---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to justice courts and municipal courts. (BDR 1-397)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to justice courts and municipal courts. (BDR 1-397)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 37"
citation: "Nevada AB 37 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPAL COURTS", "JUSTICES OF THE PEACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a6fa09-3a3d-4454-8df3-e8ba7241589a"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=94"
source_hash: "97cea93de0d58aaccde5193d7be9a8033d2e45ef7608d762767a8e87b0060de0"
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 37 (79) — Revises provisions relating to justice courts and municipal courts. (BDR 1-397)

## 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/AB37.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB37_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. 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`
- **2017-03-01T08:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-02T08:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03T08:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 1, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 68. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66a6fa09-3a3d-4454-8df3-e8ba7241589a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).