AB 197 — Enacts provisions strengthening certain protections for certain activities under the First Amendment. (BDR 19-136)

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197–ASSEMBLYMEMBERS B ACKUS AND H AFEN PREFILED FEBRUARY 3, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Enacts provisions strengthening certain protections for certain activities under the First Amendment.

(BDR 19-136) 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.

Existing law authorizes certain governmental agencies to collect certain certain exceptions, a governmental agency from requiring a person to includeh certain personal informationinformation. on any document submitted to the governmental agency after a certain date.

(Chapter 239B of NRS) Existing law also prohibits, with certain personal information on any document submitted to the governmentalde agency after a certain date.

Section 2 also prohibits, orwith nonprofitcertain organizationexceptions, providea the governmental entity withfrom: personal any person information that identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization;

(2)(1) releasing,requiring publicizingthat any person or otherwisenonprofit publiclyorganization disclosingprovide the governmental entity with personal information that identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization;

or(2) (3)releasing, requestingpublicizing or requiringotherwise apublicly currentdisclosing or prospective contractor or grantee to provide a list of nonprofit organizations to which the contractor or the personal informationorganization; that identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of - *AB197_R1* – 2 – a nonprofit organization includes any list, record, register, roster or other data of any kind that includes a donation, name, address or telephone number that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a donor of financial support or in-kind services or goods, a member or a volunteer of any nonprofit organization.

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Section 2 provides that the personal information that identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization includes any list, record, register, roster or other data of any kind that includes a donation, name, address or telephone number that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a donor of financial support or in-kind services or goods, a member or a volunteer of any nonprofit organization.

Section 2 provides that a person who alleges that the person has been harmed has violated these provisions may bring a civil action to obtain certain relief.

record.ionSection 1 of this bill provides that such personal information is not a public Sectionrecord. 3 of this bill prohibits the Secretary of State, when carrying out certain requirements of existing law, from collecting or disclosing any information that directly identifies a person as a donor of financial support to a nonprofit organization.

Section 3 of this bill prohibits the Secretary of State, when carrying out certain requirements of existing law, from collecting or disclosing any information that organization.tifies a person as a donor of financial support to a nonprofit Section 4 of this bill provides that any information collected by the Attorney General in an audit, examination, review or investigation of a corporation for public benefit or a corporation holding assets in charitable trust may only be used inpublicin connection- with83rd Session (2025) – 2 – subject to the audit,requirements examination,of reviewsection 2.eview or investigation and is otherwise subjectEXPLANATION to– theMatter requirementsin ofbolded sectionitalics 2.is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

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*AB197_R1* – 4 – 630A.555, 631.332, 631.368, 632.121, 632.125, 632.3415, 632.3423, 632.405, 633.283, 633.301, 633.427, 633.4715, 633.4716, 633.4717, 633.524, 634.055, 634.1303, 634.214, 634A.169, 634A.185, 634B.730, 635.111, 635.158, 636.262, 636.342, 637.085, 637.145, 637B.192, 637B.288, 638.087, 638.089, 639.183, 639.2485, 639.570, 640.075, 640.152, 640A.185, 640A.220, 640B.405, 640B.730, 640C.580, 640C.600, 640C.620, 640C.745, 640C.760, 640D.135, 640D.190, 640E.225, 640E.340, 641.090, 641.221, 641.2215, 641A.191, 641A.217, 641A.262, 641B.170, 641B.281, 641B.282, 641C.455, 641C.760, 641D.260, 641D.320, 642.524, 643.189, 644A.870, 645.180, 645.625, 645A.050, 645A.082,- 645B.060,83rd 645B.092,Session 645C.220,(2025) 645C.225,– 645D.130,4 – 645D.135, 645G.510, 645H.320, 645H.330, 647.0945, 647.0947, 648.033, 648.197, 649.065, 649.067, 652.126, 652.228, 653.900, 654.110, 656.105, 657A.510, 661.115, 665.130, 665.133, 669.275, 669.285, 669A.310, 670B.680, 671.365, 671.415, 673.450, 673.480, 675.380, 676A.340, 676A.370, 677.243, 678A.470, 678C.710, 678C.800, 679B.122, 679B.124, 679B.152, 679B.159, 679B.190, 679B.285, 679B.690, 680A.270, 681A.440, 681B.260, 681B.410, 681B.540, 683A.0873, 685A.077, 686A.289, 686B.170, 686C.306, 687A.060, 687A.115, 687B.404, 687C.010, 688C.230, 688C.480, 688C.490, 689A.696, 692A.117, 692C.190, 692C.3507, 692C.3536, 692C.3538, 692C.354, 692C.420, 693A.480, 693A.615, 696B.550, 696C.120, 703.196, 704B.325, 706.1725, 706A.230, 710.159, 711.600, and section 2 of this act, sections 35, 38 and 41 of chapter 478, Statutes of Nevada 2011 and section 2 of chapter 391, Statutes of Nevada 2013 and unless otherwise declared by law to be confidential, all public books and public records of a governmental entity must be open at all times during office hours to inspection by any person, and may be fully copied or an abstract or memorandummemorandumon by may be prepared from those public books and public records.

