---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts provisions relating to conversion therapies. (BDR 54-301)"
description: "Enacts provisions relating to conversion therapies. (BDR 54-301)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Nevada SB 201 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS (See also OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS)", "MINORS", "GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION", "NURSES AND NURSING", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "CONVERSION THERAPY", "PHYSICIANS", "MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "PSYCHIATRISTS (See also OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS)", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS", "CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Araujo", "Atkinson", "Carlton", "Carrillo", "Cohen", "Ford", "Neal", "Parks", "Ratti", "Spearman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-22T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f08cc9-5940-447f-83de-367c7c5d579c"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=481"
source_hash: "e6b4328645ff9f351aa90670324ca31bd04d3d854051ec4ba76226e8eb2493da"
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 201 (79) — Enacts provisions relating to conversion therapies. (BDR 54-301)

## 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/SB201.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **31–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **15–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Araujo — primary (person)
- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Carlton — primary (person)
- Carrillo — primary (person)
- Cohen — primary (person)
- Ford — primary (person)
- Neal — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Ratti — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Krasner — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Ohrenschall — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Swank — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-04-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-04-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 123.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-04T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 5, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-02T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 640.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 31, Nays: 8, Excused: 3.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 640 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 23. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27f08cc9-5940-447f-83de-367c7c5d579c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).