---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the safety of children in public schools. (BDR S-590)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; requiring the reporting of certain information concerning training for certain educational personnel in personal safety of children; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 261"
citation: "Nevada AB 261 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "SCHOOLS", "CHARTER (See also SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC)", "SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "EDUCATION", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Chris Edwards", "Assemblyman Gregory Hafen", "Assemblyman Jim Wheeler", "Assemblyman John Ellison", "Assemblyman Tom Roberts", "Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen", "Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner", "Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy", "Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd94e7f7-9b85-45ed-8a26-c1776e81a2fc"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6475/Overview"
source_hash: "edec5326ceee4817aad66cd0423fd11c971131130f0c99731a3394aa53d8e63e"
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 261 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the safety of children in public schools. (BDR S-590)

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the reporting of certain information concerning training for certain educational personnel in personal safety of children; 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/AB261.pdf)
2. **Amendment 336** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB261_336.pdf)
3. **Amendment 708** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB261_R1_708.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB261_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB261_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB261_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Chris Edwards — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Gregory Hafen — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Jim Wheeler — primary (person)
- Assemblyman John Ellison — primary (person)
- Assemblyman Tom Roberts — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Alexis Hansen — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy — primary (person)
- Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 336.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 708.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 708 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 426. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd94e7f7-9b85-45ed-8a26-c1776e81a2fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).