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AB 72 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions relating to notaries public and document preparation services. (BDR 19-485)

AB 72 (Nevada Assembly Bill) updates rules for notaries public and document preparation services. It authorizes the Secretary of State to create a professional conduct code for notaries, prohibits notaries from performing acts if they suspect a signer doesn’t understand the document, and requires electronic notaries to be physically present in Nevada. For document preparers, the bill mandates separate bonds for each business entity they serve (replacing previous group bonding), requires applicants to list all entities and provide bond proof, and prohibits service for entities without filed bonds. Violations of bond requirements now carry criminal penalties in addition to prior administrative sanctions. The bill directly affects notaries, document preparers, and the businesses they serve in Nevada.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Nov 20, 2024 Signed May 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 3 edits · May 28, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the official title and summary of Assembly Bill 72 to reflect its final, enacted form. It removes the 'Reprint' status and adds the full chapter text, including a detailed Legislative Counsel's Digest that explains the bill's intent to regulate notaries and document preparers. The changes are primarily formatting and structural, converting the bill from a draft committee version to the final enrolled law ready for signature.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope remains unchanged; the text now represents the final enacted version rather than a draft.
TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, committee referral text, and the 'Reprint' status indicating this was a working version.

Added the official 'Chapter' header and the complete Legislative Counsel's Digest, which provides a plain-language explanation of how the bill affects notaries, electronic signatures, and document preparation bonds.

Replaced the brief summary with a comprehensive summary and digest that details specific regulatory changes, such as new codes of professional responsibility for notaries and updated bonding requirements for document preparers.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2025 · Assembly Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
May 21, 2025
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor. Chapter 68.
executive
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. To enrollment.
lower
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
upper
May 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To printer.
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 229.) Dispensed with reprinting.
lower
Nov 20, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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