---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts provisions relating to a mental or physical examination of certain persons in a civil action. (BDR 4-1027)"
description: "AN ACT relating to civil actions; enacting provisions relating to a mental or physical examination of certain persons in a civil action; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 285"
citation: "Nevada AB 285 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PSYCHOLOGISTS", "PROTECTION ORDERS", "OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "MENTAL ILLNESS", "PERSONS WITH", "ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "EVIDENCE", "PHYSICIANS", "ACTIONS", "CIVIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman Jason Frierson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2671b448-80f6-4a8d-a691-dec974e7bc39"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6513/Overview"
source_hash: "388426b5d9c4c2f7933fbb3818e95f47d9d345b58fa9a7f3eae575d78e4e3827"
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 285 (80) — Enacts provisions relating to a mental or physical examination of certain persons in a civil action. (BDR 4-1027)

AN ACT relating to civil actions; enacting provisions relating to a mental or physical examination of certain persons in a civil action; 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/AB285.pdf)
2. **Amendment 196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB285_196.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB285_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB285_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman Jason Frierson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 196.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 34, Nays: 7, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **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** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 14, Nays: 7.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 180.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2671b448-80f6-4a8d-a691-dec974e7bc39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).