---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises provisions governing contractors. (BDR 54-304)"
description: "AN ACT relating to contractors; authorizing a contractor, under certain circumstances, to perform work for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification; and providing other matters properly relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nv"
legislature: "Nevada Legislature"
session: "80"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Nevada SB 397 (80)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS", "CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senator Chris Brooks"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/543b841a-9529-4db8-8fd6-fe74ff5fb0d5"
source_url: "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6723/Overview"
source_hash: "cfc4c614c5995bac2706ab54f1e633194eb7cde23456fdf3287542dfb82b1329"
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 397 (80) — Revises provisions governing contractors. (BDR 54-304)

AN ACT relating to contractors; authorizing a contractor, under certain circumstances, to perform work for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification; 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/SB397.pdf)
2. **Amendment 426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB397_426.pdf)
3. **Amendment 872** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_SB397_R1_872.pdf)
4. **Reprint 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB397_R1.pdf)
5. **Reprint 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB397_R2.pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB397_EN.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senator Chris Brooks — 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 Commerce and Labor. To printer. `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To committee.
- **2019-04-22T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 426.) To printer. `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.
- **2019-04-25T07:00:00+00:00** In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
- **2019-05-20T07:00:00+00:00** From committee: Do pass. `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-21T07:00:00+00:00** Read second time. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- **2019-05-23T07:00:00+00:00** Taken from General File. Placed on Chief Clerk's desk. Taken from Chief Clerk's desk. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 872.) To printer.
- **2019-05-24T07:00:00+00:00** From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 39, Nays: None, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To Senate.
- **2019-05-27T07:00:00+00:00** In Senate.
- **2019-05-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment No. 872 concurred in. To enrollment.
- **2019-05-30T07:00:00+00:00** Enrolled and delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-01T07:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor. Chapter 283. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/543b841a-9529-4db8-8fd6-fe74ff5fb0d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nevada legislature records).