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AB173 • 2025

Revises provisions relating to judicial office. (BDR 23-102)

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a candidate for judicial office to indicate his or her designated political party affiliation on certain financial disclosure statements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a candidate for judicial office to indicate his or her designated political party affiliation on certain financial disclosure statements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Assemblymember Jill Dickman
Last action
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Plain English Breakdown

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Revises provisions relating to judicial office. (BDR 23-102)

Revises provisions relating to judicial office.

What This Bill Does

  • Revises provisions relating to judicial office.
  • (BDR 23-102)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-02 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System

    (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Revises provisions relating to judicial office. (BDR 23-102)

Current Bill Text

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A.B. 173

- *AB173*

ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 173–ASSEMBLYMEMBER DICKMAN

PREFILED FEBRUARY 2, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to judicial office.
(BDR 23-102)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a candidate for judicial
office to indicate his or her designated political party
affiliation on certain financial disclosure statements; and
providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
The Nevada Financial Disclosure Act requires a candidate for nomination, 1
election or reelection to a public office for which the candidate will be entitled to 2
receive annual compensation of $6,000 or more for serving in the office to file a 3
financial disclosure statement that contains c ertain information not later than the 4
10th day after the last day to qualify as a candidate for the office. (NRS 281.561, 5
281.571) Section 1 of this bill re quires a candidate for judicial office to include an 6
indication of his or her designated political party affiliation on such a financial 7
disclosure statement. Section 2 of this bill places section 1 within the Nevada 8
Financial Disclosure Act. 9

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Chapter 281 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. In addition to the requirements of NRS 281.571, a 3
candidate for judicial office must indicate on the financial 4
disclosure statement filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 5
1 of NRS 281.561 the designation of his or her political party 6
affiliation for the purposes of voter registration. 7
2. As used in this section, “judicial office” has the meaning 8
ascribed to it in NRS 293.064. 9

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- *AB173*
Sec. 2. NRS 281.5555 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
281.5555 The provisions of NRS 281.5555 to 281.581, 2
inclusive, and section 1 of this act , may be cited as the Nevada 3
Financial Disclosure Act. 4
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 5

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