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Nevada Regulation of Brothels Initiative (2024)
| Nevada Regulation of Brothels Initiative | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Adult entertainment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Nevada Regulation of Brothels Initiative was not on the ballot in Nevada as an indirect initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.
This ballot measure would have legalized brothels in all counties and incorporated cities in Nevada. Under this measure, prostitution could have only legally occurred in a business that is licensed by the County and Cities of Nevada. Prostitution occurring outside of brothels would have remained illegal.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Nevada, the number of signatures required to qualify an indirect initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of the total votes cast in the most recent general election. Moreover, signature gathering must be distributed equally among each of the state's four congressional districts. The initial filing of an initiated state statute cannot be made before January 1 of the year preceding the next regular legislative session. Signature petitions must be filed with county officials by the second Tuesday in November of an even-numbered year—two years prior to the targeted election date. The final submission of signatures to the secretary of state must be made at least 30 days prior to the start of the next regular legislative session.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 140,777 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures to county clerks was November 23, 2022.
Signatures are verified by county clerks using a random sampling method if more than 500 signatures were submitted in that county. If enough signatures are submitted and verified, the initiative goes before the legislature. If the legislature approves and the governor signs the measure, there is no election. Otherwise, the initiative goes on the next general election ballot.
Details about this initiative
- The Safer Nevada PAC filed the ballot initiative as S-06-2022 on June 21, 2022.[1]
- The petition was withdrawn.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Nevada Carson City (capital) |
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