---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes an agency which provides child welfare services to obtain the education records of certain pupils. (BDR 38-838)"
description: "Authorizes an agency which provides child welfare services to obtain the education records of certain pupils. (BDR 38-838)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 236"
citation: "Nevada AB 236 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "CHILD WELFARE SERVICES", "AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE", "SCHOOL PUPILS", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "ADOPTION OF CHILDREN", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-24T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8faba94-4ff4-41be-bcca-3f1d2adc0a57"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=497"
source_hash: "31da3c6f76f416b4a3f81fc0d01437d9d68a7a2a919ca60464ba336c028a3891"
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 236 (79) — Authorizes an agency which provides child welfare services to obtain the education records of certain pupils. (BDR 38-838)

## 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/AB236.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB236_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB236_EN.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 174.) 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 Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 92. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8faba94-4ff4-41be-bcca-3f1d2adc0a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).