means any person licensed under chapter 22 641B of NRS. 23 Sec. 3. NRS 293.908 is hereby amended to read as follows: 24 293.908 1. The following persons may request that personal 25 information contained in the records of the Secretary of State or a 26 county or city clerk be kept confidential: 27 (a) Any justice or judge in this State. 28 (b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State. 29 (c) Any court-appointed master in this State. 30 (d) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive 31 officer in this State. 32 (e) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with 33 the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed 34 by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections 35 division of the county or city. 36 (f) Any peace officer or retired peace officer. 37 (g) Any prosecutor. 38 (h) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency, as 39 defined in NRS 289.010, or by the office of a prosecutor within 40 this State who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 41 (1) Interacts with the public; and 42 (2) Performs tasks related to the administration or support 43 of the law enforcement agency or office of a prosecutor, including, 44 without limitation, emergency dispatch operations, collection or 45 – 6 – - *AB122* maintenance of records or evidence, investigative tasks, victim 1 advocacy or general administrative duties. 2 (i) Any state or county public defender. 3 [(i)] (j) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney 4 General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of 5 Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State 6 Government. 7 [(j)] (k) Any person, including without limitation, a social 8 worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this 9 State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities: 10 (1) Interacts with the public; and 11 (2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child 12 protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable 13 dangers. 14 [(k)] (l) Any county manager in this State. 15 [(l)] (m) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this 16 State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her 17 employer: 18 (1) Who possess specialized training in code enforcement; 19 (2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, 20 interacts with the public; and 21 (3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks 22 related to code enforcement. 23 [(m)] (n) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a 24 person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive. 25 [(n)] (o) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child 26 of a person described in paragraphs (a) to [(l),] (m), inclusive, who 27 was killed in the performance of his or her duties. 28 2. As used in this section: 29 (a) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 30 NRS 432B.042. 31 (b) “Child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in 32 NRS 432B.044. 33 (c) “Code enforcement” means the enforcement of laws, 34 ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, 35 safety and welfare. 36 (d) “Peace officer” means: 37 (1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a 38 peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, 39 inclusive; and 40 (2) Any person: 41 (I) Who resides in this State; 42 (II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and 43 (III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of 44 the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for 45 – 7 – - *AB122* the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal 1 Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department 2 of Homeland Securit [Text truncated for display. Full text available on LegiScan.]