SB265

Existing law regulates the collection of certain personal information by the State and local governments. (See, e.g., chapter 239B of NRS) For example, existing law authorizes certain criminal justice agencies, and requires other state and local governmental agencies, that collect information from persons related to their race or ethnicity to include a separate category for persons of Middle Eastern or North African descent. (NRS 239B.028) Section 2 of this bill, with certain exceptions, prescribes requirements for the collection and tabulation by a state or local governmental agency, directly or by contract, of information concerning the race or ethnicity of persons in this State who self-identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Specifically, section 2 requires such a governmental agency to request any information concerning the race or ethnicity of such a person in not more than one question. Section 2 also mandates that such a governmental agency use separate categories for the collection and tabulation of the information, including: (1) for the category of persons who self-identify as Asian, an option to self-identify as Chinese, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Korean, Filipino or Japanese or to specify another subcategory; and (2) for the category of persons who self-identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, an option to self-identify as Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Fijian or Marshallese or to specify another subcategory. Additionally, secti

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