---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing involuntary commitment proceedings. (BDR 39-997)"
description: "Revises provisions governing involuntary commitment proceedings. (BDR 39-997)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "AB 440"
citation: "Nevada AB 440 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISTRICT COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "PROBATION", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "MASTERS", "FAMILY COURTS (See also DISTRICT COURTS)", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yeager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8122761a-28db-4a1f-a1fe-90f1ba5718cf"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=984"
source_hash: "c46f5c31285143a6f8a5ce8157110ae0e3a36897813487e882f36636604668bd"
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 440 (79) — Revises provisions governing involuntary commitment proceedings. (BDR 39-997)

## 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/AB440.pdf)
2. **1st Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB440_R1.pdf)
3. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/AB/AB440_EN.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yeager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-27T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **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. 425.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint . To committee.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. 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 482. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8122761a-28db-4a1f-a1fe-90f1ba5718cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).