---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to adjudications of mental health. (BDR 39-688)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to adjudications of mental health. (BDR 39-688)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 253"
citation: "Nevada AB 253 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICT COURTS", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH (See also DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH)", "PEACE OFFICERS", "PHYSICIANS", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "HABEAS CORPUS", "PSYCHOLOGISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-03T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c95d0f7d-6334-42ed-8e00-cde68d7978d5"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=543"
source_hash: "10e9504cf362a2762c71943daff6ab254d06451dde014dbfaf63d5646c9124bd"
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 253 (79) — Revises provisions relating to adjudications of mental health. (BDR 39-688)

## 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/AB253.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB253_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB253_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB253_EN.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-03T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 397.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **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, as amended. (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 Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 761.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 761 concurred in. 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 309. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c95d0f7d-6334-42ed-8e00-cde68d7978d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).