---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 3-316)"
description: "AN ACT relating to domestic violence; revising provisions relating to temporary and extended orders for protection against domestic violence; revising provisions relating to the crime of battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing penalties; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Nevada SB 218 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY COURTS (See also DISTRICT COURTS)", "JUSTICE COURTS", "CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS (See also specific crimes)", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Chris Brooks", "Senator David Parks", "Senator Joyce Woodhouse", "Senator Kelvin Atkinson", "Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop", "Senator Melanie Scheible", "Senator Moises Denis", "Senator Nicole Cannizzaro", "Senator Pat Spearman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-18T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da10630f-c64f-43c1-beaf-a6035061560f"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6363/Overview"
source_hash: "01607756833557d42fe4e9b71435dc2c5524434494950142d9164924b36b38d1"
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 218 (80) — Revises provisions relating to domestic violence. (BDR 3-316)

AN ACT relating to domestic violence; revising provisions relating to temporary and extended orders for protection against domestic violence; revising provisions relating to the crime of battery which constitutes domestic violence; providing penalties; 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/SB218.pdf)
2. **Amendment 819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB218_819.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB218_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB218_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Chris Brooks — primary (person)
- Senator David Parks — primary (person)
- Senator Joyce Woodhouse — primary (person)
- Senator Kelvin Atkinson — primary (person)
- Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop — primary (person)
- Senator Melanie Scheible — primary (person)
- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)
- Senator Nicole Cannizzaro — primary (person)
- Senator Pat Spearman — 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 Judiciary. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 819.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 40, Nays: None, Excused: 1, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 819 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 479.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da10630f-c64f-43c1-beaf-a6035061560f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).