---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing domestic relations. (BDR 11-701)"
description: "Revises provisions governing domestic relations. (BDR 11-701)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 229"
citation: "Nevada AB 229 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Araujo", "Atkinson", "Carrillo", "Manendo", "Parks", "Spearman", "Spiegel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f86ea63b-aa7a-4ce8-8877-a894d3ccb825"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=474"
source_hash: "7686932887eb0ca29604cd95af82143deca4d33a14ca9650b064e977de3b75fd"
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 229 (79) — Revises provisions governing domestic relations. (BDR 11-701)

## 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/AB229.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB229_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB229_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **28–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Araujo — primary (person)
- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Carrillo — primary (person)
- Manendo — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frierson — cosponsor (person)
- Fumo — cosponsor (person)
- Joiner — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 53.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 28, Nays: 10, Excused: 4.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+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: 20, Nays: 1.) 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 167. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f86ea63b-aa7a-4ce8-8877-a894d3ccb825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).