Nevada · Assembly Bill 271 · 83rd (2025) Session

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-138)

AB 271 Sponsored by Bert K. Gurr, Rich DeLong and Brian Hibbetts Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 20, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 20, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Existing law authorizes the use of mechanical voting systems that meet or exceed certain federal and state standards. (NRS 293B.063-293B.103) Section 5 of this bill prohibits any equipment used for voting, ballot processing or ballot counting from using artificial intelligence. Existing law requires that certain statements and communications relating to an election contain disclosures to provide the public with…

Read the full title (231 words)

Existing law authorizes the use of mechanical voting systems that meet or exceed certain federal and state standards. (NRS 293B.063-293B.103) Section 5 of this bill prohibits any equipment used for voting, ballot processing or ballot counting from using artificial intelligence. Existing law requires that certain statements and communications relating to an election contain disclosures to provide the public with certain information relating to the source or purpose of the statement or communication. (NRS 294A.347-294A.3495) Section 7 of this bill requires any published material that: (1) expressly advocates the election or defeat of a candidate or the passage or defeat of a ballot question to include a disclosure; and (2) is generated through the use of artificial intelligence to include a disclosure. Section 8 of this bill requires any published material that: (1) expressly advocates the election or defeat of a candidate or the passage or defeat of a ballot question to include a disclosure; and (2) includes a materially deceptive depiction of a candidate to include a disclosure. Section 9 of this bill prohibits, under certain circumstances and with certain exceptions, a person from distributing synthetic media that the person knows or should know contains a deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of the candidate. Sections 2, 3 and 9 of this bill define certain terms used in this bill. Section 4 of this bill indicates the placement of sections 2 and 3.

Every action

6 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. AssemblyRead first time.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. · Legislative Operations and Elections
  3. AssemblyTo printer.
  4. AssemblyFrom printer.
  5. AssemblyTo committee.
  6. Assembly(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 3 members who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

All 1 cosponsor

From Nevada's official records (leg.state.nv.us), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.