Revises provisions governing the confidentiality of the personal information of certain persons. (BDR 20-966)
Summary
SB273 expands Nevada’s existing confidentiality and address-protection options for certain public employees and related family members. Under current law, specified officials and employees can ask a court to keep personal information in county assessor, county recorder, Secretary of State, and local clerk records confidential, and certain eligible persons can request that the Department of Motor Vehicles display an alternate address on a driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, or identification card. This bill adds two new categories of eligible persons: civilian employees who provide support services to a law enforcement agency, and firefighters or retired firefighters.
The bill amends four statutes governing confidential records and one DMV statute. In practice, it allows the newly added groups to seek confidentiality for personal information in property, voter, and other public records, and to use an alternate address on state-issued identification. The bill also extends these protections to the spouse, domestic partner, and minor children of covered persons, and to surviving family members of those killed in the performance of duty, consistent with existing law for other protected occupations.
Impact
SB273 broadens the class of public-safety-related workers who may shield personal information from public records and use alternate addresses on identification documents. It affects NRS 247.540, 250.140, 293.908, and 481.091 by adding civilian law-enforcement support staff, firefighters, and retired firefighters to the list of eligible persons. The practical effect is to reduce public access to certain address and identity information for these individuals and their qualifying family members, while leaving the underlying confidentiality procedures and proof requirements in place.
Sentiment
The available voting history shows strong, bipartisan support for the bill: it passed the Senate 21-0 and the Assembly 42-0. No committee transcript is provided, but the unanimous votes suggest the measure was viewed favorably and as a relatively noncontroversial privacy and safety enhancement for public-safety personnel and their families.
Contention
No major opposition is reflected in the provided materials. The only likely policy consideration is the scope of eligibility: the bill extends protections beyond sworn officers to civilian support staff and to firefighters/retired firefighters, which broadens access to confidentiality and alternate-address benefits. However, the unanimous votes indicate that any such concerns did not generate recorded controversy in the legislative history provided.
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