Nevada AI Laws: What's Enacted and What's Next (2027)

As of November 2026, Nevada has targeted AI statutes but, in our search, no comprehensive AI act. The main one is NRS 433.567, which we tie to the 2025 mental health AI law, AB 406, by that bill's title. It bars AI providers from presenting or programming a system to deliver professional mental or behavioral health care.

How we searched: We read NRS 433.567, 629.610 and 391.297 and the AB 406 record on the Legislature's site on November 5, 2026. Other statute quotes come from our stored copy of the Nevada Revised Statutes, captured July 29, 2026, which is a copy, not a check of current law. We searched that copy for "artificial intelligence", "automated decision", "algorithm", "machine learning", "chatbot", "synthetic media" and "deepfake". We did not review enrolled bills, the Statutes of Nevada or any bill history other than AB 406's for this page, so other bill numbers and dates below are reported by bill trackers and the press, except the SB 128 veto, which comes from the Governor's veto message, and a provision that was not in our copy would not appear here.

This page covers Nevada state law as of November 4, 2026. It is general legal information, not legal advice. For the national picture, see our guide to US AI laws.

Nevada AI Laws at a Glance

The "Source note" column comes from our stored copy, and we read the notes for NRS 433.567, 629.610 and 391.297 on the Legislature's site on November 5, 2026. All of these sections appear in that copy, captured July 29, 2026. We did not confirm effective dates from the enrolled bills. The AB 406 dates below come from its bill record.

Nevada's Mental Health AI Law: NRS 433.567 (AB 406)

Status as of November 5, 2026: AB 406 is law. The bill record shows Chapter 283, approved by the Governor on June 5, 2025. The Assembly passed it 42-0 on April 22, 2025, the Senate passed it 20-1 on May 21, 2025, and the Assembly concurred in Senate Amendment 664 on May 29, 2025. The record lists June 5, 2025 for Section 10 and for preparatory work, and July 1, 2025 for Sections 1 to 9 for all other purposes. The NRS source notes cite pages of the 2025 Statutes of Nevada and do not name a bill. We tie NRS 433.567, 629.610 and 391.297 to AB 406 because the part of the bill's title we read covers AI in public schools, a Department of Education policy, and the marketing and programming of AI systems. That link is our inference. We read the NRS text and the record, not the enrolled bill, so we do not match bill sections to NRS sections.

NRS 433.567 is not a ban on all AI chat about feelings or wellness. It sets two prohibitions for an "artificial intelligence provider", defined as "a person who operates or provides an artificial intelligence system."

• Representations. A provider may not make a statement, or knowingly cause or program a system made available to a person in Nevada to make one, that "explicitly or implicitly indicates" the system can provide professional mental or behavioral health care, that a user may interact with a feature simulating human conversation to obtain that care, or that the system is a therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, doctor or similar provider.
• Programming. A provider may not make available to a person in Nevada a system "specifically programmed to provide a service or experience to a user that would constitute the practice of professional mental or behavioral health care if provided by a natural person."

Subsection 3 separately bars a natural person from claiming to be qualified to provide that care, including with the titles "therapist," "psychotherapist" or "counselor," without a valid government credential.

Enforcement. The Division of Public and Behavioral Health "may investigate potential violations" and "may bring an action to recover a civil penalty." A person who violates subsection 1, 2 or 3 faces a civil penalty "not to exceed $15,000 per violation." The Division must also develop public educational materials.

Exclusions. The section does not prohibit self-help materials that do not purport to offer professional care. It also does not prohibit AI designed for a provider to use for administrative support in conformity with NRS 629.610.

AI Use by Nevada Therapists and Schools (NRS 629.610, NRS 391.297)

Providers. NRS 629.610 says a covered provider "shall not use an artificial intelligence system in connection with providing professional mental and behavioral health care directly to a patient." The list of covered providers includes licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, certain social workers and certain psychiatric nurses, among others.

Administrative support remains allowed, including scheduling, managing records, billing, analyzing data for operational purposes, and organizing notes about a session. The provider must follow health privacy law, and must independently review the accuracy of AI output used for billing or session notes. A violation is unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the provider's licensing body.

Schools. NRS 391.297 bars a public school, including a charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils, from using AI to perform the functions of a school counselor, psychologist or social worker "which relate to the mental health of pupils."

The section directs the Department of Education to develop a policy for AI use by those staff, and it allows use under that policy or for administrative tasks. We did not confirm the status of that policy.

Emergency Decisions: NRS 414.099 and NRS 704.1833

NRS 414.099 covers the state emergency management plan and certain emergency operations plans adopted by state or local agencies. They "must include provisions ensuring that final decisions regarding emergency response planning and the allocation of resources in response to an emergency are not made by artificial intelligence but rather by a natural person."

NRS 704.1833 says a public utility "shall not make a final decision regarding whether to reduce or shut down utility service in response to a disaster or emergency based solely on the use of artificial intelligence." The word "solely" matters: the section does not bar AI as one input.

Both use the definition in NRS 414.0305: "a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments."

Nevada Deepfake and Election Synthetic Media Laws

NRS 294A.3493 requires a clear and conspicuous disclosure on covered campaign communications that include synthetic media, and a depicted candidate may seek an injunction or other equitable relief in district court. It exempts streaming, interactive computer, cloud and internet service providers, broadcasters, programmers and producers, and satire or parody. We do not reproduce the required wording here.

