Great State of Nevada
April 10, 2025
What happens when your child is taken from you and the courts get it wrong?
What if you’re a victim of domestic violence and the system ignores your pleas?
What if you see corruption in your local courtroom and want to expose it?
If Nevada Senate Bill 432 (2025) becomes law, telling any of these truths could make you a felon.
Could you let that sink in?
This bill, now under review by the Nevada Senate Committee on Government Affairs, would allow family court judges to close proceedings and seal records with alarming discretion. But it doesn’t stop there — it goes a step further. It makes it a felony to share someone’s personal identifying information from family court publicly, even if that person is yourself or even if you’re blowing the whistle on injustice.
This is not a privacy bill. This is a silencing bill.
SB432 Protects Systems, Not People
While advocates of SB432 will claim it’s about protecting children and privacy, the language is dangerously vague and overly broad. It gives judges immense power to shut down transparency and threatens citizens, journalists, and even victims with felony charges if they speak out.
This could criminalize:
- Parents discussing their custody battles publicly.
- Survivors documenting abusive or biased treatment by a judge.
- Journalists covering court corruption or misconduct.
- Advocates trying to bring justice system failures to light.
This bill gives the government more protection than the people it serves. It makes the truth illegal if it inconveniences those in power.
A Felony for Telling Your Story?
Let’s be crystal clear: SB432 could send people to prison for talking about their own lives, posting a court document, showing proof of corruption, or trying to protect others from going through the same nightmare.
This is not hypothetical. It is real. It is happening. And it is terrifying.
We already know Nevada’s family court system has been the subject of public scrutiny for years—accusations of judicial bias, lack of accountability, and systemic failings. SB432 is a direct response not to fix these issues, but to bury them.
Nevadans Must Act — Now
If you’re a parent, survivor, reporter, lawyer, or student, this bill impacts you. It undermines your right to speak, to know, to fight back. It’s a knife in the back of democracy, cutting at the idea that our courts should be transparent and accountable.
Contact your lawmakers, flood their inboxes, attend committee meetings, call the Senate Committee on Government Affairs, and share this article.
Here’s how you can help:
- Email your senator and tell them to vote NO on SB432.
- Call the Committee on Government Affairs and make your voice heard.
- Post on social media using hashtags like #StopSB432 #NevadaGagBill #LetUsSpeak.
- Write your letters to editors and blogs.
- Tell your story before the state makes it illegal to do so.
This is our moment. Do not stay silent.
If SB432 passes, silence will no longer be a choice. It will be a sentence.
Contact the Committee Today:
Nevada Senate Committee on Government Affairs
Phone: (775) 684-1475
Email: SenGovAffairs@sen.state.nv.us
