---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes provisions concerning the sterilization of protected persons. (BDR 13-173)"
description: "AN ACT relating to guardianships; establishing provisions concerning the sterilization of protected persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "AB 91"
citation: "Nevada AB 91 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STERILIZATION", "GUARDIANSHIPS", "ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "BIRTH CONTROL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff6c24e-b618-429c-8cf7-979dcc043202"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6070/Overview"
source_hash: "549e03fcf53f7eab06b685821d7c9e6477ee95ba09f5160bd5a6c93066092a76"
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 91 (80) — Establishes provisions concerning the sterilization of protected persons. (BDR 13-173)

AN ACT relating to guardianships; establishing provisions concerning the sterilization of protected persons; 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/AB91.pdf)
2. **Amendment 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB91_39.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB91_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/AB/AB91_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assembly Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 39.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+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 17.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eff6c24e-b618-429c-8cf7-979dcc043202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).