---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopts provisions to protect Internet privacy. (BDR 52-1216)"
description: "Adopts provisions to protect Internet privacy. (BDR 52-1216)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "Nevada SB 538 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "INTERNET", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "DATA COLLECTORS", "INJUNCTIONS", "FINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Frierson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352b75c9-3888-447b-94a4-d8a543112e8d"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1156"
source_hash: "c65f3a1b74b90d86c15c424b41ff5abde4824f4d772b8257bf6b34bf7dffcb08"
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 538 (79) — Adopts provisions to protect Internet privacy. (BDR 52-1216)

## 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/SB538.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Final Passage — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Final Passage — **42–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Frierson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 982.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-06-04T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-12T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 570. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352b75c9-3888-447b-94a4-d8a543112e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).