---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing chiropractic physicians and chiropractor's assistants. (BDR 54-933)"
description: "AN ACT relating to chiropractic; providing for the performance of dry needling by a chiropractor; revising provisions relating to membership of the Chiropractic Physicians' Board of Nevada; revising provisions governing the application for a license to practice chiropractic; revising the time period in which a qualified applicant for a license to practice chiropractic may practice while waiting to take the Board's examination; revising provisions relating to temporary licenses to practice chiropractic; authorizing the Board to adopt certain regulations concerning the renewal of certain licenses and certificates; revising provisions relating to reinstating a license to practice chiropractic; revising provisions governing disciplinary action by the Board; repealing the definition of gross malpractice; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 457"
citation: "Nevada AB 457 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHIROPRACTORS", "DRY NEEDLING", "MALPRACTICE", "ORIENTAL MEDICINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
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/f80347cd-c5b0-42c4-9cfe-83e65633ddc2"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6874/Overview"
source_hash: "a6724916bfd21120c052902c8761634243b99cbc6405bf71960420a65f047ffe"
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 457 (80) — Revises provisions governing chiropractic physicians and chiropractor's assistants. (BDR 54-933)

AN ACT relating to chiropractic; providing for the performance of dry needling by a chiropractor; revising provisions relating to membership of the Chiropractic Physicians' Board of Nevada; revising provisions governing the application for a license to practice chiropractic; revising the time period in which a qualified applicant for a license to practice chiropractic may practice while waiting to take the Board's examination; revising provisions relating to temporary licenses to practice chiropractic; authorizing the Board to adopt certain regulations concerning the renewal of certain licenses and certificates; revising provisions relating to reinstating a license to practice chiropractic; revising provisions governing disciplinary action by the Board; repealing the definition of gross malpractice; 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/AB457.pdf)
2. **Amendment 491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB457_491.pdf)
3. **Amendment 661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB457_R1_661.pdf)
4. **Amendment 692** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB457_R2_692.pdf)
5. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB457_R1.pdf)
6. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB457_R2.pdf)
7. **Reprint 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB457_R3.pdf)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB457_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor — 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 Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. 491.) 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, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-04-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 661.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on Secretary's desk.
- **2019-05-13T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Secretary's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 692.) To printer.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Third reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **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** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 17, Nays: 3, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment Nos. 661 and 692 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 365.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f80347cd-c5b0-42c4-9cfe-83e65633ddc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).