---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the Specialist for the Rights of Elderly Persons and the Community Advocate for Elder Rights. (BDR 38-130)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to the Specialist for the Rights of Elderly Persons and the Community Advocate for Elder Rights. (BDR 38-130)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 31"
citation: "Nevada AB 31 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "AGED PERSONS", "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR RELATED CONDITIONS", "PERSONS WITH (See also DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH)", "AGE", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Health and Human Services"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/652c0e6c-6488-4345-a204-68528a7b66b8"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=88"
source_hash: "2922eda99281869ddb73951b127024891d4d7f5b1725eb14a30f05d60295a70d"
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 31 (79) — Revises provisions relating to the Specialist for the Rights of Elderly Persons and the Community Advocate for Elder Rights. (BDR 38-130)

## 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/AB31.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB31_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **41–0** (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.

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-21T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-10T08:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-03-10T08:00:00+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`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 41. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/652c0e6c-6488-4345-a204-68528a7b66b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).