Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB496: Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-997)
Status: Signed into law, June 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to elections; requiring county and city clerks and the Secretary of State to post on the Internet certain information relating to mail ballots and provisional ballots; requiring each county clerk to post monthly on the Internet an alphabetical listing of all registered voters in the county; requiring certain information to be included on the return envelopes for mail ballots; revising provisions relating to access to information concerning provisional ballots; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
From the enrolled text, May 27, 2025:
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring county and city clerks and the Secretary of State to post on the Internet certain information relating to mail ballots and provisional ballots; requiring each county clerk to post monthly on the Internet an alphabetical listing of all registered voters in the county; requiring certain information to be included on the return envelopes for mail ballots; revising provisions relating to access to information concerning provisional ballots; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law authorizes a county clerk to cause to be published in a newspaper circulated in the county an alphabetical listing of all registered voters. (NRS 293.557) Section 3 of this bill requires, on the first business day of each month, each county clerk to publish on the Internet website of the county clerk an alphabetical listing of all registered voters in the county. Section 3 further requires that the county clerk ensure that the alphabetical listing may be downloaded by any person free of charge. Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change to require the county clerk to include the identification number of a registered voter on the list required by section 3, similar to the inclusion of the identification number on other lists of registered voters made available for public inspection. Existing law requires, …
Sponsors
- Steve Yeager (D, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Vetoed by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
- : Senate Amendment No. 641 concurred in. To enrollment.
- : In Assembly.
- : From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
- : Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To printer.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 641.) Reprinting dispensed with.
- : From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
- : Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 26, Nays: 15, Excused: 1.) To printer.
- : From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 384.) Dispensed with reprinting.
Votes
- Senate (2nd Reprint) (May 22, 2025): 13 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Assembly (1st Reprint) (April 21, 2025): 26 yea, 15 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB496?
- AB496 is a bill in the Nevada Legislature (83rd Legislature (2025)): Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-997).
- What does AB496 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to elections; requiring county and city clerks and the Secretary of State to post on the Internet certain information relating to mail ballots and provisional ballots; requiring each county clerk to post monthly on the Internet an alphabetical listing of all registered voters in the county; requiring certain information to be included on the return envelopes for mail ballots; revising provisions relating to access to information concerning provisional ballots; and providing other matters properly relating thereto…
- What is the status of AB496?
- Signed into law as of June 5, 2025. Latest action: Vetoed by the Governor. (June 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored AB496?
- Steve Yeager (D, 9).
- Where is the official record for AB496?
- On the Nevada Legislature website: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12761/Overview
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