AB258A - Enacts certain provisions governing the confidentiality of certain personal information of a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization. (BDR 19-605)

EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on June 1, 2023) SECOND REPRINT A.B. 258 - *AB258_R2* ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 258–ASSEMBLYWOMEN BACKUS; AND KASAMA MARCH 7, 2023 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Enacts certain provisions governing the confidentiality of certain personal information of a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization. (BDR 19-605) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Increases or Newly Provides for Term of Imprisonment in County or City Jail or Detention Facility. 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 governmental administration; requiring, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity to keep confidential certain personal information regarding donors, members or volunteers of a nonprofit organization; prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity from requesting or releasing certain personal information regarding donors, members or volunteers of a nonprofit organization; making an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee for allocation to the Office of the Attorney General to fund certain positions; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law authorizes certain governmental agencies to collect certain 1 personal information. (Chapter 239B of NRS) Existing law also prohibits, with 2 certain exceptions, a governmental agency from requiring a person to include 3 personal information on any document submitted to the governmental agency after 4 a certain date. (NRS 239B.030) Section 2 of this bill requires, with certain 5 exceptions, a governmental entity to keep confidential any personal information in 6 the records of the governmental entity that identifies a person as a donor, member 7 or volunteer of a nonprofit organization. Section 2 also prohibits, with certain 8 exceptions, a governmental entity from: (1) requiring that any person or nonprofit 9 organization provide the governmental entity with personal information that 10 – 2 – - *AB258_R2* identifies a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization; (2) releasing, 11 publicizing or otherwise publicly disclosing personal information that identifies a 12 donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization; or (3) requesting or 13 requiring a current or prospective contractor or grantee to provide a list of nonprofit 14 organizations to which the contractor or grantee has provided support. Section 2 15 provides that the personal information that identifies a donor, member or volunteer 16 of a nonprofit organization includes any list, record, register, roster or other data of 17 any kind that includes a donation, name, address or telephone number that directly 18 or indirectly identifies a person as a donor of financial or nonfinancial support, 19 member or volunteer of any nonprofit organization. 20 Section 2 provides that a person who alleges that a governmental entity or an 21 officer or employee of a governmental entity has violated these provisions may 22 bring a civil action to obtain certain relief, including damages in an amount of not 23 less than: (1) $2,500 for a violation; and (2) $7,500 for an intentional violation. 24 Section 1 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that such personal 25 information is not a public record. 26 Section 3 of this bill makes a conforming change to prohibit the Secretary of 27 State, in carrying out certain requirements of existing law, from collecting or 28 disclosing any information that directly identifies a person as a donor of financial 29 support to a nonprofit organization. 30 Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change to provide that any 31 information collected by the Attorney General in an audit, examination, review or 32 investigation of a corporation for public benefit or a corporation holding assets in a 33 charitable trust may only be used in connection with the audit, examination, review 34 or investigation and is otherwise subject to the requirements of section 2. 35 Section 5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Interim Finance Committee 36 for allocation to the Office of the Attorney General to fund certain positions. 37 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 239.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1 239.010 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and 2 NRS 1.4683, 1.4687, 1A.110, 3.2203, 41.0397, 41.071, 49.095, 3 49.293, 62D.420, 62D.440, 62E.516, 62E.620, 62H.025, 62H.030, 4 62H.170, 62H.220, 62H.320, 75A.100, 75A.150, 76.160, 78.152, 5 80.113, 81.850, 82.183, 86.246, 86.54615, 87.515, 87.5413, 6 87A.200, 87A.580, 87A.640, 88.3355, 88.5927, 88.6067, 88A.345, 7 88A.7345, 89.045, 89.251, 90.730, 91.160, 116.757, 116A.270, 8 116B.880, 118B.026, 119.260, 119.265, 119.267, 119.280, 9 119A.280, 119A.653, 119A.677, 119B.370, 119B.382, 120A.640, 10 120A.690, 125.130, 125B.140, 126.141, 126.161, 126.163, 126.730, 11 127.007, 127.057, 127.130, 127.140, 127.2817, 128.090, 130.312, 12 130.712, 136.050, 159.044, 159A.044, 172.075, 172.245, 176.015, 13 176.0625, 176.09129, 176.156, 176A.630, 178.39801, 178.4715, 14 178.5691, 179.495, 179A.070, 179A.165, 179D.160, 200.3771, 15 200.3772, 200.5095, 200.604, 202.3662, 205.4651, 209.392, 16 209.3923, 209.3925, 209.419, 209.429, 209.521, 211A.140, 17 213.010, 213.040, 213.095, 213.131, 217.105, 217.110, 217.464, 18 – 3 – - 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*AB258_R2* 628B.760, 629.047, 629.069, 630.133, 630.2671, 630.2672, 1 630.2673, 630.30665, 630.336, 630A.327, 630A.555, 631.332, 2 631.368, 632.121, 632.125, 632.3415, 632.3423, 632.405, 