---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the termination of parental rights. (BDR 11-590)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the termination of parental rights. (BDR 11-590)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 228"
citation: "Nevada AB 228 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEWSPAPERS", "PARENTAL RIGHTS", "TERMINATION", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION", "NAMES", "SEXUAL ASSAULT", "CIVIL PROCESS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pickard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-20T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f0001f5-740c-4d05-9346-505e0668450b"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=471"
source_hash: "44100c23dbd78de7e42bd5bb7f52538809e468526d4a01f3bc3929fb4e4e3614"
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 228 (79) — Revises provisions relating to the termination of parental rights. (BDR 11-590)

## 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/AB228.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB228_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB228_EN.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Pickard — primary (person)
- Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Gansert — cosponsor (person)
- Goicoechea — cosponsor (person)
- Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Tolles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T08:00:00+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. 191.) 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. (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`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 166. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f0001f5-740c-4d05-9346-505e0668450b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).