---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that marriage licenses and certificates of marriage may include the name to be used by each spouse after the marriage. (BDR 11-743)"
description: "Provides that marriage licenses and certificates of marriage may include the name to be used by each spouse after the marriage. (BDR 11-743)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 204"
citation: "Nevada AB 204 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMES", "MARRIAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gansert", "Tolles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7350cb57-8565-4871-a807-3fef833406da"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=404"
source_hash: "ab418b7392c171c5a5e332c3ab64df464e3a407ff5f82baf59b596413b9497c4"
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 204 (79) — Provides that marriage licenses and certificates of marriage may include the name to be used by each spouse after the marriage. (BDR 11-743)

## 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/AB204.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB204_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB204_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gansert — primary (person)
- Tolles — primary (person)
- Bilbray-Axelrod — cosponsor (person)
- BustamanteAdams — cosponsor (person)
- Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Frierson — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jauregui — cosponsor (person)
- Joiner — cosponsor (person)
- Krasner — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Monroe-Moreno — cosponsor (person)
- Ohrenschall — cosponsor (person)
- Oscarson — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Pickard — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Spiegel — cosponsor (person)
- Titus — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled pursuant to JSR 14.2.1(d).
- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 190 and 228.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 285. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7350cb57-8565-4871-a807-3fef833406da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).