---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing justice courts. (BDR 6-491)"
description: "AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions governing the proper venue or place of trial for certain small claims actions brought in the justice court; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 9"
citation: "Nevada AB 9 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SMALL CLAIMS", "PERSONAL INJURIES", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS", "JUSTICE COURTS", "ACTIONS", "CIVIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcd46ff2-6868-4276-8b45-befa03c94adf"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5894/Overview"
source_hash: "4484190ee1e6905c497788078031536985619b707fa2276747a2b78f446d2213"
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 9 (80) — Revises provisions governing justice courts. (BDR 6-491)

AN ACT relating to courts; revising provisions governing the proper venue or place of trial for certain small claims actions brought in the justice court; 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/AB9.pdf)
2. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB9_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-18T08:00:00+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** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06T08:00:00+00:00** In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-04-29T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-03T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-06T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 12.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcd46ff2-6868-4276-8b45-befa03c94adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).