---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhances the criminal penalty for certain crimes committed against first responders. (BDR 15-1219)"
description: "Enhances the criminal penalty for certain crimes committed against first responders. (BDR 15-1219)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "79"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Nevada SB 541 (79)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "PEACE OFFICERS", "FIREFIGHTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson", "Denis", "Ellison", "Ford", "Frierson", "Parks", "Spearman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d301deba-5814-4833-80b0-121c51981a76"
source_url: "http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/79th2017/Reports/history.cfm?ID=1165"
source_hash: "6b8f7ebcdf05b670b9bc60e4793b265153d45616a45497f091cb0dd05fd3df3e"
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 541 (79) — Enhances the criminal penalty for certain crimes committed against first responders. (BDR 15-1219)

## 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/SB541.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Denis — primary (person)
- Ellison — primary (person)
- Ford — primary (person)
- Frierson — primary (person)
- Parks — primary (person)
- Spearman — primary (person)
- Cancela — cosponsor (person)
- Cannizzaro — cosponsor (person)
- Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Manendo — cosponsor (person)
- Ratti — cosponsor (person)
- Segerblom — cosponsor (person)
- Woodhouse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on Second Reading File.
- **2017-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 942.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2017-05-26T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution.
- **2017-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2017-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1044.) To printer. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint .
- **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, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2017-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 1044 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2017-06-08T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 586. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d301deba-5814-4833-80b0-121c51981a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).