---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to civil actions and homesteads. (BDR 2-1106)"
description: "AN ACT relating to civil actions; increasing the amount of the homestead exemption; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 481"
citation: "Nevada AB 481 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXECUTION OF CIVIL JUDGMENTS", "JUDGMENTS", "DECREES AND ORDERS", "HOMESTEADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b6fad3-99b0-4615-bb38-4f7b496baad0"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6931/Overview"
source_hash: "92bdd22369f31e16b1b1a2a1134385fd04f62741a620a38af40c8904846819d5"
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 481 (80) — Revises provisions relating to civil actions and homesteads. (BDR 2-1106)

AN ACT relating to civil actions; increasing the amount of the homestead exemption; 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/AB481.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB481_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — 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 Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 59. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17b6fad3-99b0-4615-bb38-4f7b496baad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).