---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing telephone systems used for reporting emergencies. (BDR 20-475)"
description: "AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing a county to use revenue collected from certain telephone surcharges to pay for an analysis or audit of the surcharges collected by a telecommunications provider, certain costs related to a master plan and certain costs for personnel and training associated with portable event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices; providing the conditions under which the audits may be performed; prioritizing the expenditure of the proceeds of certain telephone surcharges; requiring a recipient of money collected from the surcharge to repay or return that money under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Nevada SB 12 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PORTABLE EVENT RECORDING DEVICES", "VEHICULAR EVENT RECORDING DEVICES", "PEACE OFFICERS", "TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "AUDITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf0b3f1a-6d9e-443a-a365-389e16281a5d"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5868/Overview"
source_hash: "2a29edfe57eb0b08bf25c4ab1a890234d533fb653d93ff645d645c467598caf3"
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 SB 12 (80) — Revises provisions governing telephone systems used for reporting emergencies. (BDR 20-475)

AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing a county to use revenue collected from certain telephone surcharges to pay for an analysis or audit of the surcharges collected by a telecommunications provider, certain costs related to a master plan and certain costs for personnel and training associated with portable event recording devices and vehicular event recording devices; providing the conditions under which the audits may be performed; prioritizing the expenditure of the proceeds of certain telephone surcharges; requiring a recipient of money collected from the surcharge to repay or return that money under certain circumstances; 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/SB/SB12.pdf)
2. **Amendment 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB12_22.pdf)
3. **Amendment 953** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB12_R1_953.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB12_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB12_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB12_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00** From printer.
- **2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. To committee. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 22.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **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 Chief Clerk's desk.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 953.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 12, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To printer.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. To Senate. In Senate.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 953 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 273. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf0b3f1a-6d9e-443a-a365-389e16281a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).