---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to bullying in schools. (BDR 34-641)"
description: "AN ACT relating to education; requiring the interests of a victim of reported bullying or cyber-bullying to be given priority in certain circumstances; authorizing the extension of the time required to conduct an investigation into reported cyber-bullying in certain circumstances; making various other changes to provisions relating to bullying in schools; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Nevada SB 239 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL PERSONNEL", "SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a986be55-f880-4a50-b335-97fd16b61298"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6404/Overview"
source_hash: "52fb0891309c987a48638a31ee206fbfbab1a8680d7575ea7eab5627a0b117a0"
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 239 (80) — Revises provisions relating to bullying in schools. (BDR 34-641)

AN ACT relating to education; requiring the interests of a victim of reported bullying or cyber-bullying to be given priority in certain circumstances; authorizing the extension of the time required to conduct an investigation into reported cyber-bullying in certain circumstances; making various other changes to provisions relating to bullying in schools; 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/SB239.pdf)
2. **Amendment 213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB239_213.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB239_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB239_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Heidi Seevers Gansert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27T08:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T08:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 213.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-18T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Chapter 232.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a986be55-f880-4a50-b335-97fd16b61298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).