---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions related to justices of the peace. (BDR 1-394)"
description: "Revises provisions related to justices of the peace. (BDR 1-394)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Nevada SB 42 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUSTICES OF THE PEACE", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f11e93-13d3-40f6-830c-18f4443463ac"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=68"
source_hash: "2f8f074166abc46e6a6ca0eefeece50d9e1db29a36c170bdefcb79b3eef39a18"
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 42 (79) — Revises provisions related to justices of the peace. (BDR 1-394)

## 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/SB42.pdf)

## Votes

- Assembly Final Passage — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Final Passage — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-23T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2017-02-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08T08:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-03-09T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 26. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66f11e93-13d3-40f6-830c-18f4443463ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).