SB91 - Establishes provisions relating to the use of diacritical marks in certain governmental records. (BDR 40-43)

EXEMPT (Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 20, 2025) SECOND REPRINT S.B. 91 - *SB91_R2* SENATE BILL NO. 91–SENATOR DOÑATE PREFILED JANUARY 13, 2025 ____________ JOINT SPONSOR: ASSEMBLYMEMBER GONZÁLEZ ____________ Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure SUMMARY—Establishes provisions relating to the use of diacritical marks in certain governmental records. (BDR 40-43) 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 governmental records; authorizing records of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, each county health officer and the Department of Motor Vehicles to include a diacritical mark used in the name of a person; authorizing licenses, identification cards and driver authorization cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to display a diacritical mark used in the full legal name of a person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing law charges the State Registrar of Vital Statistics with maintaining and 1 preserving and each county health officer with collecting certain vital statistics, 2 which is defined as records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, annulments, 3 divorce and related information. (NRS 440.080, 440.110-440.260) Section 1 of this 4 bill authorizes the State Registrar and each county health officer to record a 5 diacritical mark used in the name of a person in the vital statistics of the State 6 Registrar and county health officer. 7 Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue: (1) licenses to 8 operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle, including, without limitation, instruction 9 permits, commercial driver’s licenses and motorcycle driver’s licenses; (2) 10 identification cards; and (3) driver authorization cards upon application, which 11 must include, among other requirements, the full legal name of the applicant. (NRS 12 483.2521, 483.270, 483.280, 483.290, 483.291, 483.340, 483.360, 483.375, 13 483.830, 483.850, 483.860, 483.8605, 483.908, 486.081) Sections 2 and 5 of this 14 – 2 – - *SB91_R2* bill provide that if the full legal name of an applicant for such a license, 15 identification card or driver authorization card includes a diacritical mark, the 16 Department may record the diacritical mark in the records of the Department and 17 display the mark on any license, identification card or driver authorization card 18 issued by the Department. 19 Sections 1, 2 and 5 define “diacritical mark” as a mark in Latin script that is 20 added or attached to a letter to indicate the pronunciation of the letter or word. 21 Section 3 of this bill provides that the provisions of section 2 apply to 22 commercial driver’s licenses. Sections 4 and 6 of this bill apply the existing 23 definitions in existing law to the provisions of sections 1, 2 and 5. 24 Section 8 of this bill makes sections 2-7.5 of this bill effective upon the date on 25 which the United States Social Security Administration authorizes the recording 26 and display of diacritical marks on documents of the Social Security Administration 27 or upon the date on which the Director of the Department notifies the Governor and 28 the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that the Department has sufficient 29 funding from the Federal Government to carry out the provisions of this bill, 30 whichever is later. Section 8 also makes the provisions of section 1 effective 6 31 months after sections 2-7.5 become effective. 32 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 440 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1 thereto a new section to read as follows: 2 1. If the name of a person includes a diacritical mark, the 3 State Registrar and each county health officer may record the 4 diacritical mark in the vital statistics of the State Registrar or 5 county health officer, as applicable. 6 2. As used in this section, “diacritical mark” means a mark in 7 Latin script that is added or attached to a letter to indicate the 8 pronunciation of the letter or word. The term includes, without 9 limitation, accents, tildes, graves, umlauts and cedillas. 10 Sec. 2. Chapter 483 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 11 thereto a new section to read as follows: 12 1. If the full legal name of an applicant for a license, a 13 commercial driver’s license, an identification card or a driver 14 authorization card includes a diacritical mark, the Department 15 may record the diacritical mark in the records of the Department 16 and display the mark on any license, identification card or driver 17 authorization card issued by the Department. 18 2. As used in this section, “diacritical mark” means a mark in 19 Latin script that is added or attached to a letter to indicate the 20 pronunciation of the letter or word. The term includes, without 21 limitation, accents, tildes, graves, umlauts and cedillas. 22 Sec. 3. NRS 483.015 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23 483.015 Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.330 [,] and 24 section 2 of this act, the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, 25 – 3 – - *SB91_R2* inclusive, and section 2 of this act, apply only with respect to 1 noncommercial drivers’ licenses. 2 Sec. 4. NRS 483.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 483.020 As used in NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, and 4 section 2 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the 5 words and terms defined in NRS 483.030 to 483.190, inclusive, 6 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. 7 Sec. 5. Chapter 486 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 8 thereto a new section to read as follows: 9 1. If the full legal name of an applicant for a motorcycle 10 driver’s license includes a diacritical mark, the Department may 11 record the diacritical mark in the records of the Department and 12 display the mark on any motorcycle driver’s license issued by the 13 Department. 14 2. As used in this section, “diacritical mark” means a mark in 15 Latin script that is added or attached to a letter to indicate the 16 pronunciation of the letter or word. The term includes, without 17 limitation, accents, tildes, graves, umlauts and cedillas. 18 Sec. 6. NRS 486.011 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19 486.011 As used in NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, and 20 section 5 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the 21 words and terms defined in NRS 486.015 to 486.057, inclusive, 22 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. 23 Sec. 7. (Deleted by amendment.) 24 Sec. 7.5. As soon as practicable after determining that the 25 Department of Motor Vehicles has sufficient funding from the 26 Federal Government to carry out the provisions of sections 2 and 5 27 of this act, the Director of the Department shall notify the Governor 28 and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau of the fact and 29 shall publish notice to the public of the fact on the Internet website 30 of the Department. 31 Sec. 8. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and 32 approval. 33 2. Sections 2 to 7.5, inclusive, of this act become effective on 34 the later of: 35 (a) The date on which the United States Social Security 36 Administration authorizes the recording and display of diacritical 37 marks on documents of the Social Security Administration; or 38 (b) The date on which the Director of the Department of Motor 39 Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative 40 Counsel Bureau that the Department has sufficient funding from the 41 Federal Government to carry out the provisions of sections 2 and 5 42 of this act. 43 – 4 – - *SB91_R2* 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective 6 months after the 1 date on which sections 2 to 7.5, inclusive, of this act become 2 effective pursuant to subsection 2. 3 H