---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes an appropriation for grants to local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations for certain family planning services. (BDR S-856)"
description: "Makes an appropriation for grants to local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations for certain family planning services. (BDR S-856)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 397"
citation: "Nevada AB 397 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "BIRTH CONTROL", "APPROPRIATIONS", "HEALTH", "MATERNAL AND CHILD", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "FAMILY PLANNING", "COUNTIES", "NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS", "CONTRACEPTIVES", "GRANTS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "INDIGENT PERSONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlton", "Carrillo", "Frierson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d68c9d-3227-4363-9b1b-48510fd970b7"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=863"
source_hash: "7918ae296ba5c5159aca4787c72f303ba0ece254243139f132c2f210c2a42fdf"
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 397 (79) — Makes an appropriation for grants to local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations for certain family planning services. (BDR S-856)

## 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/AB397.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB397_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB397_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **25–14** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **12–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carlton — primary (person)
- Carrillo — primary (person)
- Frierson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-03-23T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of exemption.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1047.) `reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Dispensed with reprinting.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 25, Nays: 14, Excused: 3.) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** To printer.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** To Senate.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 12, Nays: 9.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 433. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d68c9d-3227-4363-9b1b-48510fd970b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).