---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing cease and desist orders issued by the State Contractors' Board. (BDR 54-240)"
description: "AN ACT relating to contractors; revising provisions governing cease and desist orders issued by the State Contractors' Board for acting as a contractor or submitting a bid on a job in this State without a license as a contractor; prescribing certain actions that the Board is required or authorized to take after issuance of such a cease and desist order; authorizing a person who is issued a cease and desist order by the Board to contest the order within a certain period; setting forth the circumstances under which the order shall be deemed a final order of the Board; authorizing the Board to extend the time to contest the order for good cause shown; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 27"
citation: "Nevada AB 27 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS", "INJUNCTIONS", "CONTRACTORS", "FINES", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5d707f-a8e2-41cc-81dd-ec9761fc6a80"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5927/Overview"
source_hash: "5b652b3c807dc4207226ecb8715b859899ca2b77bde6e83db79494dc683fe6e1"
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 27 (80) — Revises provisions governing cease and desist orders issued by the State Contractors' Board. (BDR 54-240)

AN ACT relating to contractors; revising provisions governing cease and desist orders issued by the State Contractors' Board for acting as a contractor or submitting a bid on a job in this State without a license as a contractor; prescribing certain actions that the Board is required or authorized to take after issuance of such a cease and desist order; authorizing a person who is issued a cease and desist order by the Board to contest the order within a certain period; setting forth the circumstances under which the order shall be deemed a final order of the Board; authorizing the Board to extend the time to contest the order for good cause shown; providing a penalty; 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/AB27.pdf)
2. **Amendment 505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB27_505.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB27_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB27_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-20T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **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. 505.) 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 Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 28. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed5d707f-a8e2-41cc-81dd-ec9761fc6a80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).