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Nevada · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

AB 197: Enacts provisions strengthening certain protections for certain activities under the First Amendment. (BDR 19-136)

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 197 is a bill introduced in the Nevada House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts provisions strengthening certain protections for certain activities under the First Amendment. (BDR 19-136). Primary sponsor: Greg Hafen (Republican), Shea Backus (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2025): Approved by the Governor. Chapter 115.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Greg HafenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Shea BackusPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse37

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 115.
  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
  3. In Assembly. To enrollment.
  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
  5. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
  6. From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
  7. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
  8. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Senate.
  9. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: 1.) To printer.
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 176.) Dispensed with reprinting.
  11. From printer. To committee.
  12. Read first time. To committee. Action of referral rescinded. Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source