---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan. (BDR 40-543)"
description: "Provides for the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan. (BDR 40-543)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Nevada SB 159 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MINORS", "CITIES", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY", "DRUGS", "PRESCRIPTIONS", "TOWNS", "ORDINANCES", "COUGH SYRUP", "COUNTIES", "FINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7d15b7d-efc8-4823-abf2-b650f115d8f4"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=405"
source_hash: "a31650fc30fd49c4fd6f5ba0e91e0a86bb9e4bf92a91d44874e4d9541c4edf9b"
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 SB 159 (79) — Provides for the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan. (BDR 40-543)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Bills/SB/SB159.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **29–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled.
- **2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 89.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-12T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 29, Nays: 12, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 221. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7d15b7d-efc8-4823-abf2-b650f115d8f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).