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AB 4 Nevada Assembly · 36th (2026) Special Session

Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-31)

AB 4 revises multiple public safety laws by expanding enhanced penalties for assault and battery against officers to include child welfare workers and hospitality employees. It broadens stalking laws to cover electronic harassment and acts causing fear in dating relationships, and changes child sexual abuse material prosecutions to treat each child depicted as a separate offense. The bill also creates a new felony for property damage exceeding $750 during a theft, increasing penalties for such cases. These changes directly affect public safety workers, stalking victims, child exploitation victims, and individuals involved in theft-related property damage.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeExpands penalties for assaults on public workers, broadens stalking definitions, and increases sentencing for property crimes - strengthening punitive measures per criminalization indicators.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Assembly Passage
Nov 2025
Signed into Law
Nov 2025
Introduced Nov 12, 2025 Signed Nov 29, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 5 comparisons

What changed between versions

Reprint 4 → As Enrolled · 5 edits · Nov 29, 2025
MODERATE
This bill expands protections for public safety workers by including state employees and hospitality staff in assault and battery penalties. It also broadens the definition of stalking to cover electronic harassment in dating relationships, increases penalties for theft involving property damage, and adds kidnapping to the list of domestic violence acts.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of protected individuals from just law enforcement to include state employees, child welfare workers, and hospitality staff. It also expands the scope of stalking to include digital communications and electronic means.
ELIGIBILITY

Extended enhanced assault and battery penalties to include state employees and hospitality workers, not just traditional law enforcement officers.

DEFINITION

Broadened the definition of stalking to include electronic communications and specific behaviors that make a dating partner feel terrified or unsafe.

Changed how child sexual abuse material is counted for prosecution, treating each child depicted as a separate offense rather than a single count.

REQUIREMENT

Created a new felony charge for causing property damage to a retail store while committing a theft if the damage or theft value is $750 or more.

Added kidnapping and attempts to commit domestic violence as acts that constitute domestic violence.

Floor votes · Assembly Nov 16, 2025

How they voted

30–10
Passed
Total votes 40
Nov 16, 2025
D Democratic26
16 Yea 10 Nay
61% Yea
R Republican14
14 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Nov 29, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
executive
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. To Assembly. In Assembly. Returned from Assembly in accordance with motion of the body. Returned to Senate. In Senate. Action of passage rescinded. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 34.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 2, Excused: 3.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint. To Assembly. In Asse
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 31.) Reprinting dispensed with. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 2, Excused: 3.) To printer.
lower
Nov 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
lower
Nov 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 15.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 11.) To printer. From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Select Committee on Public Safety and Security. To committee.
lower
Nov 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 13.) To printer.
lower
Nov 12, 2025
Introduced
Prefiled. Referred to Select Committee on Public Safety and Security. To printer.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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