AB 299 — Revises provisions relating to prostitution. (BDR 15-1080)
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4Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 18, 2025) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
299–A SSEMBLYMEMBER M ARZOLA FEBRUARY 27, 2025 ____________ ReferredJOINT toSPONSOR Committee: on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to prostitution.
ENATOR CANNIZZARO ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to prostitution.
revising provisions relating to certain civil actions involving prostitution and solicitation for prostitution;
LegExistingLegislative lawCounsel’s prohibitsDigest: a customer from engaging in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution except in a licensed house of prostitution.
Existing law prohibits a customer from engaging in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution except in a licensed house of prostitution.
(1) for a first offense that involves an adult, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months and by a fine of not less than $400 but not more thanthanjail for $1,000;
(2) for a subsequent offense that involves an adult, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days and by certain minimum fines;
Additionally, existing law provides for the automatic sealing of records if a person is discharged and the proceedings against the person are dismissed upon the fulfillment of the terms and conditions of a court-ordered program for the treatment of persons who solicit prostitution.
(NRThis(NRS 201.354) - *AB299_R1* – 2 – Section 1 of this bill:
and (4) authorizes a person to petition the court 2 years after the person is discharged and the proceedings against the person are dismissed for the sealing of all records relating to the discharge and dismissal.
-are *AB299*dismissed –for 2the –sealing THEof PEOPLEall OFrecords THErelating STATEto OFthe NEVADA,discharge REPRESENTEDand INExisting SENATElaw ANDgenerally ASSEMBLY,provides DOthat ENACTwhen ASa FOLLOWS:person suffers an injury as the proximate result of a wrongful act, the person who caused the injury is liable to the person injured for damages.
(NRS 41.130) In general, existing law requires a civil action to recover damages for injuries arising from the wrongful act of another person to be commenced within 2 years after the date on which the wrongful act occurred.
(NRS 11.190) Existing law exempts certain civil actions from this the sexual exploitation occurred when the plaintiff was less than 18 years of age.if For purposes of this exemption, existing law defines sexual exploitation to include forcing, allowing or encouraging a child to solicit for or engage in prostitution.
Therefore, under existing law, a civil action to recover damages for prostitution or solicitation for prostitution may be commenced at any time, if the prostitution or solicitation for prostitution occurred when the plaintiff was less than 18 years of age.
(NRS 11.215, 432B.110) injury as the proximate result of unlawful prostitution or solicitation for prostitution to bring a civil action to recover damages for injuries arising from the prostitution or solicitation for prostitution against the person convicted of the offense.
Section 1.4 of this bill exempts a civil action brought pursuant to section 1.2 from the generally applicable 2-year statute of limitations prescribed by existing law.
Section 1.2 of this bill provides that a civil action brought pursuant to section 1.6 unless an exception applies.
Section 1.4 exempts a civil action to recover damages for injuries arising from unlawful prostitution or solicitation for prostitution from the 20-year statute of limitations prescribed by section 1.2 if the prostitution or solicitation for prostitution occurred when the plaintiff was less than 18 years of age.
Consistent with existing law, any such civil action may be commenced at any time.
(NRS 11.215, 432B.110) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
or - *AB299_R1* – 3 – (c) A person who is assisting in an investigation on behalf of a peace officer by posing as a child, is guilty of soliciting a child for prostitution.
The civil penalty must be paid to the district attorney or city attorney of the jurisdiction in which the subsection:ccurred.violation occurred.
If the civil penalty imposed pursuant to this (a)subsection: Is not within the person’s present ability to pay, in lieu of paying the penalty, the court may allow the person to perform community service for a reasonable number of hours, the value of which would be commensurate with the civil penalty.
(a) Is not within the person’s present ability to pay, in lieu of paying the penalty, the court may allow the person to perform community service for a reasonable number of hours, the value of which would be commensurate with the civil penalty.
- *AB299* – 3 – (a) For a first offense, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and by a fine of not more than $5,000.
- *AB299_R1* – 4 – (a) The enforcement of this section;
Discharge and dismissal under this - *AB299* – 4 – subsection may occur only once with respect to any person.
Except as limited by subsection 9, if a person is discharged and the proceedings against the person are dismissed pursuant to subsection 7, the [court shall, without a hearing,] person may petition the court for the sealing of all records relating to the courtdischarge may order sealed all documents, papers and exhibitsdismissal in2 thatTheyears person’safter record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and other documents relating to the casedate in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court’sdismissal. order.
The court may order sealed all documents, papers and exhibits in that person’s record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and - *AB299_R1* – 5 – other documents relating to the case in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court’s order.
1.2.
Chapter 11 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 11.215, an action to recover damages pursuant to section 1.6 of this act must be commenced within 20 years after the date on which the prostitution or solicitation for prostitution in violation of NRS 201.354 occurred.
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1.4.
