Revises provisions relating to artificial intelligence. (BDR 36-393)

- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 325–Committee
on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to artificial intelligence; defining “artificial
intelligence” in the context of emergency management;
requiring emergency management plans prepared by the
Governor and each plan adopted by a state or local
governmental agency to include provisions ensuring that final
decisions regarding emergency response planning and the
allocation of resource s in response to an emergency are not
made by artificial intelligence; prohibiting a public utility
from making a final decision regarding whether to reduce or
shut down utility service in response to a disaster or
emergency based solely on the use of arti ficial intelligence;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law provides for the development of emergency management plans by
state and local governmental agencies. (NRS 414.040) Existing law also aut horizes
the development of a state emergency management plan. (NRS 414.060) Section 3
of this bill requires such emergency management plans to include certain provisions
to ensure final decisions regarding emergency response planning and the allocation
of resources in response to an emergency are not made by artificial intelligence.
Section 2 of this bill defines “artificial intelligence” in the context of
emergency management , and section 4 of this bill applies that definition to the
existing provisions of law relating to emergency management.
Section 5 of this bill prohibits a public utility from making a final decision
regarding whether to reduce or shut down utility service in response to a disaster or
emergency based solely on the use of artificial intelligence.

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

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

Section 1. Chapter 414 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.
Sec. 2. “Artificial intelligence” means a machine -based
system that can, for a given set of human -defined objectives, make
predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or
virtual environments.
Sec. 3. Any state emergency management plan prepared
pursuant to NRS 414.060 and each plan for emergency operations
described in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4 of
NRS 414.040 that is adopted by a state or local governmental

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agency must include provisions ensuring that final decisions
regarding emergency response planning and the allocation of
resources in response to an emergency are not made by artificial
intelligence but rather by a natural person.
Sec. 4. NRS 414.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:
414.030 As used in this chap ter, the words and terms defined
in NRS 414.031 to 414.038, inclusive, and section 2 of this act have
the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 5. Chapter 704 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. A public utility shall not make a final decision regarding
whether to reduce or shut down utility service in response to a
disaster or emergency based solely on the use of artificial
intelligence.
2. As used in this section:
(a) “Artificial intelligence” has the meaning ascribed to it in
section 2 of this act.
(b) “Disaster” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 414.0335.
(c) “Emergency” has the meaning ascribed to it in
NRS 414.0345.

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