---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the education of a child who is in need of protection. (BDR 38-458)"
description: "AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring a court to appoint an educational decision maker for a child for whom a petition is filed alleging that the child is in need of protection; prescribing the duties of such an educational decision maker; requiring an agency acting as the custodian of a child to include certain educational information in a report submitted to the court before a hearing to review the placement of the child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 156"
citation: "Nevada AB 156 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENTS", "DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CHILD WELFARE SERVICES", "AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE", "PRESUMPTIONS", "CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "FOSTER CARE", "EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/428a80f0-71ef-424a-9d05-fbb47e341301"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6242/Overview"
source_hash: "5c7ab8e42004fe7ffa49d0628ce062ab6c781a76cc6961ff0a5811cb469470e8"
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 AB 156 (80) — Revises provisions governing the education of a child who is in need of protection. (BDR 38-458)

AN ACT relating to child welfare; requiring a court to appoint an educational decision maker for a child for whom a petition is filed alleging that the child is in need of protection; prescribing the duties of such an educational decision maker; requiring an agency acting as the custodian of a child to include certain educational information in a report submitted to the court before a hearing to review the placement of the child; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB156.pdf)
2. **Amendment 221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB156_221.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB156_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB156_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 221.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 53. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/428a80f0-71ef-424a-9d05-fbb47e341301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).