Home › Jurisdictions › Nevada
AI Laws in Nevada
As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 16 AI rules in Nevada: 9 state-level rules and 7 county or city rules. Federal AI protections apply statewide on top of these — see the federal page. Each entry links to its official source.
Nevada state-level AI rules (9)
-
In effect
NV SB 199 (AI mental-health misrepresentation)
NV · Effective 2025-07-01 · 2025 Nev. Stat. Ch. 283 (AB 406); amends NRS Chs. 391, 433, 629
Nevada made it a deceptive trade practice for AI chatbots and companion apps to falsely claim — or imply — that they are licensed mental-health professionals. Aimed squarely at the growing class of GenAI 'therapy' apps that mislead vulnerable users about clinical credentials.
-
In effect
NV AI Election Ad Disclosure
Nevada · Effective 2026-01-01 · 2025 Nev. Laws Ch. 224 (AB 73); NRS ch. 294A
Nevada political ads containing AI-generated or digitally manipulated images, audio, or video must disclose it clearly, effective January 1, 2026. Wrongly depicted candidates can seek legal relief; satire and entertainment content is exempt.
-
In effect
NV NCII Deepfake Law
Nevada · Effective 2025-10-01 · 2025 Nev. Stat. (SB 213); NRS 200.780
Nevada expanded its intimate-images law to explicitly cover AI-generated and digitally manipulated images — anything that could reasonably be mistaken for a real depiction of the person, whether or not their actual image was used. Knowing distribution is a Category D felony (1–4 years).
-
In effect
Nevada AB 406 (therapists barred from using AI in care)
Nevada · Effective 2025-07-01 · 2025 Nev. Stat., AB 406, Sec. 8 (new section of NRS ch. 629)
Nevada bars licensed mental and behavioral health care providers from using an artificial intelligence system when delivering professional mental or behavioral health care directly to a patient. Providers may still use AI for administrative support, such as scheduling, billing, managing records, and organizing session notes, but any such use must comply with patient-privacy and health-record security laws. A violation is treated as unprofessional conduct.
-
In effect
Nevada AB 406 (no AI replacing school counselors)
Nevada · Effective 2025-07-01 · 2025 Nev. Stat., AB 406, Sec. 2 (amending NRS ch. 391)
Nevada prohibits public schools, including charter schools, from using artificial intelligence to perform the mental-health-related functions and duties of a school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker. The law directs the Nevada Department of Education to develop a policy governing how those school employees may use AI when providing therapy, counseling, or other mental or behavioral health services to students.
-
In effect
Nevada AB 406 (AI can't pose as a therapist)
Nevada · Effective 2025-07-01 · 2025 Nev. Stat., AB 406, Sec. 7 (new section of NRS ch. 433)
Nevada prohibits an AI provider from making available in the state an AI system that is specifically programmed to provide a service that would amount to the practice of professional mental or behavioral health care if a person did it. AI providers also may not state or imply that their AI system can provide such care or that it is a therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, or doctor. The state must publish educational materials directing people to licensed care. Genuine self-help materials and AI used by licensed providers for administrative tasks are not prohibited.
-
In effect
Policy on the Responsible and Ethical Use of Artificial Inte
Nevada · Effective 2024-11-27 · Policy on the Responsible and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nevada State Government Executive Branch
The Nevada CIO-signed policy sets minimum standards for responsible, ethical, and transparent AI use across executive-branch agencies, requiring risk-based assessments, procurement/contract controls, and continuous monitoring of AI tools.
-
In effect
NV DOI AI Bulletin
NV · Effective 2024-02-23 · Nevada DOI Bulletin 24-001 (2024-02-23)
The NV Department of Insurance adopted the NAIC Model Bulletin on Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers. Insurers licensed in NV must maintain a written AI program with governance, risk-management, testing, third-party-AI oversight, and documentation controls. The bulletin operationalizes existing unfair-trade-practice and unfair-discrimination law as applied to insurers' AI use cases — underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud detection, and marketing.
-
In effect
NV AB 511 (2011 — first AV statute)
Nevada · Effective 2011-06-17 · NRS Ch. 482A (2011 Nev. Stat. Ch. 461)
Nevada was the first U.S. state to legalize autonomous vehicles. AB 511 directed the DMV to write rules for testing and operating self-driving cars on Nevada roads, including a special license endorsement and an autonomous-vehicle testing license, and made Nevada the proving ground for the early Google self-driving project.
County and city AI rules in Nevada (7)
-
In effect
Reno Data Center Moratorium
Reno, NV · Effective 2026-06-01 · Reno, Nev., data center moratorium (adopted June 1, 2026; through Aug. 31, 2027)
Reno froze new data center applications until August 31, 2027 — or until the city adopts new data center regulations, whichever comes first. The City Council voted 6-1 on June 1, 2026 to extend a 30-day pause it first imposed in May, and directed staff to draft rules covering water use, energy use, and community benefit agreements. The vote reversed several council members' earlier opposition to regulating data centers.
-
In effect
Clark County NV STELLAR AI Framework
Las Vegas, NV · Effective 2024-08-15 · Clark County NV STELLAR AI Framework — District Implementation (2024-08-15)
Implements Nevada's STELLAR framework with a district safe list and closed-loop systems that prevent student data from training external models; ties to school-level academic integrity policies.
-
In effect
Henderson NV GenAI Policy
Henderson, NV · Effective 2024-08-01 · City of Henderson NV IT Dept., GenAI Acceptable Use Policy (2024)
City of Henderson NV administrative policy on employee use of generative AI tools with disclosure, prohibited data, and human-review rules.
-
In effect
Reno GenAI Policy
Reno, NV · Effective 2024-07-01 · City of Reno IT Dept., GenAI Acceptable Use Policy (2024)
City of Reno administrative policy on employee use of generative AI tools with disclosure, prohibited-data, and human-review rules.
-
In effect
RTC of Southern Nevada Wide-Scale ZeroEyes AI Weapons-Detect
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) · Effective 2024-06-19 · RTC of Southern Nevada Wide-Scale ZeroEyes AI Weapons-Detection Deployment
The RTC became the first US transit agency to deploy wide-scale ZeroEyes AI gun-detection analytics across its transit-center cameras, later expanding the program by over 300% to all eight transit centers.
-
In effect
Las Vegas Metro PD FR Policy
Las Vegas, NV · Effective 2024-05-01 · LVMPD Department Manual, Facial Recognition Technology (2024)
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department policy on facial recognition technology requiring case predicate, supervisory approval, and treating matches as investigative leads only.
-
Blocked / in litigation
Boulder City NV appeal vs BLM data center approval (authorized July 14, 2026)
Boulder City, NV · Boulder City, NV council authorization, July 14, 2026, appeal and stay request vs BLM Townsite data center approval
Boulder City, Nevada is fighting a federally approved data center. On July 14, 2026 the city council voted to appeal the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Townsite data center project on BLM land near the city, and to seek a stay that would pause the project while the appeal is heard. The appeal must be filed by July 27, 2026.
Nevada city guides
Browse the full directory · Browse by topic · Submit a correction