---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the number of district judges in certain judicial districts. (BDR 1-498)"
description: "AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the number of district judges in the Second, Fourth and Eighth Judicial Districts; making appropriations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 43"
citation: "Nevada AB 43 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "UNFUNDED MANDATES", "FAMILY COURTS (See also DISTRICT COURTS)", "ELECTIONS", "DISTRICT COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b0e18d-6bd1-4ab5-8855-7e31b392acc3"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5943/Overview"
source_hash: "dedab0530f0d1dbb99e8313974796c4e0220e4762aff2d8d304196a2cd5a9332"
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 43 (80) — Increases the number of district judges in certain judicial districts. (BDR 1-498)

AN ACT relating to courts; increasing the number of district judges in the Second, Fourth and Eighth Judicial Districts; making appropriations; 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/AB43.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1043** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB43_R1_1043.pdf)
3. **Amendment 15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB43_15.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB43_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB43_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB43_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. 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`
- **2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Second Reading File. Placed on Second Reading File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 15.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1043.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Vacant: 1.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. In Assembly. 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 483.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58b0e18d-6bd1-4ab5-8855-7e31b392acc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).