---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to a postconviction petition for a genetic marker analysis. (BDR 14-638)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to a postconviction petition for a genetic marker analysis. (BDR 14-638)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 268"
citation: "Nevada AB 268 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONVICTIONS", "CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "GENETIC MARKER ANALYSIS", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "VICTIMS OF CRIME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bilbray-Axelrod", "Fumo", "Hardy", "Jauregui", "Ohrenschall", "Watkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/641cf116-7d18-4e13-a197-17d4ade1008b"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=571"
source_hash: "15e470d5a4670b8e6ea664f7be83d819436b893a20a12eef6f90932887d6a64f"
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 268 (79) — Revises provisions relating to a postconviction petition for a genetic marker analysis. (BDR 14-638)

## 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/AB268.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB268_R1.pdf)
3. **2nd Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB268_R2.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB268_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **30–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **12–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)
- Fumo — primary (person)
- Hardy — primary (person)
- Jauregui — primary (person)
- Ohrenschall — primary (person)
- Watkins — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Frierson — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Monroe-Moreno — cosponsor (person)
- Neal — cosponsor (person)
- Tolles — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 434.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 30, Nays: 12.) 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`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 981.) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Reprinting dispensed with.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint . To Assembly.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 981 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 478. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/641cf116-7d18-4e13-a197-17d4ade1008b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).