AB92 • 2025

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-101)

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring that rooms or spaces in certain public buildings be provided to certain political parties without charge for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to elections; requiring that rooms or spaces in certain public buildings be provided to certain political parties without charge for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Education Elections

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Official status: Chapter 295. (See full list below)
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring Free Meeting Spaces in Public Buildings

This law requires public buildings to provide free meeting spaces for major political parties' state or county central committees during presidential election years and for specific purposes during other years, with some exceptions.

What This Bill Does

Requires that rooms or spaces in certain public buildings be provided without charge to the state or county central committees of major political parties during presidential election years.
Allows free use of meeting spaces for precinct meetings held by these committees during non-presidential election years.
Limits this requirement to exclude any building owned or occupied by a component of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Who It Names or Affects

Major political parties' state and county central committees
Public buildings controlled by the government of Nevada or its subdivisions

Terms To Know

precinct meeting: A meeting held to elect delegates and alternates for a state or county convention of a major political party.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not apply to buildings owned or occupied by the Nevada System of Higher Education.
It is unclear how this will affect local government budgets, but it may have fiscal implications.

Amendments

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Amendment 381

381

Adopted Amendments

Plain English: Amendment 381 to AB92 changes the requirements for providing free rooms or spaces in public buildings to state and county central committees of major political parties.

Adds a requirement that during non-presidential election years, rooms or spaces must be provided without charge only for conducting precinct meetings, while other uses are charged at a rate not exceeding what is charged to any other group.

The amendment text does not specify the exact criteria for determining the 'rate' that can be charged during non-presidential election years for purposes other than conducting precinct meetings.

Bill History

2025-01-13 Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System
Chapter 295. (See full list below)

Official Summary Text

Revises provisions relating to elections. (BDR 24-101)

Current Bill Text

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- 83rd Session (2025)
Assembly Bill No. 92–Assemblymembers Dickman,
Gray, DeLong and O’Neill

Joint Sponsor: Senator Titus

CHAPTER..........

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring that rooms or spaces in
certain public buildings be provided to certain political
parties without charge for certain purposes; and prov iding
other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Senate Bill No. 292 of the 2021 Legislative Session repealed a requirement
that, upon application by a state or county central committee, rooms or spaces in
certain public buildings be made available without charge to state or county central
committees of major political parties: (1) in presidential election years for any
purpose; and (2) during other years for the purpose of conducting precinct
meetings. (Section 15 of chapter 331, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 1980) This
bill: (1) reinstates this requirement ; and (2) excepts from this requirement any
building owned or occupied by any component of the Nevada System of Higher
Education.

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 293 of NRS is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. If a room or space is available in a building that is open to
the general public and occupied by the government of this State or
a political subdivision of this State or an agency thereof, except a
building that is owned or occupied by any component of the
Nevada System of Higher Education, the public officer or
employee in control of the room or space shall, upon applicat ion
by a state or county central committee of a major political party,
grant the use of the room or space to the state or county central
committee:
(a) During a presidential election year, without charge for any
purpose; and
(b) During any year that is not a presidential election year:
(1) Without charge for the purpose of conducting a precinct
meeting; and
(2) At a rate that must not exceed the rate charged to any
other group during this time period for the use of the room or
space, for any purpose other than conducting a precinct meeting.

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- 83rd Session (2025)
2. As used in this section, “precinct meeting” means a
meeting of the state or central committee of a major political party
held to elect delegates and alternates for a state or county
convention of a major political party.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

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