NRS 200.780 makes it a category D felony, with intent to harass, harm or terrorize, to knowingly distribute a covered intimate image created so a reasonable person would believe it actually depicts the other person, without that person's prior consent, subject to listed exceptions.

NRS 200.725 bars knowingly preparing, advertising or distributing computer-generated child sexual abuse material. Under NRS 200.700 that includes modified depictions of actual people and AI-created representations "indistinguishable from a minor", meaning an ordinary person would conclude the depiction is of an actual minor.

Our guide to Nevada deepfake laws has the detail.

AI Note-Takers and Recording in Nevada

AI meeting assistants raise recording consent questions. Our guide to Nevada AI meeting recording laws covers them.

Insurers and AI: Division of Insurance Bulletin 24-001

The Nevada Division of Insurance issued Bulletin 24-001 on February 23, 2024. It applies to all insurers subject to Title 57 of the NRS and reminds them that decisions made or supported by AI systems "must comply with all applicable insurance laws and regulations."

A bulletin is a regulator's statement of expectations under existing law, not a new law. The NAIC's status list, dated November 3, 2026, shows it as Nevada's adoption of the NAIC model bulletin.

SB 128: The Vetoed Health Insurer AI Bill

Governor Lombardo vetoed SB 128 (2025) on June 10, 2025. His veto message describes a bill on the denial of prior authorization requests and says it "unnecessarily micromanages how private insurers and public employee insurance programs use AI." A vetoed bill is not law, and our search of the stored statutes found no Nevada statute on AI in health insurance decisions.

What We Did Not Find in Nevada Law

In the stored statutes described above, we found no Nevada section specifically on AI in hiring, companion chatbots, frontier models or automated decisions in consumer services. That is a statement about one search of one copy, not a statement that no such law exists.

The Nevada Attorney General's press release list, which we read through its October 19, 2026 entries by title only, shows no release about a suit against OpenAI. We found no AI executive order from the governor in web searches, and no court challenge to these statutes.

Federal Law and Nevada's AI Statutes

As of November 4, 2026, we found no federal statute in the public laws of the 119th Congress that sets general rules for private AI systems or generally preempts state AI laws. In December 2025, Executive Order 14365 directed federal agencies to challenge or discourage state AI laws the administration views as conflicting with national policy, and called for a federal framework from Congress. The order itself does not declare any state law invalid. See our pages on the AI executive orders and state AI law preemption.

What Changes in Nevada AI Law in 2027

As of November 4, 2026, we found no AI law scheduled to take effect in Nevada in 2027; we searched our stored copy of the Nevada Revised Statutes captured July 29, 2026, and web sources for the 2025 session.

• Bill draft request. Route Fifty, republishing the Nevada Current, reported on September 3, 2026 that the interim Government Affairs Committee approved a request on August 27, 2026, among nine requests that day, for legislation on how state and local government entities use AI, recommended by Sen. Dina Neal. It would "require transparency around AI and prevent bias in automated decision making." That is a request for a bill, not a bill or a law, and we did not find a bill number or text.
• 2027 session. The same report says the 2027 Legislative Session begins February 1.

More Nevada Laws

• Nevada Recording Laws
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• Nevada Surveillance Camera Laws
• Nevada Background Check Laws
• Nevada Sexting Laws
• Nevada Deepfake Laws
• Nevada AI Meeting Recording Laws

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Nevada have an AI law?

Nevada has targeted AI statutes, including NRS 433.567 on AI and mental health care, NRS 414.099 and NRS 704.1833 on emergency decisions, and NRS 294A.3493 on synthetic media in campaigns. In our search of a stored copy of its statutes captured July 29, 2026, we found no comprehensive AI act.

Did Nevada ban AI therapy?

Nevada's law is narrower than a general ban. NRS 433.567 bars AI providers from representing that a system can provide professional mental or behavioral health care and from offering a system specifically programmed to deliver what would be that care if a person provided it. NRS 629.610 separately bars listed licensed providers from using AI in care provided directly to a patient, except for administrative support. Self-help materials that do not purport to offer professional care are not prohibited.

What is the penalty under Nevada's mental health AI law?

NRS 433.567 sets a civil penalty of up to $15,000 per violation of subsections 1, 2 or 3, which can apply to AI providers and to natural persons who falsely claim to be qualified. For a licensed provider, a violation of NRS 629.610 is unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the licensing body.

Can a Nevada utility use AI to shut off power in an emergency?

NRS 704.1833 says a public utility shall not make a final decision to reduce or shut down service in response to a disaster or emergency based solely on the use of artificial intelligence. It does not bar AI as one input.

Does Nevada regulate AI in health insurance?

We found no Nevada statute on it in our stored copy of the statutes. Governor Lombardo vetoed SB 128 (2025), a prior authorization bill his message says addressed insurers' use of AI. The Division of Insurance's Bulletin 24-001 tells insurers that AI-supported decisions must comply with existing insurance law, but a bulletin is not a new law.

Will Nevada pass an AI law in 2027?

We cannot predict that. As of November 4, 2026, a reported interim committee request for a bill on AI use by state and local government had been approved for the session reported to begin February 1, 2027. It is a request, not a law.