---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing postconviction petitions for a writ of habeas corpus that challenge the computation of time served in incarceration by an offender. (BDR 3-411)"
description: "AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; requiring an offender to exhaust all available administrative remedies before filing a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the computation of time the offender has served; revising provisions governing the county in which an offender must file a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the computation of time the offender has served; requiring the Department of Corrections to adopt regulations concerning expedited resolution of certain challenges to the computation of time an offender has served; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Nevada SB 3 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PRISONS", "STATE", "HABEAS CORPUS", "DISTRICT COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84362f7a-3bfd-4685-bf01-8b23d60bfa08"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/5858/Overview"
source_hash: "ee3c6085d2322ebdd455ddf54d850ac18259126401cf96020de6ef066c5fe6b1"
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 3 (80) — Revises provisions governing postconviction petitions for a writ of habeas corpus that challenge the computation of time served in incarceration by an offender. (BDR 3-411)

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; requiring an offender to exhaust all available administrative remedies before filing a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the computation of time the offender has served; revising provisions governing the county in which an offender must file a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the computation of time the offender has served; requiring the Department of Corrections to adopt regulations concerning expedited resolution of certain challenges to the computation of time an offender has served; 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/SB3.pdf)
2. **Amendment 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB3_79.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB3_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB3_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00** Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. 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`
- **2019-02-24T08:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 79.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-05-31T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Assembly. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee.
- **2019-06-03T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. Declared an emergency measure under the Constitution. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-06T07:00:00+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 500.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84362f7a-3bfd-4685-bf01-8b23d60bfa08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).