---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 34-668)"
description: "AN ACT relating to protection of children; providing for the protection of the identity of a child witness to certain alleged acts of child abuse or neglect; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to provide a parent or guardian of a child with certain information relating to the disposition of a report of child abuse or neglect; allowing a parent or guardian to share such information with an attorney; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Nevada SB 184 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PUPILS", "ATTORNEYS AT LAW", "CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT", "CHILD WELFARE SERVICES", "AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Ben Kieckhefer", "Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert", "Senator James Settelmeyer", "Senator Joseph Hardy", "Senator Pete Goicoechea", "Senator Scott Hammond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/157ac428-3b45-463e-b8d5-433b117e18e1"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6312/Overview"
source_hash: "70f59d763ca5bb1a1c11b89cbe38f04f96e526c6b22a2b122e4059211e7cd966"
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 184 (80) — Revises provisions relating to the protection of children. (BDR 34-668)

AN ACT relating to protection of children; providing for the protection of the identity of a child witness to certain alleged acts of child abuse or neglect; requiring an agency which provides child welfare services to provide a parent or guardian of a child with certain information relating to the disposition of a report of child abuse or neglect; allowing a parent or guardian to share such information with an attorney; 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/SB184.pdf)
2. **Amendment 133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB184_133.pdf)
3. **Amendment 525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB184_R1_525.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB184_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB184_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB184_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Ben Kieckhefer — primary (person)
- Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert — primary (person)
- Senator James Settelmeyer — primary (person)
- Senator Joseph Hardy — primary (person)
- Senator Pete Goicoechea — primary (person)
- Senator Scott Hammond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **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. 133.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 525.) To printer. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-07T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-10T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 78. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/157ac428-3b45-463e-b8d5-433b117e18e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).