---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice to conduct a study relating to juvenile detention in this State. (BDR S-450)"
description: "AN ACT relating to child welfare; directing the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice to conduct an interim study concerning juvenile detention in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 449"
citation: "Nevada AB 449 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "LEGISLATIVE AND AGENCY STUDIES", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400a8cdd-a403-434b-8f0d-874dc4bf1a4a"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6862/Overview"
source_hash: "09761aabb94adffe3fe8b96d42a0dc6c6dd6584ba509311bc1c741a65f96183c"
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 449 (80) — Directs the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice to conduct a study relating to juvenile detention in this State. (BDR S-450)

AN ACT relating to child welfare; directing the Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice to conduct an interim study concerning juvenile detention in this State; 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/AB449.pdf)
2. **Amendment 1019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB449_R1_1019.pdf)
3. **Amendment 453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB449_453.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB449_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB449_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB449_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Exempt pursuant to subsection 4 of Joint Standing Rule 14.6.
- **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. 453.) 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. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Re-refer to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. Re-referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1019.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment No. 1019 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 382. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/400a8cdd-a403-434b-8f0d-874dc4bf1a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).