---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing the testing of infants for preventable or inheritable disorders. (BDR 40-111)"
description: "AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the testing of infants for certain preventable or inheritable disorders; requiring the State Public Health Laboratory to report during a hearing about the reasons for any increased charges for performing such tests; repealing a provision requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a contract for the provision of certain services of a laboratory; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Nevada SB 291 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "STATE BOARD OF", "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF", "MEDICAL LABORATORIES", "HEALTH", "MATERNAL AND CHILD", "NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow", "Senator Julia Ratti"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050111cc-ba6e-4286-9354-4ffd8a0bb469"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6521/Overview"
source_hash: "cd060a50033d858aaf5e1eb716b75da6dbf2f039ea66ce3adcb4a6cd0297ab06"
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 291 (80) — Revises provisions governing the testing of infants for preventable or inheritable disorders. (BDR 40-111)

AN ACT relating to public health; requiring the testing of infants for certain preventable or inheritable disorders; requiring the State Public Health Laboratory to report during a hearing about the reasons for any increased charges for performing such tests; repealing a provision requiring the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a contract for the provision of certain services of a laboratory; 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/SB291.pdf)
2. **Amendment 689** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB291_689.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB291_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB291_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow — primary (person)
- Senator Julia Ratti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-05T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+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 Health and Human Services. To committee.
- **2019-05-14T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 689.) To printer. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 689 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 148. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050111cc-ba6e-4286-9354-4ffd8a0bb469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).