---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises certain provisions relating to the proper venue in civil actions. (BDR 2-591)"
description: "Revises certain provisions relating to the proper venue in civil actions. (BDR 2-591)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 102"
citation: "Nevada AB 102 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VENUE", "SPOUSAL SUPPORT", "CHILD SUPPORT", "CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION", "DIVORCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohen", "Pickard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/886d33dd-17d3-4b30-b75d-3e3eeb93ec40"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=227"
source_hash: "939d83f456bd74fc4c7c4dac1dd508bed3d1b77aa608cfa190aceff9c07a3276"
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 102 (79) — Revises certain provisions relating to the proper venue in civil actions. (BDR 2-591)

## 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/AB102.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB102_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB102_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohen — primary (person)
- Pickard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 16.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (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 Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 64. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/886d33dd-17d3-4b30-b75d-3e3eeb93ec40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).