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AB 105

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Scott Allen and 12 co-sponsors

AB 105 would ban possessing a firearm within 100 feet of an election site, with limited exceptions, required signage, and penalties for election disruption; Vetoed.

Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
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Bill Summary · AB 105

AB 105 — Summary (Revises provisions governing firearms)

Status: Vetoed by the Governor (delivered to Governor 6/2/2025; vetoed 6/9/2025)
Introduced: January 2025 (prefiled Jan. 21 / read Jan. 8 per docket)
Primary sponsor/author: Assemblymember Jauregui (author); Gabriel listed in some floor documents

Purpose / Intent

AB 105 was enacted to protect voters, election workers, and the integrity of elections by prohibiting the presence of firearms at or near election-related sites, while carving out limited, specific exceptions and setting criminal penalties for intentional interference or intimidation.

Key provisions

  • Prohibition: Generally forbids a person from possessing or causing a firearm to be present in, or within 100 feet of, an entrance to a place the person knows or reasonably should know is an “election site.”
  • Definition of “election site”: polling place, central counting place, or any location where a ballot box / drop box is present (amendments clarified “location being used as a polling place”).
  • Exceptions (as amended):
    • On‑duty law enforcement.
    • Off‑duty law enforcement lawfully carrying a concealed firearm.
    • Private security or security personnel hired/arranged by the owner/manager of the facility.
    • Firearm kept inside a vehicle within 100 feet so long as it is not brandished or removed from the vehicle.
    • Lawful possession on private property (residence or business) that is located within 100 feet of an election site.
  • Affirmative defense: person lawfully possessed a firearm while traveling within 100 feet solely to access or leave private property within that area — not available if the person intimidated voters, interfered with the election, or passed through the polling place with other intent.
  • Signage requirement (added in amendment): county clerk / registrar / city clerk must continuously post at the outer limits during voting at least one visible “Distance Marker” sign (minimum 17×11 inches) notifying persons that carrying firearms between that point and the election site is prohibited.
  • Criminal penalties:
    • Violation of the general prohibition: gross misdemeanor.
    • Knowingly possessing or causing a firearm to be present with specific intent to disrupt, interfere with, or monitor elections or voters: category D felony (penalty per NRS 193.130).
  • Conforming definitional changes to existing NRS firearm definitions. As introduced the bill included a July 1, 2025 effective date (would have taken effect then if enacted).

Who would be affected

  • Voters and poll workers — reduced likelihood of visible firearms at voting locations if enforced.
  • Law‑abiding gun owners (including concealed‑carry permit holders) — restrictions on carrying within the specified 100‑foot buffer, subject to exceptions and the affirmative defense.
  • Election officials / local clerks — new duty to post signage and to communicate boundaries of the restricted zone during voting.
  • Law enforcement and local governments — responsibility for enforcement; fiscal note indicated an effect on local government (increased or newly provided terms of imprisonment) and state fiscal impacts.

Procedural / timeline highlights

  • Referred to Judiciary Committee (prefiled Jan. 21 / read Jan. 8).
  • Passed Assembly and then the Senate (various committee actions and amendments in March–May 2025). Notable amendment package (Assembly Amendment No. 287 / First Reprint) added off‑duty officer exemption, signage rules, and the affirmative defense.
  • Enrolled and delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2025; vetoed on June 9, 2025.
  • Legislative record shows committee support and substantial public comment both for and against the bill. Supporters emphasized voter safety and deterrence of intimidation; opponents raised Second Amendment and practical/enforcement concerns (e.g., polling locations in commercial spaces, inadvertent violations).

Potential impacts and implementation considerations

  • If enacted, AB 105 would create a defined “no‑carry” buffer around election facilities, which proponents say reduces voter intimidation and protects election administrators; opponents warned of constitutional challenges and enforcement complexity (defining boundaries, interaction with private property rights, grocery stores and commercial polling places).
  • The added signage and affirmative defense attempt to reduce inadvertent violations, but local election administrators and law enforcement would need operational guidance to implement and enforce the rule consistently.

Note: Because the Governor vetoed AB 105 (June 9, 2025), its provisions did not become law.

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

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