---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain pharmacies to post or provide written instructions for the safe disposal of unused drugs. (BDR 54-634)"
description: "Requires certain pharmacies to post or provide written instructions for the safe disposal of unused drugs. (BDR 54-634)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Nevada SB 171 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY", "FINES", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gansert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0231d2f9-66cf-4b6f-966c-c1ccbe16189f"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=429"
source_hash: "f730e2ff60b3f8fa4172e49a377d68ef93d825798f4fe9dc43fef9242e2abbe7"
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 171 (79) — Requires certain pharmacies to post or provide written instructions for the safe disposal of unused drugs. (BDR 54-634)

## 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/SB171.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gansert — primary (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Parks — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Tolles — cosponsor (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 Commerce, Labor and Energy. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-07T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 96.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **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: 21, Nays: None.) 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 Commerce and Labor. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 726.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 726 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 339. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0231d2f9-66cf-4b6f-966c-c1ccbe16189f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).