---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to animals. (BDR 15-100)"
description: "Revises provisions relating to animals. (BDR 15-100)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Nevada SB 409 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "FIRE DEPARTMENTS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PEACE OFFICERS", "ANIMALS", "SHERIFFS (See also PEACE OFFICERS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES)", "DOGS (See also ANIMALS)", "CRUELTY TO ANIMALS", "ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES", "CATS (See also ANIMALS)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannizzaro", "Manendo", "Parks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a99f15ac-7751-4112-a99f-ba0ee1c94e96"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=881"
source_hash: "fc2d5f6b750e7b1e61a0ef574c73bcb3226dc835eea29d6e72dcc4e9555825fd"
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 409 (79) — Revises provisions relating to animals. (BDR 15-100)

## 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/SB409.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **35–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Manendo — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Denis — cosponsor (person)
- Ratti — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (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 Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. 483.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-04-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 885.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 35, Nays: 5, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 885 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 364. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a99f15ac-7751-4112-a99f-ba0ee1c94e96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).