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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes a court to order certain blood and genetic testing concerning a child in need of protection. (BDR 38-1026)"
+description: "Authorizes a court to order certain blood and genetic testing concerning a child in need of protection. (BDR 38-1026)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
+legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
+session: "79"
+identifier: "AB 459"
+citation: "Nevada AB 459 (79)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "PATERNITY", "GENETIC MARKER ANALYSIS", "BIRTH CERTIFICATES", "CIVIL PROCESS", "BLOOD TESTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frierson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25bee9d4-ba4b-453d-8b20-6ad2d0f9a7a8"
+source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1046"
+source_hash: "aae1c699d77c24d4bc8e988572a322db004c0c40ab424b7ce7639746d053225c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nv"]
+---
+
+# Nevada AB 459 (79) — Authorizes a court to order certain blood and genetic testing concerning a child in need of protection. (BDR 38-1026)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB459.pdf)
+2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB459_R1.pdf)
+3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB459_EN.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frierson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
+- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 230.) To printer. `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
+- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
+- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
+- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
+- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
+- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
+- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
+- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 188. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25bee9d4-ba4b-453d-8b20-6ad2d0f9a7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).
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