NRS 11.190 is hereby amended to read as follows:
11.190 Except as otherwise provided in NRS 40.4639, 125B.050 and 217.007, actions other than those for the recovery of real property, unless further limited by specific statute, may only be commenced as follows:
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Within 6 years:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62B.420 and 176.275, an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States, or the renewal thereof.
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(b) An action upon a contract, obligation or liability founded upon an instrument in writing, except those mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter.
Within 4 years:
(a) An action on an open account for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered.
(b) An action for any article charged on an account in a store.
(c) An action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument in writing.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 11.245, an action against a person alleged to have committed a deceptive trade practice in violation of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive, but the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue when the aggrieved party discovers, or by the exercise of due diligence should have discovered, the facts constituting the deceptive trade practice.
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Within 3 years:
(a) An action upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfeiture.
- *AB299_R1* – 6 – (b) An action for waste or trespass of real property, but when the waste or trespass is committed by means of underground works upon any mining claim, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the waste or trespass.
(c) An action for taking, detaining or injuring personal property, including actions for specific recovery thereof, but in all cases where the subject of the action is a domestic animal usually included in the term “livestock,” which has a recorded mark or brand upon it at the time of its loss, and which strays or is stolen from the true owner without the owner’s fault, the statute does not begin to run against an action for the recovery of the animal until the owner has actual knowledge of such facts as would put a reasonable person upon inquiry as to the possession thereof by the defendant.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 112.230 and 166.170, an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, but the cause of action in such a case shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.
(e) An action pursuant to NRS 40.750 for damages sustained by a financial institution or other lender because of its reliance on certain fraudulent conduct of a borrower, but the cause of action in such a case shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the financial institution or other lender of the facts constituting the concealment or false statement.
(f) An action pursuant to NRS 41.1335, but the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting fertility fraud or of any medical or genetic disorder which results from the human reproductive material implanted in, used on or provided to a patient in violation of NRS 200.975, whichever occurs later.
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Within 2 years:
(a) An action against a sheriff, coroner or constable upon liability incurred by acting in his or her official capacity and in virtue of his or her office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the nonpayment of money collected upon an execution.
(b) An action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, where the action is given to a person or the State, or both, except when the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation.
(c) An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment or seduction.
(d) An action against a sheriff or other officer for the escape of a prisoner arrested or imprisoned on civil process.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 11.215 or 11.217, or section 1.2 of this act, an action to recover damages for injuries to a - *AB299_R1* – 7 – person or for the death of a person caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
The provisions of this paragraph relating to an action to recover damages for injuries to a person apply only to causes of action which accrue after March 20, 1951.
(f) An action to recover damages under NRS 41.740.
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Within 1 year:
(a) An action against an officer, or officer de facto to recover goods, wares, merchandise or other property seized by the officer in his or her official capacity, as tax collector, or to recover the price or value of goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property so seized, or for damages for the seizure, detention or sale of, or injury for damages done to any person or property in making the seizure.or (b) An action against an officer, or officer de facto for money paid to the officer under protest, or seized by the officer in his or her official capacity, as a collector of taxes, and which, it is claimed, ought to be refunded.
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1.6.
Chapter 41 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, a person who has suffered an injury as the proximate result of a violation of NRS 201.354 may bring an action for the recovery of the person’s actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant against the person convicted of the offense.
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1.8.
The amendatory provisions of sections 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6 of this act apply to a cause of action that accrues on or after July 1, 2025.
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The bill increases penalties for customers engaging in prostitution and modifies provisions related to the arrest of violators and civil actions associated with prostitution.
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NRS 201.354
$400.→ $800.Increases the minimum fine for a first offense from $400 to $800.
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NRS 201.354
$200→ $600Increases the civil penalty for any offense from $200 to $600.
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NRS 201.354
a peace officer shall arrest a person if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has violated this section.
Requires peace officers to make arrests for prostitution violations based on probable cause, with or without a warrant.
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NRS 11.215
an action to recover damages pursuant to section 1.6 of this act must be commenced within 20 years after the date on which the prostitution or solicitation for prostitution in violation of NRS 201.354 occurred.
Establishes a 20-year statute of limitations for civil actions related to prostitution under certain conditions.
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NRS 201.354
court shall, without a hearing,→ person mayChanges the process for petitioning to seal records from automatic to requiring the person's initiative.
Amendments
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Action History
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(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.)
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From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
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Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To printer.
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Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 392.) Dispensed with reprinting.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
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From printer. To committee.
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Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Sponsors
- Nicole J. Cannizzaro · Primary
- Elaine H. Marzola · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 65 not signed on
Sponsors (2)
- Cannizzaro, Nicole J. Democratic
- Marzola, Elaine H. Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (65)
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- Who sponsors AB 299?
- AB 299 is sponsored by Cannizzaro, Nicole J. (Democratic) and Marzola, Elaine H. (Democratic).
- What is the current status of AB 299?
- This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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