633.283, 3 633.301, 633.4715, 633.4716, 633.4717, 633.524, 634.055, 4 634.1303, 634.214, 634A.169, 634A.185, 635.111, 635.158, 5 636.262, 636.342, 637.085, 637.145, 637B.192, 637B.288, 638.087, 6 638.089, 639.183, 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640.152, 640A.185, 7 640A.220, 640B.405, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 8 640C.745, 640C.760, 640D.135, 640D.190, 640E.225, 640E.340, 9 641.090, 641.221, 641.2215, 641.325, 641A.191, 641A.217, 10 641A.262, 641B.170, 641B.281, 641B.282, 641C.455, 641C.760, 11 641D.260, 641D.320, 642.524, 643.189, 644A.870, 645.180, 12 645.625, 645A.050, 645A.082, 645B.060, 645B.092, 645C.220, 13 645C.225, 645D.130, 645D.135, 645G.510, 645H.320, 645H.330, 14 647.0945, 647.0947, 648.033, 648.197, 649.065, 649.067, 652.126, 15 652.228, 653.900, 654.110, 656.105, 657A.510, 661.115, 665.130, 16 665.133, 669.275, 669.285, 669A.310, 671.170, 673.450, 673.480, 17 675.380, 676A.340, 676A.370, 677.243, 678A.470, 678C.710, 18 678C.800, 679B.122, 679B.124, 679B.152, 679B.159, 679B.190, 19 679B.285, 679B.690, 680A.270, 681A.440, 681B.260, 681B.410, 20 681B.540, 683A.0873, 685A.077, 686A.289, 686B.170, 686C.306, 21 687A.060, 687A.115, 687B.404, 687C.010, 688C.230, 688C.480, 22 688C.490, 689A.696, 692A.117, 692C.190, 692C.3507, 692C.3536, 23 692C.3538, 692C.354, 692C.420, 693A.480, 693A.615, 696B.550, 24 696C.120, 703.196, 704B.325, 706.1725, 706A.230, 710.159, 25 711.600, and section 2 of this act, sections 35, 38 and 41 of chapter 26 478, Statutes of Nevada 2011 and section 2 of chapter 391, Statutes 27 of Nevada 2013 and unless otherwise declared by law to be 28 confidential, all public books and public records of a governmental 29 entity must be open at all times during office hours to inspection by 30 any person, and may be fully copied or an abstract or memorandum 31 may be prepared from those public books and public records. Any 32 such copies, abstracts or memoranda may be used to supply the 33 general public with copies, abstracts or memoranda of the records or 34 may be used in any other way to the advantage of the governmental 35 entity or of the general public. This section does not supersede or in 36 any manner affect the federal laws governing copyrights or enlarge, 37 diminish or affect in any other manner the rights of a person in any 38 written book or record which is copyrighted pursuant to federal law. 39 2. A governmental entity may not reject a book or record 40 which is copyrighted solely because it is copyrighted. 41 3. A governmental entity that has legal custody or control of a 42 public book or record shall not deny a request made pursuant to 43 subsection 1 to inspect or copy or receive a copy of a public book or 44 record on the basis that the requested public book or record contains 45 – 5 – - *AB258_R2* information that is confidential if the governmental entity can 1 redact, delete, conceal or separate, including, without limitation, 2 electronically, the confidential information from the information 3 included in the public book or record that is not otherwise 4 confidential. 5 4. If requested, a governmental entity shall provide a copy of a 6 public record in an electronic format by means of an electronic 7 medium. Nothing in this subsection requires a governmental entity 8 to provide a copy of a public record in an electronic format or by 9 means of an electronic medium if: 10 (a) The public record: 11 (1) Was not created or prepared in an electronic format; and 12 (2) Is not available in an electronic format; or 13 (b) Providing the public record in an electronic format or by 14 means of an electronic medium would: 15 (1) Give access to proprietary software; or 16 (2) Require the production of information that is confidential 17 and that cannot be redacted, deleted, concealed or separated from 18 information that is not otherwise confidential. 19 5. An officer, employee or agent of a governmental entity who 20 has legal custody or control of a public record: 21 (a) Shall not refuse to provide a copy of that public record in the 22 medium that is requested because the officer, employee or agent has 23 already prepared or would prefer to provide the copy in a different 24 medium. 25 (b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon 26 request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require 27 the person who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself 28 or herself. 29 Sec. 2. Chapter 239B of NRS is hereby amended by adding 30 thereto a new section to read as follows: 31 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a 32 governmental entity shall maintain in a confidential manner any 33 personal information that identifies a person as a donor, member 34 or volunteer of a nonprofit organization. 35 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a 36 governmental entity shall not: 37 (a) Require any person or nonprofit organization to provide 38 the governmental entity with personal information that identifies a 39 person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit 40 organization or otherwise compel the release of such personal 41 information; 42 (b) Release, publicize or otherwise publicly disclose personal 43 information in possession of the governmental entity that 44 – 6 – - *AB258_R2* identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit 1 organization; or 2 (c) Request or require a current or prospective contractor or 3 grantee working with the governmental entity to provide a list of 4 nonprofit organizations to which the contractor or grantee has 5 provided financial or nonfinancial support. 6 3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to 7 personal information that identifies a person as a donor, member 8 or volunteer of a nonprofit organization [Text truncated for display. Full text available on LegiScan.]