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AB 162

Establishes a statewide database and Internet website for certain criminal records relating to domestic violence. (BDR 14-52)

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Toby Yurek

Creates a free, publicly searchable Nevada database of people with two+ domestic-violence convictions, using verified records, with strict use limits and removal rules.

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Bill Summary · AB 162

AB 162 — Summary (Establishes statewide domestic-violence convictions database and public website)

Status: Introduced 2025; passed Assembly (Mar. 20, 2025); referred to Senate; later ordered to inactive file (Sept. 13, 2025). No further action taken.

Purpose / Intent

AB 162 would require the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) to create and maintain a publicly searchable, no‑cost statewide database and Internet website—hosted within the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History—containing specified criminal-history information on persons with multiple domestic-violence convictions. The bill aims to increase public access to repeat domestic-violence conviction information while establishing guardrails on certain disclosures and uses.

Key provisions

  • Database scope

    • DPS must establish a statewide database of persons convicted two or more times of acts that constitute domestic violence (per NRS 33.018).
    • Corresponding public Internet website providing free search access to information drawn from the Central Repository.

  • Information to be made available (to the extent available)

    • Full name and aliases
    • Date of birth
    • Physical description and recent photograph
    • List of offenses with conviction dates and prescribed punishments
    • Status at release (discharged, community supervision, parole/mandatory supervision)

  • Confidentiality and prohibited disclosures

    • Certain personal data is excluded from public disclosure: Social Security number, driver’s license number, telephone number, and victim identity. (Author’s conceptual amendments propose adding place of residence and place of employment.)
    • Bill (and proposed amendments) requires that only verified state criminal-history records (Central Repository/official systems) be used to populate the database—explicitly excluding unverified online sources.

  • Removal/expungement process

    • A person listed may petition DPS for removal if a relevant conviction is expunged or sealed, or (as introduced) if the person has had no domestic-violence convictions in the preceding seven years. Proposed amendment would shorten the waiting period to five years.

  • Use limitations and enforcement

    • Prohibits use of database information for insurance decisions, loans, credit, employment, education (scholarships/fellowships), housing/accommodations, or business services.
    • Anyone who uses the information for prohibited purposes is civilly liable; a civil action may be brought by/for an injured person.

  • Liability and record-use exceptions

    • DPS, its officers/employees, and law enforcement agencies and personnel are granted immunity from civil and criminal liability for acts or omissions relating to accuracy or disclosure of information in the database/website.
    • Statutory restrictions that otherwise limit dissemination of Central Repository records would not prevent public information from being provided via this new website.

Who would be affected

  • People with two or more Nevada convictions for domestic-violence offenses (subject to listing and to petition rules).
  • Victims (protected from public identification under the bill).
  • DPS and the Central Repository (responsible for creating/maintaining the database and website).
  • Law enforcement agencies (data providers and covered by liability immunity).
  • Members of the public (gain searchable access to listed convictions).
  • Employers, landlords, insurers, lenders and other businesses (expressly barred from using the information for certain decisions; civil liability exposure for misuse).
  • State and local government budgets may be affected; bill analyses flagged potential fiscal impacts.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced and referred to Judiciary and Budget-related committees in early 2025.
  • Assembly passed AB 162 on March 20, 2025 (Ayes 53, Noes 17); bill transmitted to Senate.
  • Senate committee action included amendments and referral to Budget and Fiscal Review; a “Do Pass” recommendation was recorded (Sept. 10, 2025).
  • On Sept. 13, 2025, Senator Grayson requested the bill be ordered to inactive file; no further action recorded. As of that date the bill did not become law.

Additional points / amendments under consideration

  • Add residence and employment addresses to non‑disclosure protections.
  • Require on-the-record advisement for defendants pleading guilty/nolo contendere that a second domestic-violence conviction may result in public listing.
  • Reduce petition-for-removal waiting period from seven to five years.
  • Remove the phrase “or combination of acts” to narrow the triggering convictions to two or more offenses that constitute domestic violence.
  • Clarify that only verified state criminal-history records will populate the database (exclude social media/unverified sources).

If enacted, AB 162 would create a new public criminal-history registry focused on repeat domestic-violence convictions, paired with statutory protections (data exclusions, banned uses, petition procedures) and liability provisions for both users and the state’s recordkeepers.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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