A governmental entity that has legal custody or control of a public book or record shall not deny a request made pursuant to subsection 1 to inspect or copy or receive a copy of a public book or record on the basis that the requested public book or record contains information that is confidential if the governmental entity can - *AB197_R1* – 5 – redact, delete, conceal or separate, including, without limitation, electronically, the confidential information from the information included in the public book or record that is not otherwise confidential.

(a)- The83rd publicSession record:(2025) – 5 – (a)(1) Was not created or prepared in an electronic format;

(1) Was not created or prepared in an electronic format;

(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.030, shall, upon request, prepare the copy of the public record and shall not require theor personherself.who who has requested the copy to prepare the copy himself orSec. herself.

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(b) Release, publicize or otherwise publicly disclose personal information in possession of the governmental entity that identifies a person as a donor, member or volunteer of a nonprofit organization;

or - *AB197_R1* – 6 – (c) Request or require a current or prospective contractor or grantee working with the governmental entity to provide a list of nonprofit organizations to which the contractor or grantee has provided financial support or in-kind services or goods.

The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to personal information that identifies a person as a donor, member - 83rd Session (2025) – 6 – or volunteer of a nonprofit organization that is requested, obtained, released or disclosed as a result of any of the following:

(a) Any personal information required to be disclosed by statute or regulation for the purpose of complying with federal law;law(b) Any information, report or disclosure required to be:

(b) Any information, report or disclosure required to be:

and (2) The requester obtains a protective order from the court barring the disclosure of such information to any person not namednam(g) inAny personal information voluntarily released by a person to the proceedings;governmental entity or any personal information voluntarily released by a nonprofit organization to the public;

(g) Any personal information voluntarily released by a person to the governmental entity or any personal information voluntarily released by a nonprofit organization to the public;

(i) Any contract, resolution or agreement entered into by a nonprofit organization with a governmental entity, including for purposes of obtaining a governmental benefit or grant, whereby the governmental entity is authorized to or any statute which expressly authorizes a governmental entity to inspect the records - *AB197_R1* – 7 – of the nonprofit organization, including, without limitation, a contract, resolution or agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 427A.085, 433.354, 433B.220 or 439.155 or a request for a screening submitted pursuant to NRS 179A.325;

(j)- Any83rd reportSession required(2025) to– be7 filed– by a nonprofit organization and posted by the Department of Health and Human Services ononzation the Internet website maintained by the Department pursuant to NRS 439B.665 and 439B.670;

(m) Any requirement to disclose the relationship between a public officer or employee and a nonprofit organization pursuant to NRS 281A.420, as a response to a lawful request or subpoena in an investigation or as part of or in response to a request for an advisory opinion submitted pursuant to NRS 281A.670 totouest for an 281A.690, inclusive, or an ethics complaint filed or initiated pursuant to NRS 281A.700 to 281A.790, inclusive;

and (II) Such information otherwise remains subject to the provisions of this section, unless expressly required by law to be publicly disclosed;

(2) Relating to the authority to exercise the power of the Secretary of State or the power of the Attorney General in the areas of consumer protection pursuant to NRS 228.380, including, without limitation, the provisions of NRS 90.615, 597.262, 597.8198, 598C.180, 599B.015, and 599B.213 to 599B.245, - *AB197_R1* – 8 – inclusive, and chapters 598, 598A and 711 of NRS, provided that such- information83rd isSession otherwise(2025) subject– to8 the– requirements of this section, unless expressly required by law to be publicly disclosed;

and (p) The names of members of a labor organization and the amount of dues collected by a governmental entity that are provided to the labor organization for the purposes of collecting and reporting the remittance of dues to the labor organizationorganizationing from its members, in accordance with a valid authorization to withhold dues.