---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing criminal procedure. (BDR 3-863)"
description: "AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; establishing provisions relating to the filing of a petition for a hearing to establish the factual innocence of a person based on newly discovered evidence; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 356"
citation: "Nevada AB 356 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "EVIDENCE", "PRISONS", "STATE", "CONVICTIONS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "SEALING RECORDS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS", "VICTIMS OF CRIME", "DISTRICT COURTS", "JUDGMENTS", "DECREES AND ORDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblyman William McCurdy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a260efb-bcbb-4f3d-b5c2-eed2447b1b7e"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6662/Overview"
source_hash: "a4cde394d1740cb3bd97961ed8b11aedd9ce1c0a4c800f490756401f04be5dfd"
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 356 (80) — Revises provisions governing criminal procedure. (BDR 3-863)

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; establishing provisions relating to the filing of a petition for a hearing to establish the factual innocence of a person based on newly discovered evidence; 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/AB356.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1064** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB356_R1_1064.pdf)
3. **Amendment 307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB356_307.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB356_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB356_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB356_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblyman William McCurdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T07:00:00+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** Notice of eligibility for exemption. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 307.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1064.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 1064 concurred in. To enrollment. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 495.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a260efb-bcbb-4f3d-b5c2-eed2447b1b7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).