---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions relating to public records. (BDR 19-827)"
description: "AN ACT relating to public records; providing for the designation of certain public records and portions of public records as confidential; requiring a governmental entity to grant a request to copy such records under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "Nevada SB 388 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION", "LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "INTERNET", "CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Moises Denis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4639cded-7b41-4a49-a48b-5f7bec60dbca"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6710/Overview"
source_hash: "665173ce412628928be49524d1f9520f8b6f9b25371e7d32d379bceb04ba231a"
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 388 (80) — Revises provisions relating to public records. (BDR 19-827)

AN ACT relating to public records; providing for the designation of certain public records and portions of public records as confidential; requiring a governmental entity to grant a request to copy such records under certain circumstances; 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/SB388.pdf)
2. **Amendment 437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB388_437.pdf)
3. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB388_R1.pdf)
4. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB388_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Moises Denis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00** Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-09T07:00:00+00:00** Notice of eligibility for exemption.
- **2019-04-19T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 437.) Re-referred to Committee on Finance. To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee. Exemption effective.
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 15, Nays: 6.) To Assembly. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-02T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. 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: 29, Nays: 12, Vacant: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-07T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 613. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4639cded-7b41-4a49-a48b-5f7bec60dbca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).