---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing punishment of certain members of the Nevada National Guard for minor misconduct. (BDR 36-340)"
description: "AN ACT relating to military justice; eliminating the right of a serviceman or servicewoman of the Nevada National Guard to demand a trial by court-martial in lieu of accepting nonjudicial punishment; requiring a commanding officer of the Nevada National Guard to make a legal consultation before determining nonjudicial punishment is appropriate; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 37"
citation: "Nevada AB 37 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATIONAL GUARD (See also ARMED FORCES)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fefb3b1d-620d-4dae-98de-3b1e48c5ccc8"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5937/Overview"
source_hash: "1078061aad74fcca839ba23657f9644eedd532f7b62c95de94ef4c851df88869"
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 37 (80) — Revises provisions governing punishment of certain members of the Nevada National Guard for minor misconduct. (BDR 36-340)

AN ACT relating to military justice; eliminating the right of a serviceman or servicewoman of the Nevada National Guard to demand a trial by court-martial in lieu of accepting nonjudicial punishment; requiring a commanding officer of the Nevada National Guard to make a legal consultation before determining nonjudicial punishment is appropriate; 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/AB37.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB37_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Government Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. 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`
- **2019-03-01T08:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05T08:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 33, Nays: 8, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 137. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fefb3b1d-620d-4dae-98de-3b1e48c5ccc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).