---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to prostitution. (BDR 15-861)"
description: "AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the crime of advancing prostitution; revising the penalties for the crime of living from the earnings of a prostitute; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 166"
citation: "Nevada AB 166 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX TRAFFICKING", "STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING", "RESTITUTION", "VICTIMS OF CRIME", "SEXUAL EXPLOITATION", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE", "PROSTITUTION", "EXPLOITED CHILDREN", "RACKETEERING", "CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE", "FORFEITURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Tom Roberts", "Assemblywoman Jill Tolles", "Senator Keith Pickard", "Senator Pat Spearman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b8e6d3a-8d8c-441e-9252-25dbd417bb1e"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6253/Overview"
source_hash: "fd4bb26171807870e5b092e18bfad884c6ea3f1075dd96be3e5969fbbf748043"
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 166 (80) — Revises provisions relating to prostitution. (BDR 15-861)

AN ACT relating to crimes; establishing the crime of advancing prostitution; revising the penalties for the crime of living from the earnings of a prostitute; providing penalties; 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/AB166.pdf)
2. **Amendment 301** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB166_301.pdf)
3. **Amendment 805** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB166_R1_805.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB166_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB166_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB166_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Tom Roberts — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Jill Tolles — primary (person)
- Senator Keith Pickard — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-03-12T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 301.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: 2, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 805.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 805 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 423. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b8e6d3a-8d8c-441e-9252-25dbd417bb1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).