---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the State Board of Pardons Commissioners to commute certain sentences of juvenile offenders. (BDR 16-304)"
description: "Authorizes the State Board of Pardons Commissioners to commute certain sentences of juvenile offenders. (BDR 16-304)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 251"
citation: "Nevada AB 251 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH PENALTY", "MINORS", "PARDONS COMMISSIONERS", "STATE BOARD OF", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hambrick", "Parks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ac092d-db60-4629-a635-10cdecf63a6b"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=539"
source_hash: "1109ec767475493feb4bb54870242bf85a3a7bdb9789ed9dd31883b8e4c5f3b0"
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 251 (79) — Authorizes the State Board of Pardons Commissioners to commute certain sentences of juvenile offenders. (BDR 16-304)

## 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/AB251.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB251_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hambrick — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fumo — cosponsor (person)
- Tolles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Corrections, Parole, and Probation. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-13T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 38, Nays: None, 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`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+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`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 308. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ac092d-db60-4629-a635-10cdecf63a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).